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Vanishing island solves India-Bangladesh disputeKolkata (AFP) March 25, 2010 A tiny island at the centre of a territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has disappeared beneath the waves due to rising sea levels and erosion, scientists say. The uninhabited outcrop - called New Moore island by India and South Talpatti by Bangladesh - was 3.5 kilometres (about two miles) long and 3.0 kilometres wide before it was swallowed up by the Bay of Bengal. "There's no trace of the island anymore. After studying satellite images, I confirmed this from fishermen," Sugata Hazr ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (AFP) March 16, 2010Paramilitary police guarding a space centre in southern India on Tuesday exchanged fire with two men who were acting suspiciously near the facility, an official said. The shootout occurred in the early hours of Tuesday at the Deep Space Network in Byalalu, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Bangalore, when the guards challenged two men, one of whom began firing a handgun. "In retaliatio ... more  
Paris (AFP) March 18, 2010Nearly 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. I ... more  
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) March 15, 2010India's homegrown interceptor defence shield developed to detect and destroy incoming ballistic missiles failed during a test on Monday, military officials said. The test was abandoned when the radars following the target, a nuclear-capable missile, lost track of it after it blasted off from a site 200 kilometres (120 miles) from Bhubaneswar in eastern India. "The 'hostile' missile went ... more |
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India's defense shield test failsNew Delhi (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 India's bid to bolster its defenses with a missile shield has suffered a major setback, officials say, following a botched test launch this week. The test was effectively abandoned after one of the two missiles in the operation deviated off course because of a snag in the system, officials said. "The flight test was planned to demonstrate the interception of a tactical ballistic missile in the endo-atmospheric (inside the atmosphere) region," said a senior official of the Defense Researc ... read more |
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