2011年6月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Geithner: U.S., India not at odds on financial goals (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:13 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) participates in a conversation on India-U.S. relations with India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) at a hotel in Washington, June 27,  2011.  REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday that the United States and India had complementary objectives in developing India's financial markets.


Indians look to Anna Hazare's village for inspiration (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:29 AM PDT

A boy holds a candle in support of social activist Anna Hazare in Chandigarh April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Clad in white home-spun garments and living in a spartan room of his village's Hindu temple, Anna Hazare is an unlikely thorn in the side of the government hundreds of miles away in New Delhi.


U.S., India mum on IMF race but upbeat on reform (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:49 PM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (R) participates in a conversation on India-U.S. relations with India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) at a hotel in Washington, June 27,  2011.  REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee kept mum on Monday on which candidate their countries are backing to lead the International Monetary Fund.


Serena and Venus bow out, worry for Nadal (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts to a missed volley during her match against Marion Bartoli of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - It took less than two brutal hours at Wimbledon on Monday to disprove the theory that Serena and Venus Williams could march back to continue their domination of the grasscourt slam having hardly swung their rackets in anger for months.


India growth to overtake China - economic adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT

Labourers fasten iron rods together at the construction site of a commercial complex in the western Ahmedabad June 14, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India's growth rate is poised to overtake China's within two to three years, despite a near-term slowdown, India's chief economic adviser said on Monday.


India ready to use modified DRS (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:37 AM PDT

Shashank Manohar, President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), speaks as BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan (L) looks on during a news conference in Mumbai April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has finally agreed to use the Decision Review System (DRS) after the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday proposed a modified version of the technology which allows teams to challenge umpire rulings.


Fame-hungry children driving India's reality TV boom (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:11 AM PDT

Sanjana Bhola, 12, performs during the taping of musical reality show Reuters - It is 5 p.m. and Rima Chakravorty has not eaten her lunch. Dressed in a shiny pink and green dress with gauze and sequins, her face heavy with make-up, the 14-year-old sidles up to her father and complains that she is hungry and feeling feverish.


West Indies turn to psychologist for help (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Struggling West Indies have turned to a renowned sports psychologist to try to drag them out of a prolonged batting slump in time to save the test series against India.

Pakistan's MQM quits governing coalition (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) waves as he walks with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Baber Ghori before meeting with MQM leaders in Karachi January 7, 2011. REUTERS/Athar Hussain/FilesReuters - Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Monday it was quitting the ruling coalition, raising fears of growing violence in Karachi, the country's commercial capital and the party's political base.


Chatting, texts, now apps distract young drivers (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT

A woman walks past icons for Apple applications at the company's retail store in San Francisco, California in this April 22, 2009 file photo. Apps are distracting young drivers, with more than a third of college students at a U.S. university saying they use them while behind the wheel. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesReuters - First it was chatting, then texts. Now apps are distracting young drivers, with more than a third of college students at a U.S. university saying they use them while behind the wheel.


Monsoon early in northwest regions - IMD (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT

A devotee takes a dip against the backdrop of rain clouds in the waters of the river Ganges in Kolkata May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - India's crucial monsoon rains have advanced a few days ahead of schedule in the north west of the country, the weather office said, raising expectations of higher cane output in Uttar Pradesh state although a lull is still likely in early July.


Int'l court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gives a speech in Rome in this August 30, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Max Rossi/FilesReuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.


France's Lagarde poised to become next IMF chief (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:44 PM PDT

France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde smiles as she talks to reporters as she departs after a day of meetings ahead of her potentially being named the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund, at IMF headquarters in Washington, June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appeared poised to become the head of the International Monetary Fund this week despite a strong challenge to Europe's traditional hold on the job.


Magnificent seven gear up for Manic Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to Ryan Sweeting of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Wimbledon is ready to kick into gear after a stop-start first week, with seven grand slam champions in action on "Manic Monday" when all the men's and women's fourth-round matches are contested.


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