2011年6月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Swami Ramdev dismisses PM call to halt graft fast (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Yoga guru Swami Ramdev speaks in support of social activist Anna Hazare during a Reuters - Swami Ramdev, India's most popular and powerful yoga guru, rejected an appeal by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday to call off a hunger strike against corruption, the second major challenge to a government losing its authority due to rampant graft.


Defendant Rana unlikely to testify in Mumbai attack trial (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:11 PM PDT

A man poses for a street photographer (not pictured) in front of Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of 2008 militant attacks in Mumbai May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - The Pakistani-born businessman charged with supporting a deadly 2008 Islamic militant attack on Mumbai is not likely to testify at his trial, his lawyer said on Wednesday.


India says nuclear plants safe, but better response needed (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:55 AM PDT

A woman shouts slogans during an anti-nuclear protest in Mumbai April 26, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - NEW DELHI (AlertNet)- India's rapidly emerging nuclear power plants are seismically safe, but the country needs to ramp up its capacity to respond should an emergency strike, a top disaster management official warned on Wednesday.


Google reveals Gmail hacking, likely from China (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT

A screenshot of a Google Gmail account web page. REUTERS/Google/Handout/FilesReuters - Hackers likely based in China tried to break into hundreds of Google mail accounts, including those of senior U.S. government officials, Chinese activists and journalists, the Internet company said on Wednesday.


Blatter wins new FIFA term, pledges reform (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:58 AM PDT

FIFA president Sepp Blatter reacts after being re-elected for a fourth term as president of the world soccer governing body during the 61st FIFA congress at the Hallenstadion in Zurich June 1, 2011.         REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - Sepp Blatter was re-elected unopposed as FIFA president on Wednesday, promising to use his final four-year term for radical reform of a sport reeling from bribery and corruption allegations.


ISI faces more heat after reporter's killing (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Saleem Shahzad, the bureau chief of online Asia Times newspaper, is seen here in an undated photo obtained from his family May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Family HandoutReuters - Speculation that Pakistan's military spy agency had a hand in the death of a prominent journalist has further discredited the organisation already facing one of its worst crises after the killing of Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil.


SCENARIOS - How Pakistan's nuclear weapons could be jeopardised (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:10 AM PDT

This still image from a Pakistan military handout video shows a Hatf IX (NASR) missile, capable of delivering nuclear warheads, being fired during a test at an undisclosed location in Pakistan April 19, 2011. REUTERS/Pakistan Military Inter Services Public Relations/FilesReuters - It's a nightmare scenario: al Qaeda militants gain control of a Pakistani nuclear weapon, either through a base assault, theft or a rogue commander's cooperation, possibly in the event of hostilities with nuclear-armed neighbour India.


Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:17 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends the Indian labour conference in New Delhi November 23, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - After state elections in May in which the ruling Congress party and its allies performed well, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will start work on reshuffling his cabinet and raising fuel prices before the next parliamentary session in July.


Headley says ISI chiefs unaware of 26/11 Mumbai plot (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:19 AM PDT

A municipal worker sweeps a pavement in front of the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of the 2008 militant attacks, in Mumbai May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - David Headley, the former U.S. drug informant who said he worked with Pakistan's intelligence agency on planning the 2008 Pakistani militant attack on Mumbai, testified on Tuesday that agency higher-ups were unaware of the plot.


SPECIAL REPORT - An end to AIDS? (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT

A huge poster with a red ribbon symbolizing the fight against AIDS is displayed on the facade of the Palace of Culture ahead of World AIDS Day in Warsaw November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/FilesReuters - For his doctors, Timothy Ray Brown was a shot in the dark. An HIV-positive American who was cured by a unique type of bone marrow transplant, the man known as "the Berlin patient" has become an icon of what scientists hope could be the next phase of the AIDS pandemic: its end.


India's factory growth dips in May but price pressures persist (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

A labourer works with a pulley inside a motor pump workshop in Mumbai May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - Growth in India's manufacturing sector eased slightly in May as the pace of new orders slowed, but factories' input and output prices continued to rise sharply, reinforcing expectations of further policy tightening by the central bank.


Blatter promises FIFA reform, spreads power (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:24 AM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives on stage before the 61st FIFA congess at the Hallenstadion in Zurich June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - The power to award World Cup hosting rights will in future be taken away from an elite group of executives and entrusted instead to FIFA's full 208-member congress, the sport's governing body's president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday as he strove to stem criticism of his wounded organisation.


GMR defers cash and carry on Kingfisher, AI for 2 airports (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:22 PM PDT

Passengers speak to ticketing staff through the only open counter at the Air India ticket office at the domestic airport in Mumbai April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - GMR Group has deferred its cash and carry arrangement with Kingfisher Airlines and Air India for the Delhi and Hyderabad airports as "significant progress has been made regarding payment of their outstanding dues," it said.


FIFA rejects proposal to stop election (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:37 AM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives on stage before the 61st FIFA congess at the Hallenstadion in Zurich June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - FIFA voted to go ahead with its presidential election on Wednesday after the world soccer governing body's Congress rejected a proposal from the English FA that it should be postponed.


Blatter set for new term as FIFA president; criticism grows (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:09 PM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during the opening ceremony of the 61st FIFA congess at the Hallenstadion in Zurich May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - FIFA President Sepp Blatter should be returned unopposed for another four-year term on Wednesday despite a corruption scandal that has plunged soccer into its worst crisis and alarmed the game's global sponsors.


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