2011年6月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India's air travel growth spurs jet orders (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT

(L-R) Airbus sales chief John Leahy, GoAir's new chief executive officer Giorgio De Roni and Indian Go Air's manager Kaushik Khona pose for photographers as they hold a model of the Airbus A320neo during an announcement at the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesReuters - Indian airlines walked away from the Paris Air Show with a third of the airplane orders last week -- a $23 billion gamble that air will finally conquer rail despite a formidable list of obstacles.


Young girl carrying bag of explosives killed in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:32 AM PDT

Reuters - An eight-year-old Afghan girl was killed when a bag of explosives given to her by Taliban insurgents exploded as she approached a police outpost in southern Afghanistan, the government said on Sunday.

Boosting water creates energy, CO2 problems - study (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT

Two boys sit on a water supply pipe over a polluted canal while filling a container with drinking water from a leak in the pipe in Noida June 26, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Growing global demand for more and cleaner water is sapping energy, throwing a focus on efficiency for example in world farming sector trying to feed more people, said a study published in the journal Nature.


Vettel hits F1 rivals for six (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany drives during the European F1 Grand Prix in Valencia June 26, 2011. REUTERS/Francisco BonillaReuters - Red Bull's Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel turned the European Grand Prix into a stroll in the Spanish sunshine on Sunday as he racked up his sixth victory in eight races this season.


"Lean gene" ups risk of heart disease and diabetes (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Being slim may not always lead to a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, scientists said on Sunday after they identified a gene linked both to having a lean body and to a higher risk of metabolic diseases.

Taliban militant and wife staged attack on Pakistani police (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 03:14 AM PDT

Reuters - A Taliban militant and his wife carried out a suicide bombing on a police station in Pakistan on Saturday that killed 12 policemen, a Taliban spokesman said on Sunday.

West Indies drop Nash for second test against India (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 03:26 AM PDT

Reuters - West Indies have replaced out-of-form vice-captain Brendon Nash with right-handed batsman Kirk Edwards for the second test against India starting on Tuesday at Bridgetown, Barbados.

Earthquake hits China's Yushu again (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:35 AM PDT

Reuters - A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked a largely Tibetan region in northwest China on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, more than a year after a 7.1 magnitude tremor killed 2,700 people in the same area.
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