2011年7月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Cameron 'regrets' hiring scandal-hit tabloid editor (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in London July 20, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Prime Minister David Cameron, defending his integrity to parliament in emergency session on Wednesday, said he regretted hiring a journalist at the heart of a scandal that has rocked Britain's press, police and politics.


As China looms, Clinton tells India "it's time to lead" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:35 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their meeting in New Delhi July 19, 2011. REUTERS/Press Information Bureau of India/HandoutReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told India on Wednesday "it's time to lead", urging New Delhi to take a stronger role across Asia where China is flexing its muscles, and to bolster support for struggling neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan.


Maoist rebels kill 7 Congress party workers - Nandkumar Patel (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Maoist rebels killed seven Congress party workers in a jungle ambush on a party convoy in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, the state's party president told Reuters.

Clinton takes "clean cookstove" drive to India (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) puts her hands together in a traditional greeting while being escorted by India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao (R) upon her arrival into New Delhi on July 18, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed one of her simplest but potentially most transformative diplomatic priorities in India on Wednesday: clean cooking stoves.


Warming India-U.S. ties hit speed bump over nuclear trade (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:20 AM PDT

A woman shouts slogans during an anti-nuclear protest in Mumbai April 26, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - It was meant to be the cornerstone of relations between the world's two biggest democracies, but a lucrative nuclear deal that was to welcome U.S. firms into India's $150 billion atomic power market is clouding otherwise warming bilateral ties.


Q+A - Signs India taking small steps on key reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:25 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) attends a meeting with India's Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna and their delegations in New Delhi July 19, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for India to further open up its economy for foreign investment and reduce barriers for trade.


Cricket captains disagree on ball-tracking technology (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:39 AM PDT

England's Andrew Strauss throws a ball while on the ground during a training session before Thursday's first cricket test match against India at Lord's cricket ground in London July 20, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - England captain Andrew Strauss expressed reservations on Wednesday about the decision to dispense with ball-tracking technology during the four-test series against India starting at Lord's on Thursday.


Flagship Indian manufacturing policy snags on labour laws (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:39 AM PDT

A worker moves a trolley loaded with packed processed cheese during a media tour to Amul satellite dairy in Khatraj village, located in Gujarat June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - A flagship policy to beef up India's manufacturing sector with world-class investment zones has stuttered with objections from the labour ministry on freeing up employment laws, a top bureaucrat said on Wednesday.


Asia offers Murdoch growth, but also more hurdles (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch speaks outside a hotel where he met the family of murdered teenager Milly Dowler in central London, July 15, 2011.   REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Rupert Murdoch knows something about power and how to wield it. In Britain, the media magnate's backing was long seen as a prerequisite for anyone hoping to become prime minister; in the United States Murdoch's Fox News has helped drive debate and the growth of the right-wing Tea Party.


Sports minister sets hockey factions July 25 deadline (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Players battle for the ball during their preliminary field hockey game between India and Bangladesh at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province November 17, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Indias rival hockey federations will get a last chance to agree to their proposed merger by July 25 or the government will take a final call to end the stalemate, Sports Minister Ajay Maken said on Wednesday.


Blackburn pull-out was an over-reaction - Indian official (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Blackburn Rovers' last-minute postponement of their tour of India due to safety concerns was an over-reaction, a senior Indian soccer official said on Tuesday.

Tendulkar eyes 100th century in 2000th test (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:36 PM PDT

India's Sachin Tendulkar (L) speaks to coach Duncan Fletcher during a training session before Thursday's first cricket test match against England at Lord's cricket ground in London July 19, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Sachin Tendulkar at the peak of his considerable powers can mark the 2,000th test at Lord's starting on Thursday with an unprecedented 100th international century at the headquarters of world cricket when India face England.


Wipro's disappointing outlook pull shares down 5 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:33 AM PDT

Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro Ltd. at the Wipro campus in Bangalore January 21, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Wipro Ltd, India's No.3 software services exporter, forecast growth below market expectations, signalling the widening gap between Indian technology firms and their bigger global rivals in winning new deals in a tough economy.


Pakistan's new FM faces challenges abroad, at home (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:46 AM PDT

Pakistan's junior Foreign Affairs Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (R) looks at British Foreign Secretary William Hague during a news conference at the foreign ministry in Islamabad in this June 23, 2011 file photograph. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/FilesReuters - Pakistan's newly appointed foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, is young in a culture that reveres the old, female in a society that favours men and her appointment comes just days before Pakistan's latest round of talks with arch-rival India.


Clinton pushes India on nuclear law, market access (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:36 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks with India's Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna during a photo call before their meeting in New Delhi July 19, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India on Tuesday to amend a law that has put off U.S. companies from taking part in the $150 billion nuclear energy market and further open up Asia's third largest economy to foreign investment.


Britain's Cameron faces grilling on hacking crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:19 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech on growth and trade to delegates at the The Pan African University Business School in Lagos July 19, 2011. REUTERS/Christopher Furlong/POOLReuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron will be grilled by parliament on Wednesday about his decision to employ a former newspaper editor caught up in a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken Britain's establishment.


Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phones hacked (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Reuters - The Taliban denied on Wednesday their supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died, saying false messages claiming his death had been sent to media after their mobile phones, email accounts and a website had been hacked into.
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