2011年1月18日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Tailenders guide India home after Pathan blitz (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:37 PM PST

India's Yusuf Pathan (R) plays a shot as South Africa's wicketkeeper AB de Villiers looks on during the third one day international cricket match in Cape Town January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Yusuf Pathan blazed a half-century but India still had to call on their tailenders to clinch victory over South Africa by two wickets in the third one-day international at Newlands on Tuesday.


Quake shakes Pakistan, damage seems limited (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:54 PM PST

Reuters - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan early on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as Delhi and Dubai, but the epicentre was far from major population centres.

Environment ministry sets terms to consider Lavasa approval (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:16 AM PST

Reuters - The environment ministry on Tuesday said it could consider approving Hindustan Construction Co's Lavasa project on conditions that included a penalty payment and the setting up of a restoration fund.

WikiLeaks unlikely to release Swiss bank data soon (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:52 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (L) receives CDs containing data on offshore bank account holders from former Swiss private banker Rudolf Elmer at the Frontline club in London January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - WikiLeaks is unlikely anytime soon to make public material provided to it this week by Swiss bank whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and sources close to Elmer.


Anand Sharma signals opposition to RBI rate hike (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:53 AM PST

Trade Minister Anand Sharma delivers a speech during an EU-India Business Summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/FilesReuters - The Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Tuesday that monetary policy may not be the right tool to fight high food inflation, signalling strong political opposition to a rate hike the central bank is widely expected to vote for next week.


Suicide bomber kills 45 police recruits in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:16 AM PST

Residents transfer the bodies of bomb attack victims to a hospital in Tikrit, some 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Sabah al-BazeeReuters - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives and ball bearings attacked Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday in former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown, killing at least 45 and wounding over 100, officials said.


TRAI says fresh proposal on 2G soon (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 11:23 PM PST

The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi March 20, 2006. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will come out with fresh proposals on 2G mobile phone spectrum pricing in the next few days, its Chairman J.S. Sarma said on Tuesday.


Nadal makes dominant start to 'Rafa slam' quest (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:38 AM PST

Rafael Nadal of Spain (R) and Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrate during a Rally for Relief tennis match to raise money for victims of Australia's flood disaster ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne January 16, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Rafa Nadal opened his hotly anticipated Australian Open campaign with a ruthless dispatch of an ailing Brazilian journeyman on Tuesday, setting the tone for a day of pitifully one-sided contests at Melbourne Park.


Q+A - Economy, Korea on agenda for Obama-Hu summit (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:57 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with China's President Hu Jintao as part of the G20 Summit in Seoul, November11, 2010.  REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will host Chinese President Hu Jintao for a state visit on Tuesday in a crucial summit of the world's two biggest powers that some analysts have called the most important since Deng Xiaoping's visit 30 years ago.


Jaipur literary festival to show India's global role (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:44 AM PST

A man browses a book inside a bookstore in Srinagar December 9, 2006. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - Asia's largest literary festival kicks off this weekend in Jaipur, a testament to the growing global influence of Indian literature and its appeal to both publishers and authors.


King's Speech leads field with 14 BAFTA nominations (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:42 AM PST

Actor Colin Firth arrives at the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala in Palm Springs, California January 8, 2011. Picture taken January 8, 2011. REUTERS/Alex GallardoReuters - "The King's Speech", in which Colin Firth plays the stammering King George VI, won 14 BAFTA nominations on Tuesday, ahead of ballet drama "Black Swan" which garnered 12.


India dismiss South Africa for 220 in third ODI (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:20 AM PST

South Africa's JP Duminy plays a shot as keeper MS Dhoni (L) looks on during their third one-day international cricket match in Cape Town January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - JP Duminy and debutant Faf du Plessis recorded half-centuries before India hit back to bowl out South Africa for 220 in the third one-day international at Newlands on Tuesday.


IOC says puts out fire at lube oil unit (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 10:31 PM PST

Reuters - State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has completely put out a fire at its Taloja depot, its chairman B.M. Bansal said on Tuesday.
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