2011年3月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Witness recalls Rajaratnam beach trip before arrest (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:39 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 - Days before Raj Rajaratnam and his friend Anil Kumar were arrested, they sat in deck chairs on a Miami beach.


India says to test Japan food imports for radiation (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT

People shop for food from an almost empty shelf at a store in Tokyo March 15, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - India has ordered imported Japanese food products to be tested for radioactivity, food safety authorities said on Tuesday.


Fire at Japan nuclear reactor heightens radiation threat (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Libyan rebels teach volunteer recruits how to use a rocket launcher at a base in Benghazi, March 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Japan raced to avert a catastrophe after fire broke out on Wednesday at a nuclear plant that has sent low levels of radiation wafting into Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and triggering growing international alarm at the escalating crisis.


India nuclear plans on track despite Japan crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:51 AM PDT

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier opens a gate at the border with Pakistan near Jammu February 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India's plans to rapidly build more nuclear power plants are unlikely to change despite the crisis in Japan, as Asia's third-largest economy seeks to end blackouts, officials and experts said on Tuesday.


Bahrain declares martial law, violence flares (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Saudi Arabian troops cross the causeway leading to Bahrain in this still image taken from video March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bahrain state TV via Reuters TVReuters - Bahrain's king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia.


Apple delays iPad 2 launch in Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:07 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 said it will delay the launch of the iPad 2 tablet computer in Japan, in the wake of last week's earthquake and tsunami.


Indian software firms ready to relocate Japan staff (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:17 AM PDT

Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, chief executive of Infosys Technologies, speaks during the announcement of the company's quarterly financial results in Bangalore January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Indian software services firms on Tuesday braced to relocate their employees from Japan as panic spread following a rise in radioactive levels around a quake-hit nuclear power plant.


Cabinet okays GST bill; to be sent to parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT

File photo of Pranab Mukherjee in Siliguri March 7, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to usher in a national goods and services tax (GST), Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, the final step in the country's most ambitious tax reform before introducing it in parliament.


Duminy anchors South Africa into last eight (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 09:38 AM PDT

South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy (R) plays a shot as Ireland's wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien watches during their ICC Cricket World Cup group B match in Kolkata March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - JP Duminy agonisingly missed out on his first World Cup hundred by a run but his sparkling effort propelled South Africa into the quarter-finals with a crushing 131-run win over Ireland on Tuesday.


SPECIAL REPORT - A PlayBook for fighting Apple and Google (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:40 AM PDT

A new Blackberry tablet, the PlayBook tablet computer, is displayed at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino/FilesReuters - Once upon a time, BlackBerry was king. Then came the iPhone, followed by Android. And BlackBerry seemingly lost its way -- if not quite its throne.


Pakistan's Afridi dismisses fears over playing in India (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:50 AM PDT

Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi catches a ball during a practice session ahead of their ICC World Cup match against Zimbabwe on Monday in Pallekele March 13, 2011.  REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi said his team were happy to play their World Cup knockout stage matches in India despite earlier voicing concerns about security.


Bangladesh court puts off hearing on Yunus appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:57 AM PDT

Nobel Prize winner and managing director of Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East/FilesReuters - Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus against a lower court decision upholding his removal from Grameen Bank, the microlending bank he founded.


Mumbai gas supply disrupted, affects public transport (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:50 AM PDT

Reuters - A disruption in the supply of natural gas to Mumbai has partially affected private taxis and three-wheelers, the primary mode of local transport after trains and buses in the city.

Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Evacuees, who fled from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant, sleep at an evacuation center set in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan faced a potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating towards Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies.


EXCLUSIVE - Ethical companies spread open approach - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) passes a turbine as he tours General Electric's birthplace in Schenectady, New York, January 21, 2011. Flanking Obama are GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt (L) and plant manager Kevin Sharkey. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesReuters - Companies that embraced the spirit of full disclosure -- breaking bad news to their customers or investors promptly -- stood out on a 2011 ranking of the world's most ethical companies.


FACTBOX: How much radiation is dangerous? (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PDT

A girl who has been isolated at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels, looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan asked local governments to make more frequent radiation checks after explosions at two nuclear reactors, with reports of radiation levels nine times normal briefly detected in Kanagawa near Tokyo. Below are some facts about the health dangers posed by higher radiation levels.


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