2011年9月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Narendra Modi seeks redemption as govt flounders (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:21 AM PDT

Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi speaks during the concluding session of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit 2011 (VGGIS) at Gandhinagar in Gujarat January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - A decade after religious riots cast a pall over his career, India's most popular and pro-business opposition leader has sprung back to the centre of the political stage.


Delhi exhibition explores India's sexy "morning shows" (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Reuters - A decade ago, there was hardly a street corner in Indian cities that wasn't plastered with sleazy posters of adult movies.

Gaddafi loyalists hold off new Libyan attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 09:04 AM PDT

An anti-Gaddafi fighter mans a checkpoint, 1km (0.6 miles) north of the besieged city of Bani Walid September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Diehard loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi threw rockets, mortars and heavy gunfire at Libyan fighters who pushed into two besieged towns on Friday in a bid to end months of civil war and capture key figures from the old ruling system.


RBI raises repo rate by 25 bps; keeps up hawkish talk (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:57 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates for the 12th time in 18 months and surprised markets by sticking with its anti-inflationary stance even as growth slows in Asia's third-largest economy and policymakers elsewhere focus on reviving flagging demand.


INSIGHT - Companies forge lean business models to tap rural India (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:19 AM PDT

A Tata Motors Nano car is loaded onto a goods train for shipment at Sanand railway station in the western Indian state of Gujarat September 1, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Carrying two worn bags full of toothbrushes and toothpaste, Raj Verma rides his battered bicycle around villages in Uttar Pradesh, leaving fresh supplies of Colgate products at the small shops he visits.


After militant siege, questions hang over Kabul security (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 03:49 AM PDT

The feet from a dead Taliban insurgent is seen after he was killed inside a building which they took over near the U.S. embassy in Kabul September 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Two days after a 20-hour siege in Afghanistan's fortified capital, security appeared to have lapsed back to normal, with just three policemen guarding the building from where insurgents showered the city's diplomatic enclave with rockets and gunfire.


Most Asian nations realising Internet cannot be tamed (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:16 PM PDT

A woman uses a computer keyboard in this photo illustration taken in Sydney June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/FilesReuters - It's not just dictators. Governments around the world, many of them popularly elected, have tried for years to control the Internet and social media, dismayed by their potential to incite violence, spread mischief and distribute pornography and dissent.


Economy seen growing 7.5-8 pct in next few yrs - Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

Labourers fasten iron rods together at the construction site of a commercial complex in Ahmedabad June 14, 2011. The economy is expected to grow 7.5-8 percent over the next few years if it is Reuters - The economy is expected to grow 7.5-8 percent over the next few years if it is "business as usual", Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, told Reuters on Friday.


FACTBOX - Government agrees draft food security bill (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:35 AM PDT

A labourer carries a sack of wheat inside a grain-sorting unit at Sanand in  Gujarat April 7, 2011.REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - The Government has agreed a draft law that will expand supply of cheaper grains to its poor, a plan if ratified by parliament could widen the fiscal deficit but secure voter support for the ruling Congress party and its allies.


Pakistan PM cancels U.S. visit due to floods (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:36 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is seen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 20, 2011. Gilani has cancelled a visit to the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly session because of floods that have hit southern Pakistan, his office said on Friday. REUTERS/Jason Lee/FilesReuters - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has cancelled a visit to the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly session to direct relief efforts as floods devastate southern Pakistan, his office said on Friday.


Royal wedding sets Internet record, Guinness says (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:45 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, walk together in Buckingham Palace, following their wedding on Friday, in central London April 30, 2011. REUTERS/John Stillwell/Pool/FilesReuters - The royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton this spring was one for the history books -- and the record books, too.


Brad Pitt says thoughts on Aniston misunderstood (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:31 PM PDT

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston arrive at the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, in this September 19, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Kimberly White/FilesReuters - A story posted on Parade magazine's website on Thursday in which Brad Pitt talks about his life with ex-wife Jennifer Aniston put the actor in damage control mode, saying his words had been misinterpreted.


EU probing if Google dominates Internet search (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:57 AM PDT

An Android smartphone displays the Google website in this picture illustration in Seoul September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - EU regulators are still undecided whether Google dominates in Internet search and if it has abused rivals in breach of competition rules, the EU's antitrust chief said on Friday.


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