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Population surge outstrips efforts to eradicate slumsParis (AFP) March 18, 2010 Nearly a quarter of a billion people escaped slums in the past decade, but the housing effort was outstripped by population growth and rural exodus to the cities, the United Nations said. A total of 227 million people rose out of slum conditions from 2000 to 2010, thanks especially to hard work in China and India, according to the UN Human Settlements Programme, also called UN-Habitat. It means that the United Nations has already scored a rare success in its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010Russia and India might establish a joint venture to produce navigation equipment for GPS and its Russian equivalent Glonass, the head of the Russian federal satellite navigation operator said on Tuesday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 The Indian government is setting up a centralized database to coordinate intelligence from central security agencies in its battle against money laundering and terrorist funding. The database would act as a "ready reckoner" for different security, as well as law and order enforcement, groups, a report by the Press Trust of India said. Sources in the home ministry said the goal is ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 9, 2010China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of trying to "create chaos" in Tibet, on the eve of the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule that drove the Buddhist monk into exile. Two years ago, protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa marking the anniversary of the March 10, 1959 uprising descended into deadly violence, prompting a massive security clampdown in the Himalay ... more |
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Student Ready To Battle At 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy RaceHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10. Some 1,088 high school, college and university students from 20 states and Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, Bangladesh, Serbia, India and Romania are expected to participate in the race at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Students begin to prepare for the event each ... read more |
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