2010年12月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


PM offers to answer corruption allegations (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:17 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses a news conference after a EU-India Summit at the European Union Council in Brussels December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesReuters - Prime minister Manmohan Singh offered to come before parliament to discuss corruption accusations against his government, underlining the pressure his coalition faces on an issue that has virtually stalled governance in Asia's third-largest economy.


Kremlin to pitch fighters, nuclear deal in India (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting of the commission on economic modernization and technological development of the Russian economy, at Skolkovo Innovation Centre outside Moscow December 14, 2010. The sign reads Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev will try to convince India to buy Russian fighter planes and seal a nuclear deal when he travels there this week for talks aimed at boosting ties with the second-fastest growing economy the world.


South Africa seal innings victory over India (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 03:37 AM PST

India's Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (top C) evades a rising delivery during the fifth day of their first test cricket match against South Africa in Pretoria December 20, 2010. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - South Africa claimed India's last two wickets in 35 deliveries to win the first test by an innings and 25 runs on the final day at Centurion on Monday.


FACTBOX - Major India, Russia talking points (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 03:55 AM PST

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev  at the Kremlin in Moscow November 10, 2009.  REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev/FilesReuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in India for a two-day visit on Tuesday, seeking to sign big-ticket nuclear power and defence deals with its historically close trade and diplomatic partner.


No toilets costs India $54 billion annually - World Bank (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:04 AM PST

A boy takes bath outside newly built toilets in a village on the outskirts of Nagapattinam, about 325km (202 miles) from Chennai December 24, 2005. REUTERS/Jagadeesh NV/FilesReuters - A lack of toilets and poor hygiene practices in India cost Asia's third largest economy almost $54 billion every year, the World Bank said on Monday.


North Korea backs down over South Korean drill (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:00 PM PST

Residents walk to leave Yeonpyeong Island by a boat at a port of the island December 19, 2010. South Korea  will go ahead with live firing drills from a disputed island  on Monday, local media said, despite threats of attack by  Pyongyang and pressure from Russia and China to cancel the  exercise. REUTERS/Newsis/Korea PoolReuters - North Korea stepped back from confrontation over "reckless" military drills by the South on Monday and reportedly issued a new offer on nuclear inspections, drawing a cautious response from Seoul and Washington.


Church must reform after abuse scandal, pope says (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:55 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves after leading the Vespers prayer with students from the University of Rome in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 16, 2010. REUTERS/Giampiero SpositoReuters - Pope Benedict called on Monday for a re-examination of the Church's message and practices to enable it to learn from the scandal of the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests.


UK ruling allows Twitter updates from courts (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:31 AM PST

A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/FilesReuters - Reporters covering court cases should be allowed to send messages to the Twitter micro-blogging site, a senior British legal official said on Monday, clarifying rules after hearings involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.


Questions lurk behind Australian cheers before 4th test (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:43 PM PST

Teammates congratulate Australia's Ryan Harris (back to camera) for taking the wicket of England's Ian Bell during the third Ashes cricket test at the WACA ground in Perth December 19, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Australia have their tails up after beating England by 267 runs in Perth to get their Ashes campaign on track, but have plenty to ponder amid praise from a grateful nation as they prepare for the fourth test.


PM sees end-March inflation at 5.5 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:43 PM PST

A vendor sorts red chillies at a weekly roadside vegetable market in Noida, October 29, 2010. The annual headline inflation is expected to ease to 5.5 percent by end-March 2011, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - The annual headline inflation is expected to ease to 5.5 percent by end-March 2011, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday.


Foreign troops toll in Afghanistan in 2010 passes 700 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 07:09 PM PST

A German Bundeswehr army soldier from Charlie platoon of the 2nd Paratroop Company 373 passes beside barbed wire during a mission in the city of Iman Sahib, north of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Taliban insurgents attacked Kabul and a major city in the north on Sunday as the toll for foreign troops killed in 2010 passed 700, nearly a third of the total killed in over nine years of war.


South Africa beat India by an innings and 25 runs (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:01 AM PST

South Africa's Morne Morkel (5th R) is congratulated by his teammates after he took the wicket of India's Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (L) during the fifth day of their first test cricket match in Pretoria December 20, 2010. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - South Africa beat India by an innings and 25 runs on the fifth and final day of the first test at Centurion on Monday.


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