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Offering Solutions To Poisonous Well Water Crisis In Southern AsiaNewark DE (SPX) Jun 03, 2010 Over 100 million people in rural southern Asia are exposed every day to unsafe levels of arsenic from the well-water they drink. It more than doubles their risks for cancer, causes cardiovascular disease, and inhibits the mental development of children, among other serious effects. The World Health Organization (WHO) has referred to the situation in Bangladesh, where an estimated 60 million people are affected, as "the largest mass poisoning of a population in history." In the May 28 issue o ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) May 25, 2010World energy consumption is expected to jump by nearly 50 percent by 2035, led by developing nations such as China and India, the US government said in a report Tuesday. As consumption increases, Asia will also account for most of energy-linked pollution blamed for global warming, said the US Energy Information Administration, the statistical agency of the US Department of Energy. China ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2010Identifying India as a 'big partner' of the US space programme, NASA has applauded the country's efforts in using its space missions for "societal needs." "I think it's 85 per cent of their budget is spent on what they call societal needs. It's earth science, climate change, those kinds of things, and they still insist that they're going to bring about a human space flight programme, you k ... more  
Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) May 27, 2010Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that Nepal Telecom's (NTC) deployment of a Gilat SkyEdge broadband satellite network includes the provision of data and toll-quality telephony services to Gorakshep, the last village on the Everest trek before the Everest Base Camp. At over 5,100 meters elevation, the Gorakshep VSAT installation is one of the highest in the world. The Everest site, w ... more |
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Bangladesh-Russia sign nuclear power dealDhaka, Bangladesh (UPI) May 24, 2010 Bangladesh and Russia signed a framework agreement for Russian cooperation for Bangladesh's first nuclear plant. Bangladesh aims to produce at least 2,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020 from two units of the proposed Rooppur plant and also to have nuclear energy account for 10 percent of its total power generation by that time, Bangladeshi state news agency BSS reports. The agreement, signed Friday in Russia, calls for the transfer of materials, technologies, equipment and services to ... read more |
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