2010年12月17日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


ANALYSIS - 'Great wall of suspicion' persists between China, India (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 03:12 AM PST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) greet the audience during the closing ceremony and gala performance in celebration of the 60th anniversary of establishment of India-China diplomatic relations at the weightlifting auditorium in New Delhi December 16, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - 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

Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker and son of India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, addresses a news conference in Agartala October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - 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

Indian policemen beat a Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslim during Muharram procession in Srinagar December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - 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

South Africa's Jacques Kallis (R) celebrates his century with teammate Hashim Amla on the second day of the first cricket test match against India in Pretoria, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - 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

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waves in front of China's national flag, on the side of the aircraft that flew him to Pakistan, in Islamabad December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - 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

Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) gestures during a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event moderated by Chrystia Freeland (not pictured), Global Editor-at-Large, Reuters, at the Newseum in Washington December 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jonthan ErnstReuters - 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

CNN talk show host Larry King is shown prior to moderating a session in Beverly Hills,California April 29, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/FilesReuters - 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

A woman reads a book at bookstore in Shanghai August 13, 2009. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - 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

South Africa's Hashim Amla plays a shot as India's wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) and Gautam Gambhir (C) look on during the second day of the first cricket test match in Pretoria, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - 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

South Africa's captain Graeme Smith leaves the pitch after losing his wicket on the second day of the first cricket test match against India in Pretoria, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - 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

The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesReuters - 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.


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