2011年3月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Manmohan Singh invites Zardari, Gilani for Mohali semi-final (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (L) and  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proceed to line up for a family photo at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2009.  REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited the Pakistani president and prime minister to watch Wednesday's cricket match between the two South Asian rivals in what is being dubbed "cricket diplomacy".


DGCA cancels licences of 14 pilots suspected of faking documents (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:01 AM PDT

A passenger aircraft is silhouetted against the rising sun as it prepares to land at the airport in New Delhi October 31, 2009. The lighting effect is caused by lens flare. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India has cancelled the licences of 14 airline pilots after police accused them of faking documents, a senior aviation official said on Friday, but he dismissed worries about safety in Indian skies.


Oram athleticism turns tide New Zealand's way (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:50 PM PDT

New Zealand's Jacob Oram (3rd L) celebrates, with teammates, after taking the wicket South Africa's Robin Peterson during their Cricket World Cup quarter-final match in Dhaka March 25, 2011.                             REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - A remarkable piece of athleticism by former New Zealand youth goalkeeper Jacob Oram swung the World Cup quarter-final against South Africa decisively in his team's favour on Friday.


India, China's rivalry and a tale of two ports (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:33 AM PDT

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing April 7, 2010. REUTERS/China Daily/FilesReuters - India and China's quest for clout and resources extends across the globe, but perhaps the best manifestation of this fierce competition, and possible sign of who will ultimately win, lies in a tale of two ports.


Talismanic Yuvraj fuels India's semi-final charge (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:27 AM 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 - A cricket-crazy nation remains enamoured with Sachin Tendulkar's single-minded quest to own every available milestone but statistics suggest Yuvraj Singh has been India's most valuable player in the World Cup so far.


Ponting walks into World Cup sunset (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting walks off the field after his dismissal during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against India in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Ricky Ponting's battling century could not prevent another blot on his captaincy record but the Australian walked into the World Cup sunset knowing he had at least salvaged his batting reputation.


Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers injured (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PDT

An aerial view shows the immediate aftermath at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after it was hit by a tsunami, about 40 minutes following a magnitude 9 earthquake in Tomioka, Fukushima prefecture, in this still image taken from a March 11, 2011 video. REUTERS/Ministry of Transport Tohuku Regional Bureau via Reuters TVReuters - Radiation fears escalated in Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to cool an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant, while the government sowed confusion over whether it was widening an evacuation zone


West strikes Libya forces, NATO sees 90-day campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Libyan mourners attend the funeral of the people who were killed after air strikes by coalition forces last night, at the martyrs' cemetery in Tripoli March 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi's armour in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic town of Ajdabiyah.


Telenor seeks to lift court order on Uninor issue (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Reuters - Norway's Telenor said on Friday it had approached an Indian court to lift a "stay order" imposed on a proposed rights issue to raise funds for its local mobile phone unit Uninor.

Apple fans queue overnight to beat iPad shortages (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT

The Apple iPad 2 is shown during its launch event in San Francisco, California March 2, 2011. REUTERS/Beck DiefenbachReuters - Hundreds of customers queued outside Apple stores in Asia and Europe to buy an iPad 2 tablet computer amid fears that shortages in the United States would be repeated abroad.


Chandhok's Team Lotus debut ends with a crash (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:19 PM PDT

File photo of Formula One driver Karun Chandhok seen in Montreal, June 12, 2010.   REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger/FilesReuters - Karun Chandhok's first drive in the Team Lotus Formula One car lasted less than a minute before he spun on the track and crashed into a barrier on Friday.


Raina may be the answer to India's middle order woes (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Suresh Raina (L) celebrates with teammate Yuvraj Singh after winning during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against Australia in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011.  REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - India would be fairly justified in believing that in Suresh Raina, they have finally found the missing piece of the middle order puzzle that vexed them in the group stage of the World Cup.


One-dimensional bowling led to Aussie downfall (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Australia's Shane Watson bowls as umpire Marais Erasmus watches during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match in Ahmedabad March 24, 2011.            REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - If Australia needed to find a reason for their earliest World Cup exit since 1992, they need look no further than their own one-dimensional bowling attack.


Chandhok's Lotus debut ends with a crash (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:47 AM PDT

Karun Chandhok  in Montreal, June 12, 2010. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger/FilesReuters - Karun Chandhok was left red-faced after his first drive in the Team Lotus Formula One car lasted less than a minute before the Indian spun on the track and crashed into a barrier on Friday.


Quake kills 74 in Myanmar, aftershock rattles Thailand (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PDT

Residents stand outside a building after an earthquake, in Hanoi March 24, 2011. REUTERS/KhamReuters - At least 74 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, state media said on Friday, while a series of aftershocks have caused panic but only limited damage in Thailand and Laos.


HRT manage to put car on track for two (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:46 AM PDT

HRT Formula One drivers Narain Karthikeyan of India (L) and Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy (R) pose with Hispania Racing HRT team chairman Jose Ramon Carabante next to their next season's car, the F111,  at Catalunya's racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona March 11, 2011.   REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino/FilesReuters - Formula One strugglers Hispania (HRT) toiled through the night to get their cars ready for practice on Friday, but only Vitantonio Liuzzi emerged from the garage to ironic cheers two minutes before the end of the second session.


World Bank approves $400 mln for Pakistan education sector (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:04 AM PDT

A man teaches a girl how to read Arabic script at a camp for flood victims in Charsadda in northwest Pakistan on November 11, 2010.  REUTERS/Fayaz AzizReuters - The World Bank approved a $400 million loan on Friday for Pakistan's flailing education system, one of the world's worst where the country spends less than 1.5 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on schooling.


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