Small plane crashes near New Delhi, at least 10 dead -TV (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - A small plane crashed into a residential area outside New Delhi late on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, local television said. |
Headley testifies about Pakistan contacts at US trial (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - David Headley, who scouted targets for the 2008 Pakistani militant raid on Mumbai, testified on Wednesday about conversations he had with a Chicago businessman accused of helping the attackers and a retired Pakistani military officer. |
China not indicating if supporting Lagarde - India (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 02:48 PM PDT Reuters - China has not indicated it would support French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde for the International Monetary Fund's top job, India's IMF representative said on late Wednesday. |
Zuckerberg says not opening Facebook to under-13s (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - Facebook is not working on opening up the world's biggest social network to children under the age of 13 in the short term, founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, contradicting some media reports. |
Car bomb destroys police station in Pakistan, 6 dead (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a police station on Wednesday as the Taliban intensified attacks against Pakistan's security forces after the killing of al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden. |
Blizzard, Tendulkar set up tense win for Mumbai in IPL (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:08 PM PDT Reuters - Mumbai Indians openers Aiden Blizzard and Sachin Tendulkar smashed 81 runs off 7.5 overs to set up a tense four-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders who were eliminated from the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday. |
Rajaratnam seeks to throw out guilty verdict (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT Reuters - Lawyers for hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out the Galleon Group founder's conviction on insider trading charges. |
Child's play for Djokovic and Federer (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - It was child's play again for Novak Djokovic on kid's day at the French Open on Wednesday as the dominant Serb booked a third round slot when Romanian Victor Hanescu retired hurt while trailing 6-4 6-1 2-3. |
India sees emerging markets' joint IMF candidate in 2-3 days (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 05:28 AM PDT Reuters - India is talking with other emerging countries to build support behind a common candidate from a developing market to head the International Monetary Fund, with Mexico's central bank chief a possibility, two Indian government sources said on Wednesday. |
UN climate panel sets one-week deadline to fix errors (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT Reuters - The U.N. committee of climate scientists will fix any future errors "within a week or so", its head said on Wednesday, after coming under fire last year for bungling a forecast of when Himalayan glaciers would thaw. |
India concerned for safety of Pakistan nuclear weapons (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:32 AM PDT Reuters - India is concerned about the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal after a group of militants laid siege to a heavily guarded naval air base, the defence minister said on Wednesday. |
ISI shrugs off link to Mumbai attacks (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's spy agency ISI on Wednesday shrugged off testimony from David Headley, who says he scouted targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks by Pakistani militants with the help of at least one Pakistani intelligence official. |