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Indian coalition still deadlocked over nuclear deal: officials New Delhi (AFP) June 25, 2008 
Crisis talks between India's ruling Congress party and its left-wing allies ended Wednesday without them resolving a dispute over a nuclear energy deal with the United States, officials said. The parties, however, agreed to meet "in due course" for more negotiations over the pact with Washington, a divisive accord that has threatened to bring down the government and send India into early ele ... read more
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Midwest floodwaters could linger for weeks
Chicago (AFP) June 23, 2008The worst of the flooding that has ravaged the midwestern United States is nearly over, but it will be weeks before the murky water recedes in many areas, the National Weather service warned Monday. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana due to the heavy rains and deadly storms which swept through the region in recent we ... more Australia must strengthen India ties: foreign minister 
Sydney (AFP) June 23, 2008Australia must strengthen its relationship with India, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Monday as he repeated his government's decision to refuse to sell uranium to the south Asian power. Australia's new Labor government has said it will scrap a landmark deal, negotiated by former conservative prime minister John Howard in his final months in power, to sell uranium to India for its nuclea ... more India's BIG Broadcasting Uses AsiaSat 3S 
Hong Kong (SPX) Jun 23, 2008BIG Broadcasting has joined Asia's premium broadcast satellite AsiaSat 3S for its bouquet of television channels which will be serving millions of Indians. Announced by Asia's leading satellite operator, AsiaSatellite Telecommunications, an agreement has been signed for one C-band transponder on AsiaSat 3S. In an effort to boost and strengthen the Group's presence in the media and ... more Chitkara To Debut CUBE 3 On AsiaSat 2 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Chitkara Technologies Limited (Chitkara) of India have announced a lease agreement to supply Chitkara with AsiaSat 2's C-band transponder capacity for the launch of a new television channel called 'CUBE 3' across India. This new channel, scheduled for service launch in July, will be a free to ... more 26 drown, millions displaced by India floods 
Kolkata (AFP) June 20, 2008The death toll from monsoon flooding in eastern India climbed to 26 on Friday, with hundreds of villages cut off and an estimated four million people displaced, officials said. Bridges were washed away and roads and railway tracks submerged by the swirling waters in West and East Midnapore districts, said West Bengal state's finance minister Asim Dasgupta. "Telephone lines were snapped a ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 18, 2008China has no plans to try and dominate the shipping lanes of the Indian Ocean, its ambassador to India said in Hong Kong Wednesday. "We don't have such an intention to establish a chain to encircle India," said ambassador Zhang Yan at a lunch held by the Asia Society in Hong Kong. "It's not in China's interest to undertake this kind of strategic move. We see India as our partner," he ... more Crunch talks on India-US nuclear deal postponed 
New Delhi (AFP) June 18, 2008Crucial talks between the Indian government and its left-wing allies on a controversial nuclear energy pact with the United States were postponed Wednesday with both sides still at odds over the deal. Neither side gave any reason for the delay but a source close to the talks, who asked not to be named, said left-wing parties were refusing to respond to a government appeal for the deal to go ... more Trips Among The Dynamic Geology Of Indiana And The Ohio River Valley 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 19, 2008The latest geology guidebook published by the Geological Society of America provides a diverse sampling of the geology of the Illinois Basin region. Field excursions detailed herein stem from the 2008 meeting of GSA's North-Central Section in Evansville, Indiana, USA, an area of rich geologic history. Nearby New Harmony, Indiana, served as headquarters for pioneering naturalists, such as ... more Indian govt struggles with US nuclear pact 
New Delhi (AFP) June 17, 2008The future of a key nuclear energy pact between New Delhi and Washington appeared bleak Tuesday with the Indian government apparently failing to win over sceptical left-wing allies. A communist leader warned that the dominant Congress party would fail in its latest effort to push through the deal, aimed at giving India access to the worldwide nuclear energy trade without signing global ... more |
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Srinagar (AFP) June 12, 2008Police in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir detained 70 people as protests against a rise in fuel prices announced by the national government continued for a fourth day on Thursday. Police used batons and water cannons to repel government employees shouting "roll back fuel prices" as they tried to march on the office of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar. ... more India PM calls for end to opposition to US nuclear pact 
New Delhi (AFP) June 11, 2008Indian Premier Manmohan Singh Wednesday made a fresh appeal to his government's left-wing allies and the opposition to drop objections to an endangered nuclear energy pact with Washington. Singh, who has been pushing the deal that would allow India to buy technology and power plants without signing global non-proliferation pacts, said he was hopeful it would be finalised soon, the Press ... more Indonesia launches tsunami alert buoys: US embassy 
Jakarta (AFP) June 11, 2008Indonesia launched two tsunami alert buoys with US help Wednesday to boost an early warning system for the country worst hit by the 2004 killer wave, the US embassy said. The devices are part of a 22-buoy system planned for the Indian Ocean, an embassy statement said. "This work is extremely important for ordinary Indonesians who live and work in tsunami-prone areas," US Ambassador ... more Spire Provides Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line To PLG Power In India 
Bedford MA (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Spire has announced that it has received a contract from PLG Power Limited (PLG Group) to provide a state-of-the-art, turnkey photovoltaic module assembly line in India. PLG Power Limited is the Energy and Power division of PLG Group, a multifaceted organization involved in manufacturing and agro-based industries located in Mumbai and Kolkata, India. This will be the company's first state ... more
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