2011年4月14日星期四

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India, Iran seeking to settle oil payments in non-euro currencies (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT

An attendant holds a petrol nozzle at a petrol pump in Siliguri August 5, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India and Iran are talking to non-euro countries and territories to settle payments for Iranian oil imports to the Asian nation, a senior Indian government official told Reuters on Thursday.


Deal in reach on flu virus-sharing, vaccine access (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Vaccines are placed on a tray inside the Taipei City Hospital October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky Loh/FilesReuters - A global deal is tantalisingly close under which countries would share flu virus samples in exchange for access to affordable vaccines derived from them, thus saving lives in a pandemic, senior diplomats said.


Rajaratnam invests in fund run by trial witness (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:49 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam (R) exits the Manhattan Federal Court with his lawyer, John Dowd in New York April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his family invested $25 million in a $35 million fund managed by an executive called to testify in Rajaratnam's insider trading trial defense, the jury heard on Thursday.


Chipli powers Hyderabad to first victory of the season (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Bharat Chipli smashed an unbeaten 61 off 35 balls to power Deccan Chargers to their first victory in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday.

India cautious over wheat exports as inflation bites (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:07 AM PDT

Farmers transport wheat crop on camels at Pipalgaon village on the outskirts of Allahabad March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/FilesReuters - Any government faced with huge grain stockpiles, strengthening global prices and prospects of record output would be tempted to jump into export markets, but India's policy makers will think twice before opening the floodgates for exports of wheat.


Glencore seeks up to $12.1 bln in IPO, names chair (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:37 AM PDT

A worker uses a mobile lift to clean the windows of the headquarters of Swiss commodities trader Glencore in Baar near Zurich April 13, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - Top commodity trader Glencore aims to raise up to $12.1 billion with a dual listing that will boost firepower for deals at the height of a resources boom and make paper fortunes for its publicity-shy partners.


Big five emerging powers urge end to Libya fighting (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:32 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) holds a bilateral meeting with China's President Hu Jintao (unseen) in Sanya, Hainan Province, April 13, 2011. REUTERS/Nelson Ching/PoolReuters - Five big emerging powers expressed misgivings on Thursday about NATO-led air strikes in Libya and urged an end to the fighting which, together with turbulence elsewhere in the Arab world, has added to global uncertainty.


Libya rebels say NATO must stop "massacre" in Misrata (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:37 AM PDT

A rebel fighter holds a 81mm illumination mortar shell he claims is used by Gaddafi's forces, along the frontline along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah April 14, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Libyan rebels begged for more NATO air strikes on Thursday, saying they faced a massacre from government artillery barrages on the besieged city of Misrata, but Western allies squabbled over how to respond.


PM says economy eager to absorb FDI (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 11:26 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) holds a bilateral meeting with China's President Hu Jintao (unseen) in Sanya, Hainan Province, April 13, 2011. REUTERS/Nelson Ching/PoolReuters - India is eager to absorb foreign direct investment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday in the Chinese town of Sanya in a statement at the BRICS summit, which included China, Brazil, Russia and South Africa.


WMO official sees no impact of tsunami on India monsoon (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:22 AM PDT

A farmer works in his paddy field against the backdrop of monsoon clouds in Agartala July 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - Last month's devastating tsunami in Japan will have no impact on the progress of the June-September monsoon rains in India, a top official of the World Metrological Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday.


BLOG: End impunity for U.N. peacekeepers who rape and abuse (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:32 AM PDT

U.N. peacekeepers from Uruguay hike to higher ground near Kibati, 12km (7 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Sarah Elliott/FilesReuters - Those who use rape as a weapon of war in volatile regions across the world must be punished, says the United Nations, but activists say the global body must also end impunity of its own peacekeepers who are guilty of such crimes.


J.Lo named People's most beautiful woman (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 11:14 PM PDT

American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez poses at the party for the finalists of the television show Reuters - Jennifer Lopez was named People Magazine's most beautiful woman in the world on Wednesday, capping a career comeback fueled by her new job on top-rated TV show "American Idol".


Valthaty hits first ton of IPL 4 to take Punjab home (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Paul Valthaty struck the first century of the fourth Indian Premier League as Kings XI Punjab humbled Chennai Super Kings while Pune Warriors also claimed a home victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Wednesday.

Young parents may let healthy lifestyle slip - study (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 11:26 PM PDT

George and Georgia Katharaki play with their two-year old daughter Kalliopi in their house at Chalandri suburb, north of Athens November 3, 2010. REUTERS/John Kolesidis/FilesReuters - For harried young parents, this will come as no surprise -- a study has found that having small children can make it tougher to keep up healthy diet and exercise habits.


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