2011年5月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India eyes diplomacy and private sector to woo Africa (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:42 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at a news conference in Sanya, on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, April 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Press Information Bureau of India/HandoutReuters - Bereft of China's riches, India is banking on diplomacy, development and its entrepreneurial private sector to woo African nations to open markets and natural resources to Asia's third-largest economy


Gayle powers Bangalore into IPL final (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on champions Chennai Super Kings in Saturday's Indian Premier League final after in-form Chris Gayle blasted 89 to lift them to a 43-run victory over Mumbai Indians on Friday.

India gives Tanzania $190 mln aid, to boost trade (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (L) speaks with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a summit in New Delhi April 9, 2008. India said on Friday it would give Tanzania $180 million to upgrade water supplies in the East African nation, and the 2 countries agreed to remove tax hurdles and boost bilateral trade. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India said on Friday it would give Tanzania $180 million to upgrade water supplies in the East African nation, and the two countries agreed to remove tax hurdles and boost bilateral trade.


Raina takes over from Gambhir as Indian skipper for ODIs (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 07:11 AM PDT

India's Suresh Raina laughs as he stretches during a practice session in Ahmedabad November 2, 2010. Raina will lead India in the limited-overs series in West Indies next month after stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir was ruled out due to a shoulder injury, the Indian cricket board said on Friday. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Suresh Raina will lead India in the limited-overs series in West Indies next month after stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir was ruled out due to a shoulder injury, the Indian cricket board said on Friday.


Indian GP could shift to Dec. 11, says Ferrari boss (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Ferrari Formula One team principal Stefano Domenicali stands in his pit during a practice session of the Turkish F1 Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul May 7, 2011. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerReuters - The Indian Grand Prix could be moved to the second weekend in December as Formula One's season-ending race, Ferrari principal Stefano Domenicali said on Friday.


Clinton calls on Pakistan to do more against militants (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 11:11 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures during a speech at the launch of a Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education at UNESCO headquarters in Paris May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/PoolReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday Pakistan needed to take decisive steps against Islamist militancy and that relations between the two allies, tense since the killing of Osama bin Laden, had reached a turning point.


Tradition, sprawl confront next Tata Group leader (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 10:27 AM PDT

A worker cleans a Tata Motors logo outside its showroom in Hyderabad October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Ratan Tata, retiring soon as chairman of India's sprawling Tata conglomerate, is known for making sketches of the company's next car model and fussing over details of a hotel's design.


Q+A: Relations between Pakistan and the United States (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:14 AM PDT

A soldier keeps guard from a watch tower around the compound walls of the Mehran naval aviation base recently attacked by the Taliban in Karachi on May 24, 2011. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that Pakistan urgently needed to take decisive steps against Islamist militancy and that relations between the two allies had reached a turning point.


Blatter facing ethics hearing with FIFA rival (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:46 AM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15, 2011. FIFA opened ethics proceedings against its own president Sepp Blatter following a request from his election rival Mohamed Bin Hammam, soccer's governing body said Friday. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - FIFA president Sepp Blatter will face an ethics investigation alongside his election rival Mohamed bin Hammam after soccer's governing body widened its enquiry into bribes-for-votes allegations.


British schoolboy ascends Everest to become youngest 'seven summit' climber (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 07:55 AM PDT

The Everest mountain range is seen from Kalapatta in Nepal, May 4, 2011. Picture taken May 4, 2011. REUTERS/Laurence TanReuters - A 16-year-old British schoolboy became the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents when he ascended Mount Everest, the tallest of them, on Thursday, his organisers said.


FACTBOX - Tata group's five chairmen since 1868 (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT

Chairman of Tata group Ratan Tata gestures during a news conference in Kolkata October 3, 2008. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India's sprawling $67 billion Tata conglomerate is searching for a successor to Chairman and Chief Executive Ratan Tata. Below is a brief history of the five chairmen in the group's 143-year history.


Australia's burping cows more climate friendly than thought (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Cattle walks through flooded crops near the town of Theodore in Australia's state of Queensland January 2, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - Australia's huge cattle herd in the north might be burping less planet-warming methane emissions than thought, a study released on Friday shows, suggesting the cows are more climate friendly.


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