Daybreak reveals huge devastation in tsunami-hit Japan (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PST Reuters - Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. |
Bangladesh stun England in Chittagong thriller (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST Reuters - Two unheralded Bangladeshi tail-enders with ice in their veins played the innings of their lives to subject England to yet another giant-killing act on Friday. |
Rebels repel Gaddafi assault on Libya oil port (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:59 AM PST Reuters - Libyan rebels repelled a counter-offensive by leader Muammar Gaddafi's troop on Friday, but appealed to foreign powers to impose a no-fly zone to stop further attacks overrunning their three-week uprising. |
Tsunami waves could be 6 feet in California (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 06:52 AM PST Reuters - The tsunami generated by a massive earthquake in Japan could reach 6 feet (2 metres) when it hits parts of the northern California coast and force some evacuations, a state emergency agency spokesman said. |
India ponder giving Chawla final chance to prove himself (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 06:26 AM PST Reuters - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is on a mission to instil confidence in young leg spinner Piyush Chawla to make him ready for the business end of the World Cup. |
Some Pacific tsunami alerts lifted after Japan quake (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:59 AM PST Reuters - Tsunami warnings have been lifted for some densely populated Asia Pacific countries previously thought to be at risk after a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and national officials said. |
Jan factory output up 3.7 pct y/y (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:55 AM PST Reuters - The industrial output in January topped forecasts to grow an annual 3.7 percent, but high inflation is likely to make the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lift policy rates next week. |
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2011 08:44 PM PST Reuters - Pakistan test fired a nuclear-capable, short-range, surface-to-surface missile on Friday, the military said. |
Apple's iPad 2 to hit stores in latest test (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2011 10:55 PM PST Reuters - Apple Inc kicks off sales of its latest iPad on Friday, likely extending its lead in the burgeoning market while offering an important snapshot of consumer demand for tablet computing. |
Bangladesh beat England by two wickets in Group B match (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 10:03 AM PST Reuters - Bangladesh beat England by two wickets in their World Cup Group B match on Friday. |
Airline authorities catch 57 pilots over alcohol limit, only grounds 11 (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:21 AM PST Reuters - India's airline authorities caught 57 pilots over the alcohol limit about to take to the cabin of passenger-carrying jets over the past two years, but most were cleared to fly again, media said on Friday. |
Japan's Nippon Life to invest $724 mln in Reliance Life - source (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:56 AM PST Reuters - Nippon Life Insurance Co plans to buy a 26 percent stake in Reliance Life for about 60 billion yen ($724 million), a source with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest move by a Japanese insurer to expand overseas. |
Widespread tsunami warning issued after Japan quake (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:43 AM PST Reuters - A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. |
Pakistan to extend term of spy chief - report (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2011 10:43 PM PST Reuters - Pakistan's government will extend the term of the head of its main intelligence agency to ensure continuity at a time of pressing security problems, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Friday. |
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