2011年7月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Top British police chief resigns over phone hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT

File photo of Paul Stephenson at a conference in Manchester, northern England, July 9, 2009. London's police commissioner resigned on Sunday over allegations about the police's handling of phone hacking investigations. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis/FilesReuters - Britain's senior police chief Paul Stephenson, London's police commissioner, resigned on Sunday over allegations about the police's handling of phone hacking investigations.


India beat Qatar in soccer friendly (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Qatar's Mohammed Elsayed (R) fights for the ball with India's Lalrindika Ralte (L) and Samir Naik during their friendly soccer match in Doha July 17, 2011. REUTERS/Fadi Al-AssaadReuters - Lowly India, ranked 147 in the world, pulled off a 2-1 victory over 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar in a friendly at the Al Sadd Stadium on Sunday.


Irish eyes smiling again as Darren Clarke wins British Open (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland kisses the Claret Jug after winning the British Open golf championship at Royal St George's in Sandwich, southern England July 17, 2011.   REUTERS/Russell CheyneReuters - Darren Clarke repelled a dynamic charge from Phil Mickelson to complete a runaway three-shot win at the British Open on Sunday, claiming his first major title and becoming the first home winner of the championship for 12 years.


Rebekah Brooks arrested in British hacking scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Rebekah Brooks is seen in London in this July 10, 2011 file photo. Brooks, former editor of the News of the World and a favoured lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of phone hacking and bribing police, sources familiar with the situation said. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/FilesReuters - Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business, was arrested on Sunday in the latest twist of a phone-hacking scandal that has tainted British police and politicians and shaken the tycoon's global media empire.


Indian consumers still most bullish globally - Nielsen (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT

People stand in front of billboard outside a clothes shop in Mumbai November 25, 2008. Indian consumers were still the most bullish globally but less so than in the first quarter, according to The Nielsen Company's quarterly survey of global consumers. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Global consumer confidence fell in the second quarter to its lowest level in a year and a half as an uncertain economic outlook, a deepening euro zone debt crisis and rising inflation made people more cautious, a survey showed on Sunday.


'Harry Potter' rings up record $168 mln box office (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 09:26 AM PDT

A Harry Potter fan waits in line at a movie theater with a Potter-themed pillow in New York July 14, 2011. The final Reuters - The final "Harry Potter" film shattered box office records with $168.6 million in ticket sales over its debut weekend, the best three-day opening ever in the United States and Canada, distributor Warner Bros. said on Sunday.


MP, top Karzai aide feared killed - police official (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Reuters - Gunmen killed a top advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a member of the country's parliament in a residential district of Kabul on Sunday, just days after the president's brother was gunned down at home, officials said.

Afghan transition begins with a whimper amid attack fears (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers march towards the Intercontinental hotel during a battle between Afghan security forces and suicide bombers and Taliban insurgents in Kabul June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - Afghanistan on Sunday began a long-promised transition to control of its own security, but secrecy shrouding the ceremony was a reminder of how tense the country is as foreign troops start to head home and violence spreads.


Bresnan, Broad picked ahead of Finn for Lord's test (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT

England's captain Andrew Strauss looks on as he waits for a bat during a training session in Southampton June 15, 2011. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan were given the nod ahead of fellow paceman Steve Finn in England's 12-man squad for Thursday's opening test of the four-match series against India at Lord's.


China slams U.S. "interference" after Obama meets Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:10 PM PDT

The Dalai Lama greets the crowd as he arrives to deliver A Talk for World Peace on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington July 9, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - China accused the United States on Sunday of "grossly" interfering in its internal affairs and seriously damaging relations after President Barack Obama met exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House.


UK police under scrutiny as Murdoch tries to damp fire (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:10 PM PDT

News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch speaks outside the hotel where he met the familly of murdered teenager Milly Dowler in central London July 15, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business, mired in a widening scandal stemming from phone hacking, pledged on Sunday to fully cooperate with inquiries by police, who themselves are under mounting pressure for being too close to his media empire.


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