2011年3月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Japanese engineers aim to restore power to avert catastrophe (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Damage after an earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, is seen in this satellite image taken 9:35 am local time (0035 GMT) on March 16, 2011. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/HandoutReuters - Japanese engineers raced on Friday to restore a power cable to a crippled nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps desperately needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.


U.N. council approves no-fly zone over Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:34 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council is convened  at U.N. headquarters in New York, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" -- code for military action -- to protect civilians against leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces.


BJP demands PM resign over cash-for-votes scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:33 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks in New Delhi July 3, 2010. opposition forced parliament to adjourn on Thursday and demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign over a WikiLeaks report that his party paid bribes to win a confidence vote in 2008, a fresh blow to the scandal-tainted coalition. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced parliament to adjourn on Thursday and demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign over a WikiLeaks report that his party paid bribes to win a confidence vote in 2008, a fresh blow to the scandal-tainted coalition.


Dalai Lama vows to devolve power, says leadership outdated (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT

A Buddhist monk walks near posters of candidate for Tibetan prime minister Lobsang Sangay at a roadside on the outskirts of Dharamsala March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - The Dalai Lama said on Thursday that his leadership was as outdated as a monarchy and insisted he would relinquish a four-century old tradition of power despite opposition from within the Tibetan government-in-exile.


Kate Middleton dress fetches $105,000 at auction (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PDT

Charlotte Todd, the designer of the see-through knitted dress modelled by Kate Middleton at the annual St Andrew's University charity fashion show in 2002, poses for photographers with the dress at an auction house, in London March 16, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - A dress worn by Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton at a university fashion show in 2002 which reportedly sparked the royal's interest in his bride-to-be fetched 65,000 pounds ($105,000) on Thursday.


Thrilling Windies win keeps England afloat (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT

England's James Tredwell (2nd L) is congratulated by his teammates after taking the wicket of West Indies's Darren Bravo during their ICC Cricket World Cup group B match in Chennai March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - England could not overcome their taste for cliffhangers but at least they survived another one against West Indies on Thursday to give themselves a chance of making it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.


Shoaib Akhtar decides time is right to call it quits (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:54 AM PDT

Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar celebrates after bowling New Zealand's Brendon McCullum in the first over of their ICC Cricket World Cup Group A match in Pallekele March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, closing one of the most colourful careers in the sport.


Air India operates more, bigger flights to Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:47 AM PDT

Air India aircrafts stand on the tarmac during heavy rains at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi July 15, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - State carrier Air India has started flights with bigger capacities to Tokyo and has increased their frequency to help bring back Indians from Japan as concerns about the spreading nuclear crisis worsened.


Dream run ends on a losing high for Devvarman (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:27 AM PDT

Somdev Devvarman of India returns a shot against Rafael Nadal of Spain during their match at the Indian Wells ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, March 16, 2011. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokReuters - Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman ended a dream run at the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Wednesday on a high, despite losing 7-5 6-4 to world number one Rafa Nadal in the fourth round.


RBI raises interest rates, further moves seen (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:41 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates on Thursday for the eighth time since last March, in line with expectations, and warned both of inflationary pressures and emerging risks to growth.


Inflation seen easing to 7-7.5 pct in March: Pranab (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:02 AM PDT

A labourer works at a rice mill on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Jayanta DeyReuters - India's headline inflation may ease to 7-7.5 percent in March and the central bank's latest rate increase will have an impact on inflationary pressures, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.


Chinese writer Bi Feiyu wins top Asian book prize (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese writer Bi Feiyu's account of life during the Cultural Revolution won the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize on Thursday, making a hat-trick of wins for Chinese writers since the prize's inception in 2007.

Japan dumps water on overheating reactor; tries to reconnect power (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:08 AM PDT

A survivor looks on at the debris of his destroyed house in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Japanese military helicopters and fire trucks poured water on an overheating nuclear facility on Thursday and the plant operator said electricity to part of the crippled complex could be restored in a desperate bid to avert catastrophe.


Rajaratnam lawyer: information public, not secret (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 10:14 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam (R) leaves federal court after a hearing with lawyer John Dowd (L) in New York March 4, 2011. JREUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/FilesReuters - Accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam did not get secrets about Advanced Micro Devices Inc and eBay Inc from a former high-placed friend because the information was already public, his lawyer argued at trial on Wednesday.


HCL Tech to send team to Japan; employees can work from home (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:20 PM PDT

A man rides a bicycle at an area hit by earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, north of Japan, March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - HCL Technologies said it will send a senior level delegation to quake-hit Japan to support its employees, and the Indian software services firm will also give employees an option to work from alternate locations.


England set West Indies 244 to win (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:21 AM PDT

England's Graeme Swann plays a shot during their ICC Cricket World Cup group B match against the West Indies in Chennai March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - England set West Indies 244 to win after none of their batsmen could reach the half-century mark in the World Cup Group B match on Thursday.


Too early to assess Japan crisis impact - Trade min (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:22 AM PDT

Survivors react after collecting their belongings at their destroyed house in a village hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, northeast Japan March 17, 2011.  REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - It is too early to determine the impact of Japanese crisis on trade with India, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday.


Food inflation at 9.42 pct y/y on March 5 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:07 AM PDT

A worker of a food superstore arranges products inside a mall in Ahmedabad March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - The food price index rose 9.42 percent and the fuel price index climbed 12.79 percent in the year to March 5, government data on Thursday showed.


Injured Shahzad ruled out of World Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:07 AM PDT

Reuters - England fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad was ruled out of the World Cup on Thursday with a hamstring problem to add to his team's injury woes, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement.

Global alarm mounts as Japan races against time to cool reactors (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:07 AM PDT

Medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a photographer for possible radiation exposure at a public welfare center in Niigata, northern Japan March 16, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Operators of a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan dumped water on overheating reactors on Thursday while the United States expressed growing alarm about leaking radiation and said it was sending aircraft to help Americans leave the country.


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