2011年6月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Ramdev hospitalised after seven day protest fast (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT

Television cameramen film India's yoga guru Swami Ramdev as he gets a medical check-up during his fast against corruption in the northern Indian town of Haridwar June 10, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Swami Ramdev, India's most famous yoga guru, was taken to hospital on Friday, his spokesman said, seven days into his fast until death to protest against corruption, as pressure grew on the government to accept his demands.


India "neutral" over Carstens for IMF top job (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 01:52 PM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (R) speaks with Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens before their meeting in New Delhi June 10, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Mexico's central bank chief Agustin Carstens on Friday said India had not committed to support his candidacy as head of the IMF, as officials in the Asian nation said they would make their choice later in June.


Rana guilty of aiding LeT, but did not participate in 26/11 (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:45 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 providing support to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), responsible for the 2008 assault on Mumbai, but not guilty of taking part in the attack.


Industrial growth slows; latest sign of weakness (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:08 AM PDT

An employee works at an assembly line of Twister motorcycle at the newly inaugurated plant of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) Pte. Ltd. in Tapukara in Rajasthan June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - India's industrial output growth dipped in April, the latest sign that rising cost of credit and inflation are acting as brakes on the economy, which may compel the central bank to pull back from its aggressive monetary policy tightening.


India says U.S. verdict in Mumbai attack "disappointing" (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 05:28 AM PDT

The sun sets behind the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of the recent militant attacks, in Mumbai December 3, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India said on Friday its own probe into the 2008 Mumbai attacks would not be influenced by the "disappointing" verdict of a Chicago court into the assaults.


Zaheer, Sreesanth ruled out of West Indies test series (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan talk in between overs during their ICC Cricket World Cup final match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Indian pacemen Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth have been ruled out of the test series against West Indies due to injuries, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Friday.


Scrap biofuel support to curb food costs - agencies (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT

A chemical engineer holds up a test-tube of biofuel at Oleoplan factory in Passo Fundo, 300 km (186 miles) southwest of Porto Alegre, May 21, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos /FilesReuters - Governments should scrap policies to support biofuels because they are forcing up global food prices, according to a report by 10 international agencies including the World Bank and World Trade Organization.


Germany pins down E.coli: "It's the bean sprouts" (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Beansprouts and salad sprouts are seen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Pawel KopczynskiReuters - Germany said on Friday that deadly E.coli bacteria that have killed 31 people and hit farmers across Europe almost certainly came from contaminated bean sprouts grown at an organic farm in northern Germany.


Maoist rebels kill 15 police in double attack (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Maoist rebels killed 15 police officers in the jungles of Chhattisgarh in two separate bomb blasts, police said on Friday, as the insurgents continued a fresh round of violent attacks on security forces.

Pranab says monthly industrial output data disturbing (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:43 PM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a summit at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 10, 2009. India's industrial output  growth in April is disturbing, Mukherjee said on Friday, after the latest data showed growth of 6.3 percent compared to the same period a year ago. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's industrial output growth in April is disturbing, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday, after the latest data showed growth of 6.3 percent compared to the same period a year ago.


South Africa's Manuel to be nominated for IMF - report (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT

South African Planning Minister Trevor Manuel speaks at a media briefing during the National General Council of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), in the coastal city of Durban, September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - South Africa will nominate former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to head the International Monetary Fund on Friday, the last day for nominations for the post, Emerging Markets magazine reported.


Germany says bean sprouts likely source of e.coli (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:21 AM PDT

An Austrian scientist holds cress sprouts in the microbiological laboratory of the The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) in Vienna June 9 , 2011. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerReuters - New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday.


Bahrain accepts cancellation of GP, India to host F1 race on Oct 30 (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:55 PM PDT

Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain crosses the finish line to win the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at Sakhir circuit in Manama March 14, 2010.  REUTERS/Luca Bruno/Pool/FilesReuters - Bahrain Grand Prix organisers accepted the cancellation of their postponed Formula One race on Thursday after teams objected to it being rescheduled in October.


Save a cow -- eat this dress instead (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Chinese movie star Gao Yuanyuan poses in a gown made of lettuce and cabbage leaves during an event, organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia, in Beijing June 8, 2011. The words read, Reuters - The dress worn by Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan looked good enough to eat.


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