2011年8月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Songs, prayers as Anna Hazare due to leave jail (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare shout anti-government slogans as they wait for Hazare to leave Tihar jail in New Delhi August 18, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Self-styled Gandhian campaigner, Anna Hazare, who has become a symbol of popular outrage over endemic corruption in India was due to leave Tihar jail on Friday to carry on his fast after a beleaguered government caved in to huge protests across the country.


ANALYSIS - Protests are baptism of fire for Rahul Gandhi (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:49 AM PDT

Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker and son of India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, addresses a news conference in Agartala Tripura October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta DeyReuters - Huge anti-corruption protests and a fumbling government response have catapulted India's family scion and prime minister-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi into a baptism of fire and exposed a leadership vacuum in the world's biggest democracy.


Nadal scrapes into Cincinnati quarters (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to compatriot Fernando Verdasco during their third round match of the 2011 Cincinnati Open tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 18, 2011. REUTERS/John Sommers IIReuters - World number two Rafa Nadal scraped into the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open after beating fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-6 6-7 7-6 in a fierce battle on Thursday but his rivals all had comfortable paths into the last eight.


Rain interrupts England charge (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:41 PM PDT

England's captain Andrew Strauss (2nd R) is hit on the helmet by a ball bowled by India's Ishant Sharma during the fourth cricket test match at the Oval cricket ground in London August 18, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Rain frustrated England's bid for a series whitewash over India on Thursday when play was washed out after lunch on the opening day of the fourth test at the Oval.


ICICI Bank launches new fixed rate home loan scheme (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 06:02 AM PDT

A man walks inside a tent that was formerly used by builders for residential apartments bookings at Greater Noida, India July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - India's No. 2 lender ICICI Bank on Thursday launched a fixed-interest-rate home loan scheme, where customer will get home loans at a fixed interest rate for one or two year years, post which the loan will move to floating interest rate.


Ecclestone goes into bat for F1 success in India (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:05 AM PDT

Formula One commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone speaks in the paddock after the third practice session of the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo, outside Barcelona May 21, 2011. REUTERS/Albert Gea/FilesReuters - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has hailed the circuit for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix in October as "one of the nicest" on the calendar and predicted the series to take a serious hold in the world's second-most populous country.


Wordplay: from growleries to woots and beyond (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:48 AM PDT

A generic picture of an English dictionary and a thesaurus. REUTERS/Catherine Benson/FilesReuters - Are you familiar with the brabble of cockyolly birds in the growlery?


Food inflation at 9.03 pct y/y as on Aug 6 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 12:34 AM PDT

A Muslim boy buys food for iftar, the evening meal for breaking fast during Ramadan, in Mumbai August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India's food price index rose 9.03 percent and the fuel price index climbed 13.13 percent in the year to Aug. 6, government data on Thursday showed.


Sensex near 15-month closing low, below 16,500 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:33 AM PDT

People walk outside the Mumbai Stock Exchange building February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex fell 2.2 percent on Thursday, their lowest close in nearly 15 months, mirroring weak Asian and European peers as glum global growth outlook prompted investors to cut exposure to riskier assets.


India gold hits peak; deters physical buying (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 04:49 AM PDT

A woman displays gold for sale at a gold shop in Hanoi August 9, 2011.  REUTERS/KhamReuters - Gold futures extended gains to hit a new peak on Thursday following a rally in overseas markets, and a weaker rupee, which made the yellow metal expensive, deterring physical buying ahead of a slew of festivals and weddings, dealers said.


Monsoon rains above normal for second straight week (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 02:42 AM PDT

Men stand under an umbrella in a flooded street during heavy monsoon rain in Lahore August 12, 2011. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - Monsoon rains were 26 percent above normal in the week to Aug. 17, strengthening from a 14 percent above normal reading in the previous week, the weather office said on Thursday.


England win toss and elect to bat v India (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 03:53 AM PDT

Reuters - England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final test against India at the Oval on Thursday.

New evidence points to cover-up at Murdoch tabloid (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Andy Coulson, former News of the World newspaper editor, leaves number 10 Downing Street in London January 21, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/FilesReuters - New evidence of hacking at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World points to a four-year cover-up by the company, and intensifies focus on Prime Minister David Cameron's judgement in hiring an ex-editor who may now face criminal prosecution.


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