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Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time by Staff Writers 
Azhii peralai: from the deep...large waves. This is the expression for 'tsunami' in Tamil, the oldest language in southern India. For an ancient dialect to have its own phrase for destructive waves triggered by earthquakes, the people of Tamil Nadu likely experienced tsunamis periodically through the centuries, says Halifax scientist Alan Ruffman. In other words, the catastrophic Indian ... read more
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Climate Change Threatens Amazonian Small Farmers
Bloomington IN (SPX) Mar 27, 2008A six-year study of Amazonian small farmers and their responses to climate change shows the farmers are vulnerable to natural catastrophes and risky land use practices, say Indiana University Bloomington anthropologists Eduardo Brondizio and Emilio Moran. The researchers report in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (now accessible online) that an increase in climate anomalies ... more India Seeks Russia's Help In Space Pilot Training 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2008India is considering sending one of its citizens into space on board a Russian spacecraft to acquire the skills necessary for future manned space missions, an Indian space source told RIA Novosti. "India would like to have one of its astronauts trained in Russia and send him into space on board the Soyuz spacecraft," said a senior researcher from the Indian Space Research Organization. ... more India rejects US timeline for nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2008India said Tuesday it could not commit to any US timeline for finalization of a landmark nuclear deal caught in a deadlock among its ruling coalition partners. Foreign Minister Pranap Mukherjee said New Delhi needed "more time" to forge an agreement on the deal despite a tight 2008 US legislative calendar ahead of the November presidential polls. US President George W. Bush and Indian ... more Entergy Announces Independent Safety Evaluation At Indian Point 
White Plains NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2008In an effort to provide public assurances about the operation and protection of New York's largest nuclear power facility, Entergy Nuclear has announced the start of a fully independent examination of safety, security and emergency preparedness at its Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) in Buchanan. The Independent Safety Evaluation (ISE) will be conducted by a distinguished independent pane ... more US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2008The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their air forces, experts say. Japan, India, Australia and South Korea are keen to have the most modern, fifth generation, jet fighters while Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia are reportedly eyeing fourth ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) March 22, 2008India's foreign minister will visit Washington next week for talks with US leaders, a statement said Saturday, amid uncertainty over a nuclear deal between the two countries. Pranab Mukherjee will "review of all aspects of the India-US bilateral relationship" during talks with his counterpart Condolezza Rice, the Indian foreign ministry statement said, without giving further details. ... more US House Speaker slams Chinese 'oppression' in Tibet 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 21, 2008US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Chinese "oppression" in Tibet on Friday as thousands of Tibetan exiles cheered her arrival in this Indian hill town to meet the Dalai Lama. In a trip that angered Chinese officials, she flew into Dharamshala, seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, to pay the first high-level call on the spiritual icon after anti-Chinese riots erupted in Tibet nearly ... more Pro-Tibet groups dispute China's version of Sichuan violence 
Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2008Pro-Tibet groups reacted with incredulity on Friday to Chinese reports that police had merely wounded four people after opening fire "in self-defence" during unrest in southwestern Sichuan province. "At this point any statement the Chinese government puts out has virtually no credibility," said Lhadon Tethong from Students for a Free Tibet, based in Dharamsala, India. "We are seeing phot ... more Marathon To Offer Only Ethanol Blended Gasoline At 16 Terminals 
Findlay OH (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Marathon Oil has announced that the Company will convert to 100 percent ethanol blended fuel (E-10 gasohol) at 16 of its Midwest terminals beginning May 1, 2008. Unblended gasoline products will no longer be available at the following terminals; Indianapolis (86th Street) and Muncie, Ind.; Louisville (Algonquin), Ky.; Detroit (Refinery Rack), Romulus, Niles (South), Bay City, Flint, Lansing and ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008A US company and the Indian head of an international firm have admitted to violating laws on export of weapons technology and nuclear power testing equipment to India, the US Justice Department said Thursday. Decade-long US sanctions over illegal Indian nuclear tests prohibit US-based companies from exporting certain goods and services to India. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the Indian CEO of ... more Russia offers India aviation secrets in fighter contract bid 
Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2008Russia is ready to hand India military aircraft engineering secrets in a bid to win a 12-billion dollar (7.65-billion euro) aviation contract tender, Interfax agency reported Friday. "If the Indian government decides to buy the MiG-35 (fighter), we will transfer to India the key technologies used in these aircraft including fifth generation technologies," manufacturers MiG said in a statement ... more World condemns China as Olympic doubts grow 
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2008Taiwan led sweeping condemnation Saturday of China's brutal crackdown on protestors in Tibet and accused Beijing of trying to gloss over its rights record with Olympic sheen. About 30 people have been killed during unrest in Lhasa, according to the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, although China's state-run Xinhua news agency earlier put the figure at 10, citing government officials. ... more Blair urges binding gas cuts by all countries 
Makuhari, Japan (AFP) March 15, 2008Tony Blair on Saturday urged the world's heaviest polluters including the United States, China and India to agree to binding emissions cuts, saying failure to act on global warming would be "unforgivably irresponsible." But disagreements were out in the open as the former British prime minister took on his new role as a mediator trying to help all sides meet a deadline to draft a successor ... more
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