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Dogs' Family Status Depends On Family's LocaleAtlanta GA (SPX) Aug 19, 2010 Man's best friend might just be treated like any other animal depending on where the owners live. A study by David Blouin, assistant professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Indiana University South Bend, found that people who think of animals as children tend to have a city background. "To think of pets as just another animal is not uncommon in rural areas," Blouin said, "which makes sense given the utilitarian relationships people in rural areas are more likely to have with a ... read more |
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Chennai, India (RIA Novosti) Aug 12, 2010Ahead of the scheduled Russian-Indian naval exercises, in which the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will take part, Tatiana Shaumyan, director of the Center for Indian Studies at the Institute of Asian Studies, discusses the state of Russian-Indian relations and the prospects for defence cooperation between the two countries. Interview by Igor Chekunov. Russia and India enjoy lo ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 10, 2010 India's military has been on a spending spree over the last few years. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's 2009 report noted that for the period 2005-09 India was the world's second-biggest arms buyer, importing 7 percent of the world's arms exports, exceed only by China with 9 percent. New Delhi's attempts to foster an indigenous arms industry haven't been so smooth ... more  
Sukkur, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 10, 2010The United Nations is launching an appeal to help the millions of people hit by Pakistan's worst ever floods which have cut off swathes of the country and raised fears of a food crisis. A UN official said the disaster has affected almost 14 million people, eclipsing the scale of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, as the deadly floodwaters sweep south and rescuers battle to bring aid ... more |
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'Almost nil oil spill' now from stricken ship off MumbaiMumbai (AFP) Aug 9, 2010 Indian 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. Six coastguard ships have been battling choppy seas, monsoon rain and strong winds to contain what the coun ... read more |
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