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Massive hydropower plant likely for TibetBeijing (UPI) May 26, 2010 China has plans to construct the world's biggest hydroelectric plant in Tibet, officials said. While no plan has yet been drawn up, Zhang Boting, the deputy general secretary of the China Society for Hydropower Engineering, said research has been conducted on the project. But the Web site of a government agency suggests that a 38-gigawatt hydropower plant is under consideration. Such a dam, on the great bend of the Brahmaputra River - or the Yarlung Tsangpo, as it is also known in Tibet ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2010The first tropical storm of the Northern Indian Ocean cyclone season has formed and NASA's Aqua satellite captured its birth. Tropical Storm 1B formed in the early morning hours as the convection around the low level circulation center increased since May 17. NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of 1B from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) at 7:25 UTC (12: ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 19, 2010Up to 150 Russian troops will take part in joint peacekeeping exercises with India scheduled for autumn this year, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. A group of Russian officers has already arrived in India to attend the first planning stage of the INDRA 2010 exercise. "During the planning stage, the sides will work out a detailed plan of the exercises, reconnoiter the area ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) May 18, 2010Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) commercial arm Antrix Corporation bagged the Globe Sustainability Research Award 2010, set up by Stockholm-based Global Forum, for fostering sustainable development, the agency said Friday. "The prestigious award has been conferred on Antrix for its contribution to improve sustainable livelihood of the rural poor while reducing their vulnerabilit ... more |
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Sri Lanka seeks harmony between elephants and humansLunugamwehera, Sri Lanka (AFP) May 17, 2010 In the early hours of a hot dry day, four orphaned elephants begin a bumpy truck ride back to the jungles of southern Sri Lanka where they had been rescued from near certain death. The four baby jumbos - now aged five and six - are ready to leave the Elephant Transit Home where they have been treated and cared for since they were less than a year old. The state-run home is refuge for dozens of baby elephants who are separated from their herds, fall into wells or ditches or are shot at by angry ... read more |
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