ANALYSIS - 'Great wall of suspicion' persists between China, India (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 03:12 AM PST Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left New Delhi on Friday, vowing that India will never be a rival, but his rhetoric has done little to lift Indian unease over a long-running border dispute and China-Pakistan relations. |
Rahul Gandhi says radical Hindus a threat - cables (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 02:38 AM PST Reuters - Rahul Gandhi, seen as an India prime minister in waiting, told the U.S. ambassador radical Hindu groups could pose a bigger threat to the country than the Islamists who attacked Mumbai in 2008, a leaked cable showed. |
India accused of widespread Kashmir torture - cables (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:19 PM PST Reuters - Indian security forces fighting a 20-year insurgency in Kashmir beat suspects, subjected them to electric current and tortured them with water in widespread human rights abuses, the Red Cross told the U.S. embassy according to a leaked diplomatic cable. |
Amla, Kallis centuries put Safrica in charge (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:27 AM PST Reuters - Unbeaten centuries by Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla put South Africa totally in control against the inconsistent India attack on the second day of the first test on Friday. |
FACTBOX - Some of the agreements between China, Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 05:20 AM PST Reuters - China and Pakistan are expected to sign a number of agreements during Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit which began on Friday. |
IMF votes to shift more power to emerging economies (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 09:55 PM PST Reuters - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that its board of governors had approved reforms that will shift more voting power to emerging-market countries like China. |
Larry King ends CNN stint with nostalgia, family (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 09:21 PM PST Reuters - Larry King, the gruff CNN personality whose nonconfrontational interviews were a hit with newsmakers and viewers for 25 years, signed off at the cable news channel on Thursday with a series of reminiscences from big names, old pals and family members. |
From finance to fiction in India and Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 11:30 PM PST Reuters - Finance and fiction seem like an unlikely mix, but a number of Indian and Pakistani novelists are finding their stints as finance professionals may have helped ward off writer's block. |
South African top order pile on the runs (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 06:42 AM PST Reuters - South Africa's powerful top order took over where their bowlers had left off on the second day of the first test against India at Centurion on Friday. |
South Africa 236-2 v India 136 - first test, tea (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2010 05:56 AM PST Reuters - South Africa were 236 for two wickets in reply to India's first innings total of 136 at tea on the second day of the first test at Centurion on Friday. |
Facebook taken down briefly (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 10:18 PM PST Reuters - Facebook, the online social network used by more than 500 million people around the world, went down briefly on Thursday after the website miscued the introduction of some new features. |