2011年9月21日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Rescue workers search for survivors of Himalaya quake (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Residents search for casualties in the ruins of a quake-damaged house at Lokanthali in Bhaktapur September 19, 2011. REUTERS/Navesh ChitrakarReuters - Rescue workers with sensors and sniffer dogs searched through rubble on Wednesday for more survivors of an earthquake that has killed at least 100 people in a remote Himalayan region and left many, including 400 foreigners, stranded in far-flung areas.


I won't run for PM again, says Advani (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:14 AM PDT

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani speaks during a book release function in Chandigarh August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Lal Krishna Advani, the 83-year-old veteran of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said on Wednesday he did not want to run for prime minister again in elections due by 2014, a move that frees up younger candidates to challenge the government.


TCS sees opportunities amid downturn (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:16 PM PDT

N. Chandrasekaran (L), Chief Executive of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), attends a news conference to announce the company's Q4 results in Mumbai April 21, 2011.  REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - Outsourcing leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) sees opportunity as corporate customers embrace new technology, although a poor economy means that overall spending in the United States and Europe will stay weak.


Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopeful of change "very soon" (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Myanmar Pro-Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at a ceremony to mark International Democracy Day in National League for Democracy party (NLD) head office at Yangon September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi is hopeful of seeing signs of change "very soon" in the formerly military-ruled Asian nation after recently meeting President Thein Sein for the first time.


As crisis bites, rising wealth gap becomes key (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Members of the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE) representing flight attendants from Air Canada protest labour disputes at the Toronto Pearson International airport in Toronto, September 20, 2011.  REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - The rising gap between rich and poor in nearly every country, rich or poor, went largely ignored during the decades of globalization-fuelled boom.


HP's board considers jettisoning CEO - source (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Leo Apotheker, CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., speaks at a media event in Beijing, June 29, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily/FilesReuters - Hewlett-Packard Co's board is considering ousting Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker after less than a year on the job and replacing him temporarily with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a source familiar with the matter said.


U.S. says Pakistani spies using group for "proxy war" (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:37 AM PDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admirall Mike Mullen during a hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington March 2, 2011.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesReuters - The United States has accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of using the Haqqani Network to wage a "proxy war", hardening its criticism of Islamabad's ties with Taliban-allied factions fighting NATO and Afghan troops in Afghanistan.


PM: global economy facing slowdown, inflationary pressures (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:44 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is being helped with the headphones during a news conference in Kabul May 12, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - The global economy is in the midst of an economic slowdown coupled with all its attendant problems, including inflationary pressures, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement released on Wednesday ahead of his visit to New York to attend a United Nations General Assembly meeting.


Libya rulers claim capture of Gaddafi bastion (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters ride a tank after its arrival at a checkpoint north of Muammar Gaddafi's bastion of Bani Walid, as part of preparations for an expected advance into the town by NTC forces, September 21, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Libya's interim rulers said on Wednesday they had captured most of one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds deep in the Sahara desert, a boost to an administration struggling to assert full control over the fractured country.


Afghans mourn slain ex-president on World Peace Day (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:51 AM PDT

An Afghan man walks past a picture of Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, along a street outside his house in Kabul September 21, 2011. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghans gathered to mourn assassinated former president and chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani on Wednesday, World Peace Day, as fears mounted that his death could deepen ethnic divisions and nudge the country towards civil war.


Onion farmers troop into markets after export ban lifted (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:36 AM PDT

A boy, with his face covered with an empty onion sack to protect him from flies, takes a nap in an open air vegetable market in New Delhi May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - Onion farmers brought in their produce into key markets on Wednesday after the government relented to their demands and lifted a ban on exports, traders said.


Spooky theory, leukaemia drugs top Nobel tips - Thomson Reuters (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:43 AM PDT

A man walks near a Thomson Reuters logo at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in east London May 7, 2009.  REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - Researchers who developed ground-breaking leukaemia drugs, discovered dendrimers and delved into the intricacies of what Einstein dubbed "spooky action" are among Thomson Reuters 2011 top tips to win Nobel prizes for science.


ICC chief happy with 50-over format (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:40 AM PDT

International Circket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat poses after a news conference following its annual conference in Hong Kong June 30, 2011.  REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FileReuters - International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has ruled out changes to 50-over cricket despite a proposal put forward by Sachin Tendulkar.


Rupee hits lowest in more than 2 yrs; Fed eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:56 AM PDT

A bank employee counts bundles of Indian currency at a cash counter in Agartala, July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The rupee ended weaker on Wednesday after dropping to its lowest level in over two years as investors reduced their exposure to risk ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, where it is expected to unveil steps to revive a flagging U.S. economy.


Jagger's new band, formed on a whim, gets Superheavy (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:26 AM PDT

Mick Jagger bows after performing Reuters - Dave Stewart went to the hilltop and called on a higher rock star -- Mick Jagger. Thus began Superheavy, a project shrouded in secrecy for two years and now with one album released this week to its credit


Nikon to sell its first mirrorless cameras in Oct (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:16 PM PDT

A man tries out a Nikon camera displayed at an electronics shop in Tokyo February 5, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/FilesReuters - Nikon unveiled its first lightweight mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras on Wednesday, saying the two new models would go on sale in October and that it expects them to be priced around 70,000 yen ($915)and 105,000 yen.


Sri Lanka's half million mines will take a decade to clear (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:12 AM PDT

A Sri Lankan soldier looks for mines to clear near a main road, which was recently re-opened, between Kandy and Jaffna, close to Muhamalai in north Sri Lanka March 3, 2009.REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Post-war Sri Lanka will need another decade to clear the half million landmines which lie buried under swathes of agricultural and forest land and around villages in the north of the island nation, the head of a demining group said.


Encouraging exercise may help teens quit smoking (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT

A woman smokes a cigarette outside an office building in central Sydney June 27, 2011.  REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - Encouraging teenage smokers not only to quit, but to get physically active, may boost their odds of truly managing to kick the habit, a study said.


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