2011年5月29日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Monsoon rains hit mainland two days early (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:35 AM PDT

Girls walk on a seaside promenade as it rains in Mumbai July 3, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - India's annual monsoon rains have hit Kerala two days earlier than expected, weather officials said on Sunday, boosting prospects for a harvest that could spur Asia's third-largest economy.


Vettel wins crash-hit Monaco thriller (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:55 AM PDT

Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany gestures after winning  the Monaco F1 Grand Prix May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Robert PrattaReuters - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel celebrated his fifth victory in six races after winning a crash-hit Monaco Grand Prix thriller for Red Bull on Sunday.


Strauss-Kahn assembles crisis team to fight back (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn gestures during his bail hearing inside of the New York State Supreme Courthouse in New York May 19, 2011.  REUTERS/Richard Drew/PoolReuters - Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid.


Sepp Blatter cleared for new term as FIFA president (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter addresses a news conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich March 19, 2010. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/FilesReuters - FIFA cleared a path for Sepp Blatter to win a fourth presidential term despite the corruption crisis at the heart of soccer when an ethics committee decided on Sunday he had no case to answer in a bribes-for-votes case.


Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches - study (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:56 AM PDT

An undated handout photo from the Center for Northern Studies shows the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf disintegrating. REUTERS/Denis Sarrazin/Center for Northern Studies/Handout/FilesReuters - Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said.


Afghans say NATO air strike kills 12 children (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:35 AM PDT

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY An Afghan man holds the bodies of two children who were killed after an air strike in Helmand province May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Abdul Malik WatanyarReuters - An air strike called in by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed 12 children and two women, Afghan officials said on Sunday, one of the worst civilian death tolls by foreign forces in months.


Brilliant Barcelona lift European Cup again (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:47 AM PDT

Barcelona players celebrate with the trophy after their Champions League final soccer match against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in London May 28, 2011.                        REUTERS/Eddie KeoghReuters - Pep Guardiola's Barcelona cemented their place in soccer's pantheon when they overwhelmed Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League final to lift the European Cup for the fourth time on Saturday.


Tharanga tests positive for banned drug (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga raises his bat to celebrate his half-century during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match against England in Colombo March 26, 2011.           REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Sri Lanka opening batsman Upul Tharanga tested positive for an banned substance at this year's World Cup, an International Cricket Council (ICC) source told Reuters on Sunday.


Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 08:13 PM PDT

Afghan policemen inspect the outside of the governor office in Takhar province May 28, 2011. REUTERS/WahdatReuters - A suicide bomber killed one of the most powerful men in north Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining the spread of insurgent violence in once peaceful parts of the country and casting a shadow over plans for Afghans to take control of security.


China tightens grip on Inner Mongolia before planned protest (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Paramilitary policemen (bottom) and policemen block the street during a protest in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in this handout photo dated May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center/HandoutReuters - Security forces sealed off parts of the capital of China's vast northern region of Inner Mongolia on Sunday to prevent residents from staging a planned mass protest after the hit-and-run death of a herder sparked six days of protests by ethnic Mongolians.


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