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The Maldives' government held an underwater cabinet meeting Saturday in a bid to focus global attention on rising sea levels that threaten to submerge the low-lying atoll nation. President Mohamed Nasheed plunged first into the Indian Ocean followed by his ministers, all clad in scuba gear, for the nationally televised meeting in this archipelago known as an idyllic holiday getaway for the ... read more 
Madrid (AFP) Oct 15, 2009Spain's socialist government Thursday offered to step up security measures for fishing trawlers faced with the threat of piracy, but again refused to allow troops on board the boats. During a meeting in Madrid, the defence ministry proposed several measures to trawler owners and fishermen's unions, such as training private guards and transporting these guards to the Indian Ocean, a spokesman ... more
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Dhaka (AFP) Oct 18, 2009When a cyclone destroyed her home two years ago, Shahana Begum joined the swelling ranks of Bangladeshi "climate refugees" who, experts say, could one day overwhelm the capital Dhaka. Shahana's family, like more than half a million people in the impoverished nation, lost her shanty home and all her belongings when cyclone Sidr slammed into southern Bangladesh in November 2007, claiming more ... more  
Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 16, 2009Brazil topped an anti-hunger scorecard on Friday followed by China where 58 million people have more to eat but India earned low marks in a new ActionAid index. The study, released on World Food Day, scores the efforts by 50 governments to fight hunger, with calls for more action with more than one billion people in the world already going hungry. "Some of the poorest countries in the wo ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 16, 2009Indian Space Research Organisation has reached an understanding with Arianespace under which the European space consortium would scout for small satellites in Europe to be launched by ISRO. ISRO is a long-time customer of the European aerospace giant, which has launched 12 Indian satellites from 1988 to 2007. Another heavy Indian satellite in the present series is expected to be launched ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Oct 14, 2009Indian regulators approved on Wednesday the introduction of genetically modified aubergines, potentially making them the first transgenic vegetable to be grown on local farms, a top official told AFP. The much-awaited clearance by the state-run Genetically Engineering Appraisal Committee could lead to production of the vegetable - known as aubergines, eggplant or brinjals in India - if app ... more 
Srinagar (AFP) Oct 14, 2009"I live here and I will die here," insists Safder Hussain, one of thousands of farmers defying relocation from Kashmir's famed Dal Lake which is slowly choking to death on sewage, silt and weeds. The iconic mountain-ringed oasis that has seduced generations of visitors has shrunk to half its original size in the past two decades - and the government has pointed a finger of blame at Hussain ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Oct 14, 2009Australia has asked India to take part in joint military exercises but is standing firm against exporting uranium for the Asian country's nuclear energy programme, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said. Speaking in New Delhi on Tuesday, Smith said Australia wanted to strengthen security cooperation with India and was ready to place it in the "front rank of our bilateral relationships". But ... more |
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