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Indian Rockets To Soon Use Atmospheric Oxygen As FuelBangalore, India (SPX) May 31, 2010 In an attempt to make its rockets lighter and carry heavier satellites, the Indian space agency is planning to flight test by the end of this year its own air-breathing engine that will use atmospheric oxygen as fuel. Air-breathing engines use atmospheric oxygen and burn it with the stored on-board fuel to generate the onward thrust. Conventional rockets carry both oxygen and chemical fuel on board. "We will be doing a series of ground tests of the air breathing engine soon. We are pla ... read more |
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Dhaka (AFP) May 22, 2010Bangladesh has signed a cooperation deal with Russia which will led to two nuclear power plants being built in the energy-starved South Asian nation, an official said Saturday. Under the deal, signed in Moscow on Friday, Russia will help construct the two 1,000-megawatt nuclear plants in the north of the country, Bangladesh's nuclear energy commission chief Mosharraf Hossain told AFP. "I ... more  
Tehran (UPI) May 21, 2010 As Iran braces for a new round of U.N. sanctions over its contentious nuclear program, Pakistan has called on longtime rival India to sign on to a planned $7.6 billion natural gas pipeline from the Islamic Republic. After a two-year lull, New Delhi, a U.S. ally, has signaled it's ready to resume talks on the long-delayed project that Washington bitterly opposes because it will throw Ir ... more  
New York (AFP) May 20, 2010Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Thursday that he is a Marxist, yet credits capitalism for bringing new freedoms to the communist country that exiled him - China. "Still I am a Marxist," the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader said in New York, where he arrived with an entourage of robed monks and a heavy security detail to give a series of paid public lectures. Marxism has "mora ... more |
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Cyclone bears down on India's southeast coastHyderabad, India (AFP) May 19, 2010 A "severe" cyclone packing winds of up to 125 kilometres an hour closed in on India's southeast coast Wednesday as thousands of residents evacuated their homes fearing major storm damage. Cyclone Laila was set to slam into the state of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday morning, with forecasters warning of a sea surge and disrupted power and communication lines. As heavy rains and strong gales battered the coast on Wednesday, state authorities evacuated residents from low-lying areas and emergency teams ... read more |
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