2011年2月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Berlusconi to face trial over prostitution scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:12 AM PST

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi shows his teeth during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome February 9, 2011. An Italian judge ordered Berlusconi on Tuesday to be tried immediately on charges of paying for sex with an underage girl and abuse of office, according to a statement from the judge's office. REUTERS/Tony GentileReuters - An Italian judge has ordered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial in April on a charge that he paid an underage girl for sex, though there seemed no immediate risk the scandal would force him from office.


CBI question Unitech exec in telecoms probe (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:09 AM PST

Sajja Murli Chaudhary, 45, an employee of telecom operator systems takes part in a silent protest against the telecom corruption scandal in New Delhi December 9, 2010. The CBI on Tuesday questioned a top executive of Unitech as part of a probe into a telecoms corruption scandal. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned a top executive of Unitech Ltd as part of a probe into a telecoms corruption scandal that has roiled politics and spooked investors in Asia's third-largest economy.


Coca-Cola says secret of its recipe still intact (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

The Coca-Cola logo is advertised on a truck in Gilbert, Arizona October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesReuters - Coca-Cola Co said on Tuesday that its flagship cola recipe is still secret after nearly 125 years, denying a story by a public radio show that it has uncovered the formula.


Obama calls for release of U.S. prisoner in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:58 AM PST

Supporters of the religious and political party Jamaat-e-Islami take part in a protest rally against American Raymond Davis in Peshawar February 11, 2011.  REUTERS/K. ParvezReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday Pakistan must respect the diplomatic immunity of a U.S. consular employee jailed for shooting dead two Pakistanis, in a case straining ties between the allies.


EU hauled to court over secrecy in India trade talks (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:17 AM PST

Reuters - Transparency campaigners have hauled the European Union's executive to court for withholding documents about free trade talks with India, intensifying pressure on the bloc to make its policy-making less secretive.

Govt to pay up to half of fuel subsidy (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:35 AM PST

An employee fills a vehicle with petrol at a fuel station in New Delhi June 25, 2010. The government will now cover up to half of the subsidy outgo of state-run oil companies from selling fuels at rates that are below cost, as their losses mount with crude staying above $100 a barrel. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - The government will now cover up to half of the subsidy outgo of state-run oil companies from selling fuels at rates that are below cost, as their losses mount with crude staying above $100 a barrel.


Kerry visits Pakistan amid row over U.S. prisoner (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST

Men hold banners and Pakistan's national flags as they take part in a protest rally against American Raymond Davis in Karachi February 12, 2011. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - U.S. Senator John Kerry flew to Islamabad on Tuesday as the Obama administration sought to resolve a diplomatic crisis sparked by the detention of a U.S. embassy employee accused of killing two Pakistanis.


Pakistan must respect immunity of US prisoner - Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST

U.S. consulate employee Raymond Daivs is escorted by police and officials out of court after facing a judge in Lahore, January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Tariq SaeedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday Pakistan must respect the diplomatic immunity of U.S. consulate employee Raymond Davis, who is jailed there for shooting two Pakistanis in what he says was self-defense.


FACTBOX - Budget expectations for fuel companies (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:57 PM 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 - India, struggling to balance between cutting its costly fuel subsidies and curbing inflation, may tweak fuel taxes in the Feb. 28 federal budget to cushion the blow of rising global crude prices on state-run oil retailers.


Man ties machine on Day 1 of 'Jeopardy!" showdown (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 07:36 PM PST

A man walks past the headquarters of IBM Japan in Tokyo March 18, 2010. A man-versus-machine showdown on popular U.S. quiz show Reuters - A man-versus-machine showdown on popular U.S. quiz show "Jeopardy!" ended in a tie on the first day of a three-day challenge, when an IBM computer showed off its knowledge of the Beatles, as well as a few glitches.


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