Beleaguered Congress-led coalition wins respite in state polls (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - The ruling coalition has managed to avoid a major voter backlash over a series of embarrassing corruption scandals, winning three of five regional polls and overturning two communist state governments, results showed on Friday. |
Bombers take bin Laden revenge in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - Suicide bombers killed 80 people at a Pakistani paramilitary academy on Friday in revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid and militants in Pakistan vowed to carry out more attacks. |
Solar plane makes maiden international flight (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT Reuters - A solar energy plane made the world's first international flight powered by the sun on Friday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel. |
Sheen out, Ashton Kutcher in for "Two and A Half Men" (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 01:18 PM PDT Reuters - Actor Ashton Kutcher is joining a revamped version of the top-rated TV comedy "Two and A Half Men", CBS said on Friday, ending months of disarray after the acrimonious firing of wayward star Charlie Sheen. |
Libyan TV carries audio of Gaddafi taunting NATO (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan state television carried brief audio remarks it said were by leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday in which he taunted NATO as a cowardly crusader and said he was in a place they could not reach. |
NEWSMAKER - "Big Sister" Mamata knocks out communists (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:33 AM PDT Reuters - Mamata Banerjee has waged a three-decade long battle that has catapulted her to the upper echelons of India's turbulent politics, and on Friday, she cemented her status as a powerbroker by trumping one of the world's last democratically elected communist governments. |
EXCLUSIVE - Pornography found in bin Laden hideout - U.S. officials (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 09:53 AM PDT Reuters - A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. |
Outsiders should not decide Afghan affairs - PM (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:04 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, backing Kabul's peace plan to reconcile with Taliban-led insurgents, urged Afghanistan on Friday to shake off outside "coercion", while at the same time seeking to boost India's waning influence. |
Monsoon rains arrival seen on time (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:47 AM PDT Reuters - Monsoon is likely to enter India through the southern Kerala coast on May 31, the weather office said on Friday, marking the start of the four-month rainy season that is forecast to be normal this year, possibly boosting the farm sector. |
Gautam Gambhir to lead India in Windies ODI series (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:39 AM PDT Reuters - Opener Gautam Gambhir will lead a second-string Indian side in the limited-over series in West Indies next month after the selectors rested regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and a few other senior players on Friday. |
Karthik blitz guides Punjab to win over Kochi (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 01:18 PM PDT Reuters - A blistering century stand between Dinesh Karthik and Shaun Marsh guided Kings XI Punjab to a six-wicket win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala and kept their Indian Premier League playoff hopes alive on Friday. |
Pakistan's Musharraf vows to return for 2013 poll (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's exiled former president Pervez Musharraf plans to return to his country next year, despite facing possible arrest, in order to participate in a 2013 election, he told reporters on Friday. |
Fletcher rules out being Duncan the dictator (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 04:22 AM PDT Reuters - India's new coach Duncan Fletcher on Friday ruled out a dictatorial approach, saying he would rather adopt the unobtrusive but effective way that paid his predecessor and protege Gary Kirsten rich dividends. |
Pakistani Taliban claim attack on paramilitary academy (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide bomb attack on paramilitary academy in a northwestern town that killed at least 69 people. |
China effectively rules out talks with new exiled Tibet PM (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 02:45 AM PDT Reuters - China has effectively ruled out dialogue with the Tibetan government-in-exile's new prime minister, saying it will only meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama and will limit any talks to the Tibetan spiritual leader's future. |
Outsiders should not decide Afghan affairs - Manmohan Singh (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:54 AM PDT Reuters - India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, backing Kabul's peace plan to reconcile with Taliban-led insurgents, urged Afghanistan on Friday to shake off outside "coercion", while at the same time seeking to boost India's waning influence. |
Ashton Kutcher in deal to replace Sheen - reports (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 07:27 PM PDT Reuters - Actor Ashton Kutcher was reported on Thursday to have signed a deal to replace Charlie Sheen in a revamped version of top-rated U.S. television comedy "Two and A Half Men." |