2011年3月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Blast at Congress office in Guwahati, 3 leaders injured (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Policemen inspect a damaged wall of the Congress party's state headquarters after a blast in Guwahati, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - A powerful bomb blast inside the Congress party office in Guwahati on Monday wounded three party leaders, police said, an attack blamed on separatists attempting to scuttle peace talks.


New explosion shakes stricken Japanese nuclear plant (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PDT

Earthquake and tsunami damage is shown at the Fukushima-Daini Power plant in this handout satellite image obtained March 13, 2011.      REUTERS/Digital Globe/HandoutReuters - A fresh explosion rocked a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant on Tuesday where engineers have been pumping sea water into a reactor to prevent a catastrophic meltdown in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami.


Affairs, tapes, bonus spill into Rajaratnam trial (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 04:13 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam leaves federal court after opening arguments in his insider trading case in New York March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Love affairs, a mysterious "India Book" and an audio tape of a purported cover-up spilled into evidence at hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam's high-profile insider trading trial on Monday.


Corruption threatens India's high growth momentum - KPMG (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:23 AM PDT

School students shout slogans during a protest against a corruption case in Jammu February 12, 2011. Endemic corruption in India has grown in scale and represents billions of dollars, with the potential to discourage investors and derail growth prospects, consultancy firm KMPG said in a survey published on Monday. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Endemic corruption in India has grown in scale and represents billions of dollars, with the potential to discourage investors and derail growth prospects, consultancy firm KMPG said in a survey published on Monday.


Suicide attack on Afghan army centre kills 37 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide attack on an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan killed 37 people on Monday, the third major assault in the area in less than a month, the deputy governor said.

Nippon Life to pay $680 mln for 26 pct of Reliance Life (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:48 AM PDT

Anil Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai January 16, 2011.  REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Japan's Nippon Life Insurance Company is buying a 26 percent stake in India's Reliance Life Insurance for $680 million, the Indian company said on Monday, sending shares of Reliance Capital up more than 10 percent.


Apple iPad 2 sales seen clearing 1 million units (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Customers hold up their Apple's iPad 2 tablets after purchasing the second generation devices at the Apple's flagship 5th Avenue store in New York March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Apple Inc sold close to 1 million units of its next-generation tablet computer during its debut weekend, analysts estimated.


Albert Einstein's archive to go online (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Letters and pictures, which are part of Albert Einstein's Archive, are displayed during a news conference at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem July 10, 2006. The archive of Albert Einstein will be digitised and made accessible online within a year, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said on Monday. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - The archive of Albert Einstein will be digitised and made accessible online within a year, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said on Monday.


February inflation surprisingly quickens (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:20 AM PDT

A worker of a food superstore arranges price tags of the products inside a mall in Ahmedabad March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India's headline inflation unexpectedly quickened in February on rising fuel and manufacturing prices, making it increasingly certain the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would raise rates this week and again in the months ahead.


France steps up efforts for Libya no-fly zone (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:51 PM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR  A soldier loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi walks at a checkpoint near a blazing storage tank at a refinery in Ras Lanuf March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenReuters - France was stepping up efforts on Monday to persuade world powers to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, as Muammar Gaddafi's troops battled rebel fighters for control of the strategic oil town of Brega.


Hipper Bollywood now woos younger audiences (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PDT

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan performs at a show after the Twenty20 cricket match between South Africa and India at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, January 9, 2011. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/FilesReuters - Bollywood is dyeing its hair blond, getting itself a sports car and donning a pair of worn-out jeans. In other words, it's trying to get younger and hipper.


GE: Too soon to assess Japan impact on nuclear sector (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 02:04 AM PDT

Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE and recently appointed Chairman of the U.S. Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, speaks to business leaders at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Calgary, Alberta, February 25, 2011. REUTERS/Todd Korol/FilesReuters - General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt on Monday said it was too early to know what impact the nuclear power crisis in Japan would have on the nuclear power industry.


Pranab hopes WPI inflation eases to 7 pct in March (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:07 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday he hopes headline inflation will ease to 7 percent in March.


Pakistan court dodges decision on CIA contractor's immunity (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 01:07 AM PDT

A U.S. consulate employee is escorted by police and officials out of court after facing a judge in Lahore, January 28, 2011. REUTERS/Tariq Saeed/FilesReuters - A Pakistani court declined to rule on Monday on whether a CIA contractor held on murder charges has diplomatic immunity, saying a court hearing the murder case would decide.


Japanese tsunami warning lifted - media (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:52 PM PDT

A boat and cars swept by a tsunami are seen on a street in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Japanese fears of a second tsunami proved unfounded on Monday, local media said, as the national weather agency made clear that it had not detected a wave on the Pacific coast.


Gaddafi urges Russia, China, India: invest in Libya oil (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives to give television interviews at a hotel in Tripoli March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged Russia, China and India on Sunday to invest in Libya's oil sector, state television said.


February headline inflation at 8.31 pct y/y - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 12:08 AM PDT

A vendor waits for customers as he sells rice at a market in Kolkata September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose an annual 8.31 percent in February on higher fuel and manufactured product prices, government data showed on Monday.


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