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 Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 
Tens of thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered Monday to hear the Dalai Lama on his visit to a Tibetan border region that he insists is "non-political" but which China views as deeply provocative.
Some 30,000 people, many of whom had arrived days in advance, were expected to attend a mass session of religious teaching by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader at the remote Tawang monastery in ... read more
Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 8, 2009The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has lived in exile in India for 50 years, a rousing welcome as he arrived at the Tawang monastery, perched at 3,500 metres (11,400 feet) in Aruna ... more
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Kathmandu (AFP) Nov 8, 2009Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off. "We found a male rhino with bullet in his head around a lake in the park. It was a horrific sight," said Pradhan, who was informed by tour guides about the injured animal. "The poachers had cut ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2009China on Friday opened a two-day international conference on efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates, the defence ministry said. The meeting would be attended by representatives from "Russia, Japan, India, the European Union, and other countries' marine forces, including NATO," it said in a fax to AFP. "The main topic of discussion will be the implementation ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 7, 2009US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, the Press Trust of India reported Saturday. GM began talks with its partners Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) and Wuling eight months ago to explore possibilities of bringing their light commercial vehicles to India. "Now we know what can work in India and ... more |
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Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 02, 2009Dr K Radhakrishnan, Member, Space Commission and Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, has assumed the office of Chairman, Space Commission, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Dr K Radhakrishnan is an accomplished technocrat with a distinguished career of more than 38 years in the fields of space technology, applications and space ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 30, 2009India's premier hosted a lunch on Friday for former US President George W. Bush and called him a "great friend" who played a key role in ending the South Asian country's long nuclear isolation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who enjoyed a strong rapport with Bush during his White House tenure, threw the lunch in the former president's honour in the Indian capital New Delhi. Ruling Congre ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2009China and India could use their growing clout to shame developed countries into committing to a climate change deal in Copenhagen in December, the UN's top climate scientist said Friday. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, told AFP on the sidelines of a conference in Beijing the two Asian giants would have "a lot of moral force" at the ... more |
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