06192013Headline:

Samsung takes more smartphone market share from Apple

Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:48am IST (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) grabbed more smartphone market share from archrival Apple Inc (AAPL.O) in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account [...]

Monsoon seen satisfactory overall: food minister

NEW DELHI | Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:44pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Monsoon rains are expected to be “satisfactory”, though they could be below average in some parts in southern India, the food minister [...]

Hyundai Motor suicide ad draws ire for S. Korean company

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL | Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:49pm IST SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) has been forced to apologise for an advertisement that sought to promote the zero carbon [...]

NIA to probe Italian marines; death penalty possible

By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI | Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:02pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The National Investigation Agency will investigate the case of two Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen, [...]

Dozens feared dead in Russian psychiatric hospital fire

MOSCOW | Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:48am IST MOSCOW (Reuters) – A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital north of Moscow on Friday and 38 people were feared dead, Russian officials and media reports said. There [...]

Thirty-eight feared dead in Russian psychiatric hospital fire

MOSCOW | Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:02am IST MOSCOW (Reuters) – A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow on Friday and 38 people were feared dead, state-run news agency RIA reported, citing a Russian [...]

Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for second night, 260 dead

By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul SAVAR, Bangladesh | Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:30am IST SAVAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Employees at a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 260 people were told [...]

Yahoo Chairman Fred Amoroso resigns

By Alexei Oreskovic Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:42am IST REUTERS – Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) Chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning effective immediately, the struggling Internet company announced on Thursday. Amoroso will be replaced [...]

Google’s Schmidt says talking to glasses can be weird, inappropriate

By Aaron Pressman CAMBRIDGE, MASS | Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:55am IST CAMBRIDGE, MASS (Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOG.O) Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has been playing with his company’s new combination glasses [...]

Government pitches for rating upgrade with S&P

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI | Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:17pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The government pitched for a rating upgrade on Thursday at a meeting with ratings agency Standard Poor’s, a top finance ministry [...]

Three under investigation over topless Kate photos

PARIS | Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:36pm IST PARIS (Reuters) – The publisher of a French celebrity magazine was placed under formal investigation for breach of privacy over the publication of topless pictures of Britain’s [...]

Some Asian govts tighten airport controls on bird flu fears

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING | Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:55pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – Several governments in Asia have ordered tougher screening of air travelers from China in an effort to contain a possible spread of a [...]

Shell says challenges India tax demand order in court

Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:35pm IST REUTERS – Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s (RDSa.L) India arm has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the claims by the local tax authorities that a share sale to its overseas [...]

New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON | Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:37pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination [...]

Indian badminton rookie beats idol Hidayat at his own game

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI | Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:49pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian rookie H.S. Prannoy fulfilled a long-cherished dream on Thursday, playing childhood idol Taufik Hidayat and beating [...]

Many trapped in Bangladesh building as toll climbs to 175

By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA | Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:27pm IST DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 175 mainly women workers were killed in a Bangladesh building collapse and rescuers searching for survivors said [...]

Four-star Lewandowski fires Dortmund rout of Real

By Karolos Grohmann DORTMUND, Germany | Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:32am IST DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Robert Lewandowski scored four goals to inspire Borussia Dortmund to a stunning 4-1 demolition of Real Madrid [...]

Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse rises to 147

DHAKA | Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:21am IST DHAKA (Reuters) – The number of people killed by the collapse of a building in Bangladesh’s capital rose to 147 overnight and the death toll could climb further because [...]

Disaster management authority not ready for calamities

By Nita Bhalla Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:32am IST NEW DELHI (TrustLaw) – India’s disaster relief agency suffers from “critical gaps” in its preparedness for calamities, making it largely ineffective when [...]

Train plot suspect rejects Canadian law, cites ‘holy book’

By Allison Martell TORONTO | Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:37am IST TORONTO (Reuters) – One of two men accused in an alleged al Qaeda-backed plan to derail a passenger train in Canada appeared in court on Wednesday and [...]

Bangladesh factory building collapse kills more than 100

By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA | Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:41am IST DHAKA (Reuters) – An eight-story building that housed garment factories and shops collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 [...]

Lewandowski scores four as Dortmund humiliate Real 4-1

By Karolos Grohmann DORTMUND, Germany | Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:49am IST DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Forward Robert Lewandowski scored a stunning four goals to steer Borussia Dortmund to a 4-1 demolition of Real [...]

Afghanistan’s Karzai backs clerics’ demand for media crackdown

By Mirwais Harooni KABUL | Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:55pm IST KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed with a call from the country’s conservative religious council for a crackdown on television [...]

Earthquake felt in New Delhi and Kashmir

NEW DELHI | Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:11pm IST Article source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/INtopNews/~3/uKonJabMrR4/story01.htm

Jet Airways selling stake to Etihad for 20.6 billion rupees

By Sumeet Chatterjee and Praveen Menon MUMBAI/DUBAI | Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:28pm IST MUMBAI/DUBAI (Reuters) – Fast-growing Etihad Airways is taking almost a quarter stake in Jet Airways (JET.NS), giving it a bigger [...]

Galaxy S4 is a good phone, not a great one: reviewers

Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:20pm IST REUTERS – Samsung’s(005930.KS) newest Galaxy S4 smartphone is just a revamped version of its top-selling S3 phone with a bigger screen and a few software gimmicks, reviewers said. “The [...]

Liverpool’s Suarez gets 10-game ban for biting

By Martyn Herman LONDON | Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:24am IST LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was handed a 10-match suspension by the Football Association (FA) on Wednesday following his bite on Chelsea [...]

Train plot suspect dismisses Canadian law, cites "holy book"

By Allison Martell TORONTO | Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:21pm IST TORONTO (Reuters) – One of the two men accused of an al Qaeda-backed plan to derail a passenger train in Canada questioned the authority of Canadian [...]

Microsoft to reveal next-generation Xbox on May 21

By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:51pm IST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will unveil its much-anticipated next-generation Xbox on May 21 following months of speculation [...]

Truth and consequences

By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:16am IST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Does Twitter have a credibility problem? For many, a single fake tweet from the Associated Press account that briefly roiled [...]
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