2011年10月3日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Govt scraps 32 rupees a day poverty rate benchmark (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:58 AM PDT

A man bathes from a broken water pipe line in a Noida slum June 10, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - The government said on Monday it would stop a controversial rate of 32 rupees ($0.65) a day being used as a benchmark for access to anti-poverty programmes, a move which could raise the cost of its pro-poor agenda as it battles political storms.


India may remove foreign investment cap in single-brand retail (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:45 AM PDT

A trolley laden with fresh and processed food sits parked in an aisle as customers shop at a supermarket in Mumbai May 30, 2011.    REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - India is considering opening fully its single-brand retail sector to foreign direct investments, the industry secretary said on Monday, a possible boon to the government's reform programme which has appeared on the backburner.


Italian appeal court clears Amanda Knox of murder (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Amanda Knox, the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Italy in November 2007, arrives in court for her appeal trial session in Perugia October 3, 2011. The court cleared Knox and her former boyfriend of murdering Kercher in 2007 and set them free on Monday. REUTERS/Giorgio BenvenutiReuters - An Italian court cleared 24-year-old American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend of the 2007 killing of British student Meredith Kercher and ordered they be freed on Monday after nearly four years in prison for a crime they always denied committing.


Cancer kills Nobel physician before he hears of prize (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:38 PM PDT

Professor Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren (R) of Karolinska Institute announces the 2011 Nobel Physiology or Medicine laureates during a news conference in Stockholm October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Leif R. Jansson/ScanpixReuters - A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award.


Very difficult for al Qaeda to attack U.S. - Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:48 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks next to U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton (L) at a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday it would be "very difficult" for al Qaeda to launch another major attack on the United States, as its leadership has been decimated.


Elizabeth Hurley engaged to cricketer Shane Warne (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Shane Warne stands with his girlfriend Liz Hurley on the field at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham August 13, 2011. Hurley is engaged to Warne, the couple confirmed via Twitter. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley is engaged to retired Australian cricketer Shane Warne, the couple confirmed via Twitter.


BRICs push for bigger say in running of Internet (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:11 AM PDT

Inmates attend a training session for a business process outsourcing (BPO) centre located at the Cherlapally Central Jail on the outskirts of Hyderabad December 14, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Campaigners for a loosely regulated Internet are alarmed at the risk to Web freedom from fast-growing BRIC and other emerging economies seeking more say in how the online realm is policed.


"Immortal" to be new posthumous Michael Jackson album (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:54 PM PDT

(L-R) The family of late singer Michael Jackson, Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., Jaffar Jackson, Jermajesty, Katherine Jackson, Tito and Jackie Jackson, attend the premiere of Reuters - A posthumous Michael Jackson album entitled "Immortal" is to be released in November featuring newly discovered outtakes and redesigned versions of some of his biggest hits, Epic Records said on Monday.


Angry Pakistan rejects Afghan charges on Rabbani (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:40 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 - Pakistan has angrily rejected allegations from Afghan officials that its intelligence agency masterminded the assassination of Kabul's chief peace negotiator with the Taliban.


Gold to regain glitter, say bankers to the rich (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:40 AM PDT

A customer tries on a gold necklace at a gold shop in Hanoi August 23, 2011. REUTERS/KhamReuters - Wealthy individuals should buy gold as it has become an attractive investment following last month's sharp reversal, private bankers in Asia said on Monday.


Toshiba to launch 55-inch no-glasses 3D TV in Dec (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:48 AM PDT

The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo January 10, 2009.   REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Monday it will begin sales in December of 55-inch 3D TVs that produce images with the illusion of depth, but without the need for glasses usually required for 3D viewing.


Bangladesh court charges opposition leader with war crimes (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:04 AM PDT

Reuters - A court in Bangladesh on Monday charged prominent opposition politician Moulana Delwar Hossain Sayedi with war crimes in the country's 1971 war of independence.

Sept factory PMI growth plunges to near stall speed (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:50 PM PDT

A worker moves iron pipes to make way after unloading them at a factory in the outskirts of Jammu August 30, 2011. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - Indias manufacturing growth nearly stalled in September, hitting its weakest spot since March 2009 on slowing output and orders growth following a series of interest rate hikes.


SPECIAL REPORT - A "great haircut" to kick-start U.S. growth (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:07 PM PDT

A worker carries materials for a house being constructed in Phoenix, Arizona, August 23, 2011. .REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - More than three years after the financial crisis struck, the U.S. economy remains stuck in a consumer debt trap.


Tearful Knox pleads for freedom (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:28 AM PDT

Amanda Knox, the U.S. student convicted of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Italy in November 2007, reacts during her appeal trial session in Perugia October 3, 2011.  REUTERS/Giorgio BenvenutiReuters - American student Amanda Knox made a tearful plea on Monday to be acquitted of murdering her British roommate during a brutal erotic game, saying she was paying with her life for a crime she did not commit.


Tumbling Tiger Woods set to drop out of world's top 50 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT

Tiger Woods of the U.S. reacts after his tee shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the 93rd PGA Championship golf tournament at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, August 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/FilesReuters - Tiger Woods will plummet to depths he has not reached in 15 years as he is projected to drop two spots to 51st in the world rankings to be issued on Monday.


BSE Sensex slumps as global worries drag; lenders fall (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:39 AM PDT

Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The BSE Sensex slumped more than 2 percent on Monday, with Reliance Industries and lenders leading the losses, as deepening concerns around the euro zone's debt crisis dampening global growth triggered broad-based selling by investors.

Afghanistan says Rabbani's killer was Pakistani (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:06 PM PDT

An Afghan man holds a picture of slain former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, Burhanuddin Rabbani, during a protest in Kabul September 27, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Afghanistan said on Sunday that the suicide bomber who posed as a Taliban envoy to assassinate Afghan peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani was a Pakistani national.


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