2011年3月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India deliver victory to grateful nation (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Sachin Tendulkar takes a catch to dismiss Wahab Riaz off the bowling of Ashish Nehra during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match in Mohali March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - India delivered the victory their nation demanded on Wednesday with a World Cup semi-final win by 29 runs over Pakistan in front of a dancing, cheering crowd in Mohali.


Key moments in India victory over Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Ashish Nehra (R) appeals successfully for the wicket of Pakistan's Umar Gul during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match in Mohali March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Key moments from India's 29-run victory over Pakistan in their World Cup semi-final in Mohali on Wednesday.


India keep alive a billion dreams (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Ashish Nehra (R) appeals successfully for the wicket of Pakistan's Umar Gul during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match in Mohali March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India kept alive a billion dreams after sinking Pakistan in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday to set up an all-Asian final against Sri Lanka.


Joyous celebrations mark "cricket-diplomacy" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Policemen keep watch in front of a poster featuring India's Sachin Tendulkar during a practice session ahead of India's ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match against Pakistan in Mohali March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - The sleepy town of Mohali erupted with joy on Wednesday as India reigned supreme over fierce rivals Pakistan to reach the World Cup final.


Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja given 7 years for rape (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:21 AM PDT

Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja (C) leaves the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai October 3, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Award-winning Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for raping his maid, his lawyer said, in a case that shocked the world's largest film industry.


BSE Sensex rises for 7th day, at 2-½-month closing high (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:36 AM PDT

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is seen in Mumbai May 22, 2006. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex gained for the seventh day and was on track for its best monthly performance since last September, closing 0.9 percent higher on Wednesday, as world equities gained on hopes the global economy is recovering and crude oil prices eased.


Guns fall silent as Pakistanis mourn World Cup defeat (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:57 PM PDT

Pakistanis react while watching on a large screen their national team play India during a ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match, in Islamabad March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - The guns fell silent and the streets were deserted after Pakistan were defeated by India in their World Cup semi-final in Mohali on Wednesday.


Japan urges calm over food export fears; Sarkozy due (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PDT

A man is tested for possible nuclear radiation at an evacuation centre in Fukushima, northern Japan, March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Japan called on the world not to impose "unjustifiable" import curbs on its goods as French President Nicolas Sarkozy was due to arrive on Thursday, the first leader to visit since an earthquake and tsunami damaged a nuclear plant, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.


Syria's Assad sees unrest "plot", unyielding on emergency law (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad addresses the parliament in Damascus in this still image taken from a video footage March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Syrian state TV via Reuters TVReuters - President Bashar al-Assad defied calls on Wednesday to lift a decades-old emergency law and said Syria was the target of a foreign conspiracy to stir up protests in which more than 60 people have been killed.


Thieves steal diamonds worth millions from Basel fair (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Thieves stole four diamonds worth several million dollars from a trader's stand at the world's biggest watch and jewellery fair in Basel on Wednesday, prosecutors said.

Egypt government sacks editors of state media (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Egypt's army-backed interim government sacked several state newspaper editors and officials on Wednesday, a move long awaited by protesters who ousted President Hosni Mubarak and demanded a purge of state media.

Libyan rebels flee east from Gaddafi bombardment (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Rebel fighters make their way front on the road between Brega and Bin Jawad in Libya, March 28, 2011.  REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior firepower and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, exposing the insurgents' weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales for them.


Foreign secy Rao praises Singh-Gilani cricket meet (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:56 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) shakes hands with Manmohan Singh before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan in Mohali March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Raveendran/PoolReuters - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Wednesday that the meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani during the Mohali cricket match was "extremely positive and encouraging".


Myanmar junta makes way for civilian govt (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:09 AM PDT

Myanmar's junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe attends the Armed Forces Day parade in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw in this March 27, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/FilesReuters - Myanmar's junta made way for a new government on Wednesday, ushering in an era of civilian rule dominated by the same authoritarian generals that have isolated the country for nearly two decades.


Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear plants (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:02 AM PDT

A man walks in an area destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Taro town, Iwate prefecture March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Japan ordered an immediate safety upgrade at its 55 nuclear power plants on Wednesday in its first acknowledgement that standards were inadequate when an earthquake and tsunami wrecked a facility nearly three weeks ago, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.


Tendulkar's chancy knock powers India to 260-9 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:42 AM PDT

India's Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match against Pakistan in Mohali March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Sachin Tendulkar's chancy 85 powered India to 260-9 against a Pakistan side which seemed overwhelmed by the hype built around Wednesday's World Cup semi-final and the 'cricket diplomacy' surrounding it.


HIGHLIGHTS - Pakistan 112/4 off 27 overs v India 260/9 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Pakistan's Wahab Riaz celebrates taking the wicket of India's Virender Sehwag (L) during their ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match in Mohali March 30, 2011.  REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - India left-arm spinner Yuvraj Singh took two wickets in consecutive overs to reduce Pakistan to 112 for four in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.


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