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India hails end to nuclear pariah status New Delhi (AFP) Sept 6, 2008 
India's government hailed as "historic" a decision Saturday by nuclear supplier nations to end the country's nuclear pariah status and adopt a US initiative to allow atomic trade with New Delhi. The 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group, meeting in Vienna, agreed to end the 34-year-old ban on nuclear trade with India after Washington sought a waiver so it could share civilian nuclear technology ... read more
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Waters in India recede, but officials warn flood danger still high
Purnia, India (AFP) Sept 6, 2008Some villagers began trying to return to their flooded homes in eastern India on Saturday as waters slowly receded, but officials warned the move was risky with a month of heavy rains still expected. Almost 900,000 people have been evacuated to higher ground since flood defence walls broke upstream in Nepal almost three weeks ago, shifting the flow of the Kosi river away from its normal ... more India focuses on care for flood victims as rescue winds down 
Patna, India (AFP) Sept 7, 2008India was grappling on Sunday with the task of feeding and housing close to a million villagers displaced by huge floods in the eastern state of Bihar, as the rescue effort wound down. Some 900,000 people fled from their homes or were evacuated by boat since the Kosi river breached its defences three weeks ago on the Nepal border and changed course. Bihar officials have turned every ... more Eat less meat to fight climate change: UN expert 
London (AFP) Sept 7, 2008People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told The Observer that people should start by having one meat-free day per week then cut back further. The 68-year-old Indian economist, who is a vegetarian, said diet ... more Nuclear suppliers clear landmark US-India deal 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 6, 2008The United States finally persuaded supplier nations Saturday to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India, following weeks of tough negotiations. The US described the breakthrough on the third consecutive day of talks as an "historic" and "landmark" deal that would boost nuclear non-proliferation, while enabling India to meet its huge needs with low-polluting energy. India ... more India says nuclear deal will ensure economic future 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 7, 2008The Indian government welcomed a decision by nuclear supplier nations to end the decades-old ban on trading with the country, saying it would propel India's future economic growth. The government called the nuclear trade waiver a "momentous" milestone in its quest to achieve energy security and meet the challenge of global warming. The statement came after the United States won approval ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2008Research into the causes and extent of climate change in WA will be conducted during the third stage of the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative (IOCI) - a partnership of the state government, CSIRO, and the Bureau of Meteorology. A workshop held this week at CSIRO's facilities in Perth marked the beginning of the four-year, $8 million study. Dr Pandora Hope, from the Bureau of Meteorology, say ... more 'Grim' conditions as India flood rescue hits crucial stage
Chandpur Bhangaha, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers cut off by a monsoon-swollen river in northern India were reaching a critical stage Thursday, aid workers and evacuees said. Those who have escaped Bihar state's worst-hit areas say food is running out and people are drinking the muddy flood water, while aid workers speak of "grim" conditions. "We haven't had anything to eat for five days ... more Bangladesh braces for floods as heavy rain forecast 
Dhaka (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Bangladesh is bracing for possible major flooding in the next two days with heavy rain forecast for neighbouring India set to swell its rivers to dangerous levels, an official said Thursday. More than 70,000 people were marooned by flooding five days ago after rivers in northern and central Bangladesh burst their banks. Since then waters have receded and the country has escaped damage ... more Nuclear suppliers reconvene in Vienna on US-India deal
Vienna (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Nuclear supplier nations began a two-day meeting here Thursday to try and hammer out consensus on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India. After the US failed to drum up sufficient support for its proposal to start civil nuclear cooperation with India at a meeting last month, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology ... more |
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Chandpur Bhangaha, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers in northern India still cut off by a monsoon-swollen river have entered a critical stage, aid workers and evacuees say. Those who have managed to escape the worst-hit areas of India's Bihar state say food is running out and people are having to drink the muddy flood water, while aid workers speak of "grim" conditions. "We haven't had anyth ... more Flood-hit Indian state appeals for more help 
Saharsa, India (AFP) Sept 3, 2008Flood-hit northern India is in dire need of international aid on the scale of that seen after the 2004 Asian tsunami, a state official said Wednesday. A large swathe of the already desperately poor state of Bihar is likely to remain under water for several months, leaving authorities coping with millions of people who have lost everything, officials and aid workers said. "We will ... more New controversy in India over US nuclear deal 
New Delhi, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008India's government was Wednesday hit by a fresh storm over its nuclear energy deal with the United States following reports of new US stipulations. The agreement, which is entering the final stages of approval, offers India access to Western technology and cheap atomic energy on the condition that it allows UN nuclear inspections of some of its nuclear facilities. But Indian media ... more Mass exodus from Indian 'river of sorrow' 
Madhepura, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Distraught and destitute, countless numbers of poor Indian villagers are slowly wading out of their flood-hit region in a desperate search for food and drinking water. Huge swathes of the already impoverished state of Bihar are under water after a major river breached flood defences in neighbouring Nepal, changing course and washing away villages, crops, livestock and people. Survivors a ... more
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