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Shell fails to honor solar warrantiesColombo, Sri Lanka (UPI) Jan 5, 2009 The World Bank and green energy companies have accused oil giant Shell of not honoring warranties on solar power systems sold to the developing world, the Guardian reports. At issue is the "widespread" breakdown of Shell solar equipment in Sri Lanka and other locations. Shell has since turned over the rural electrification business under which the Shell systems were sold, but critics s ... read more |
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Islamabad (AFP) Jan 1, 2010Pakistan and India on Friday exchanged lists of their nuclear sites under an annual accord, after a year of strained relations between the arch-rivals, Pakistan's foreign ministry said. The New Year's Day exchange is aimed at protecting the sites in case of war and was established under a 1988 agreement on the prohibition of attacks on each other's nuclear installations. "The governments ... more  
Lucknow (AFP) Jan 2, 2010At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in three separate accidents involving trains in the fog-bound northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police and railway officials said. In the first accident, an inter-city express rammed into the back of a stationary passenger train near the town of Sarai Bhupat, 250 kilometres (155 miles) southwest of the state capital Lucknow. ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 3, 2010Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who successfully fought against binding caps on emissions at the Copenhagen climate talks, admitted Sunday that all parties involved were unhappy with the results. Singh told a science conference in the city of Thiruvananthapuram that world leaders "were able to make only limited progress at the Copenhagen summit and no one was satisfied with the outcome ... more |
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Dhaka (AFP) Dec 29, 2009Bangladesh has ordered a building freeze on its lone coral island in a bid to save its wildlife and natural beauty from a boom in construction fuelled by tourism, its environment minister said Tuesday. Hasan Mahmud told AFP his government had declared the eight square kilometre (three square mile) St Martin's island an ecologically critical area and had banned new buildings there. "We ha ... more  
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Dec 30, 2009 A Chinese admiral's proposal to build a naval base in the Gulf of Aden, ostensibly to supports Beijing's anti-piracy flotilla off Somalia, has alarm bells ringing in the region. China's growing naval encroachment in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean to protect its Middle Eastern oil supplies threatens eventual conflict with India, its longtime rival and Asia's other economic titan that i ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2009China has sentenced a Tibetan Buddhist lama to more than eight years in jail for illegal possession of ammunition and embezzlement, charges that the monk has denied, his lawyer said Thursday. The monk was arrested after nuns at his temple protested against a crackdown on Tibetan Buddhism following anti-China riots that erupted in Lhasa in 2008 and spread through the Himalayan region, lawyer ... more |
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  GM India chief says China partnership start of Asia thrust   Fire at Indian nuclear centre kills 2: report   Asian market holidays in 2010 |
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