2011年6月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Tahawwur Rana guilty of aiding Mumbai attack group (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Candles placed for victims of the Mumbai attacks are seen in front of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai November 30, 2008.    REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - A U.S. jury on Thursday found Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana guilty of conspiring to attack a Danish newspaper and supporting an Islamic militant group blamed for the 2008 attack in Mumbai.


"Picasso of India" M.F. Husain dies in exile aged 95 (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:17 AM PDT

A file photo shows artist Maqbool Fida Husain working on a sketch of Karachi's National stadium during an ODI match between India and Pakistan February 19, 2006. Husain, India's best known painter, died on Thursday at age 95, a close friend of the artist told Reuters. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein/FilesReuters - Maqbool Fida Husain, India's best known painter, died in London on Thursday aged 95, a close friend of the artist told Reuters, five years after he left his homeland after being persecuted by Hindu zealots angry at his work.


Pakistan army calls for diversion of U.S. aid for economic uplift (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani speaks at the test-firing of a medium-range Shaheen-1 (Haft-IV) ballistic missile at an undisclosed location January 25, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Pakistan's army chief called on Thursday for billions of dollars in U.S. military aid to be diverted into helping the economy to improve the lives of ordinary people.


Citi says hackers access bank card data (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:47 AM PDT

A Citi group logo can be seen on an automatic teller machine in Citi Field in Flushing, New York April 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - Citigroup Inc said computer hackers breached the bank's network and accessed the data of about 200,000 bank card holders in North America, the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies.


Sri Lanka's Jayasuriya to retire this month (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:06 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's national cricket team selection committee chairman Aravinda de Silva (L) speaks during a news conference on team selection ahead of the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Colombo January 8, 2011. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Sri Lanka's opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya will retire from all forms of international cricket after the first one-day match of their England tour later this month, he said on Thursday.


F1 body ready for U-turn on Bahrain, India (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:36 AM PDT

Force India Formula One drivers Adrian Sutil of Germany (R) and Paul di Resta of Britain drive during the Turkish F1 Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul May 8, 2011. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - Formula One's governing body blamed commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone for a furore over the reinstatement of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Thursday and paved the way for the race to be axed again.


Dog left $12 million by U.S. hotelier dies (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:11 PM PDT

File photo of Leona Helmsley in New York on January 21, 2003.  REUTERS/Chip East/FilesReuters - A very rich dog, which inherited $12 million from U.S. hotelier Leona Helmsley, has died, a spokeswoman for the deceased hotel mogul's trust said on Thursday.


Over 100 militants attack Pakistan's northwest (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Around 150 militants armed with rockets attacked a security checkpost in Pakistan's Waziristan on Thursday, killing eight soldiers, intelligence officials said, as tensions rise in the volatile northwestern region along the Afghan border.

ANALYSIS - India still seeking fab formula for chipmakers (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:42 AM PDT

A semiconductor chip designer works on a computer component at the Indian unit of Texas Instruments Inc in Bangalore, April 7, 2000. REUTERS/Savita Kirloskar/FilesReuters - With its vast workforce, thriving chip design sector and burgeoning demand of electronics, India should be an attractive base for semiconductor makers, but its efforts to establish an international manufacturing hub have so far been a flop.


Local car sales up 7 pct in May - industry (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT

An employee closes the bonnet of an Alto car at Maruti Suzuki's stockyard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Car sales in India rose 7 percent in May, an industry body said, slower than 30 percent jump in the same month a year earlier, with rising fuel prices, higher interest rates and vehicle costs expected to crimp demand in the world's second-fastest growing auto market.


Delhi Intl Airport seeks airport devt fee extension - report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Labourers work outside the airport in New Delhi September 26, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - GMR Infra-controlled Delhi International Airport Ltd, is seeking an extension of the airport development fee (ADF), a proposal for which is pending with the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, after banks refuse to lend further, two newspapers reported on Thursday.


Kohli makes 81 as India beat West Indies again (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel both racked up half-centuries to guide India to a comfortable seven-wicket win over West Indies in their rain-interrupted second one-day international on Wednesday.

Australian selectors lambasted for Katich axing (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:53 PM PDT

A file photo shows Australian cricket player Simon Katich preparing to catch a ball during a training session in Chandigarh September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/FilesReuters - Australia's selectors have taken a hammering over the dumping of Simon Katich with his likely replacement as test opener Phil Hughes and captain Michael Clarke suffering collateral damage in the process.


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