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Time short for Ladakh flood victims as winter loomsLeh, India (AFP) Aug 16, 2010 Winters come harsh and early in India's Himalayan region of Ladakh, where the waning summer spells more hardship for thousands left homeless by devastating flash floods. In Ladakh's main city, Leh, around 800 families lost everything in the torrent of mud and water that invaded their homes 10 days ago and killed nearly 190 people. Though part of mainly Muslim Kashmir, the high-altitude region of Ladakh is overwhelmingly Buddhist. A 20-year Muslim insurgency against Indian rule has had only an in ... read more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 8, 2010Japan is seeking to export low-carbon technology and equipment to nine mostly Asian countries in exchange for "right-to-pollute" credits, a press report said Sunday. The Japanese government has already reached basic agreements with Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India on such deals and plans to start talks soon with Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, China and Peru, the business daily Nikkei ... more  
Mumbai (AFP) Aug 9, 2010Indian coastguards on Monday said that leaking oil from a stricken container ship that collided with another vessel off Mumbai had reduced to a trickle, but fears about its impact on the coastline remained. Ships and aircraft involved in the clean-up operation reported "almost nil oil spill" from the MSC Chitra on Monday evening, officials said in a statement, two days after the collision. ... more  
Zhouqu, China (AFP) Aug 9, 2010Jin Xuecai stared in silent shock and disbelief as the remains of his three-year-old daughter - one of the victims of the devastating weekend mudslides in northwestern China - were cremated. Jin, 26, is one of many Tibetans who live in remote Zhouqu county in Gansu province, which was struck with an avalanche of mud and debris triggered by torrential rains late Saturday - as many people w ... more |
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Death toll rises in Kashmir demonstrationsNew Delhi (UPI) Aug 4, 2010 The death toll in India's disputed northern Kashmir area rose to 24 after police opened fire on rioters, killing two people and injuring five more. Some of the worst clashes between police and demonstrators have been in the Kashmir Valley area's main city Srinagar. A curfew has been in place in all 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley area for a week because of demonstrations against Indian rule. The Kashmir Valley - 85 miles long and 20 miles wide - lies between Himalayas and the ... read more |
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