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Bangladesh dams to reclaim 600 square kms of landDhaka (AFP) Sept 5, 2010 Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday. The government has approved the ambitious project under which dams would be built in the Meghna estuary to connect islands and help deposit hundreds of millions of tonnes of sediment, project chief Hafizur Rahman said. "The project would cost only 1.20 billion taka (18 million dollars). The dams will expedite sedimentations and manag ... read more |
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Srinagar, India (AFP) Aug 31, 2010Indian troops killed nine suspected militants as they tried to cross the de facto border with Pakistan that divides the volatile region of Kashmir, the army said Monday. Elsewhere in Indian-controlled Kashmir fresh violence left a boy dead and 12 injured when police opened fire on anti-India protesters in separate clashes. "The army has foiled a major infiltration attempt by killing nine ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 30, 2010Rajendra Pachauri, under scrutiny as head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is a 69-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner with a sideline in writing steamy novels. Pachauri, a father-of-three with friends in high places in his native India, learnt the results Monday of a five-month review of how the IPCC has performed under his stewardship. He has faced repeated c ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 31, 2010A bill aimed at throwing open India's 150-billion-dollar civilian nuclear market cleared its final parliamentary hurdle Monday after a stormy debate. The bill, critical to implementing a 2008 landmark atomic energy pact with the United States, which grants India access to foreign nuclear technology, was approved by parliament's upper house. Premier Manmohan Singh has said the measure wi ... more |
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Tibetans shot by China police in mine dispute: reportBeijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2010 At least four Tibetans may have been killed and 30 others hurt when Chinese police fired on crowds protesting the expansion of mine operations blamed for environmental damage, a report said Saturday. The shooting occurred August 17 in a remote region of southwestern China's Sichuan province with a history of seething unrest involving the area's Tibetan community, US-based Radio Free Asia said. Quoting exiled Tibetans with sources in the region, the report said the confrontation began on or aroun ... read more |
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