2011年2月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Clijsters becomes world number one again (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:24 PM PST

Kim Clijsters of Belgium waves to the crowd after winning against Melanie Oudin of the U.S. during their Fed Cup World Group first round tennis match in Antwerp February 5, 2011.   REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - Belgium's Kim Clijsters will become world number one next week for the first time since 2006 after she reached the Paris Open semi-finals by beating Jelena Dokic 6-3 6-0 on Friday.


End of Mubarak era as protests topple president (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

Demonstrators gesture as they listen to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's televised speech screened in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 10, 2011.     REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - A furious wave of protest swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond.


Ponting relishes World Cup duel with Tendulkar (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:04 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar (L) acknowledges the crowd after scoring a century as Australia's captain Ricky Ponting watches during their fifth one-day international (ODI) cricket match in  Hyderabad November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Australia captain Ricky Ponting is relishing the opportunity of another batting duel with Sachin Tendulkar in what will probably be their last World Cup.


Fresh headaches for PM as corruption scam rages (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:28 PM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks on stage for a photo opportunity as part of the 5th East Asia Summit in Hanoi October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Christophe Archambault/Pool/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faces more political headaches after the Supreme Court pressed for deeper probes into a multi-billion dollar corruption case and a ruling coalition ally was implicated in the scandal.


Nokia, Microsoft join forces in smartphone war (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:49 AM PST

A corporate logo is displayed at the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki September 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong/FilesReuters - Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market.


Swiss freeze possible Mubarak assets (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST

Reuters - Switzerland has frozen assets possibly belonging to Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said.

Vijender Singh battles bureaucracy for prize money (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST

Vijender Singh of India is declared the winner over Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan after their men's 75kg gold medal bout at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas/FilesReuters - Boxer Vijender Singh earned bronze medals at the World and Asian championships in 2009 but he has a fight on his hands getting money from his state government.


Roaches are forever as novel Valentine's gift (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:47 AM PST

Reuters - In what is described as the perfect Valentine's Day gift, New York's Bronx Zoo is offering the chance to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after that special someone in your life.

Railways puff slowly to private sector reform (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:57 AM PST

People travel on a crowded passenger train on the eve of Reuters - Tentative reforms and some eye-catching projects could herald a private sector-driven shake-up of India's creaking railways, but deeper change is needed to tackle the supply bottlenecks that still crimp growth.


Crew of hijacked Italy tanker with 17 Indians in good condition (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST

Reuters - The crew of the Savina Caylyn, an Italian petroleum tanker hijacked on Tuesday in the Indian Ocean, is in good condition, an Italian defence ministry source said on Friday.

Alcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence - WHO (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:37 AM PST

A man walks past bottles of brandy inside a shop selling alcohol in Siliguri August 19, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday.


Foreign Minister Qureshi not in Pakistan's new cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:56 AM PST

Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington October 6, 2009. Pakistan announced a new, slimline cabinet on Friday, cutting its number from 54 to 22 but retaining many members of the previous cabinet with the notable exception of the foreign minister. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesReuters - Pakistan announced a new, slimline cabinet on Friday, cutting its number from 54 to 22 but retaining many members of the previous lineup with the notable exception of the foreign minister.


Brainwashing drives young Pakistan suicide bombers (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:21 AM PST

Relatives and officials pray near the coffins of victims, who were killed in a suicide attack at a military training centre, during their funeral ceremony in Mardan in northwest Pakistan on February 10, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A boy who killed 31 army cadets probably had all the characteristics that make Pakistan's young suicide bombers so dangerous -- they are thoroughly brainwashed, poor, disciplined and hard to detect.


India renewables' potential hit by costs - World Bank (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST

Maintenance engineers work on top of a power generating wind turbine at Suzlon wind farm in Surajbari village, about 275 km west of Ahmedabad, December 14, 2009. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India could be producing 25 percent of its power from renewables, but prohibitive costs and regulatory hurdles mean its addiction to coal to fuel rapid growth is set to continue, a World Bank report said on Friday.


Food prices to ease in near term: Montek (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:31 PM PST

A vendor sorts watermelons at a fruit wholesale market in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India should see an easing of food prices in the near term, with food inflation in a "much more comfortable position" by the end of the fiscal year in March, the deputy head of the Planning Commission said on Friday.


Anil Ambani blames brokers for shares fall (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:48 AM PST

Anil Ambani, chairman of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, gestures during a news conference in Mumbai February 24, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group on Friday blamed stock brokers for spreading "baseless sensational charges" against the group, as shares of its companies fell sharply for the second day this week.


Trade min: no timeline to lift onion exports ban (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:42 AM PST

A worker packs onion bags at a wholesale vegetable market in  Chandigarh December 21, 2010.  REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Trade Minister Anand Sharma on Friday said he was not in a position to provide a timeline for lifting an export ban on onions.


Strike completely grounds Pakistan's national airline (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:57 AM PST

Employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) hold a protest inside Karachi's Jinnah International Airport February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - Striking workers grounded all flights by Pakistan's national airline on Friday, the fourth day of an industrial action that has so far cost the carrier more than a billion rupees ($11.8 million), a company spokesman said.


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