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Indian Ocean levels rising, study showsBoulder, Colo. (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly, posing a threat to residents in some densely populated coastal areas and islands, a new study says. The study, led by researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, attributes the sea-level rise in part to climate change. Along the coasts of the northern Indian Ocean, seas have risen by an average of about 0.5 inches a decade, the research shows. The increases are particularly noted along ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2010China announced Thursday it will launch a raft of reconstruction projects in a quake-hit Tibetan region this weekend, nearly three months after the disaster that killed more than 2,700 people. Construction on 200 projects valued at 16 billion yuan (2.36 billion dollars) will begin from Saturday in the Yushu region of the northwestern province of Qinghai, Xinhua news agency said. A 6.9-ma ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) July 8, 2010Asian economies will expand faster than expected this year but "downside risks" have intensified for the region following financial turmoil in the eurozone area, the IMF warned Thursday. The Chinese economy should expand by 10.5 percent following a strong rebound in exports and resilient domestic demand, the fund said, revising upwards its April forecast of 10.0 percent. India's growth t ... more  
Delhi (PTI) Jul 07, 2010A delegation of scientists from Saudi Arabia are set to visit India to ink an agreement with space agency ISRO for boosting cooperation that will help the country develop an indigenous space programme. The Saudi delegation, comprising of the country's leading scientists will visit the India Space Research Organisation later this month. The agreement to boost cooperation in space scie ... more |
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Celebrations and sadness as Dalai Lama turns 75Dharamshala, India (AFP) July 7, 2010 The Dalai Lama turned 75 on Tuesday, a milestone marked by celebrations in his hometown-in-exile but tinged by sadness that his compatriots in Tibet were unable to honour the occasion. Under relentless rain, the Tibetan spiritual leader addressed a packed crowd of 5,000 followers at his temple in McLeod Ganj, a hill station in the Indian Himalayas where he has lived since fleeing Tibet in 1959. In a reminder of the situation in his homeland, where China views him as a dangerous separatist, he ex ... read more |
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