(Corrects to fourth anniversary in the first paragraph, not fifth) BEIJING (Reuters) - China's mountainous region of Tibet is facing an urgent task to maintain stability, and all government workers must be on their highest guard ahead of the Tibetan new year and the fourth anniversary of riots there, a top newspaper said on Monday. China has stepped up security in what it calls the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan parts of the country following a series of self-immolations and sporadic protests against Chinese rule, mostly in Sichuan and Gansu provinces. ...
MALABO (Reuters) - Staging a World Cup or European championship is a huge undertaking where host nations are expected to build state-of-the-art stadiums and provide hotels and transport for hundreds of thousands of visitors. Preparations for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and this year's European championship in Poland and Ukraine were surrounded by doubts over whether the host nations could cope with the influx of visitors. At the African Nations Cup, organisers have found a way of making things much easier for themselves: they ignore the fans altogether. ...
REUTERS - Rob Nicol stroked his second one-day international century in anchoring New Zealand to a series-winning 141-run victory over Zimbabwe at Cobham Oval in Whangarei on Monday. Nicol began slowly but accelerated towards the end of his 134-ball innings, which included 10 boundaries and six sixes, one of which sailed out of the ground, before he was dismissed for 146 in the 49th over. His innings was the fifth-highest one-day score by a New Zealand player. Nicol, who made a five-ball duck in the first match in Dunedin on Friday, also scored 108 not out on debut in Zimbabwe last year. ...
REUTERS - Rob Nicol stroked his second one-day international century in anchoring New Zealand to a series-winning 141-run victory over Zimbabwe at Cobham Oval in Whangarei on Monday. Nicol began slowly but accelerated towards the end of his 134-ball innings, which included 10 boundaries and six sixes, one of which sailed out of the ground, before he was dismissed for 146 in the 49th over. His innings was the fifth-highest one-day score by a New Zealand player. Nicol, who made a five-ball duck in the first match in Dunedin on Friday, also scored 108 not out on debut in Zimbabwe last year. ...
Chandauli/Allahabad/Deoria, Feb 6 (ANI): High-voltage drama continues in Uttar Pradesh, with contesting parties flexing their political muscle in various campaigns ahead of the polls.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): To get a better understanding of brain evolution, researchers had humans and monkeys watch Clint Eastwood's film.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): An 18-months-old toddler, who is yet to talk, has vowed thousands of Internet users with his table tennis skills.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Some relaxation in limits on net open foreign exchange positions has been given to a few banks, H.R. Khan, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said on Monday. Banks have to approach the RBI for seeking the relaxation, he said. The sharp fall in the rupee against the dollar last year prompted the RBI to impose restrictions on speculative trading by reducing the net overnight open position limit of banks. ...
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya started and then swiftly postponed court proceedings on Sunday against 41 Libyans accused of helping Muammar Gaddafi crush the popular revolt that ended in his death last year, Libyan news agency LANA said on Sunday. "The decision (to postpone) was made in the wake of listening to the pleadings of the defence panel that argued that this military court is not a competent entity and called for referring the case to the civil judiciary," LANA said on its website. ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Norway's Telenor will continue to fight, and is exploring all options, including legal, after the Supreme Court ordered cancellation of telecoms licences issued in 2008, including 22 held by its Indian joint venture. Telenor has been "unfairly harmed" by the cancellation, but is not running away, Sigve Brekke, head of the Norwegian company's Asian operations, told reporters in New Delhi. (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Piramal Healthcare will not have cash left in its balance sheet after it buys a 5.5 percent stake in Vodafone's India unit, Ajay Piramal, chairman of Piramal Healthcare Ltd , told reporters on Monday. Piramal Healthcare would buy the stake in Vodafone India for about $616 million, taking its total stake in the mobile company to about 11 percent, it said over the weekend. Vodafone will continue to hold 64 percent in its India unit, Piramal said. (Reporting by Kaustubh Kulkarni)
Shillong, Feb 6 : The two Meghalaya government engineers who were held hostage by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) terrorists describe their 11 days in captivity as "fearful", but say they were treated well.
Sydney, Feb 6(ANI): Matthew Wade's impressive performance against India in the first One-Day international is putting more pressure on the out of form wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
Sydney, Feb 6(ANI): Matthew Wade's impressive performance against India in the first One-Day international is putting more pressure on the out of form wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
Sydney, Feb 6(ANI): Matthew Wade's impressive performance against India in the first One-Day international is putting more pressure on the out of form wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
Sydney, Feb 6(ANI): In form swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus will replace injured Brett Lee in the Australian One-Day squad for the ongoing Commonwealth Bank series.
Sydney, Feb 6(ANI): In form swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus will replace injured Brett Lee in the Australian One-Day squad for the ongoing Commonwealth Bank series.
Sydney, Feb 6(ANI): In form swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus will replace injured Brett Lee in the Australian One-Day squad for the ongoing Commonwealth Bank series.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A three-story factory collapsed on Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least three people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said. "The factory has completely collapsed and two houses next to it as well," an emergency official at the site told Reuters by telephone, adding authorities were having trouble getting heavy rescue machinery to the area because of narrow streets. ...
In the under-Rs 5,000 segment you will find hundreds of mobile phones. However, most of them turn out to be paper tigers with impressive specifications but poor performance.
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