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India-Built Satellite For International Market Bangalore, India (SPX) Dec 10, 2008 
In a major commercial achievement for the ISRO, its 'W2M satellite' built for Europe's leading satellite system specialist EADS Astrium is set to be launched from Kourou in French Guyana on December 20. Weighing 3462 kg at lift-off, W2M is the heaviest spacecraft built by the Indian space agency till date and will be launched on board an Ariane rocket. "That has reached Kourou...W2M ... read more
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Pakistan won't hand suspects to India
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Pakistan said Tuesday it would not hand over suspects in the Mumbai terror strikes to India and warned that while it wanted peace with its neighbour, it was ready for war if New Delhi decided to attack. The remarks came as Indian police on Tuesday released the names of nine suspected gunmen killed in the carnage, reiterating that all of them came from Pakistan. Tensions have been ... more India, Pakistan nukes secure: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Dec 9, 2008The Pentagon expressed confidence Tuesday that India and Pakistan's nuclear arsenals remain secure despite tensions over the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai. "We see no reason at this point to have any concern with regards to the security of either countries' arsenal," said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary. Morrell, who did not elaborate, made the comment in response to a ... more India, Russia sign nuclear energy, space deals 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 5, 2008Russia on Friday signed landmark accords with its traditional ally India on issues ranging from nuclear energy to space, as President Dmitry Medvedev met Indian leaders in a bid to bolster ties. The accords covered the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in Kudankulam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, as well as a cooperation accord on manned space flight. Russia becomes the ... more Russia, India To Sign Next-Gen Fighter Deal In Early 2009 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Dec 09, 2008Russia and India are due to sign a contract at the beginning of 2009 to jointly develop and produce a fifth-generation jet fighter, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation said on Friday. "We are planning to conclude the contract at the beginning of next year," Alexei Fedorov said. The Russian-Indian advanced multirole fighter is being developed by Sukhoi, which is part of ... more Walker's World: The ally India needs 
Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2008 Behind the terrorist outrages of Mumbai's tragedy lies a simple and deeply ironic reality. It is now plain that India's deepest national interest requires it to support and strengthen the elected and civilian Pakistani government. This is what U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried, very carefully, to explain to the Indian government during her visit, aware that this was a ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Dec 6, 2008India's government has pledged to open up its nuclear sector to private players -- once it completes bilateral civil nuclear cooperation pacts. The statement late Friday came after Indian Premier Manmohan Singh signed a landmark nuclear deal with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev earlier in the day covering the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in India. "Once negotiations ... more OECD indicators point to strong slowdowns in China, India, Russia 
Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2008The OECD warned on Friday that emerging market powerhouses China, India and Russia faced a sharp fall in economic momentum in the near term, with prospects also weakening in leading industrialised countries. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said its October composite index of economic indicators points "to a weakening outlook for all major seven economies but compared ... more India Terrorism By The Numbers 
College Park MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2008A long history of terrorism in India precedes the recent coordinated attacks in Mumbai. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD), maintained at the University of Maryland by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) counts more than 4,100 terrorist attacks in India since 1970. Fatalities number in the thousands. This information is freely available online. ... more Pakistan army vows peace amid tensions with India 
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 4, 2008Pakistan's military chief Thursday vowed to maintain peace and security in the region, after the Mumbai attacks heightened tensions with nuclear armed rival India. The pledge came as the chief of the army staff General Ashfaq Kayani, addressed a meeting of top military commanders in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, an official statement said. Kayani said the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2008Senior US officials are moving swiftly to try to keep the fallout from the Mumbai terror attacks from further unraveling security in an unstable, nuclear armed South Asia, officials and analysts said. US officials have praised India for showing restraint in the face of the attacks, which Indian and US intelligence have linked to a Pakistani-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. But they ... more Outside View: Pakistan's Mumbai alibi 
Manipal, India (UPI) Dec 1, 2008 Since the terror attacks on Mumbai five days ago, Indian security sources have promoted evidence that the attackers were trained by elements of the Pakistani military. While the field training took place at a camp run by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, fluency in the handling of ordnance was taught at another ISI safe house ... more NATO hopes Pakistan can focus on Afghan border security 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 3, 2008NATO expressed hope Wednesday that Pakistan would keep up the fight against extremists on the Afghan border, amid Indian accusations that Islamabad had a hand in the Mumbai attacks. The military alliance relies on Pakistani security forces to help keep pressure on Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants using its lawless tribal areas as a rear base for attacks in Afghanistan, where NATO troops are at ... more India should give us Mumbai evidence: Pakistan PM 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 2, 2008Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday urged India to provide evidence that Pakistanis were involved in the deadly Mumbai attacks and promised to cooperate if proof was provided. "They have given us some of the organisations ... but that is not evidence. If they will give us evidence we are commmitted that we will extend full cooperation," Gilani said in an interview with CNN. ... more
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