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Saudi tanker hijacking sparks oil spill fears: officials Nairobi (AFP) Nov 25, 2008 
The hijacking of a super-tanker in the Indian Ocean is prompting environmentalists to plan for the worst as tension mounts between increasingly brazen Somali pirates and frustrated foreign powers. The pirates holding the Saudi-owned Sirius Star warned of a "disaster" if there is any military attempt to free the ship, after Somali Islamists threatened to attack the group holding the ship.
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India Maps Out Manned Exploration Program
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 25, 2008With the success of Chandrayaan-1, the country's first moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning a manned space mission as a first step to manned moon mission. "Sending man to moon is a very complicated mission. So, as a first step, we plan to develop an Indian spacecraft that will take astronauts across the earth and bring them back," ISRO Chairman ... more Chandrayaan-1 Starts Observations Of The Moon 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2008The Indian Space Research Organisation's lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the lunar south pole on 14 November. Following this, the instruments on the spacecraft are being switched on to get the science observations started. The Moon Impact Probe was dropped close to Shackleton crater, a place close to the south pole, where ice may exist in areas that are ... more After India's Chandrayaan-1 Its Britain's MoonLITE 
London, UK (PTI) Nov 24, 2008Britain is set to launch its maiden moon mission to study the phenomenon of mysterious moonquakes, weeks after India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully entered the lunar orbit. The 100-million-pound unmanned mission 'MoonLITE' would aim to understand the cause of mysterious quakes that vibrate through the lunar rock and put it into the satellite's orbit before firing a series of probe ... more Pakistan president says supports no-first-use nuclear policy 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 23, 2008Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said he was in favour of a no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons, a position already held by neighbouring India. "Most definitely," Zardari said Saturday evening via videolink from his home in Pakistan, when asked whether his country would pledge not to use a nuclear weapon first. "I am against nuclear warfare altogether." Zardari, who was speaking to ... more From Genes To Farmers' Fields 
Delhi, India (SPX) Nov 24, 2008"Waterproof" versions of popular varieties of rice, which can withstand 2 weeks of complete submergence, have passed tests in farmers' fields with flying colors. Several of these varieties are now close to official release by national and state seed certification agencies in Bangladesh and India, where farmers suffer major crop losses because of flooding of up to 4 million tons of rice ... more |
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Moroni (AFP) Nov 19, 2008The Comoros could tame the feared Karthala, one of the world's largest active volcanoes, and use its geothermal and tourism potential to boost the archipelago's economy, experts said Wednesday. Speaking at the opening of a three-day conference on the slopes of the Karthala, officials and experts argued that the volcano could be a goldmine for the Indian Ocean nation. "However threatening ... more Indian navy destroys pirate ship as super-tanker ransom demanded 
Mogadishu (AFP) Nov 19, 2008An Indian warship destroyed a pirate "mother vessel" in the Gulf of Aden, the navy said Wednesday, as bandits demanded a ransom for a Saudi super-tanker seized in the most daring sea raid yet. The Indian frigate INS Tabar, one of dozens of warships from several countries protecting shipping lanes in the area, attacked the Somali pirate ship late Tuesday after coming under fire, navy ... more Tibetan exiles review tactics against Chinese rule 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Tibetan exiles worked Tuesday to hammer out a new strategy for their fight against Chinese rule in the region, after the Dalai Lama called for fresh guidance from his followers. More than 500 prominent Tibetans have gathered at the government in exile's base in northern India to debate whether to ditch the Dalai Lama's push for "meaningful autonomy" in favour of a demand for full independence ... more Scientists warm to possibility of moon ice 
Providence, R.I. (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 Researchers at Brown University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., say they're checking the lunar poles for evidence of ice. Carle Pieters, a planetary geologist at the Providence, R.I., university, and her colleagues will be analyzing data from one of 11 instruments aboard the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 that began orbiting the moon earlier in November, the ... more |
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Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 14, 2008In a historic event, the Indian space programme achieved a unique feat today (November 14, 2008) with the placing of Indian tricolour on the Moon's surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday. The modern Indian space programme was initiated in 1962 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India. The point of MIP's impact was near the Moon's South Polar Region. ... more India Rejoices Over Moon Probe Landing 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 15, 2008India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface that vaulted the country into the league of space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and Japan. The TV set-sized probe, painted in the green-white-and-orange colours of the Indian flag, made a "precise-to-the-second" landing on the lunar surface late Friday after being released from the unmanned moon-orbiter ... more Somali Pirate War Escalates With Multiple Attacks 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 16, 2008Somali pirates released a Japanese chemical tanker and its crew, but seized another one in the Gulf of Aden, despite the presence of several warships patrolling the area, officials said Sunday. They released the Stolt Valor and its crew of 18 Indians, two Filipinos, a Russian and Bangladeshi, said Andrew Mwangura who runs the Kenya chapter of the Seafarers Assistance Programme. The vessel ha ... more Tibet movement gathers to decide future 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 16, 2008Leading Tibetan exiles gathered in India on Sunday ahead of a week of discussions that could transform how the movement pursues its decades-old struggle against Chinese rule in Tibet. The meeting was called by Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who has recently admitted that his efforts to secure greater autonomy for the region through negotiation with the Chinese government have fail ... more
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