2011年6月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India: hard to show restraint against more Pakistan-backed attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT

India's Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju speaks during a plenary session at the 10th International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2011.  REUTERS/Tim ChongReuters - India will feel pressured to retaliate if Pakistan-based militants launched an attack similar to the Mumbai assaults that killed more than 160 people and fueled anger across the country, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said on Saturday.


Al Qaeda's Ilyas Kashmiri killed in Pakistan by U.S. drone (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Ilyas Kashmiri speaks during a news conference in Islamabad in this July 11, 2001 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Kursheed/FilesReuters - A U.S. drone strike killed senior al Qaeda figure Ilyas Kashmiri in Pakistan after a tipoff from local intelligence, a Pakistani intelligence official said on Saturday.


Swami Ramdev begins fast to death (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:32 AM PDT

Yoga guru Swami Ramdev speaks during a news conference in New Delhi June 1, 2011. The yoga guru began a fast to the death on Saturday to demand reforms including the death penalty for corrupt officials in an anti-graft campaign that has undermined an embattled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Swami Ramdev, India's most famous yoga guru, began a mass fast to the death on Saturday to demand reforms including the death penalty for corrupt officials in an anti-graft campaign that has undermined an embattled and scandal-tainted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


Li beats Schiavone for landmark victory in French Open (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Li Na of China reacts after winning her women's final against Francesca Schiavone of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 4, 2011.  REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - China's Li Na beat last year's champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4 7-6 in the French Open final on Saturday to become the first player from an Asian nation to win a grand slam singles title.


India launch Caribbean tour with T20 win (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Reuters - India began their tour of the Caribbean with a 16-run victory over West Indies in their Twenty20 match at the Queen's Park Oval on Saturday.

Gates: Afghan talks possible if war gains continue (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:42 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks during a plenary session at the 10th International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 4, 2011. REUTERS/Tim ChongReuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday there could be political talks with the Afghan Taliban by the end of this year if NATO made more military advances and put pressure on the insurgents.


FACTBOX - Al Qaeda's Kashmiri killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT

Reuters - Senior al Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri, regarded as one of the most dangerous militants in the world, was killed by a U.S. drone aircraft missile strike in Pakistan, a Pakistani intelligence official and media said on Saturday.

Swami Ramdev, India's crusading anti-graft yoga guru (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 02:06 AM PDT

India's yoga guru Swami Ramdev (front, 3rd L) offers prayers at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Born in a dusty village in Haryana to illiterate parents, Swami Ramdev heads a $40 million-a-year global yoga empire, owns an island off the coast of Scotland and has government ministers scurry to meet him on the steps of his private jet.


U.S. says can use force to respond to cyber-attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:30 PM PDT

A couple cycle past the logo of Google in front of its former headquarters in Beijing June 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - U.S. defence systems are constantly under attack in cyberspace and the Pentagon is working to identify hackers who will be responded to in kind or with traditional offensive action, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday.


bnzv