2011年4月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Almost 90 dead in Syria's bloodiest day of unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Protestors gather during a demonstration in the Syrian port city of Banias April 22, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian security forces killed almost 90 protesters on Friday, rights activists said, the bloodiest day in a month of escalating pro-democracy demonstrations against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.


Gayle lashes quickfire ton on Bangalore debut (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Chris Gayle hit an unbeaten 102 in 55 balls on his arrival in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to power the Royal Challengers Bangalore to a nine-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday.

Malinga quits test cricket to prolong one-day career (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga (R) celebrates after taking the wicket of Kenya's Shem Ngoche during their ICC Cricket World Cup group A match in Colombo March 1, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga, whose unique slinging round-arm action brought him 101 wickets in 30 tests, retired from test cricket on Friday in order to prolong his limited overs career.


Lindsay Lohan ordered back to jail (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Lindsay Lohan arrives for a hearing at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Phil McCartenReuters - Lindsay Lohan was ordered back to jail for 120 days on Friday after a judge ruled that a jewelry theft charge was a violation of her 2007 probation for drunk driving.


Pope talks to public in rare TV broadcast (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI sits during a video interview at the Vatican April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Osservatore RomanoReuters - Pope Benedict took questions from a child in Japan, a Muslim woman in Ivory Coast and a mother caring for a son in a permanent coma in his first televised dialogue with the public, broadcast on Good Friday.


British royal street parties set, but not for all (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:32 PM PDT

A sign stands outside a pub promoting Royal Wedding events, in central London April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - About 5,500 street parties will be held across Britain to toast next Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, although the royal nuptials appear to have failed to excite locals in east London.


McCain visits rebels, Libya adjusts Misrata tactics (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

U.S. Senator John McCain speaks during a news conference front of a Kingdom of Libya flag in Benghazi April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Washington should deploy ground attack aircraft against Muammar Gaddafi's forces and recognise the rebels, leading U.S. Senator John McCain said, becoming highest-profile Western politician to visit rebel-held Libya.


Japan earmarks first $50bln for post-quake rebuild (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:08 AM PDT

A religious statue is left by the road in the ruins of a port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, twenty days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 31, 2011.   REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/FilesReuters - Japan's cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades.


Dhoni joins newsmakers, pop stars on Time 100 list (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 10:14 PM PDT

Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifts the trophy at the Taj hotel the day after India defeated Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup final in Mumbai April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Previously unknown newsmakers from Egypt and Japan joined pop stars and politicians on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Thursday.


Samsung counter sues Apple over iPhone, iPad (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:40 AM PDT

Customers are silhouetted against an iPad display during the iPad launch at the Apple Store in New York April 3, 2010.  REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/FilesReuters - Samsung Electronics Co filed patent lawsuits against Apple over the U.S. firm's iPhone and iPad in a tit-for-tat case after Apple claimed Samsung's smartphones and tablets "slavishly" copied its products.


Lindsay Lohan to stand trial on jewelry theft (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Lindsay Lohan arrives for a hearing at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles April 22, 2011. REUTERS/Phil McCartenReuters - Lindsay Lohan was ordered to stand trial in June for theft but a judge on Friday reduced the charge to a simple misdemeanor, sharply reducing the chances of the actress getting a lengthy jail sentence if convicted.


UK TB screening should include more people from Indian subcontinent - study (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Reuters - British tuberculosis screening for new immigrants fails to detect most imported cases of latent disease and screening should be widened to include more people from the Indian subcontinent, scientists said on Thursday.

BWF pulls up new 'skirt rule' by a month (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Saina Nehwal returns a shot against Hong Kong's Yip Pui-yin during the women's singles badminton quarterfinals at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province November 18, 2010.    REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FilesReuters - The introduction of badminton's controversial 'skirt rule' has been postponed by a month to grant female shuttlers more time to adapt to the dress code, the game's governing body said.


Gayle says 'forced' to withdraw from Windies series (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT

West Indies' Chris Gayle stretches during a training session before Thursday's ICC Cricket World Cup group B match against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  March 15, 2011. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Axed former captain Chris Gayle says the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) forced him to declare himself unavailable for the current series with Pakistan before they would release him to play in the Indian Premier League.


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