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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 26, 2009 
Australia Wednesday approved a massive energy project that will supply natural gas worth tens of billions of dollars to China and India, but laid down extra environmental conditions. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said he saw no reason to block the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant off Western Australia, allowing it to clear the final regulatory hurdle. The project is a joint ... read more 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 24, 2009India on Monday unveiled a first batch of 10 tanks built locally under licence from Russia and said it planned to manufacture 100 such units every year. India has already acquired nearly 700 T-90 tanks as part of a 2001 deal with Russia that also included local production of more units through a technology transfer pact. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said each ... more
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2009China has settled nearly 50,000 Tibetan nomads into sedentary communities in a drive to protect the remote alpine region's fragile ecology from their herds, state media said Monday. Xinhua news agency said 49,631 people from nomadic families were settled over the past four years under a policy that Tibetan activists decry as destructive blow to the Buddhist region's ancient culture under ... more 
Kolkata, India (UPI) Aug 24, 2009 Asia has been importing refined oil products like gasoline and diesel from the West for decades to keep the wheels of its economies rolling. But the tables may be turning as the region's two largest economies, India and China, aggressively pursue capabilities to refine imported crude on their own, not only for local use but also for export. Some small European refineries have already ... more  
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 24, 2009Microsoft on Monday unveiled software that lets Twitter, Facebook and other hot Internet services be delivered to low-cost "feature phones" common in developing countries. The US technology giant will debut OneApp in South Africa and hopes to swiftly roll it out in India, China and other countries where millions of people use feature phones instead of powerful smartphones. "We designed ... more |
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London (AFP) Aug 19, 2009Britain should review all arms export licences to Sri Lanka in the wake of the recently-ended war with Tamil Tiger rebels, lawmakers said Wednesday. Ministers should also provide full details of what British arms were used by Sri Lankan forces during the conflict, the Committees on Arms Export Controls said in its annual report. "We recommend that the government ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Global warming could prove devastating for the Tibetan plateau, the world's third-largest store of ice, but it helps farming and tourism, Chinese state media said Tuesday, citing a leading expert. Qin Dahe, the former head of the China Meteorological Administration, made the comment in an otherwise gloomy assessment of the impact that rising temperatures will have on Tibet, according to the ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 18, 2009India's finance minister said Tuesday he was confident the economy would grow by more than six percent this year despite widespread drought and the global economic downturn. "This year, we are projecting six percent plus growth," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters. The forecast came despite monsoon rains that are 29 percent below normal in India, where rural consumers are ... more |
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