2011年4月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India bans Japan food imports, says radiation spreading (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:42 AM PDT

A Taipei City health official shows the media the radiation reading of Japanese imported apples during a news conference in a supermarket in Taipei April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - India has imposed a three-month ban on imports of food articles from the whole of Japan on fears that radiation from an earthquake-hit nuclear plant was spreading to other parts of the country, becoming the first country to introduce a blanket ban.


Satyam, PwC settle SEC probes into fraud (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:09 PM PDT

An employee (2nd R) and security guards walk near the main entrance of the Satyam Computer Services head office in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd and its former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay a combined $17.5 million to settle U.S. probes into an accounting fraud that in 2009 became India's biggest corporate scandal.


Anil Ambani faces parliament panel in telecom probe (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:12 AM PDT

Anil Ambani speaks to shareholders during a meeting in Mumbai September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Anil Ambani, the chairman of Reliance ADA group, appeared on Tuesday before a parliamentary panel investigating a multi-billion dollar telecoms graft scandal that has rocked the country's political and business establishment.


IMF endorses capital controls amid political rifts (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:09 PM PDT

The IMF nameplate is displayed on a wall at the headquarters during the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington April 11, 2008.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesReuters - The IMF's first-ever endorsement of capital controls, contained in a document released on Tuesday, has exposed internal tensions so sensitive that some member countries even objected to the title.


Hunger strike over Lokpal Bill as thousands protest corruption (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:00 AM PDT

A demonstrator wears a sticker on his forehead during a protest rally against corruption in Mumbai, April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday began a fast unto death demanding the government enact a tough anti-corruption law that would lead to prosecution of officials and lawmakers.


FBI agent tallies Rajaratnam trades for jury (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:12 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 McDermid/FilesReuters - Trade-by-trade and sometimes using a calculator, an FBI agent testified at hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial how the government matched phone records with transactions that it contends were based on illegal confidential information.


Tiger talks up his own chances at Augusta National (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:09 PM PDT

Former champion Tiger Woods of the U.S. speaks at a press conference during a practice day for the 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 5, 2011.  REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Tiger Woods was gracious, smiling, on a few occasions monosyllabic and prickly, but above all positive as he discussed his bid for a fifth Masters title at Augusta National this week.


Schalke and Real eye semis after goal frenzy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Real Madrid's Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates his second goal against Tottenham Hotspur during their first leg of their Champions League quarter-final soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Juan MedinaReuters - Schalke 04 were the unlikely trailblazers on a night of 11 Champions League goals when they thumped Inter Milan 5-2 to become the first team ever to score five in one match against the reigning European Cup holders.


Vedanta expects Cairn deal approval in few days (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:03 AM PDT

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Vedanta Resources expects the Indian government to approve its long-pending deal to take control of Cairn India in the next few days, its chairman said, adding that the issue of royalty payments should be treated separately.


Sangakkara quits as Sri Lanka ODI, T20 captain (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:06 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's captain and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara sits on the field after a ball went past during their ICC Cricket World Cup final match against India in Mumbai April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Kumar Sangakkara has stood down as captain of Sri Lanka's limited overs team after their World Cup final loss to India on Saturday but plans to carry on as the interim test skipper until a replacement is found.


Maruti raises prices between 1,100-9,000 rupees (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:42 AM PDT

A customer stands inside a Maruti Suzuki's car showroom in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker, has raised prices between 1,100 to 9,000 rupees ($25-$203) across all models, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, its second price increase in three months.


Iran-India oil trade halted in Germany (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:38 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, March 31, 2011.  REUTERS/Thomas PeterReuters - India has agreed to stop paying for its Iranian oil imports via Germany, a German official said on Tuesday, ending a trade conduit that had drawn strong disapproval from the United States and Israel.


Britain's Cameron in Pakistan seeking "fresh start" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:30 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) is escorted by Minister of Inter-Provincial Co-Ordination Raza Rabbani (R) after arriving at Rawalpindi April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron called for a new start in relations with Pakistan on Tuesday, eight months after sparking a diplomatic row by saying Pakistan should not be allowed to "look both ways" on terrorism.


Bangladesh court rejects Yunus appeal against dismissal (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:32 AM PDT

Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus leaves a court after a hearing in Dhaka March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Bangladesh's highest court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus against his dismissal as managing director of Grameen Bank, the microlender he founded, lawyers said.


Schwarzenegger says owes success to U.S., people's touch (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visits the yearly MIPTV, the International Television Programs Market, in Cannes, southeastern France April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre AmetReuters - To hear Arnold Schwarzenegger explain the unlikely course of his life as an actor and politician, success boils down to two factors: living in the United States and being a man of the people.


Japan's nuclear plant operator pays "condolence money" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT

A staff member of a radiation check-up point points out a location of the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant on a map, on which a radiation gauge is placed, during a photo opportunity in an evacuation center in Fukushima, northern Japan, April 4, 2011.  REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant started paying "condolence money" on Tuesday to victims of the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl while it kept pouring radioactive water into the sea.


Paris sewers to heat schools, president's palace (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:08 AM PDT

Reuters - The Paris sewers -- whose murky labyrinths have been reviled and romanticized through history -- are at the centre of a renewable energy experiment to harness heat for buildings, including the presidential palace.
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