Political parties unite to urge Hazare to end fast (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT Reuters - India's bickering political parties united on Wednesday to urge ailing anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare to end his 9-day fast that has rallied millions of middle class Indians tired of rampant corruption in Asia's third largest economy. |
Anna Hazare's campaign awakens middle class (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:16 AM PDT Reuters - Mahesh Kundu paid 2,500 rupees for a driving licence, Rupam Bhatia 5,000 rupees to be admitted to hospital and Vishrant Chandra 6,000 rupees for a marriage certificate. These are the commonplace bribery stories experienced by middle-class Indians who have poured into the streets to say "enough is enough". |
Merkel tops powerful women list, Nooyi, Gandhi in top 10 (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment. |
Police raid troubled Karachi areas after 100 killed in a week (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:01 AM PDT Reuters - Police arrested dozens of suspects in raids on Wednesday in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi following a week of gang and political violence in which more than 100 people have been killed. |
Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear. |
Luxury retail not part of India's success story (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 11:29 PM PDT Reuters - When Nita Ambani went shopping for 25,000 pieces of high-end Japanese crockery, she did not go to the Noritake store in her posh neighbourhood of southern Mumbai. |
Liverpool start global footprint in India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:52 AM PDT Reuters - English Premier League club Liverpool launched their first soccer academy in India on Wednesday and said the club would have similar "footprints" in every continent by 2014. |
Coal India mines face closure over environmental concerns (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:13 AM PDT Reuters - At least 22 mines owned by Coal India, the world's biggest coal miner, face closure over environmental concerns in Jharkhand, potentially suffering an output loss of up to 40,000 tonnes a day, officials said on Wednesday. |
Samsung, Nokia join Apple in cheap smartphones push (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:15 AM PDT Reuters - The world's two largest cellphone vendors, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled new cheaper smartphone models on Wednesday hoping to defend their stronghold from Apple. |
Japan "computer grannies" grip internet lifeline (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:51 AM PDT Reuters - Fifteen years ago, a growing sense of isolation due to old age prompted Kayoko Okawa, then 66, to knock on the door of a local volunteer center and timidly ask if it was possible for someone her age to start an online community for seniors. |
How many species on Earth? 8.7 million give or take (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:19 AM PDT Reuters - Scientists have yet to discover, or classify, about 90 percent of the plant and animal species on Earth, which is estimated to be home to just under 9 million species, a study says. |
Paul McCartney teams up with Decca label, at last (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:41 AM PDT Reuters - Decca has teamed up with Paul McCartney to release his upcoming ballet nearly 50 years after the record label famously rejected taking on the Beatles in what has been called one of the music industry's biggest blunders. |
Govt seeks compromise with Anna Hazare (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - The government on Tuesday stepped up efforts to end national anti-corruption protests led by ailing 74-year-old social activist Anna Hazare, as he entered the second week of fasting, but the first meetings to broker a truce ended without a breakthrough. |
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