2011年6月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

PM Singh fails to dispel policy paralysis fears (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:32 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks at a joint news conference during the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in Sanya, on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, April 14, 2011. REUTERS/Press Information Bureau of India/Handout/FilesReuters - India's cornered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh brushed aside on Wednesday widespread criticism that he was a "lame duck" leader presiding over a government mired in graft and policy paralysis, but offered little in way of policy steps he would take up.

Federer cut down by inspired Tsonga (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Roger Federer of Switzerland wipes his forehead during his quarter-final match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga produced a devastating fightback to knock six-times champion Roger Federer out of Wimbledon on Wednesday and set up a semi-final against Novak Djokovic.

Greek lawmakers endorse austerity despite violence (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Demonstrators handle a tree as a crowd moves into Syntagma Square during a protest in Athens, June 29, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Greece's parliament approved deeply unpopular austerity measures despite worsening street violence on Wednesday, in a vote vital to secure international aid and prevent the euro zone's first sovereign debt default.

Mandeep Kaur, Juana Murmu fail doping tests (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:31 AM PDT

Mandeep Kaur crosses the finish line to win the gold in the women's 4 x400 metre final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/FilesReuters - Leading Indian 400 metres pair Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu have failed doping tests, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday.

Rahul Gandhi: India's leader in waiting (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker and son of India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, addresses a news conference in Agartala, Tripura October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The rise of Rahul Gandhi to India's top office is now more a question of when, not if.

Ishant Sharma strikes twice to leave West Indies wobbling (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Reuters - Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma captured two wickets in four balls on Wednesday as the tourists tightened the screws against a struggling West Indies after a rain-delayed start to the second day of their second test.

West queries China over Pakistan atom ties - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 07:49 AM PDT

Reuters - Western nations pressed China at closed-door nuclear talks to provide more information and help address concerns about its plans to expand an atomic energy plant in Pakistan, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.

China says military talks with India successful (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:59 AM PDT

A man walks inside a conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, November 11, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - China's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that a recent visit by an Indian military delegation had been successful and would benefit relations after a freeze in ties last year over a visa row.

PM Singh says open to Rahul Gandhi succeeding him (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 01:35 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) speaks during an election campaign rally on the outskirts of Kolkata April 23, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, according to local media, that he did not object to Rahul Gandhi succeeding him but said no such discussions were currently taking place within the ruling party.

Police search Kabul hotel after Taliban attack kills 9 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the Intercontinental hotel as a NATO helicopter flies overhead, in Kabul June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul's landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties and securing the building after an overnight assault by Taliban suicide bombers killed eight Afghan civilians and police and a foreigner.

Raina fined for dissent at umpire's decision (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:12 AM PDT

Suresh Raina dives to catch the ball during the second one-day international cricket match against New Zealand in Jaipur December 1, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Indian batsman Suresh Raina has been fined 25 percent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire's decision during the first day of the second test against West Indies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.

Pakistan charges six Rangers with murder (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:30 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistani court on Wednesday charged six members of a paramilitary force with murder for the killing of an unarmed man, a rare action against the country's powerful security establishment.

Asia looks to "friend" Lagarde to honour IMF pledges (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Christine Lagarde makes a statement to reporters as she leaves the IMF headquarters in Washington, June 23, 2011. The IMF board on Tuesday elected French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the new managing director of the global lender. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Asia's fast-rising economies set their sights on securing key IMF appointments under newly named chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday, hopeful she would be the one to make good on oft-heard pledges to swing more power to emerging markets.

Asians more averse to borrowing, prefer local banks - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:39 AM PDT

A labourer works on the sign of a bank building in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Asians are becoming increasingly averse to borrowing and now prefer local banks since the global financial crisis battered confidence in international lenders, a study showed on Wednesday.

Indian women world's most stressed - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:39 AM PDT

Women commuters look out of windows as they travel in a suburban train in Mumbai February 13, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Women around the world feel stressed and pressed for time, but women in emerging markets are more stressed than their sisters in developed nations -- and Indian women say they are the most stressed of all, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

U.S., India pledge cooperation on market access (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:54 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 - Finance chiefs from the United States and India pledged on Tuesday to deepen efforts to open up India's financial, retail, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors to competition but offered no specific measures to boost access for American firms.

Wickets tumble in India-Windies 2nd test (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:06 PM PDT

Reuters - India and West Indies both suffered woeful batting collapses as 13 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the second test in Barbados on Tuesday.

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