2011年6月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India pushes to review Mauritius tax treaty amid revenue leaks (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:49 AM PDT

A bank employee counts currency notes at a cash counter inside a bank in Agartala February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - India and Mauritius will soon review a three-decade-old taxation treaty, misused by many Indian and multinational companies to avoid paying tax or to route illicit funds, an Indian official and a Mauritius government source said on Monday.


India fight back after early batting slump (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 02:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh hit half-centuries to lead India's batting recovery on the opening day of the first test against West Indies at Sabina Park on Monday.

Four-day monsoon delay not a concern; covers half the country (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 02:19 AM PDT

A boy prepares to jump off a rock into the waters of the Osman Sagar Lake near Hyderabad May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's vital monsoon rains have covered half of the country though four days behind schedule, but the delay is not a cause for concern, weather officials said on Monday.


Egypt's ex-president Mubarak has cancer - lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak speaks during a news conference in Berlin March 4, 2010.   REUTERS/Thomas Peter/FilesReuters - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cancer, his defence lawyer said on Monday, citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit enough to face trial.


Stand-in captain Sangakkara rues Cardiff collapse (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara celebrates after completing his century during their third cricket test match against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, England June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Stand-in captain Kumar Sangakkara rued Sri Lanka's bizarre batting collapse in the first test after his team lost the three-match series 1-0 to England.


Internet body throws open domain names; .anything (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:17 AM PDT

A young girl studies on a computer at the shelter where she lives in Los Angeles, California February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/FilesReuters - good.food, learnto.salsa, glossy.lipstick -- people and companies will be able to set up a website with almost any address by the end of next year if they have a legitimate claim to the domain name and can pay a hefty fee.


SPECIAL REPORT - India's food chain in deep change (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 01:09 AM PDT

An employee arranges breakfast cereals on the shelves of a supermarket in Mumbai May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Ajit Govind Sable's family have owned their farm in Maharashtra for 10 generations, which even for a region that has been farming for more than 10,000 years is long enough to witness plenty of changes.


Assad blames unrest on saboteurs, pledges reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 07:47 AM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks in Damascus in this still image taken from video June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Syrian TV via Reuters TVReuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pledged on Monday reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could be reached with gunmen.


Rory McIlroy cruises to first major title at U.S. Open (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy holds the U.S. Open Trophy after winning the 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, June 19, 2011.     REUTERS/Jeff HaynesReuters - Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open by eight shots in record style on Sunday, confirming his rich promise as a potential golfing great by becoming the championship's youngest winner since 1923.


April FDI inflows jump as service, autos shine (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:15 AM PDT

A bank employee counts U.S. hundred dollar bills at Kasikornbank in Bangkok in this January 21, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/FilesReuters - Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India bounced back in April, on an investment surge in services, construction and auto sectors, reversing a steep drop recorded in the previous fiscal year, the government said on Monday.


Pakistan militants force girl to wear suicide vest (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Reuters - An eight-year-old Pakistani girl was kidnapped by Islamist militants who forced her to wear a suicide vest to attack security forces, police said on Monday.

U.N. atom chief urges nuclear stress tests, inspections (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:40 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano attends a news conference during an IAEA board of governors meeting at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - The U.N. nuclear chief called on Monday for national safety tests on all the world's reactors within 18 months, followed by international inspections to help prevent any repeat of Japan's atomic crisis three months ago.


U.S. missile strike kills 11 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Reuters - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into Pakistan's Kurram region on Monday, killing at least 11 militants, nine of them from a major Afghan militant group fighting Western forces in Afghanistan, local officials said.
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