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India backs embattled IPCC chief PachauriNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 1, 2010 India's government said it remained fully supportive of IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri after a damning UN-ordered review called for changes to the Nobel Prize-winning climate change body's leadership. "Pachauri has the full support of the government," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said late Tuesday after a report on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for major reforms in its functioning. The UN-ordered probe said a major overhaul was required of the IPCC, which was ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2010At least four Tibetans may have been killed and 30 others hurt when Chinese police fired on crowds protesting the expansion of mine operations blamed for environmental damage, a report said Saturday. The shooting occurred August 17 in a remote region of southwestern China's Sichuan province with a history of seething unrest involving the area's Tibetan community, US-based Radio Free Asia sai ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 26, 2010 The delay in the manufacture of indigenous NAG missiles has forced India to consider buying thousands of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles from the United States. The Indian government would go down the route of a U.S. direct foreign military sale when ordering the Javelin, made by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. The process could frustrate European, in particular Russian, ATGM manufactur ... more  
London (AFP) Aug 26, 2010World gold demand will be powered for the rest of 2010 by emerging market giants India and China, and increased investment buying, the World Gold Council said. "Gold will remain robust during 2010 as a result of accelerating demand from India and China, as well as increasing global investment demand driven by continuing uncertainty over public debt and economic recovery," the WGC said in a r ... more |
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US mounts global push for shale gasWashington (AFP) Aug 24, 2010 The United States on Tuesday offered to help major economies such as China and India develop shale gas, a rapidly growing sector in North America which US officials bill as a clean alternative. Twenty nations held two days of talks in Washington in first-of-a-kind shale gas talks initiated by the United States, where some forecast that shale - a miniscule presence a decade ago - could dominate the gas market by 2030. Shale gas comes from deep reserves that were thought inaccessible until the a ... read more |
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