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Two die in Tibetan monastery crackdown: rights groupBeijing (AFP) April 23, 2011 Two Tibetans have died in a security crackdown on a Buddhist monastery in southwest China, an activist group said Saturday, after the restive area was closed to foreigners. Authorities have sealed off Kirti Monastery in Sichuan province and ordered a re-education programme there following unrest triggered last month when a young monk set himself on fire and died in an apparent anti-government protest. The International Campaign for Tibet, a US-based rights group with exile sources who have conta ... read more |
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  Protests mount against Indian nuclear plant In the busy Indian fishing village of Sakhri Nate, it's obvious what the locals think of the plan to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant just across the creek. ... more | .. |
  Nepal's rhino numbers recovering after war: study The number of rhinos living wild in Nepal has risen above 500 for the first time since a civil war that led to rampant poaching of the endangered animals, the government said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Tens of millions live in nuclear 'danger zone': study Some 90 million people worldwide live within 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) of a nuclear reactor, equivalent to the exclusion zone around Japan's crippled Fukushima plant, a study released Friday shows. ... more | .. |
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  Resourcesat-2 Will Beam Back Huge Data On Resources The remote-sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2, put up by PSLV-C16 on Wednesday, "will become a workhorse for the global community" with the huge data it will send back on the earth's resources, said R ... more | .. |
  PSLV-C16 Puts Three Satellites In Orbit It was "a sweet seventeen" for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Wednesday, with the PSLV-C16 scoring a spectacular success by putting three satellites into orbit with precision. It ... more | .. |
 PSLV Success Lifts ISRO Gloom Putting the dreaded 63-second failure of last Christmas when GSLV-F06 burst into flames and plunged into the Bay of Bengal behind them, Indian space scientists drew solace from yet another edition o ... more | .. |
  First pan-Asian girl band hopes to make world 'Blush' They're a long way from being the next Spice Girls or Pussycat Dolls, but five Asian women are hoping to take the world by storm in what is being billed as the first pan-Asian girl band. ... more |
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  Goa Seeks ISRO Expertise For Mapping Mangroves, Sand Dunes Goa government will take the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map its sand dunes and mangroves as part of the crucial 2011 CRZ rules. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequira sa ... more | .. |
 China: Tibetan monastery situation normal Chinese authorities said the situation around the Tibetan Kirti Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province is "normal" after reports that police surrounded the building. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka reacts to 'biased' U.N. report Sri Lanka's government is on the offensive against what it says is a biased U.N. report concerning alleged war crimes during the country's civil war. ... more | .. |
  India monsoon forecast brings inflation hope India's weather office on Tuesday forecast a "normal" monsoon this year that could boost food production and ease high inflation. ... more |
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Second day of violent protests over India atomic plant Mobs attacked a hospital and blocked a highway in western India on Tuesday in a second day of violent protests against a planned nuclear power plant, after a protester was shot dead a day earlier. ... more | .. |
 India Starts Countdown For Launch Of Three Satellites The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday began a 54-hour countdown for the launch of three satellites, an ISRO press secretary said. Remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, as w ... more | .. |
  China Donates Satellite, Meteorological Systems To 16 Asian Countries The director of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Zheng Guoguang presented representatives from 16 Asian countries with integrated satellite broadcasting and receiving stations and the C ... more | .. |
  India and China to resume defense contacts India and China will resume defense exchanges halted in August after China refused a visa to an Indian general in Kashmir. ... more |
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Indian police kill protester in anti-nuclear demo Indian police opened fire on hundreds of protesters - killing one - at a demonstration against the proposed construction of a nuclear power station, police and the government said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama urges restraint in Tibet monastery crisis The Dalai Lama has urged restraint in a standoff with security forces at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in China, warning of "catastrophic consequences" if the situation deteriorates. ... more | .. |
 India vows to improve atomic safety India should ramp up safety mechanisms at its existing and planned nuclear power plants in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said Friday. ... more | .. |
 New India setback for S. Korea's POSCO plant India has blocked South Korean steelmaker POSCO from constructing a planned $12 billion plant in eastern Orissa state until villagers' land claims are settled. ... more |
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  Biofuels Production In Top And Emerging Countries Will Be 150,975 Million Liters In 2016 According to the new market research report 'Top and Emerging bio-fuel markets by technology, feedstocks, regulations, pricing and commercialization trends and forecasts (2011 -2016)', published by ... more | .. |
  India's Infosys Q4 profit up, but below forecasts India's second-biggest outsourcer Infosys said Friday quarterly net profit jumped nearly 14 percent but the company's shares tumbled as the figures lagged market expectations. ... more | .. |
  BRICS nations call for UN Security Council reform The leaders of five of the world's major emerging powers called Thursday for UN Security Council reform to give developing nations more of a say on pressing global issues. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan frees 89 Indian fishermen: officials Pakistan on Thursday freed 89 Indian fishermen imprisoned for fishing and violating its territorial waters as the nuclear-armed rivals resume a fledgling peace process. ... more |
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 BRICS nations against use of force in Libya Leaders of five of the world's major emerging powers said Thursday the use of force in Libya and the Arab world should be avoided, at a summit intended to showcase their growing global clout. ... more | .. |
  UN should not take sides in I.Coast: Medvedev The United Nations should be impartial in the crisis in Ivory Coast, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, saying any move to exceed its mandate would set a dangerous precedent. ... more | .. |
 US frowns on Chinese force in Tibet The United States on Thursday criticized China after violent incidents at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and called on Beijing to respect religious freedom. ... more | .. |
 India's nuclear power plans under scrutiny Opposition to India's proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant is growing amid Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more |
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 India BPO industry suffers 55% attrition The attrition rate in India's business process outsourcing sector jumped to 55 percent from a year earlier, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the flagship industry, a study said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Somali pirates zero in on oil tanker lanes Somali pirates are increasingly threatening global oil supplies from the Persian Gulf as they extend their attacks ever deeper into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, morphing from a tactical nuisance to a strategic danger. ... more | .. |
 BRICS urges 'early' WTO accession for Russia The leaders of China, India, Brazil and South Africa on Thursday threw their support behind Russia's 18-year-old bid to join the World Trade Organisation, urging an "early accession" for Moscow. ... more | .. |
 World's major emerging powers meet in China Leaders of the world's major emerging powers are set to meet Thursday in China at a summit expected to tackle the conflict in Libya and reform of the international financial system. ... more |
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