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 Srinagar, India (AFP) Oct 13, 2009 
Rising winter temperatures are shrinking Himalayan glaciers in Indian Kashmir at "alarming" speeds, threatening water supplies to vast tracts of India and Pakistan, according to a new study. The Kolahoi glacier, the largest in the region, has shrunk by 2.63 square kilometers (one square mile) in the past three decades to just over 11 square kilometers, said the study presented at a three-day ... read more 
Nairobi, France (AFP) Oct 13, 2009French marines on board two tuna trawlers in the Indian Ocean opened fire to repel a dawn pirate attack on Tuesday, the second such incident in a week, the ships' owner said. Shipping firm Saupiquet said marines fired warning shots at two pirate skiffs pursuing the trawlers, Via Avenir and Via Mistral, travelling together some 500 nautical miles (900 kilometres) from the Somali coast. ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2009Foley Hoag has been retained by the government of Bangladesh in two just-filed arbitration actions against the neighboring states of Myanmar (Burma) and India over maritime borders in the resource-rich Bay of Bengal. The actions by Bangladesh were brought under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to which all three countries are signatories. The Convention provides ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 13, 2009G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has been appointed President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). The decision to elevate Nair, who was serving as Vice-President of Scientific Activities of the IAA for the last four years, was taken yesterday during its General Assembly meeting in Daejeon, South Korea, an ISRO statement said. ... more  
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Oct 12, 2009The Indian military successfully test-fired two short-range nuclear-capable missiles from a site in the east of the country on Monday, a defence source said. The Prithvi-II ground-to-ground missiles were fired from a test range in Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa state, a source at the Defence Research and Development Organisation said. The 8.5-metre (28-foot) Prithvi-II missile has a range of ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Tibet's spiritual leader said Thursday he accepted President Barack Obama's decision to avoid the Dalai Lama on a visit here, insisting he did not want to cause problems by upsetting China. The Dalai Lama -- who fled Chinese rule in Tibet more than 50 years ago -- is paying a weeklong visit to Washington, his first in 18 years that will not include a meeting with the president. "I do not ... more  
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Oct 09, 2009For the last five years, Madison County farmer Mike Shuter has maintained the same crop rotation on his farm of two-thirds of his fields in corn and one-third in soybeans. He hasn't seen the need to increase his corn acres even with the evolution of the biofuels industry and its need for corn. This seems to be the trend across the state. Indiana farmers planted 5.7 million acres of corn in ... more 
Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2009The Dalai Lama on Wednesday reached out to China, saluting a Beijing-based novelist who has defied China by seeking reconciliation with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. On a visit to Washington, the Dalai Lama presented an award to Wang Lixiong, who helped spearhead a petition by more than 300 prominent Chinese who last year questioned a crackdown on major protests in Tibet. China ... more |
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