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S.Korea president offers to help India build nuclear plantsNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2010 South Korea's president offered Monday to help energy-hungry India build more nuclear plants as the two Asian powerhouses set a goal of doubling bilateral trade by 2014. President Lee Myung-bak touted what he said was his nation's expertise in building nuclear power stations as he expressed hope that South Korean companies would help India to construct new atomic power plants. Lee said South Korea, which recently won a 20.4-billion-dollar deal to design, build and operate four nuclear power plan ... read more |
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South Korea aims for nuclear power deals Seoul (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 After closing 2009 with a $20 billion order from the United Arab Emirates to build nuclear power plants, South Korea aims to ink more deals. "We're in serious talks with Turkey, Jordan and Malaysia and we've attracted China and India's interest," Chung Kun Mo, a nuclear adviser to state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp., told Bloomberg Wednesday. "There are many countries knocking on our door. Even Kenya is interested." Vice Minister of Knowledge Economy Kim Young-hak, who is ... read more |
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Srinagar, India (AFP) Jan 23, 2010Troops shot dead a top-ranking militant in restive Indian Kashmir and security forces battled Islamic rebels ahead of next week's Republic Day national holiday, police said Saturday. Rebel violence routinely increases in the revolt-hit Muslim-majority state ahead of the annual public holiday. But tensions in India have been heightened by warnings by Western intelligence agencies that fli ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 22, 2010A land scandal involving Indian generals has shaken public faith in the country's massive military at a time when unprecedented sums are being spent on modernising the armed forces. Four high-profile generals face an official investigation into charges that they gave the go-ahead for a builder to acquire a 70-acre (30-hectare) plot of army land at a throwaway price in the Himalayan resort of ... more  
Leogane, Haiti (AFP) Jan 23, 2010Far from the capital, off a dusty lane lined with sugarcane, the youngsters from the Leogane Christian orphanage stare wide-eyed at a UN truck, the first to come here since the devastating earthquake. "These supplies are given to you by the United States. We are coordinating with them," says a solemn Belagaswatta Chandina, the commander of Sri Lanka's contingent of United Nations peacekeeper ... more |
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Tamil vote crucial in Sri Lanka electionColombo, Sri Lanka (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 The two main contenders in next Tuesday's presidential election in Sri Lanka were given the most credit by their majority Sinhalese people for ending the civil war for a separate Tamil homeland, but as the polling date approaches, it may be the minority Tamil vote that decides the final outcome. President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the Jan. 26 election seeking another term although he had two more years remaining in his current one. He is being challenged by a number of contenders, ... read more |
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