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 Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2009 
A drought in Tibet has intensified into the region's worst in three decades, leaving thousands of hectares parched and killing more than 13,000 head of cattle, China's state media said Saturday. The report by Xinhua news agency follows a warning by China's top weather official last month that the Himalayan region faced a growing threat of drought and floods as global warming melts its ... read more 
Washington (AFP) June 18, 2009India on Thursday called on the United States, China and other powers to return to talks immediately to frame a world trade accord instead of waiting for recovery from the global economic crisis. "We live in times when the people are anxious. This economic challenge cannot be resolved by waiting and watching," Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said in Washington."It can also not ... more
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Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2009Authorities in China aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and overgrazing, state media said Thursday. Desertification is spreading by 39,600 hectares (98,000 acres) annually in Tibet, an official at the regional forestry bureau was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency. Sangye Drawa said Tibetan ... more  
Niagara Falls, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 18, 2009 Canadians and Americans see each other as closer than neighbors, more like allies and friends. But stricter U.S. security measures along the U.S.-Canadian border are testing that relationship. Among them are American Indian citizens living in both countries who say their rights are being squeezed by ever tightening security rules. At a meeting at Rainbow Bridge, near Niagara Falls, N.Y. ... more
Washington (AFP) June 18, 2009India on Thursday called on the United States, China and other powers to return to talks immediately to frame a world trade accord instead of waiting for recovery from the global economic crisis. "We live in times when the people are anxious. This economic challenge cannot be resolved by waiting and watching," Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said in Washington. "It can also not be ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2009China angrily denounced Thursday the approval by the Asian Development Bank of a 2.9-billion-dollar funding plan for India, saying the scheme encroached on a territorial dispute between the Asian giants. "The Asian Development Bank, regardless of the major concerns of China, approved the India Country Partnership strategy which involves the territorial dispute between China and India," ... more |
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Colombo (AFP) June 15, 2009Sri Lankan troops have recovered the first submarine believed to have been used by the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said Monday. Troops found the 24-foot (7.2-metre) submersible on the coast of the northeastern district of Mullaittivu, where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were defeated last month, ending decades of ethnic conflict. "It had reportedly been used ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) June 12, 2009Japan and India plan to launch their first joint space research project this year, an experiment in growing plants in zero gravity, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency researcher said Friday. The two Asian powers are set to launch a small and unmanned Indian-made satellite in October, carrying Japanese laboratory equipment, that is set to orbit for about one week at a height of around 600km ... more  
Bloomington IN (SPX) Jun 15, 2009Black holes are a common topic for scientific discussion today - but to the astrophysicists, theoretical physicists and mathematicians attending Indiana University's Capra Conference on radiation reaction, predictions still outweigh proof when it comes to black holes and their interstellar antics. Hosted by IU for the first time in the event's 12-year history, the Capra Conference each ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) June 15, 2009The government in New Delhi on Monday urged young Indians to avoid international travel as a precaution against swine flu. The advisory came after local health authorities said they were treating around a dozen people for the illness, officially called A(H1N1) influenza, although there have been no fatalities in India. "Until this disease is controlled globally, I would like to request ... more |
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