World's first malaria vaccine works in major trial (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - SEATTLE/LONDON (Reuters) -An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the world's first shot against the deadly disease. |
Barnes wins Booker Prize he once named "posh bingo" (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - English author and bookmakers' favourite Julian Barnes finally won the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, despite once dismissing the coveted award as "posh bingo". |
India urges Europe, U.S. to resolve debt mess (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 06:11 AM PDT Reuters - Leaders from India, Brazil and South Africa urged the world's rich countries on Tuesday to contain their financial crises and prevent the global economy from slipping into a double dip recession. |
Taliban must give up arms before talks - Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 02:42 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan will only hold peace talks with Taliban insurgents if they lay down their arms first, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday, after both sides signalled willingness to consider negotiations. |
India to see robust gold imports in festive quarter (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:26 PM PDT Reuters - Gold demand in India, the world's largest bullion buyer, will be strong in the October-December quarter, a traditional time for festivals and weddings, despite high inflation that eats into savings and multiple growth-choking RBI rates hikes. |
Top Obama security aide set to visit China, India (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's top national security aide will visit China and India later this week, the White House said on Tuesday. |
Beer and curry is Flintoff's F1 diet for India (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:18 AM PDT Reuters - Andrew Flintoff's advice to Formula One teams visiting India for the country's first grand prix next week is to fuel themselves on beer and curry. |
Israeli soldier, Palestinians freed in captive swap (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel's borders in opposite directions on Tuesday as a thousand-for-one prisoner swap brought joy to families but did little to ease decades of conflict. |
Samsung's big idea? Upsetting the Apple cart (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:09 AM PDT Reuters - Just a few doors down from the Apple store in Sydney, where a long line of fans eagerly awaited the sale of the new iPhone 4S, another throng was gathering at a Samsung store. |
Uthappa returns in squad for lone T20 against England (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:26 PM PDT Reuters - Batsman Robin Uthappa was recalled to the India squad for the lone Twenty20 against England while selectors retained the same set of players for the three remaining one-day internationals. |
China vaccinates 4.5 mln people in fight against polio (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:49 AM PDT Reuters - China vaccinated 4.5 million children and young adults over the last five weeks in the western region of Xinjiang in a fight against polio after the disease paralysed 17 people and killed one of them, the World Health Organisation said. |
Fukushima victims: homeless, desperate and angry (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 07:32 PM PDT Reuters - At last, victims of Japan's nuclear crisis can claim compensation. And they are angry. |