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India train raid raises fear of other actsSan Jose, Calif. (UPI) Jun 1, 2010 A suspected terrorist raid on an Indian train that killed 76 people points to a trend that can confront governments worldwide with a security risk of major proportions, anti-terrorist expert Brian Michael Jenkins said. Jenkins' comments followed security experts' reports that security of hundreds of miles of rail, if threatened, would be one of the hardest operations to contain and control. India has the world's fourth largest rail network, after the United States, Russia and China but r ... read more |
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Hyderabad (AFP) May 21, 2010Cyclone Laila weakened Friday after battering India's southeastern coast with several days of torrential rain and high winds that claimed 26 lives, officials said. The storm, which formed over the Bay of Bengal, drenched the southern state of Tamil Nadu before making landfall further north Thursday in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, where it uprooted trees, electricity poles and destroyed commu ... more  
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 |
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Agni II launched with success in IndiaNew Delhi (UPI) May 18, 2010 After two failed launches, India has successfully test fired a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile, Agni II. The surface-to-surface missile was launched off the eastern coast of the country, in Orissa state, Defense Ministry officials were quoted as saying by local media. The same officials said a mobile rail launcher was used in the morning operation on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa. The launch was conducted by the army's Strategic Forces Command. "The user t ... read more |
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