2011年1月6日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Thrilling test fizzles out on final day (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:48 AM PST

India's Gautam Gambhir leaves a delivery with AB De Villiers (L) as Mark Boucher looks on during the fifth day of  their third cricket test match against South Africa in Cape Town January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - India's determination to avoid defeat on Thursday killed off any chances of a thrilling finale in the third and final test against South Africa.


Karthikeyan lined up for F1 comeback (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:00 AM PST

Narain Karthikeyan of India relaxes in a motor home during a rain delay at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia March 26, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Keane/FilesReuters - Indian Narain Karthikeyan announced his Formula One comeback on Thursday after signing a deal with the struggling HRT team for a season that will include the first grand prix to be held in India.


Food inflation accelerates to year-high (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:11 AM PST

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Lucknow May 6, 2010. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - Food inflation rose for the fifth straight week to the highest in more than a year, reinforcing fears it has spilt over to broader prices and cementing expectations of a January interest rate hike.


God was behind Big Bang, universe no accident - Pope (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:34 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Epiphany mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 6, 2011. God's mind was behind complex scientific theories such as the Big Bang, and Christians should reject the idea that the universe came into being by accident, Pope Benedict said on Thursday. REUTERS/Alessia PierdomenicoReuters - God's mind was behind complex scientific theories such as the Big Bang, and Christians should reject the idea that the universe came into being by accident, Pope Benedict said on Thursday.


Tribal clashes uproot thousands in NE India (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST

A group of Garo tribal men beat drums to establish a new world record of drum assembles at Shillong, the capital of India's northeastern state of Meghalaya, October 28, 2006. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah/FilesReuters - At least four people have been killed and up to 10,000 left homeless after ethnic clashes between two rival tribes in India's northeast, police and officials say.


Apple launches app store for Macs, a la iPhone (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:34 AM PST

The MacBook Air is displayed at the Apple Store in New York February 1, 2008. Apple Inc is launching an applications store for Mac computers, replicating a model that proved wildly popular on its iPhones. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/FilesReuters - Apple Inc is launching an applications store for Mac computers, replicating a model that proved wildly popular on its iPhones.


Devvarman, Chang land Australian Open wildcards (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:23 PM PST

File photo of Somdev Devvarman of India as he hits a return to Tatsuma Ito of Japan at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, November 22, 2010. Devvarman and  Taiwan's Chang Kai-chen have landed wildcards for this month's  Australian Open, the organisers said on Thursday.  REUTERS/Mick Tsikas/FilesReuters - India's Somdev Devvarman and Taiwan's Chang Kai-chen have landed wildcards for this month's Australian Open, the organisers said on Thursday.


Asia scrambles to contain food inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:47 AM PST

A vendor sorts red chillies at a weekly roadside vegetable market in Noida, Uttar Pradesh October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - Record high food prices are moving to the top of the agenda for many Asian policymakers as the prospect of higher inflation in 2011 poses a major threat to the region's strong revival from the global financial crisis.


Getting married? Take the quiz first (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:59 AM PST

A woman walks by a shop window displaying wedding gowns in Kiev, July 1, 2010.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/FilesReuters - A British family law firm is urging couples to take a "compatibility quiz" before getting married or deciding to live together.


ICC fine Sreesanth, Indian team (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:35 AM PST

India's Sreesanth reacts while bowling during the fourth day of  their third cricket test match against South Africa in Cape Town, January 5, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth lost 10 percent match fee for kicking the boundary rope while the entire team have been fined separately for slow over rate, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday.


ANALYSIS - Rising food prices bring host of political risks (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 AM PST

A farmer transports vegetables on an improvised tricycle towards a wholesale market in Kolkata January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Record food prices will hit the world's poorest hardest, raising the risk of riots, export bans, foreign-owned farmland expropriation and further price spikes fuelled by short-term investors.


India will not accept umpire review system, says BCCI (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:15 AM PST

Umpire Daryl Harper calls for a referral during the fifth cricket test match between the West Indies and England at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain in this March 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - The Indian cricket board has ruled out using the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) and also rejected an offer to travel to Australia and watch its Ashes application.


Third test heads for draw as India hold firm (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:34 AM PST

India's Rahul Dravid plays a shot during the fifth day of their third cricket test match against South Africa in Cape Town, January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - The third and final test between South Africa and India was drifting towards a draw at tea on the final day at Newlands on Thursday.


South Africa 362&341 v India 364&114-2, tea, day five (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:59 AM PST

South Africa's Morne Morkel celebrates the wicket of Virender Sehwag as Hashim Amla looks on during the fifth day of  their third test cricket match against India in Cape Town January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - India were 114 for two in their second innings, needing another 226 runs to win, at tea on the fifth and final day of the third and final test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.


Mukherjee: state govts should remove supply bottlenecks (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 AM PST

A vegetable seller reads a newspaper as he waits for customers at a market in Kolkata September 9, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday asked the state governments to remove supply chain bottlenecks at the earliest in the food sector to bring prices down quickly, even as food inflation accelerated to a one year high.


Departing U.N. says Nepal peace process risks failure (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:38 AM PST

Reuters - Nepal's peace process risks failure with continued wrangling between former Maoist rebels and other political parties, the United Nations warned on Thursday as it prepares to withdraw from the country after four years.

Oil firms' woes mount as inflation worries weigh (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:49 AM PST

An engineer of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) works inside the Kalol oil field in Gujarat September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Profitability at two of India's top state-run oil firms is being hurt at a time of high global crude costs, as the government delays increasing state-set fuel prices due to political pressure from high inflation.


Force India to start pre-season tests with old car (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:34 AM PST

Force India Formula One driver Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy gets out of his car after retiring from the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay circuit September 26, 2010.  REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/FilesReuters - Force India will start Formula One's pre-season testing next month with their old car before launching the new one at Spain's Jerez circuit, the team said on Thursday.


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