2011年8月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Government seeks compromise with Hazare (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:27 PM PDT

Supporters of veteran social activist Anna Hazare shout slogans as they wave national flags on the seventh day of Hazare's fast at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Government on Tuesday stepped up efforts to end national anti-corruption protests led by an ailing 74-year-old social activist as he entered a second week of fasting, but the first meetings to broker a truce ended without a breakthrough.

Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case dismissed (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn smiles as he departs a hearing at the New York State Supreme Courthouse in New York July 1, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - A New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday, leaving him free to return to France

S&P replaces president Deven Sharma after U.S. downgrade (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Standard & Poor's President Deven Sharma speaks during an interview at the International Economic Forum of the Americas in Montreal, Quebec, June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Christinne MuschiReuters - Standard & Poor's said its president is stepping down, capping two weeks of controversy following the rating agency's downgrade of U.S. government debt on Aug. 5 that sparked a row with the Treasury.

Organisers expect full house for Indian GP (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:18 AM PDT

Formula One drivers Narain Karthikeyan (L) and Karun Chandhok (R) pose with Sameer Gaur, managing director and chief executive of race promoters JPSI, as they display a ticket of the first Indian Grand Prix before a news conference on the outskirts of Delhi August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - If the early response is anything to go by, the organisers of the Indian Grand Prix should have little to worry about over the turnout for the country's inaugural Formula One race on the outskirts of Delhi on Oct. 30.

FACTBOX - Tales of fasting and bribery in India's graft saga (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:49 AM PDT

Supporters of veteran social activist Anna Hazare shout slogans as they wave national flags on the seventh day of Hazare's fast at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting of all political parties for Wednesday to help douse anti-corruption protests that have spiralled since last week in solidarity with the 74-year-old Anna Hazare.

Is Facebook "required reading?" (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 07:46 AM PDT

A woman reads a book at bookstore in Shanghai August 13, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song/FilesReuters - British youngsters are ditching Dickens, Shakespeare and Keats for Facebook and Twitter, with one in six failing to read a single book in a month, according to a survey.

BPO firms in India shrug off global slowdown fears (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Employees work at a call centre, the first of its kind in the region run by Essar Group's business processing arm AEGIS, in Rangreth, on the outskirts of Srinagar, August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - India's back-office services industry sees no undue cause for concern from a possible recession in the United States and Europe, its key markets, officials at two of the country's top three software services firms said on Tuesday.

BCCI blasted in India after English whitewash (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 11:54 PM PDT

Indian players including Sachin Tendulkar (2nd R) and MS Dhoni (R) wait for the presentations after England defeated India in the fourth test cricket match at the Oval cricket ground in London August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Infuriated by India's humiliating 4-0 series defeat in England, the local media lashed out at the cricket board on Tuesday, accusing the governing body of pursuing riches instead of developing the test team.

Ruthless England braced for new challenges (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 09:45 PM PDT

England's Ian Bell leaves the field after being dismissed for 235 runs during the fourth cricket test match against India at the Oval cricket ground in London August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - As a signal that England were no longer prepared to tolerate physical and mental flabbiness, Ian Bell was told to go away and toughen up after his side were bowled out for 51 by West Indies in February, 2009.

India must tweak rules before giving firms bank licences - RBI (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:39 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai July 26, 2011. India needs to plug gaps in existing banking rules before it lets corporate houses open banks, the RBI chief said on Tuesday, signalling the need for tighter regulation to deter firms from practices like self-lending. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - India needs to plug gaps in existing banking rules before it lets corporate houses open banks, the Reserve Bank chief said on Tuesday, signalling the need for tighter regulation to deter firms from practices like self-lending.

Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:52 AM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan leaves the venue after his news conference in Tokyo July 29, 2011. Naoto Kan will likely resign on Aug. 30, his economics minister said on Tuesday, but who will succeed him as Japan confronts a nuclear crisis and a long list of economic difficulties remained up in the air. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/FilesReuters - Unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan confirmed on Tuesday that he would step down as head of the ruling party this week if two key bills were enacted, clearing the way to choose a new leader to cope with Japan's nuclear crisis and slew of economic ills.

Son seeks to boost Gaddafi's Tripoli fightback (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 09:08 PM PDT

Saif Al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures in Tripoli August 23, 2011 in this still image taken from video. Saif, who has been seen as his father's heir apparent, visited the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying to declare that the government was winning the battle against the rebels. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - A son of Muammar Gaddafi who rebels said they had captured appeared with cheering supporters in Tripoli, giving a boost to forces loyal to the veteran leader trying to fight off insurgents who say they control most of the capital.

Please tax us, French super-rich tell government (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:53 AM PDT

Twenty euro notes are displayed in front the Eiffel tower January 1, 2002. Some of France's richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L'Oreal and the head of oil giant Total, urged the government on Tuesday to tax them more to help to solve the country's financial problems. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/FilesReuters - Some of France's richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L'Oreal SA and the head of oil major Total SA, urged the government to tax them more to help solve the country's financial problems.

India gold falls over 1 pct from early peak (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:45 AM PDT

A woman checks a gold waist belt inside a jewellery shop in Hyderabad May 6, 2011. Gold futures continued their gaining streak on Tuesday morning and hit a fresh peak of 28,265 rupees, buoyed by a rally in the world market. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India gold futures on Tuesday afternoon declined more than 1 percent from earlier record high, snapping a seven-day rise, as investors resorted to profit-taking, with a slightly stronger rupee also weighing on sentiment.

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