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Somali pirates have launched their deepest attack into the Indian Ocean, firing rocket propelled grenades at a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker, the European Union anti-piracy mission said Monday. The tanker, the BW Lion, managed to escape the attackers and suffered no casualties during the incident Monday, some 400 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles and 1,000 nautical miles east of the ... read more 
New Delhi (UPI) Nov 9, 2009 India is welcoming the Dalai Lama to the country's disputed north eastern territory, despite China's vehement opposition to the Buddhist spiritual leader's visit. China and Indian fought a brief inconclusive war in 1962 over the area in Arunachal Pradesh on the China-India border and the two countries have agreed to differ rather than harm their greater bilateral relations. ... more
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New Delhi (AFP) Nov 9, 2009India blocked a former US naval ship heading for a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental and pollution concerns in a case that mirrors past scandals, a local official said Monday. The Platinum II, anchored off the western Gujarat coast, was ordered to remain at sea last month pending a probe by the environment ministry after protests by campaign groups. The case follows ... more 
Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 9, 2009Tens 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 ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 09, 2009Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, marking a key milestone for the project. This important step was completed in late October by Astrium UK, the prime contractor for the Hylas satellite, supported by Avanti Communications, the satellite ... more |
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Chowgachi, Bangladesh (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Chunnu Biswas opened his tiny two-room tin-roofed post office in the morning as usual, but another long day stretched ahead without any letters for him to sort or deliver. It was the fourth day in a row that the 45-year-old postman in the village of Chowgachi in western Bangladesh did not have any business, and dust lay thick on the large table where he used to process piles of mail. ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 6, 2009The European Union and India pledged Friday to push ahead with attempts to conclude a free-trade agreement next year but said much hard work needed to be done to break logjams holding up a deal. The EU has been seeking to include global warming, intellectual property rights and child-labour policies in the stalled negotiations but India has opposed the incorporation of what it calls "extrane ... more  
Srinagar, India (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Tourists are now going bear-spotting on wildlife safaris in a scenic wilderness where Kashmiri rebels and Indian troops used to exchange deadly gunfire. The start of safaris in Dachigam National Park follows a big drop in insurgency-related violence in the spectacularly beautiful region of grasslands and rocky outcrops, wildlife officials say. The safari trips through dense forest -- the ... more |
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