2011年10月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Taliban commanders say Pakistan intelligence helps them (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:39 AM PDT

In this undated image taken from a video recording provided by the Pakistan Taliban, men are seen firing a weapon in an undisclosed location in Pakistan's northwest tribal region. REUTERS/Handout/FilesReuters - Pakistan's security service provides weapons and training to Taliban insurgents fighting U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan, despite official denials, Taliban commanders say, in allegations that could worsen tensions between Pakistan and the United States.


Ex-Goldman director Gupta charged in insider case (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Rajat Gupta, who sat on the boards of some of America's most prestigious companies, was arrested and charged on Wednesday with being the "illegal eyes and ears" for his friend Raj Rajaratnam, the central figure in a broad U.S. crackdown on insider trading at hedge funds.

India raises the flag for F1 (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:38 AM PDT

Cars are lined at the Buddh International Circuit, the venue for the first ever Indian Formula One race at Greater Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - With both Formula One championships already wrapped up by Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team, India takes the starring role on its long-awaited grand prix debut this weekend.


RBI to ease if inflation falls below 7 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:37 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will only consider easing monetary policy if inflation falls below 7 percent, its governor said on Wednesday, a day after signalling that a 13th interest rate hike in 19 months was likely to be its last.


Nokia proclaims new dawn with Windows phones (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:54 AM PDT

The corporate logo hangs on a wall at Nokia world headquarters in Helsinki July 9, 2008. REUTERS/Bob Strong/FilesReuters - Nokia unveiled two sleek new Microsoft Windows phones on Wednesday in time for Christmas, a first step in the ailing cellphone maker's fightback against Apple and Google.


India, China in line for Afghan mine, oil contracts (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Afghan Mining Minister Wahidullah Shahrani gestures during a conference on Afghan mining opportunities, in central London June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Paul Hackett/FilesReuters - Indian and Chinese bidders are front-runners to be awarded contracts for iron ore and oil projects in coming months, the country's mining minister said on Wednesday.


Five wounded in grenade attack in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Five people were wounded when militants threw a grenade at a busy marketplace in Kashmir on Wednesday, police said, a day after four policemen were hurt in a string of similar explosions across the disputed region.

Population boom heralds big global economic shifts (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:38 AM PDT

A man holds his son (C) as they enter a subway station in People's Square, Shanghai April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/FilesReuters - Few economists have been as spectacularly wrong as Thomas Malthus, who predicted in 1798 that unchecked population growth would doom the Earth to starvation.


A tale of new cities: India's push to industrialise (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

Labourers fasten iron rods together at the construction site of a commercial complex in Ahmedabad June 14, 2011.  REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Chotubhai Raghani's fields in a dry, salty strip of Indian coastline on the Arabian Sea never yielded much wheat but he feels like a lucky man now he's started selling them at a juicy markup.


Sweets still shine despite silver price rise (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:17 PM PDT

A worker arranges sweets inside a shop in Kolkata August 12, 2010.  REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - It's festival season, and that means sweets -- often garnished with edible silver leaf for that final gourmet touch.


Delhi faces high risk from global warming - study (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:47 PM PDT

Labourers climb down from a tractor trolley as they arrive for work at the Buddh International Circuit, the venue for the first ever Indian Formula One race at Greater Noida October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Rapidly growing megacities in Africa and Asia face the highest risks from rising sea levels, floods and other climate change impacts, says a global survey aimed at guiding city planners and investors.


U.S. dismantles last of powerful nuclear bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:57 AM PDT

Workers examine a B53 nuclear bomb at the B&W Pantex nuclear weapons storage facility outside Amarillo, Texas, in this handout photograph taken and released on October 25, 2011. REUTERS/Photo Courtesy B&W Pantex/HandoutReuters - The United States dismantled the oldest nuclear bomb in its Cold War arsenal -- and one of the most powerful it ever built -- on Tuesday as part of President Barack Obama's nuclear security policy.


Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta to face criminal charges - source (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Former Goldman Sachs director, Rajat Gupta, who also was once the global head of elite consultancy McKinsey & Co, will surrender to the FBI on Wednesday to face criminal insider trading-related charges, a person familiar with the investigation said.
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