2010年12月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Police hunt men said to plan Mumbai attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST

People stroll along the seafront near the Gateway of India in Mumbai June 5, 2008. The police launched a manhunt on Thursday for four men they said belonged to a Pakistan-based militant group and had entered Mumbai to carry out an attack. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Police launched a manhunt on Thursday for four men they said belonged to a Pakistan-based militant group and had entered Mumbai to carry out an attack.


Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:59 PM PST

Police arrive at the Chilean embassy in Rome December 23, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs on Thursday that wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of Europe's home-grown threats at a time of political instability.


Officials stole grain from India's poor, investigators say (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST

Reuters - Millions of dollars worth of food grains intended for poor Indian families have been siphoned off and sold locally and abroad in a corruption scandal involving hundreds of local government officials, investigators said on Thursday.

Sibal: to resolve security concerns on 3G soon (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:33 PM PST

Telecoms minister Kapil Sibal is seen at a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in this January 31, 2009 file photo. Security concerns on third-generation (3G) video calls will be resolved soon, Sibal said on Thursday. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener/FilesReuters - Security concerns on third-generation (3G) video calls will be resolved soon, telecoms minister Kapil Sibal said on Thursday.


South Africa prepared for Indian backlash - Smith (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:19 AM PST

South Africa's captain Graeme Smith celebrates scoring his half century on the second day of the first cricket test match against India in Pretoria, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - South Africa are prepared for India's experienced line-up to fight back strongly in the Boxing Day test after their crushing defeat at Centurion, captain Graeme Smith said on Thursday.


Mumbai schoolboy smashes record with innings of 498 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:33 AM PST

Reuters - A 13-year-old has smashed the record for the highest individual score by a schoolboy in Mumbai with a marathon innings of 498.

Food, fuel prices drive inflation worries (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

Vendors sell vegetables at a wholesale vegetable and fruit market at Karnal, in Haryana March 20, 2010. Rising prices in India of fuel and food are reviving worries about inflation and sent swap rates to 26-month highs as expectations grew for more rate increases in Asia's third-largest economy. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Rising prices in India of fuel and food are reviving worries about inflation and sent swap rates to 26-month highs as expectations grew for more rate increases in Asia's third-largest economy.


Onion prices drop 22 pct on duty-free imports (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:34 PM PST

A worker packs onion bags at a wholesale vegetable market in Chandigarh December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - Onion prices in India dropped more than a fifth on Thursday afternoon after the federal government allowed duty-free imports and restricted overseas sales of the bulb, three traders told Reuters.


Panel nod needed for over 2 rupees diesel rise (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:19 AM PST

An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Any rise above 2 rupees (4.4 cents) a litre in diesel must be approved by a ministerial panel, Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told CNBC TV on Thursday, as government data showed fuel and food inflation continue to rise.


Patil: confident econ will grow at 9 pct in FY11 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:10 PM PST

President Pratibha Patil (R) talks to Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) during their meeting at the presidential palace in New Delhi December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Presidential Palace/HandoutReuters - President Pratibha Patil said on Thursday she is confident the economy will grow at about 9 percent in the current fiscal year ending March 2011 and would be on a sustained growth path of about 9 to 10 percent in FY12.


Virtual Santa brings the holidays to sick children (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:54 AM PST

Reuters - For children in hospital over Christmas,, a visit from Santa Claus -- especially a cool, virtual Santa beamed in from the North Pole -- is like a breath of fresh air.

Food inflation at 12.13 pct y/y on Dec 11 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:01 PM PST

A woman eats a slice of watermelon as she sits on onion sacks at a wholesale market during a hot day in Hyderabad April 14, 2010. India's food price index rose 12.13 percent while the fuel price index climbed 10.74 percent in the year to Dec. 11, government data on Thursday showed. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's food price index rose 12.13 percent while the fuel price index climbed 10.74 percent in the year to Dec. 11, government data on Thursday showed.


South Korea's Lee talks tough; North denounces drills (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:53 AM PST

Anti-North Korea and pro-U.S. protesters from conservative civic groups, attend a candle-lit prayer meeting held by a Christian group to denounce the North in Seoul December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said its military should launch a "merciless counterattack" if its territory is attacked again by North Korea, as Seoul's military held major land and sea exercises on Thursday.


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