2011年4月18日星期一

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


NY Times and LA Times each win two Pulitzer Prizes (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:49 PM PDT

A window washer cleans the windows above the front door of the New York Times building in New York, March 26, 2010.   REUTERS/Gary Hershorn/FilesReuters - The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times each won two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday, and for the first time no award was given for breaking news coverage.


U.S. stings Rajaratnam with phone tap to end case (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam exits the Manhattan Federal Court in New York April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - U.S. prosecutors stung accused Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam with one more phone tap recording as his lawyers rested the defense case on Monday at his trial on insider trading charges.


McCullum leads Kochi to home victory over Chennai (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Opener Brendon McCullum smashed 47 to lead Kochi Tuskers Kerala to a thumping seven-wicket win over champions Chennai Super Kings in a rain-shortened Indian Premier League match on Monday.

Rising star Mamata battles communist bastion in West Bengal (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:42 AM PDT

A man looks out from the door of Trinamool Congress party office with the door painted with a picture of Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Voters streamed into polling stations in West Bengal on Monday in state elections that could see populist maverick Mamata Banerjee unseat the worlds longest-serving, democratically-elected communist government and emerge as a key power broker.


S&P threatens to cut U.S. credit rating on deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

A U.S. Senate staffer carries a copy of President Barack Obama's proposed 2012 federal budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesReuters - Standard & Poor's threatened on Monday to downgrade the United States' prized AAA credit rating unless the Obama administration and Congress find a way to slash the yawning federal budget deficit within two years.


West wants military, aid action to end Libya crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

A rebel fighter is seen behind a Kingdom of Libya flag near the front line along the western entrance gate of Ajdabiyah April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - NATO may have to intensify attacks on government forces to break the military stalemate in Libya, while the United Nations pushes for a humanitarian presence to help civilians trapped in the conflict.


State polls a test for ruling Congress party (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:19 AM PDT

File photo of Congress president Sonia Gandhi speaking during the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting, in New Delhi November 2, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Voters streamed into polling stations in West Bengal on Monday in state elections that could see populist maverick Mamata Banerjee unseat the world longest-serving, democratically elected communist government.


Mutai runs fastest marathon ever at Boston (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the men's division of the 2011 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:03:02, the fastest marathon time ever, in Boston, Massachusetts April 18, 2011.    REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon on Monday in two hours three minutes and two seconds, the fastest time ever recorded over the gruelling distance.


Infosys weak results raises questions, spurs downgrades (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:15 AM PDT

A man walks past a billboard of Infosys Technologies Ltd's office in Bangalore, October 10, 2003. REUTERS/Jagadeesh NV/FilesReuters - Infosys Technologies shares fell nearly 4 percent on Monday, a day after it missed sales growth expectations, triggering a slew of price cuts by brokers and worries of loss of market share and lower margins.


Dilshan to captain Sri Lanka on tour of England (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:32 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrates his century during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against England in Colombo March 26, 2011.             REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Tillakaratne Dilshan will take over from Kumar Sangakarra as captain of Sri Lanka for next month's tour of England.


Ban spinners who don't spin says Swann (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 08:00 PM PDT

England's Graeme Swann reacts as a catch is not taken during the cricket World Cup match against the Netherlands at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur in this February 22, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Graeme Swann has a simple solution for the age old problem of English spinners who, to adapt the biblical parable of the lilies of the field, toil but do not spin.


Insurgent strike inside Afghan defence ministry, 2 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:48 AM PDT

Afghan army soldiers guard the outside of Afghanistan's Defence Ministry in Kabul, April 18, 2011. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - An insurgent killed two people in the Afghan defence ministry on Monday in the third attack on security installations in four days, with the violence likely to raise questions about military transition plans due to start this year.


'Rio' rocks box office, 'Scream 4' bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Music producer Sergio Mendes (L) and director Carlos Saldanha arrive at the premiere of the film Reuters - Moviegoers around the world headed to "Rio" for the weekend.


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