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Walker's World: Asia's new nuclear map Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 
It is not quite over yet, but the most important strategic development in Asia in this century so far is on the verge of completion. The weekend decision of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group to approve the unprecedented nuclear cooperation deal between the United States and India changes the strategic map of Asia. It also provides President George Bush with a last, critical success ... read more
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Top-level China, India talks amid nuclear deal tension
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Asian giants India and China held high-level talks on Monday amid tension over Beijing's purported reluctance to back New Delhi's civilian nuclear ambitions. India has criticised Beijing for being unwilling to support a waiver that would enable New Delhi to trade with the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), which controls global atomic commerce, without signing non-proliferation pacts. ... more Japan, Australia defend backing India nuclear deal 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Japan and Australia on Monday defended giving the green light to a landmark atomic energy deal with India, which critics charged has set back efforts to halt nuclear proliferation. China also voiced support for the agreement after dropping objections at the last minute in weekend talks in Vienna. After intense lobbying from Washington and New Delhi, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group ... more Nearly one million evacuated from Indian floods: state 
Patna, India (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Nearly one million people have been evacuated in India's Bihar state where a rain-swollen river burst its banks three weeks ago and swamped hundreds of villages, an official said Monday. "Some 971,000 people have been evacuated from districts that are flooded," Bihar's disaster management chief Pratayay Amrit said in the state capital Patna. The official said that around 50,000 more were ... more US: Prospects good for India nuclear pact 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The White House said Monday it was "hopeful" that the US Congress will pass a landmark US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before US President George W. Bush's term ends in January. "We will work with Congress to get this agreement approved. We're hopeful," spokesman Gordon Johndroe said of prospects for the pact, which Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed in July 2005 ... more India to seek nuclear trade after US Congress go-ahead: FM 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008India on Monday said it will seek international nuclear commerce but only after a landmark civilian atomic energy deal with Washington is cleared by the US Congress. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's announcement came after nuclear supplier nations on the weekend lifted a decades-old ban on trading with India, saying it would fuel the country's economic growth. "India will actually ... more |
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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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