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Somali pirates hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier Monday northeast of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, as the marauding sea bandits hunted their prey ever further from base to wrong-foot naval patrols. According to the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission (EU NAVFOR), the unnamed ship was seized 550 nautical miles (1,000 kilometres) northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles of ... read more 
Dhaka (AFP) Oct 19, 2009Traffic in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka is at a standstill for an average of 7.5 hours a day, according to a government study that highlighted the huge economic toll of congestion. "Dhaka is perhaps the worst congested city in the world. It is fast becoming unlivable," Santosh Kumar Roy, an engineer with the Roads and Highway Division which conducted the study, said Monday. "Tailbacks ... more
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Male (AFP) Oct 17, 2009The 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 ... 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  
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 |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2009A record 4.75 million tourists visited China's Tibet in the first nine months of 2009, more than twice as many as in all of 2008, when unrest led to a ban on foreigners, state media said Wednesday. The local government slashed the cost of holiday packages, hotels and tickets to draw tourists back to the picturesque Himalayan region, Xinhua news agency reported. "It's a high point for Tib ... more  
Ulee Lheue, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 14, 2009Sirens wailed and crowds fled across Indian Ocean nations Wednesday in a mass drill simulating a giant tsunami similar to the 2004 disaster that killed about 220,000 people. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the Japan Meteorological Agency sent out bulletins for a 9.2-magnitude quake and tsunami to kick off the UN-backed drill, dubbed "Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 09". ... more  
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 |
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