2010年12月30日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Food inflation accelerates to 10-week high (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:13 AM PST

Farmers sit beside sacks filled with potatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - India's food inflation accelerated to a 10-week high in mid-December on rising prices of vegetables, while the fuel index also rose, adding to inflationary worries in Asia's third-largest economy.


Sehwag ruled out of ODI series in S Africa (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:04 AM PST

Virender Sehwag reacts as he walks off the field after his dismissal during the first day of their second test cricket match against South Africa at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban December 26, 2010. REUTERS/Rogan WardReuters - India opener Virender Sehwag will skip the one-day international series against South Africa because of a troublesome shoulder, his country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday.


Facebook tops Google as most visited site in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST

A Facebook page is displayed on a computer screen in Brussels April 21, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesReuters - Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010.


Odd 2010: Sound the vuvuzela for year of the mystic mollusc (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST

A fan blows a vuvuzela at Green Point stadium in Cape Town June 21, 2010.    REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - The astounding predictions of an octopus, the perils of "chexting" and the pain of getting around on planes were the laughing matters of 2010.


Russia's Khodorkovsky sentenced to six more years (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST

Jailed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (L) stands in the defendants' cage during a court session in Moscow December 30, 2010. REUTERS/Denis SinyakovReuters - A Russian judge ordered former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailed until 2017 on Thursday after being convicted of theft and money-laundering, in a court case seen by the West as a test of the rule of law in Russia.


Govt seeks disclosure of illegal companies monitoring gear (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:24 AM PST

Birds sit atop telecommunication towers in Hyderabad May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's telecoms ministry on Thursday has asked companies, including state-run firms, and individuals who possess unauthorised equipments that can intercept communication through wireless networks to give their details within 60 days or face prosecution.


Three charged over plot to attack Danish newspaper (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST

The Jyllands-Posten House in Copenhagen is seen in this September 27, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Scanpix/Martin Sylvest Andersen/FilesReuters - Three men suspected of preparing a deadly attack on a newspaper were charged by a Danish court on Thursday with plotting an act of terrorism.


British queen becomes a great-grandmother (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:18 AM PST

Queen Elizabeth is seen in Windsor near London in this October 26, 2010 file photo.  REUTERS/Dan Kitwood/POOLReuters - Queen Elizabeth, 84, became a great-grandmother for the first time when the wife of her grandson Peter Phillips gave birth to a baby girl, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.


Cabinet OKs 12-bln-rupee infusion into Air India (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST

Air India's  Airbus A321 and Boeing 777-200 LR aircrafts are on display at the tarmac of Mumbai airport July 30, 2007. The  Cabinet has approved an equity infusion of 12 billion rupees into state-run Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told reporters on Thursday. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - The Cabinet has approved an equity infusion of 12 billion rupees into state-run Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told reporters on Thursday.


India expects quick solution to Iran payments issue (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:08 AM PST

A man put a petrol pump back after filling up his car in Berlin April 4, 2008. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/FilesReuters - India will try to resolve a payments dispute with Iran when their central banks meet on Friday to keep oil shipments flowing from the Islamic Republic without backtracking on a move praised by the United States.


Q&A - How will India and Iran settle their payments impasse? (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:40 AM PST

A logo of a petrol station is pictured in front of the OPEC headquarters in Vienna October 24, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer/FilesReuters - India's central bank has said payments for trade with Iran should be settled outside the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), prompting fears in India that oil imports from the OPEC member could dry up without an alternative.


Fewer reporters killed, more kidnapped in 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 05:43 AM PST

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) secretary-general Jean-Francois Julliard attends a news conference in Kiev July 21, 2010. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin/FilesReuters - A total of 57 journalists were killed while working in 2010, down from 76 last year, but kidnappings of reporters surged, media rights group Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday.


Injury denies Ponting chance to salvage pride (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:02 AM PST

Australia's Ricky Ponting looks on after England wins on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes cricket test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground December 29, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Ricky Ponting's hopes of staying on as captain to lead Australia to a pride-salvaging victory in the fifth and final Ashes test have been dashed due to complications with his broken finger.


U.S. praises Reserve Bank of India in Iran dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:38 PM PST

A man walks past the logo of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inside its head office in Mumbai June 14, 2010. The United States on Wednesday praised the RBI for reducing its dealings with Iran's central bank, saying the Islamic Republic misuses its financial relationships to support its nuclear program. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The United States on Wednesday praised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for reducing its dealings with Iran's central bank, saying the Islamic Republic misuses its financial relationships to support its nuclear program.


Iran, India oil row escalates; c.bankers to meet (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 02:12 AM PST

A worker sits beside an oil tank at a storage facility of an oil company on the outskirts of New Delhi March 25, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - A payments dispute between India and Iran escalated after Tehran refused to sell oil to India under New Delhi's prohibitive new rules, sources on both sides said on Wednesday.


Jackson doctor defense may say singer killed self (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:11 PM PST

William Keith, a fan of the late entertainer Michael Jackson holds a sign outside a court hearing in Los Angeles August 23, 2010. Lawyers for the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Jackson could claim the pop star killed himself when a hearing begins next week, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/FilesReuters - Lawyers for the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson could claim the pop star killed himself when a hearing begins next week, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.


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