2011年3月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India end Australia's reign to reach semis (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Yuvraj Singh hits a six during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against Australia in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011.    REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - India delighted their millions of passionate supporters by evicting defending champions Australia from the World Cup on Thursday despite briefly threatening to self-destruct in Ahmedabad.


HIGHLIGHTS - Yuvraj guides India to victory over Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Yuvraj Singh watches the ball after playing a shot during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against Australia in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Yuvraj Singh guided India to a five-wicket victory over defending champions Australia in their World Cup quarter-final on Thursday with an unbeaten 57.


Gates, Buffett in India to persuade rich to give to charity (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:52 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 - Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, will meet the cream of India's rich on Thursday to tap the wealth of a new generation of billionaires for charity in the rapidly developing Asian giant after a similar visit to China.


West strikes deep in Libya, Misrata, Ajdabiyah besieged (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:09 AM PDT

A ground crewman with the 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron in Bagotville, guides a CF-18 Hornet fighter jet before a mission, at Trapani air base in Sicily in this Canadian Forces handout photo dated March 21, 2011.  REUTERS/Corporal Marc-Andre Gaudreault/Canadian Forces Combat Camera/HandoutReuters - Western warplanes hit military targets deep inside Libya on Thursday but failed to prevent tanks reentering the western town of Misrata and besieging its main hospital.


Elizabeth Taylor laid to rest at private service (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Flowers, photographs and notes from fans adorn the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of actress Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, California, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - Actress Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure, police said.


Large quake hits Myanmar near northern Thailand (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Reuters - A large 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar near the border with northern Thailand on Thursday, killing one woman, police and witnesses said.

Interpol says foiled militant attack on cricket World Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting falls as he tries to hit a delivery from  Zaheer Khan as Australia's David Hussey (L) runs and India's captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (top) celebrates during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Interpol said on Thursday it had foiled a militant plot to carry out an attack during the cricket World Cup now being played across South Asia.


Scrushy acquittal may have lessons for Rajaratnam (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Raj Rajaratnam in New York, December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar/FilesReuters - A high-profile white-collar defendant. A parade of former associates testifying against him. Secretly recorded conversations played for the jury.


India has no immediate plans to raise fuel prices - source (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:02 AM PDT

An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu February 26, 2010.  REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - India has no plans to raise petrol and diesel prices until the completion of elections in some states, an oil ministry source told reporters on Thursday, despite surging global oil prices.


Q&A - What are the prospects for pension reform in India? (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:59 AM PDT

A man repairs a horse cart wheel inside a workshop in New Delhi June 8, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday introduced the Pensions Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) bill, paving the way for long-awaited pension reforms in Asia's third-largest economy.


Japan says must review nuclear power policy as crisis persists (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT

A child holds a bottle of emergency long shelf-life mineral water distributed at a nursery school in Tokyo March 24, 2011.   REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Japan will have to review its nuclear power policy, its top government spokesman said on Thursday as radiation from a damaged nuclear complex briefly made Tokyo's tap water unsafe for babies and led to people


In-form Lanka ready to sink patchy England (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga bowls during a practice session ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match against England on Saturday, in Colombo March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteReuters - Sri Lanka will bank on their home advantage against an English side grappling with inconsistency and injuries in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final in Colombo.


World media pay tribute to film's "last goddess" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Flowers adorn the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of actress Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood,California March 23, 2011.  REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - Elizabeth Taylor was given a glowing send-off on Thursday by the world's media, which hailed her as "Hollywood's last goddess".


Ponting ton powers Australia to 260-6 against India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:31 AM PDT

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting raises his bat to celebrate his half-century during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against India in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011.        REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Ricky Ponting smashed his 30th ODI century to return to form and power Australia to 260-6 against India in the second World Cup quarter-final on Thursday.


Food inflation snaps easing trend in mid-March (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:13 AM PDT

People buy vegetables at a wholesale market in New Delhi April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Food inflation snapped a three-week easing trend in mid-March and fuel inflation remained at elevated levels, keeping pressure on the Reserve Bank to rein in broader inflation.


China pushes ahead Pakistan nuclear plant expansion (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) smiles with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari in front of their respective country's flags in Beijing October 15, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray/FilesReuters - China is committed to controversial plans to expand a Pakistan nuclear power plant using 1970s technology, and is preparing a new reactor to start up there soon, even after Japan's crisis triggered global alarm about atomic safety.


FACTBOX - Nuclear power plants in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:31 PM PDT

A nearly 200 ton nuclear reactor safety vessel is erected at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 80 km (48 miles) from Chennai, June 24, 2008.  REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - Geothermal energy, struggling under limited government and funding support, could attract more interest as investors rethink the outlook for nuclear power following the crisis at Japan's quake-battered Fukushima complex.


Australia score 260-6 v India in World Cup quarters (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Australia's Cameron White (C) plays a shot watched by Virender Sehwag and captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R) during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Australia scored 260-6 against India in the second World Cup quarter-final on Thursday.


HIGHLIGHTS - Australia 158/4 off 35 overs v India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting watches the ball after playing a shot during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against India in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011.      REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Ricky Ponting scored his first half-century of the World Cup with a determined captain's innings in the quarter-final between Australia and India on Thursday.


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