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 Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Nov 30, 2009 
Somali pirates' capture of a 300,000-ton tanker carrying Saudi Arabian crude to the United States raised the stakes once again in the cat-and-mouse war being fought in the Indian Ocean between the maritime predators and an international naval fleet.
The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus, with a crew of 28, was seized Sunday by nine armed pirates 700 miles east of the African coast off the ... read more 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 30, 2009A group of Brazilian ranchers is bulldozing a UNESCO reserve inhabited by an indigenous Indian tribe with no prior contact with the outside world, an native rights group said Monday. Survival International said the UNESCO bioreserve in Paraguay's Chaco region is home to the only uncontacted indigenous tribe in South America outside of the Amazon -- the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode. ... more
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Bhopal, India (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Jyoti is one of many Indian women whose dreams of a glittering wedding were shattered after the Bhopal gas disaster killed thousands 25 years ago this week and left many more ill from exposure. Having endured the lethal billow of methyl isocyanate gas which seeped from the Union Carbide plant on December 3, 1984, Jyoti and her contemporaries then suffered the stigma of being survivors. ... more  
Norcross GA (SPX) Dec 01, 2009Suniva has announced the completion of its collaborative project with Titan Energy Systems Ltd. to create India's first large-scale project in Jamuria, West Bengal. Suniva's cells power the 1MW solar electric power plant which is expected to expand an additional 250kW early next year. "High-efficiency solar technology presents significant advantages in terms of land use and balance ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Asian powerhouse China is Australia's biggest trading partner, while exports to India have also soared in the past year, official figures released Monday showed. Two-way trade with China jumped to 83 billion dollars (76.1 billion US) in 2008-09 on the back of increased iron ore and coal exports and China's status as the number one source of Australia's imports. Japan was Australia's ... more |
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Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 29, 2009Workers at a nuclear power plant in southern India were treated for poisoning after drinking water was deliberately spiked with radiation, senior government officials said Sunday. Routine tests showed 55 employees from the plant in Kaiga in the state of Karnataka had increased levels of the radioactive element tritium, which is used in nuclear reactors. B. Bhattacharjee, a member of the ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 28, 2009Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said Saturday he was willing to commit his country to "ambitious" global carbon emission cuts, provided others shared the burden. Home to nearly 1.2 billion people, India is the only major greenhouse gas emitting nation yet to announce figures on reining in its carbon output, with just over a week to go until UN climate talks start in Copenhagen. ... more  
Dhaka, Bangladesh (XNA) Nov 27, 2009Bangladesh wants to enter space-age soon as the government plans to launch a satellite into the space for the development of the country's telecommunications services. The Bangladeshi Post and Telecommunications Minister Razi UddinAhmed Raju made the announcement at a press conference Thursday, according to the private news agency UNB. He said the satellite to be installed in the ... more |
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