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Congolese army says two arrested over Indian UN slayingsKinshasa (AFP) Aug 19, 2010 Congolese soldiers have arrested two suspects in the killing of three Indian UN peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesman announced Thursday. Major Vianney Kazarama told AFP the two men had been arrested earlier Thursday, a day after the attack by dozens of militia members on the Indian contingent's base. He said one of the men, named as Tembea Mumbere, had confessed to the killings. "He admitted to everything. He said that they had been sent to track down and ki ... read more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2010Traumatised foreign trekkers caught in flash floods that killed 185 people in the Indian Himalayas recounted Thursday a week of "hell" battling rockfalls, raging mudslides and constant fear. Exhausted and still clearly in shock, a group of mainly French tourists flew into New Delhi from Ladakh region, where a sudden, intense cloudburst one week ago turned their mountain trekking holiday into ... more  
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2010The evolution of a group of muscled frogs scattered throughout Asia is telling geologists about the sequence of events that led to the rise of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau starting more than 55 million years ago. Scientists from Kunming, China, and the University of California, Berkeley, conducted a genetic analysis of 24 species of spiny frogs from the tribe Paini that shows how ... more  
New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 13, 2010India Tuesday launched a satellite-based navigation system to aid air traffic in the region and joined a select club of nations which have similar capabilities. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel launched the Global Position System Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (gagan) based on a constellation of 24 satellites positioned in six earth-centred orbital planes. gagan will provide seam ... more |
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India's arms factory plan hits snagsNew 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 as purchasing off-the-shelf foreign weapons systems. India's comptroller and auditor general has criticized th ... read more |
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