2011年1月28日星期五

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Egypt's Mubarak sends in army, resists demands to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:00 PM PST

An Egyptian army soldier smiles at protesters in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused on Saturday to bow demands that he resign, after ordering troops and tanks into cities in an attempt to quell an explosion of street protest against his 30-year rule.


Apple begins iPad sales in India (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:59 AM PST

Media members try out the new Reuters - Apple Inc's popular iPad tablets finally hit Indian stores on Friday, nearly 10 months after its U.S. sales began, giving more options to customers in the world's fastest-growing mobile market that is also seeing a surge in sales of smartphones and other high-end devices.


India raids "living Buddha" over alleged illegal funds (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST

Karmapa Lama, the third highest ranking Lama, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dharamsala March 2, 2009. REUTERS/Abhishek Madhukar/FilesReuters - Indian police raided the monastery of a "living Buddha" touted as a possible successor to the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in a probe over possible illegal funds, officials said on Friday.


WikiLeaks founder says enjoys making banks squirm (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:12 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up CD's containing data on offshore bank account holders, which he received from former Swiss private banker Rudolf Elmer at the Frontline club in London, January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he enjoys making banks squirm thinking they might be the next targets of his website which has published U.S. diplomatic and military secrets.


Obama tells Mubarak to deliver promised reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:14 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement about the situation in Egypt at the White House in Washington January 28, 2011.   REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama spoke to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday and said he told him to undertake sweeping reforms, while U.S. officials made clear that $1.5 billion in American aid to Egypt is at stake.


EXCLUSIVE - WikiLeaks: The Next Generation (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:22 AM PST

The homepage of the WikiLeaks.org website is pictured in Beijing December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/FilesReuters - All across Europe, from Brussels to the Balkans, a new generation of WikiLeaks-style websites is sprouting.


YouTube unveils "Life in a Day" film at Sundance (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:16 PM PST

Visitors are seen at Reuters - If you can't beat 'em, YouTube, join 'em.


Onions travel long, costly road to table (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 07:42 AM PST

A labourer carries a sack of onion at a wholesale market in Mumbai January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - At one of India's biggest wholesale markets, 65-year-old Ganpat Sakharam Jadhav sold his 2-tonne onion harvest on a recent day at 13 rupees (29 U.S. cents) per kilogram, and he wasn't happy.


Mandela leaves hospital after treatment (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:46 AM PST

Messages written to former South African president Nelson Mandela by children from a nearby school are seen on a sign outside Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg January 27, 2011. Mandela left hospital on Friday after treatment for an acute respiratory infection, officials said. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/FilesReuters - Former South African President Nelson Mandela left hospital on Friday after treatment for an acute respiratory infection, officials said.


Suu Kyi seeks support for democracy in Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 10:26 AM PST

Peace Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is seen on a screen during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on world leaders and top executives meeting in the Swiss resort of Davos on Friday to promote democracy and economic growth in her country.


Mubarak orders army to back police against unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST

A protester gestures in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - President Hosni Mubarak sent troops and armoured cars into Egyptian cities on Friday in an attempt to quell street fighting and mass protests demanding an end to his 30-year rule.


Local organisers seek Kolkata reprieve (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:46 AM PST

A labourer walks amid seats of the Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Local organisers have made a last-ditch effort to have Kolkata's Eden Gardens reinstated as the venue for the high-profile India v England World Cup match.


Egypt's Mubarak tells nation he committed to reform (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:57 PM PST

A protester burns a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during clashes in Cairo January 28, 2011.  REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said he was committed to economic and political reform and was determined to secure the stability of Egypt in a televised address to the nation after a day of anti-government protests.


BSE Sensex down for week; at near 5-mth closing low (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:09 AM PST

Commuters walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai May 21, 2010. The BSE declined for the third week in four, shedding 1.5 percent on Friday to its lowest close in nearly five months, hit by continuing foreign fund outflows, while the near-term outlook was uncertain. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) declined for the third week in four, shedding 1.5 percent on Friday to its lowest close in nearly five months, hit by continuing foreign fund outflows, while the near-term outlook was uncertain.


Iran to continue supplying oil to India for now (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:45 AM PST

Reuters - Iran will continue to supply oil to India for the time being, Iranian sources and Indian company officials said on Friday, as the two try to resolve an impasse over payments.

Britain pledges more cash to wipe out polio (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:45 AM PST

A health worker marks the finger of a child after administering a polio vaccine at a polio booth in Chandigarh January 10, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Britain promised to double its funding on Friday to fight polio if other donors also upped their contributions to eradicate the crippling disease.


ONGC Q3 net jumps on oil prices (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:46 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 - State-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp on Friday said third quarter net profit more than doubled, helped by rising crude oil prices and a one-time gain.


Trade ministers urged to prod Doha talks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 07:19 AM PST

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General, Pascal Lamy, attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 27, 2011. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - Trade ministers meeting on Friday must give negotiators in the long-running Doha talks the green light to make more concessions for a deal that all can sell to their voters, trade policy-makers said.


'Aussie Kim' set to dash Chinese dreams (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:54 AM PST

Kim Clijsters of Belgium serves to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their quarter-final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 26, 2011.             REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - With a first Australian Open crown now inches from her grasp, perennial crowd favourite Down Under Kim Clijsters could find herself cast in the unfamiliar role of villain on Saturday as she stands between trailblazing Chinese Li Na's own designs on destiny.


Fortunes mixed for Year of the Rabbit celebs Jolie, Depp (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:51 PM PST

U.S. actors Angelina Jolie (R) and Johnny Depp pose for pictures during a photocall promoting their movie Reuters - Money and success are in store for Year of the Rabbit celebrities Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, but Depp is more likely to find scandal than happiness in romance, according to a Taiwanese fortune teller.


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