2011年1月3日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


ULFA softens demand on Assam independence (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:20 AM PST

Soldiers stand guard in the remote insurgency-proned city of Guwahati on the eve of the first phase of general elections in this February 15, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the top militant group fighting in the country's remote northeast for almost three decades has dropped its demand for independence in talks with New Delhi, softening its stand in an insurgency that has killed thousands of people.


Gambhir and Tendulkar lead India fightback (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:46 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the second day of  the third test cricket match against South Africa in Cape Town, January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - A grimly determined Gautam Gambhir and a serene Sachin Tendulkar took India to 142 for two at stumps on the second day of the deciding third test against South Africa on Monday.


Panel clears POSCO Orissa steel mill of ecology threat (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 01:33 PM PST

An employee of steelmaker POSCO walks at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 10, 2009.    REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - A government panel has said there are no ecological concerns over a $12 billion steel mill in Orissa planned by South Korea's POSCO, a landmark project seen as a test of the country's business climate.


Apple iPhone alarm woes continue across the globe (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

A man walks past an advertisement for an iPhone 4 displayed at a shop in Bangkok September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/FilesReuters - Some iPhone users across the globe complained of malfunctioning alarms on the first working day of 2011, even after Apple reassured users that its phones' built-in clocks will work from Monday.


FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 09:11 PM PST

A labourer unloads vegetables from a truck at a wholesale market in Jammu December 30, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - The government faces the prospect of accelerating inflation from higher food prices, even as it considers lifting diesel prices, and it will walk a thin line as it balances political and economic objectives.


Pakistani president vows support for embattled PM (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:18 PM PST

Asif Ali Zardari (R) meets Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister's House in Islamabad March 25, 2008.  REUTERS/Press Information Department/Handout/FilesReuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari expressed full confidence on Monday in the country's beleaguered prime minister, who is scrambling to prevent his government from falling after a key coalition partner quit.


SCENARIOS - Govt's difficult decision on diesel prices (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:21 AM PST

A worker holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Mumbai June 11, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The government has deferred a decision on raising diesel and cooking gas prices to compensate state-owned oil marketing firms for revenue losses on selling these products below market prices.


Nishikori dashes Cilic dreams of Chennai hat-trick (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:36 AM PST

Reuters - Japan's Kei Nishikori dashed Marin Cilic's hopes of a Chennai title hat-trick, upstaging the towering second-seeded Croatian in a see-saw first-round match on Monday.

Kallis set to be sidelined after battling through pain (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:28 AM PST

South Africa's Jacques Kallis celebrates scoring a century during the second day of the third cricket test match against India in Cape Town, January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis battled through the pain barrier to stroke a century on Monday but his heroics mean he is unlikely to play any further part in the third and final test against India.


Patni deal with iGate, Apax still on - source (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:39 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. software firm iGate's deal with Apax Partners for a majority stake in Patni Computer Services is still on the table but has been delayed due to procedural issues, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

Spurs wait as Beckham asks Galaxy for loan move (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:45 AM PST

Soccer player David Beckham in Los Angeles, California, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/FilesReuters - David Beckham has asked Los Angeles Galaxy if he can make an off-season loan move, with Tottenham Hotspur waiting on the verdict.


Man City title credentials on the line at Arsenal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:48 AM PST

Manchester City's Adam Johnson (L) celebrates scoring against Blackpool with Joleon Lescott (C) and Gareth Barry during their English Premier League soccer match in Manchester, northern England January 1, 2011. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - Manchester City face the acid test of their Premier League title credentials on Wednesday when they seek to win at Arsenal, something they have not managed for 36 years.


Masterful Kallis puts South Africa in control (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 06:05 AM PST

South Africa's Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the second day of the third cricket test match against India in Cape Town, January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Jacques Kallis struck a masterful century to put South Africa in control on the second day of the deciding third test against India at Newlands on Monday.


PREVIEW - CES gadget fest sizzle fizzles (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:21 AM PST

Reuters - Some 125,000 attendees descending on the annual tech gadget confab in Las Vegas this week can be forgiven for feeling as if they have traveled back in time.

Australian floods submerge towns,coal exports hit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:39 PM PST

A coal ship waits to be loaded at the port in Gladstone, Queensland January 2, 2011. Torrential rains and flooding are set to cut rail supplies of coal for another week from inland mines to Australia's third-largest coal export terminal Gladstone, forcing the port to run down already-depleted inventories. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Military aircraft ferried supplies to an Australian town slowly sinking beneath swollen rivers on Monday, as record flooding in the country's northeast severed roads and ports, curtailing coal exports and devastating farmland.


Pakistan PM moves to save coalition after ally departs (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:11 AM PST

File photo of Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) shaking hands with Pakistani Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at an army headquarters in Multan after visiting flooded areas of Punjab province September 12, 2010. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer/FilesReuters - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani scrambled to save his ruling coalition on Monday after a key partner withdrew, plunging a country vital to U.S. efforts to pacify Afghanistan into a political crisis.


Khawaja's bright cameo helps lift Sydney gloom (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 12:40 AM PST

Australia's Usman Khawaja talks to Shane Watson during the fifth Ashes cricket test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Debutant Usman Khawaja briefly lit up a gloomy first day of the fifth Ashes test on Monday but Australia's batting frailties and rain returned later in the day to leave the hosts wobbling on 134-4 at the close of play.


South Africa 362 v India, day two, third test (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:21 AM PST

South Africa's Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the second day of the third test cricket match against India in Cape Town January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - South Africa were bowled out for 362 after lunch on the second day of the third and final test against India at Newlands on Monday.


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