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Africans talk tough over foreign minersNairobi, Kenya (UPI) May 13, 2010 As China, Brazil, India and other scramble to lock down Africa's mineral wealth to fuel their expanding economies, some African states are talking about forming a cartel similar to OPEC to control prices and secure more foreign investment. One of the leading advocates is President Abdoulaye Wade of uranium-rich Senegal, who favors a pan-African body that could influence the price of metals such as cobalt. Some 90 percent of that comes from Africa. ABC News reported that at a mining confe ... read more |
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New Delhi, May 3 (PTI)The Indian Space Research Organisation is mulling launching of 'megha tropiques' satellite to study climate in collaboration with France, the government told Rajya Sabha today. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh while replying to a question said that the satellite will provide data on atmospheric humidity, radiation budget and amount of precipitation to help in climate study. "India ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) April 30, 2010French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday called for "confident and friendly" relations with China as he wrapped up a state visit aimed at putting past tensions over Tibet to rest. Sarkozy, who finished his trip in Shanghai for the opening gala of the World Expo, said Paris wanted to expand cooperation with Beijing on a number of fronts, but would remain "attentive" to problems faced by bus ... more  
Sitakundu, Bangladesh (AFP) May 2, 2010When huge waves hit Bangladesh's sleepy southeastern Sitakundu coastline after a cyclone in 1991, shopkeeper Abul Kalam survived by hanging on to a coconut tree. Kalam's parents, brother, sister and young nephew and niece were among the 138,000 people killed that May when a tidal surge from the force-five cyclone destroyed his family's house and the tiny fishing village they called home. ... more |
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India restricting Chinese telecom purchases: operatorNew Delhi (AFP) April 30, 2010 India has blocked its fast-growing telecom sector from buying some Chinese-made equipment, an Indian mobile operator said Friday, in a move set to stoke trade tensions between the emerging giants. An executive of a Indian mobile operator said his company had received a letter from the Indian government saying it could not buy equipment from UTStarcom, a US-based company that manufactures in China. "We were told we could not buy equipment from UTStarcom. I believe most operators have received suc ... read more |
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