2011年11月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


No bailout for Kingfisher Airlines - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 05:47 AM PST

An employee speaks on a mobile phone inside a Kingfisher Airlines city office in New Delhi November 15, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi ruled out a public bailout for India's Kingfisher Airlines or any other airline, urging private airlines in India to put their own house in order.


COLUMN: Corruption and India's 1 percent - Freeland (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:47 PM PST

Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare wave placards during a protest rally against corruption in Mumbai August 16, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The only important question in the West right now is how to restart stalled economic growth. So it is easy to be dazzled by India, where a 7 percent rise in gross domestic product is the nightmare scenario, and optimists are shooting for 9.


U.S. defense chief calls China, India 'threats' (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee on security issues relating to Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington November 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared to call China and India "threats" on Thursday, in comments that the Pentagon quickly sought to correct.


India crush West Indies despite Bravo ton (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:23 AM PST

Ravichandran Ashwin (L) is congratulated by teammate Pragyan Ojha after he took the wicket of West Indies' Kemar Roach as Gautam Gambhir (R) watches on the fourth day of their second test cricket match in Kolkata November 17, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Darren Bravo's stylish 136 failed to save West Indies from a heavy defeat as India completed a series-clinching victory eight minutes before tea on the fourth day of the second test at Eden Gardens on Thursday.


Man charged with trying to assassinate Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:21 PM PST

This United States Park Police photograph, obtained by Reuters November 16, 2011, shows Oscar Ortega-Hernandez. REUTERS/United States Park Police/HandoutReuters - A 21-year-old man who called President Barack Obama the "devil" and "anti-Christ" was charged on Thursday with trying to assassinate the U.S. leader by opening fire on the White House with an assault rifle.


Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher call it quits (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 05:02 PM PST

Actor Ashton Kucher and his wife Demi Moore arrive at The Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Ball in Washington January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Mitch DumkeReuters - Film and television stars Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher said on Thursday they are ending their marriage after six years, breaking up one of the most widely followed May-December romances Hollywood has seen.


Activist nun killed in axe attack in Jharkhand (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 05:32 AM PST

Reuters - A nun active in fighting for the rights of villagers threatened by coal miners was hacked to death with an axe by unknown assailants in Jharkhand, sparking calls on Thursday for an urgent investigation.

Govt unlikely to consider fuel price increase in Nov - source (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:15 AM PST

An employee fills an iconic yellow ambassador taxi with diesel at a fuel station in Kolkata June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - A ministers' panel to consider raising prices of subsidised fuels -- diesel, kerosene and cooking gas -- is unlikely to meet this month, an oil ministry source said on Thursday, as the winter session of parliament commences on Nov. 22.


India drop Yuvraj for final test against Windies (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 08:17 AM PST

Yuvraj Singh catches the ball during a practice session ahead of their first test cricket match against West Indies in New Delhi November 5, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Yuvraj Singh's test career stuttered again on Thursday when the left-hander, a regular match-winner in one-day cricket, was dropped from the Indian team for the third and final test against West Indies.


Rare Tagore notebook to be sold at NY auction (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PST

Artist Shihan Husaini paints a portrait of Noble Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore using human blood in Madras, April 3, 2004. REUTERS/Ananthakrishnan/FilesReuters - A previously unknown manuscript by Bengali poet and Nobel Literature Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore is expected to fetch up to $250,000 when it is auctioned next month in New York.


Ex-banker turned Hindu monk urges Wall St to meditate (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:17 AM PST

A sign is seen at an almost empty  Zuccotti Park where Occupy Wall Street demonstrators have been occupying for nearly two months in New York November 16, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/FilesReuters - Rasanath Das, an ex-investment banker turned Hindu monk, was spending recent Sunday afternoons leading Occupy Wall Street protesters in meditation until police cleared their camp at New York's Zuccotti Park this week.


Unions warn FIFA of "modern slavery" in Qatar (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:01 AM PST

A general view shows FIFA headquarters, the Home of FIFA, in Zurich October 20, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/FilesReuters - Soccer's governing body FIFA was warned by international trade unions on Thursday that migrant workers in 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar were subjected to conditions of "modern slavery".


BSE Sensex drops over 300 pts; down 6.3 pct in six sessions (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:37 AM PST

A broker monitors share prices at a brokerage firm in Mumbai August 5, 2011. The BSE Sensex dropped 1.9 percent on Thursday to post its lowest close in six weeks, as investors cut their exposure to risky assets amid concerns about the impact of high interest rates and slowing economic growth on corporate earnings. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex dropped 1.9 percent on Thursday to post its lowest close in six weeks, as investors cut their exposure to risky assets amid concerns about the impact of high interest rates and slowing economic growth on corporate earnings.


Food inflation at 10.63 pct y/y on Nov 5 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:26 PM PST

A vendor selling vegetables waits for customers along a roadside market in Srinagar November 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - India's food price index rose 10.63 percent and the fuel price index climbed 15.49 percent in the year to Nov. 5, government data on Thursday showed.


Germany's Metro plans 8-10 stores annually in India over 4 yrs (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST

Flags of Germany's biggest retailer Metro AG are seen at their headquarters before the annual balance news conference in Duesseldorf March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender/FilesReuters - Germany's Metro AG, which operates cash and carry stores, plans to open 8-10 stores annually over the next 4 years in India at an investment of 600 million rupees ($11.8 million) each, the company said in a statement.


Google launches music service (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:05 PM PST

Jamie Rosenberg, director of Digital Content (Android) at Google, speaks at the launch of Google Music in Los Angeles November 16, 2011. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label.


Benetton withdraws pope kiss ad after protests (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PST

A man strolls in front of the Benetton store in downtown Rome November 16, 2011. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniReuters - Benetton withdrew an advertisement using an image of Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the mouth after the Vatican protested on Wednesday at the Italian clothing firm's latest shock campaign.


Green tea may trim "bad" cholesterol - study (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:19 PM PST

A tea garden worker (R) pours tea inside a tea garden estate in Siliguri April 26, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Green tea, taken in a capsule or drunk in a cup, may shave a few points off "bad" cholesterol readings, according to a U.S. study involving more than a thousand people.


Transgender people murdered as world resists change (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:23 AM PST

Reuters - Ever since she can remember, Katherine Cummings knew she had been born into the wrong body.

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