2011年6月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Pakistan looms large as India, China armies resume talks (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Chinese paramilitary policemen walk past an Indian flag in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing January 13, 2008. India resumes defence contacts with China frozen for a year when an Indian military delegation visits on Sunday, though few expect any breakthrough with Beijing. REUTERS/Grace Liang/FilesReuters - India resumes defence contacts with China frozen for a year when an Indian military delegation visits on Sunday, though few expect any breakthrough with Beijing pursuing its "all-weather friendship" with arch-rival Pakistan.


Hopes fading for climate agreement (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Activists of Environment Greenpeace perform next to a giant life ring, during talks on climate change, in Cancun beach December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Henry Romero/FilesReuters - "Ask for a camel when you expect to get a goat," runs a Somali saying that sums up the fading of ambitions for United Nations talks on slowing climate change -- aim high, but settle for far less.


Indian women rise in business but not in power (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:00 AM PDT

A woman at a call centre provides service support to international customers in Bangalore Wednesday March 17, 2004. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto/FilesReuters - NEW DELHI (TrustLaw) More Indian businesswomen are gaining managerial positions as the countrys economic growth surges ahead, yet few are able to break the glass ceiling and secure jobs with real power due to stereotypical views of them as fragile and ineffective, a new study says.


BCCI tells players to steer clear of Lanka league (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 05:46 AM PDT

India's Praveen Kumar bowls during a practice session in Dambulla August 15, 2010. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has denied permission to a dozen cricketers, including Kumar, to play in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League, local media reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/FilesReuters - The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has denied permission to a dozen cricketers to play in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League, local media reported on Sunday.


Headway in Taliban talks may be months off - Gates (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:08 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is pictured during his final official news conference at the Pentagon near Washington, June 16, 2011.   REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - It could be months before efforts to broker a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban bear fruit, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview aired on Sunday.


Afghan leader says U.S. in contact with Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 09:09 PM PDT

In this image taken from a video recording, Omar Khalid Khorasani (C), a top Pakistan Taliban commander, gives an interview in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region on June 2, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - The United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of U.S. involvement in negotiations.


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