2011年11月7日星期一

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India has one of world's weakest pension systems - study (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:48 AM PST

An elderly man uses a stick as he walks past the construction site of a commercial building in Mumbai October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Greece, India, China and Thailand are home to the weakest national pension systems in the world, crippled by a mix of acute sovereign debt, young retirement ages, high ratios of pensioners to workers and poor pension take-up, a study showed.


Michael Jackson doctor guilty of manslaughter (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:59 PM PST

Dr. Conrad Murray listens to testimony during his trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles October 20, 2011.  REUTERS/Reed Saxon/PoolReuters - Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death following a six-week trial that captivated Jackson fans around the world.


Barnes & Noble's new tablet keeps it in the game (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:08 PM PST

The new Nook Tablet is seen during a demonstration at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York, November 7, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Barnes & Noble Inc introduced a new Nook to compete against Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire, entering the lower-end tablet war with a device that has more memory and speed but also costs $50 more.


HPCL not heard from govt on petrol price hike rollback (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:49 AM PST

An employee counts money at a fuel station in Kolkata April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has not heard from the government about potentially rolling back an increase in petrol prices, its head said on Monday.


Food inflation is matter of great concern: Finmin (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:08 AM PST

A vegetable seller reads a newspaper as he waits for customers at a market in Kolkata September 9, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Food inflation in India was a matter of great concern, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday, and cited higher demand for meat, eggs, vegetables and milk as the prime reason for the recent spike in food prices.


School on a bus brings classes to Hyderabad slums (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:26 AM PST

Children board a bus which has been converted into a school called Reuters - On a hot afternoon, a bright orange bus drives into a slum area of Hyderabad, parking amidst shelters made of tarpaulins and bits of wood. Barefoot children come running, eyes shining, and troop inside.


Bowlers put India and Windies test on knife edge (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:03 AM PST

India's Pragyan Ojha (L) celebrates with his teammate VVS Laxman after dismissing West Indies captain Darren Sammy (R) during the second day of their first test cricket match in New Delhi November 7, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Seventeen wickets fell during a riveting second day's play but neither West Indies nor India could claim the upper hand in the see-saw first test at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Monday.


Ex-central banker front-runner to become Greek PM (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:34 AM PST

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou waves from his car as he leaves the presidential palace after a meeting with President Karolos Papoulias and Conservative leader Antonis Samaras in Athens November 6, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - A former deputy head of the European Central Bank emerged on Monday as frontrunner to become Greek prime minister, as party leaders bargained over who will lead a "100 day coalition" to push through a bailout before the nation runs out of money.


Miss Venezuela crowned Miss World in London (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST

Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, is crowned Miss World 2011 in Earls Court in west London November 6, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - A human resources graduate from Venezuela, whose ambition is to work with children, was crowned Miss World 2011 at a glittering beauty pageant in London on Sunday.


Inside Room 200, home of U.S. "super committee" (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:10 PM PST

A group of tourists on Segway personal transporters take a guided tour of Capitol Hill in Washington, August 25, 2009.  REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - Deep beneath the U.S. Capitol is a red-carpeted room that recently reverberated to the sound of Democrats and Republicans singing together, and then to their angry exchanges over how to fix the U.S. budget.


Little hope seen of Taliban settlement before 2014 (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:13 AM PST

Graffiti left behind by Taliban fighters remains on the walls of a compound now used as a command center for the U.S Marine Corps's First Battalion, Eighth Marines at Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - When the Russians pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989, they left behind a government in Kabul which outlasted the Soviet Union, kept Islamist insurgents at bay, and collapsed only after the money ran out.


Cash-rich cos sit tight, fearing govt meddling - Fidelity (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:56 PM PST

Office workers walk during morning peak hour in central Sydney October28, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - Fears of government intervention and regulatory changes are causing companies in Asia and Europe to refrain from increasing spending despite improved balance sheets since the global financial crisis, a survey by money manager Fidelity Worldwide Investment showed.


IAEA to say Iran nearing nuclear capability - report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:36 PM PST

A suspected uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, 156 km (97 miles) southwest of Tehran, is seen in this September 27, 2009 satellite photograph released by DigitalGlobe on September 28, 2009. REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout/FilesReuters - Intelligence provided to the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency shows that Iran has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.


SPECIAL REPORT - No longer the beast, Toyota strives for beauty (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:19 PM PST

President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation Akio Toyoda, gestures as he is interviewed prior to a free practice session ahead of the 35th DMV 250 miles race (DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen) within the VLN endurance racing championship (Langstrecken Meisterschaft Nuerburgring) at the Nuerburgring circuit October 14, 2011.REUTERS/Alex Domanski/FilesReuters - As Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda passed the banged-up Aston Martin Zagato in his Lexus LFA on the Nuerburgring race track last month, he figured that was it for the British race car.


Lady Gaga steals show at MTV Europe Awards...again (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

Lady Gaga holds her four awards after the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards show in Belfast November 6, 2011. REUTERS/Luke MacgregorReuters - Lady Gaga stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on Sunday, scooping four prizes and going one better than 2010 when she also led the field with three.


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