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Possible missile sale to India: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008 
The Pentagon said Tuesday it has notified the US Congress of a possible sale to India of two dozen Harpoon air to ground anti-ship missiles. Such a deal would be worth as much as 170 million dollars, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. "India intends to use the Harpoon missiles to modernize its air force anti-surface warfare mission capabilities and improve its naval ... read more
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Rice makes 'full-court press' to win US approval of nuke deal
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has launched a "full-court press" to win passage in Congress of a landmark US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before January, her spokesman said Tuesday. In a flurry of contacts members of the US Congress, Rice is speaking to key lawmakers by telephone and meeting others in person, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. ... more Solution Found For World's Worst Mass Poisoning Case 
Belfast, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2008A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. Currently over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh, experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice; the main staple food in the region. This includes farmers who have to use ... more End to India nuclear isolation opens huge market 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 9, 2008The end to India's nuclear pariah statuspaves the way for atomicfuel and technology sales worth tens of billions of dollars and companies are racing to exploit the market, officials say. A host of companies -- from Westinghouse Electric Co and General Electric of the United States, France's state-controlled Areva to Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom -- have been jockeying for a slice of ... more 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 ... more 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 |
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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 China welcomes lifting of nuclear trade embargo on India 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2008China said Monday the lifting of a nuclear trade embargo on India reflected the right of all nations to use atomic energy peacefully, while expressing hope it would help non-proliferation efforts. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology, on Saturday lifted the 34-year-old embargo, paving the way for New Delhi to finalise a civilian technology ... more India hails end to nuclear pariah status 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 6, 2008India'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 ... more 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 |
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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 DLR Mapping Provides Rapid Relief After Flooding In Nepal And North India 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2008After an embankment on the Koshi river in eastern Nepal was breached on 18 August 2008, there was extensive flooding. This affected more than three million people, destroying 250 000 homes in 1600 villages. The flooding was particularly severe in the Sunsari district as well as further south in the Supaul district of Bihar which is situated downstream in India. It also inundated the ... more Defense Focus: Tanks still rock -- Part One 
Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 The striking success of even relatively small forces of Russian Main Battle Tanks in the five-day conflict with Georgia proves once again how crucial tanks remain to the conduct of modern war. Russia used a concentration of its state-of-the-art T-90 Main Battle Tanks, which also have been sold in large numbers -- 657 in all -- to India, backed up by significant numbers of older ... more US inches towards India nuclear deal: diplomat 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 4, 2008The United States inched towards a deal Thursday in its efforts to persuade nuclear supplier nations to lift a 34-year-old embargo on trade with India, a diplomat at negotiations said. "One of the representatives said that a deal was 'within reach'," the diplomat told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity at the closed-door meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The diplomat ... more
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