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Studies: Human evolution still going onBeijing (UPI) Jul 22, 2010 Humans may have made significant evolutionary changes much more recently than previously thought, as little as 3,000 years ago, researchers say. Scientists from the Beijing Genomics Institute found among Tibetans a set of genes showing they evolved to deal with low oxygen levels just 30 centuries ago, The New York Times reported Monday. The spread of the new gene is just one instance of recent human evolution and of a specific group changing genetically in response to local conditions, r ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Jul 13, 2010 Indian armed forces have entered the global market in search of stealthy, unmanned combat air vehicles. Local news reports suggest that the military authorities have requested information from defense companies in Europe, Israel, the United States and Russia about the aircraft. Defense News reported that the information request concerned unmanned combat air vehicles with "low rad ... more India, Pakistan to discuss resuming peace process
Islamabad (AFP) July 15, 2010The foreign ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India are to hold talks in Islamabad Thursday aimed at resuming a tentative peace process derailed by the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The talks are the third high-level contact in six months and the foreign ministers' first meeting since 10 Islamist gunmen left 166 people dead in 60 hours of carnage in India's financial capital two years ag ... more Tibet's next leader?
Dharamshala, India (AFP) July 14, 2010For those looking for the next spiritual leader of Tibet after the Dalai Lama, the ageing monk's 75th birthday ceremony last week offered some clues. Sat next to the Nobel laureate at the front of the stage was the imposing figure of the Karmapa, a thick-set, 26-year-old with the highest profile among a cast of young lamas who might fill the void that will one day be left. Separated by ... more |
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India launches five satellites into orbitBangalore, India (AFP) July 12, 2010 India successfully launched five satellites into orbit on Monday, three months after the country's space ambitions suffered a setback when a rocket crashed at lift-off. The five satellites included an advanced remote sensing satellite called Cartosat-2B, as well as a satellite from Algeria. Three other smaller experimental devices from India, Canada and Switzerland were also released. "The rocket deployed the five satellites in the intended polar orbits after a textbook launch from the space ... read more |
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