2011年3月23日星期三

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Goldman CEO says ex-director Rajat Gupta spilled secrets (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 03:09 PM PDT

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein is sworn in before testifing at Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc chief Lloyd Blankfein testified that former director Rajat Gupta violated confidentiality by leaking boardroom secrets to hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam.


Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Employees pose for photographers with the 1963 Reuters - Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, whose violet eyes, tumultuous love life and passion for diamonds epitomized Hollywood glamour, died on Wednesday at age 79.


Pakistan expose feeble West Indies frailties (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez watches the ball after playing a shot as West Indies' wicketkeeper Devon Thomas and Chris Gayle try to field during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against the West Indies in Dhaka March 23, 2011.            REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Pakistan swaggered into the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday with a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over a feeble West Indies' side.


Buffett sees global growth, unlikely to invest in Indian autos - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:27 AM PDT

Billionaire Warren Buffett, wearing a traditional tikka or a red mark on the forehead, speaks during a news conference in Bangalore March 22, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Billionaire Warren Buffett, who is looking to invest in large countries such as China, India and Brazil, said on Wednesday he expected global output to rise "significantly" over the next year.


Dhoni wants batsmen to curb instinct, last full 50 overs (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:35 AM PDT

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni reacts in the nets during a practice session ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup quarter-final match against Australia in Ahmedabad March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Wary of India's new-found tendency to collapse in a heap, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has set his team the target of batting their full quota even if that means less productive slog overs.


Oriental Shakespeare, Ravi Shankar at Edinburgh festival (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:03 PM PDT

Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata February 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Indian musician Ravi Shankar and Asian versions of Shakespeare are among highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Festival, as EIF director Jonathan Mills completes a five-year artistic tour of the world.


Indian surgeon Devi Shetty targets medical tourism in Cayman Isles (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Renowned Indian heart surgeon Devi Shetty has struck a deal to build a 2,000-bed healthcare city in the Cayman Islands to target American patients and insurers searching for deeply discounted medical care.

Air strikes silence Gaddafi guns at besieged city (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:12 AM PDT

EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR A Libyan holds a portrait of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, while standing beside a crater caused by coalition air strikes, at a naval military facility in eastern Tripoli March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Western warplanes silenced Muammar Gaddafi's artillery and tanks besieging the rebel-held town of Misrata on Wednesday after an American admiral warned that the Libyan leader's armour was now in the cross-hairs.


CORRECTED - Yahoo revamps Web search (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT

A man drives a Mini Cooper with a Yahoo! logo in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, February 1, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White/FilesReuters - (Corrects launch date to Wednesday from Thursday)


Japan quake costliest ever; Tokyo water warning (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:09 AM PDT

Bereaved family members of victims of the earthquake and tsunami cry next to coffins at a temporary mass grave site in Higashi Matsushima, northern Japan March 23, 2011.  REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan estimated the cost of the damage from its devastating earthquake and tsunami could top $300 billion as authorities in Tokyo warned that babies should not be given tap water because of radiation from a crippled nuclear plant.


Drug-resistant TB to affect 2 million by 2015 - WHO (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 07:40 AM PDT

A man with suspected Tuberculosis (TBC) does an x-ray at a TBC hospital in Makassar in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/FilesReuters - In a report launched on World TB Day, the United Nations health body along with a global fund that directs money to the disease, called on world leaders to pay more towards a goal of diagnosing and treating a million people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) between 2011 and 2015.


Sehwag doubtful for India's quarter-final v Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PDT

India's Virender Sehwag plays a shot during their ICC Cricket World Cup group B match against England in Bangalore February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Opener Virender Sehwag is doubtful for India's World Cup quarter-final against Australia with a right knee problem, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Wednesday.


Monsoon forecast in end-April - official (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:19 PM PDT

Vehicles are silhouetted against the backdrop of monsoon clouds during the evening in New Delhi September 9, 2010. REUTERS/B MathuReuters - India's first monsoon forecast for the year is likely to be announced in the third week of April, its weather office chief said on Wednesday, a crucial data watched for its impact on India's farm-dependent economy.


Ponting promises pace antidote against India's spin (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PDT

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting throws a ball during a practice session ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup quarter-final match against India in Ahmedabad March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Australia skipper Ricky Ponting reckons his batsmen know what to expect in Thursday's World Cup quarter-final, just as their Indian counterparts know what awaits them.


Windies elect to bat in quarters v Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:38 AM PDT

Reuters - West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their World Cup quarter-final on Wednesday.

Police arrest seven after security policeman fall ill (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 03:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Police have arrested seven people following a raid on a restaurant after 105 policeman on World Cup security duty fell ill on Tuesday.

Ponting's captaincy could face its Waterloo at Ahmedabad (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting attends a cricket practice session ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup quarter-final match against India on Thursday, in Ahmedabad March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Captain Ricky Ponting is the likely casualty if co-hosts India end Australia's 12-year World Cup dominance in their Ahmedabad quarter-final on Thursday.


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