2011年4月6日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Scientists find superbugs in Delhi drinking water (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Reuters - A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi used by local people for drinking, washing and cooking, scientists said on Thursday.

Indian super rich to splurge on jets and yachts (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:29 AM PDT

Volvo Ocean Race yacht Telefonica Black arrives in Cochin December 1, 2008. REUTERS/Sivaram V./FilesReuters - Indians are the most likely members of the global super rich to spend more on private jets and yachts over the next five years while Africans and Russians are expected to increase their charitable giving, a survey showed on Wednesday.


World Bank head: Must adapt to 'revolution' in Mideast (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:09 PM PDT

World Bank President Robert Zoellick  in Washington April 6, 2011. The World Bank will need to adapt its approach to fighting poverty to cope with revolutionary change in the Middle East and North Africa, the bank's president said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The World Bank will need to adapt its approach to fighting poverty to cope with revolutionary change in the Middle East and North Africa, the bank's president said on Wednesday.


Govt further delays Cairn-Vedanta deal (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:18 AM PDT

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Vedanta Resources appeared no closer to winning India's approval for its $9.6 billion deal to buy Cairn Energy's India assets after the government stuck to its stance on royalties and referred the matter to a panel for further review.


Repetition marks Rajaratnam prosecution evidence (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Raj Rajaratnam in New York, December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar/FilesReuters - Phone calls with insiders. Discussions about corporate deals, earnings results or big investments. Then, the celebrations and thanks.


Japan focuses on hydrogen buildup after nuclear leak (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Mirano Suzuki talks with her mother Yasuko on her first day of school at the Shimizu Elementary School in Fukushima, northern Japan April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Japan began pumping nitrogen gas into a crippled nuclear reactor, refocusing the fight against the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years on preventing an explosive buildup of hydrogen gas at Fukushima Daiichi power plant.


Miserly duck tops list of richest fictional characters (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Mr. Monopoly, Merwin Goldsmith, tosses some Monopoly money in a lobby of the International Toy Center in New York, February 17, 2005. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine/FilesReuters - A miserly duck, a vampire and pair of precocious kids are among the richest fictional characters, according to a ranking by Forbes.


Rooney answers his critics with superb winner (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (L) scores a goal during the first leg of their Champions League quarter final soccer match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Wayne Rooney let his feet do the talking with a superb first-half goal to give Manchester United a 1-0 first leg win at Chelsea and tip the balance of the Champions League quarter-final their way on Wednesday.


Grammy Awards cut 31 categories in big overhaul (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT

A white-gloved worker polishes a Grammy Award before the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009.  REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/FilesReuters - In a major Grammys overhaul designed to reduce the bloated structure of the music industry's top awards, organizers said on Wednesday they would slash the number of categories to 78 from 109 for next year's ceremony.


Maruti to recall 13,157 Swift, Ritz diesel models (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:08 AM PDT

A customer stands inside a Maruti Suzuki's car showroom in April 26, 2010. Maruti Suzuki said on Wednesday it would recall 13,157 diesel engine cars. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker, said on Wednesday it would recall 13,157 diesel engine cars.


Afridi should captain Pakistan in tests, says Imran (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Pakistan World Cup captain Shahid Afridi is photographed by fans at his residence after arriving to Karachi on April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - Pakistan's limited overs captain Shahid Afridi should return to test cricket and skipper the national team in all three formats of the sport, former captain Imran Khan said.


INTERVIEW - Norway PM worried India row may hit Telenor (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:43 AM PDT

A visitor rests under a Telenor Group sign at the GSMA Mobile World Conference in Barcelona February 18, 2009. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino/FilesReuters - Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is worried that Norwegian mobile operator Telenor may be wrongly penalised in India's telecom licensing graft scandal, he told Reuters on Wednesday.


Nepal to count endangered rhinos threatened by poachers (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:11 AM PDT

School boys with the banners saying 'Save the Rhinos' and 'Stop Deforestation' rally against the killing of the animal in Kathmandu June 13, 2010. REUTERS/Shruti Shrestha/FilesReuters - Nepal has begun combing its southern plains for endangered one-horned Asian rhinoceroses to determine their numbers and locations to help protect them from poachers who sell their horns as an aphrodisiac.


U.N. climate talks risk backsliding on Cancun outcome (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at a chemical manufacturing facility in Melbourne June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas/FilesReuters - Arguments over the agenda that have stalled U.N. climate talks in Bangkok this week show that some nations are trying to row back from hard-won agreements reached last December, Russia said on Wednesday.


Everest climbers set off for spring cleaning expedition (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT

The moonlit Everest mountain range is seen from Syangboche in Nepal December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Gopal ChitrakarReuters - KATHMANDU (Reuters) -An international expedition left for the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday on a spring cleaning mission to clear away tonnes of decades-old garbage and waste from the littered slopes of the worlds highest peak.


Inflation a threat to sustained Asian recovery - ADB (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:09 PM PDT

Vendors sell vegetables at a wholesale vegetable market in Chandigarh January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Some of Asia's emerging economies are showing signs of overheating, underscoring the need for further policy tightening and more flexible foreign exchange rates to tackle growing inflationary pressures, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday.


Twitter disables new version of website (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:51 PM PDT

A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/FilesReuters - Twitter experienced service disruptions on Tuesday, displaying an older version of the social networking website to some users and becoming completely inaccessible to others.


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