2011年9月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Supreme Court verdict boost for Narendra Modi (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi speaks during an event in Gandhinagar in Gujarat January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - The Supreme Court rejected on Monday hearing a case that links Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi to the deadly religious riots in 2002, a move that may help the opposition politician's chances if he runs for prime minister in 2014.


England's Trott named ICC cricketer of the year (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:55 PM PDT

England's Jonathan Trott plays a shot during the second day of the fourth Ashes cricket test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground December 27, 2010.  REUTERS/Mick Tsikas/FilesReuters - England batsman Jonathan Trott was named International Cricket Council (ICC) cricketer of the year on Monday for his achievements during 2011 when he compiled 1,042 runs at an average of 65.12 in 12 tests.


India seen lifting veto on EU duty waiver for Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) speaks with his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani as they watch the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan in Mohali March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Raveendran/Pool/FilesReuters - Pakistan is hopeful that India will allow Islamabad to boost textile exports to Europe under a post-floods trade assistance scheme as relations between the neighbours improve, diplomats said on Monday.


Sri Lanka under growing pressure on war atrocities (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:14 AM PDT

Army soldiers patrol along Galle face green in Colombo August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Sri Lanka came under mounting pressure from the United Nations and Western powers on Monday to ensure that perpetrators of atrocities committed in its long conflict that ended in 2009 are held to account.


July industrial growth falls to 2-year-low (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 05:48 AM PDT

A porter transports metal pipes on a wooden handcart at an industrial area in Mumbai July 12, 2011. India's industrial output in July rose at a sharply lower-than-expected 3.3 percent pace from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - India's industrial output growth slumped to 3.3 percent in July, its weakest annual pace in nearly two years, reinforcing expectations the RBI will pause its monetary policy tightening after one more rate rise this week.


Monsoon rains test cash-strapped Pakistan after 200 die (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 07:14 AM PDT

In this image taken on July 31, 2010, a family points towards partially submerged houses while taking refuge on a hilltop overlooking the flooded town of Nowshera, northwest Pakistan. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/FilesReuters - Pakistan's cash-strapped government, struggling to help victims of last year's devastating floods, faces another major test as monsoon rains, which have already killed about 200 people in recent weeks, sweep across the south.


Pro-Gaddafi forces kill 17 at Libya oil refinery (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT

People wheel in the body of a National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter at a hospital after an ambush by pro-Gaddafi forces targeting an oil refinery in Ras Lanuf, 370 km west of Benghazi September 12, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Muammar Gaddafi loyalists killed 17 guards outside an oil refinery on Monday in an apparent attempt to disrupt a drive by Libya's new rulers to seize the ousted ruler's last bastions and revive the oil-based economy.


Fernandes hopes to see Chandhok race in India (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT

HRT Formula One driver Karun Chandhok of India is pictured during the third practice session of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix in Montreal, June 12, 2010. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger/FilesReuters - Karun Chandhok has a good chance of racing in next month's inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix, Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes told Reuters.


Blast at French nuclear site kills one, no leak (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:33 AM PDT

A general view shows the French nuclear Marcoule site in southeastern France July 8, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Nogier/FilesReuters - A worker was killed in an explosion at a French nuclear waste site on Monday, but officials said there was no radioactive leak and the authorities quickly declared the emergency over.


ANALYSIS - Profits elude bankers to the rich in booming India (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:35 AM PDT

An employee counts rupee notes at a cash counter inside a bank in Agartala, December 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - Ajay Piramal is just the sort of big fish every Indian private banker would love to land.


Kenyan police find 75 bodies in slum fire (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:14 AM PDT

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY People watch as rescuers work at the scene of a fire at a slum near the industrial area of Nairobi September 12, 2011. REUTERS/Noor KhamisReuters - At least 75 bodies have been recovered after petrol that had spilled into an open sewer caught fire and sent a wave of flame through a densely populated slum in the Kenyan capital, police said on Monday.


Eros Int'l signs 50-film deal with South Korea's KT (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan gestures during a news conference for his forthcoming movie Reuters - Indian movie distributor Eros International Plc said it signed a multi-film agreement with KT Corp, South Korea's No. 2 mobile carrier, to showcase 50 of its film titles on multiple digital platforms.


Suzuki seeks divorce from Volkswagen over Fiat spat (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 06:47 AM PDT

The Volkswagen logo is seen on display at the New York International Auto Show in New York City, April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar/FilesReuters - Suzuki Motor wants to end its two-year-old alliance with Volkswagen after the German carmaker accused it of violating their partnership pact by agreeing a diesel engine deal with Italy's Fiat.


Rupee at 14-mth low on Europe debt woes (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:10 AM PDT

A worker at a fuel station checks a 500-rupee note after filing a vehicle with fuel in Kolkata February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The Indian rupee weakened further to touch a 14-month low in afternoon trade on Monday as the impact of Europe's deepening debt crisis on global growth triggered a flight from riskier assets.


RBI has to balance high inflation, slowing growth: chief econ adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:10 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai July 26, 2011. The RBI will have to balance high inflation and slowing growth, the chief economic adviser to the finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, said on Monday after a sharp drop in industrial output growth. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will have to balance high inflation and slowing growth, the chief economic adviser to the finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, said on Monday after a sharp drop in industrial output growth.


Snippy Serena under investigation over U.S. Open outburst (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:32 AM PDT

Serena Williams of the U.S. argues with the chair umpire during her match against Samantha Stosur of Australia in the finals at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Serena Williams is under investigation by U.S. Open tournament officials for the ugly outburst she directed at the chair umpire during her loss to Australian Sam Stosur in the final on Sunday.


America mourns Sept 11 dead with somber ceremonies (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 08:22 PM PDT

A man walks past a memorial as the Reuters - Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.


Libya holdout towns in focus, Gaddafi son flees (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT

A Kingdom of Libya flag flies from a vehicle as an anti-Gaddafi fighter takes a break while driving back from the frontline as the sun rises over a desert road leading south out of the besieged city of Bani Walid September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Libya's new rulers said they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi but were edging towards the ousted ruler's birthplace of Sirte.


Amazon in talks to launch digital book library -WSJ (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:50 AM PDT

A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado July 23, 2008. Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/FilesReuters - Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.


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