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British artists in campaign to free artist Ai WeiweiLondon (AFP) May 18, 2011 Leading British artists launched a campaign Wednesday calling for the release of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was detained last month amid a major crackdown on dissent. Damien Hirst and Indian-born Anish Kapoor were among those who joined a campaign launched by The Times newspaper demanding the release of Ai, penning messages of support which were printed on a double-page spread in the paper. "Today The Times calls for the immediate release of the Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwe ... read more |
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  Preparations for third Ariane 5 mission of 2011 move into their final phase India's GSAT-8 multi-mission satellite has been integrated on the Ariane 5 launcher for Arianespace's third flight of 2011, moving this mission campaign into its final preparations for a May 19 lift ... more | .. |
  Nuclear scientist says bomb saved Pakistan The father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb has vigorously defended the program as sparing his country the fate of Iraq or Libya, amid signs that Islamabad is ramping up its weapons capacities. ... more | .. |
  Red flag falls in India In 1996, India's most prominent communist leader almost became prime minister. Fifteen years later, his party is teetering on the brink of political extinction. ... more | .. |
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 Beijing brushes aside new Tibetan leader China has little interest in meeting with the new leader of Tibet's government-in-exile, saying the former leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, remains a saboteur. ... more | .. |
  Travel industry looks to China, India, Brazil for boom China, India and Brazil are poised to fuel an explosion in international tourism in the coming years, showering money and jobs on countries ready for it, and trouble for those that aren't, industry leaders say. ... more | .. |
  ISRO to Set Up Sub-Systems Integration Facility The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to set up an advanced R and D centre in the field of spacecraft technologies in Karnataka's Chitradurga and rocket sub-systems integration facility near ... more | .. |
 India Lines Up Three PSLV Launches This Year Indian Space Research Organisation is lining up three PSLV launches from Sriharikota spaceport by October this year, its Chairman K Radhakrishnan said Friday. He said PSLV-C17 would launch GSA ... more |
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  More than 40 injured in China bank blast More than 40 people were injured Friday when a disgruntled former employee set off a petrol bomb at a bank in a Tibetan-inhabited region of northwest China, authorities said. ... more | .. |
  India's top court imposes ban on 'toxic' pesticide India's top court on Friday temporarily banned use of the pesticide endosulfan, which the government has resisted blacklisting despite curbs imposed in 60 other countries over health concerns. ... more | .. |
  India designing reusable spacecraft Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, P S Veeraraghavan on Wednesday said India`s space scientists are designing a reusable space craft, which is likely to be launched ... more | .. |
  Early drug therapy curbs HIV transmission: study People with HIV who take antiretroviral drugs before their health declines have a 96 percent lower risk of transmitting the virus to a partner, a breakthrough global study released Thursday said. ... more |
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  Indian government vows to pursue Bhopal case India's government vowed Thursday it would continue to press for harsher sentences for the men convicted for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy after a setback in the Supreme Court this week. ... more | .. |
India's top court refuses to reopen Bhopal case India's Supreme Court turned down on Wednesday a government demand to hand harsher sentences to seven men convicted for their role in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. ... more | .. |
  India's new satellite beams high quality images India's latest advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 has beamed high quality images distinctly showing the northern and western regions of the country, the space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Companies Form Strategic Alliance to Capitalize on Growing Indian Solar Market United Solar, the leading global manufacturer of flexible, thin-film solar laminates and a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) has announced an order for 500 kilowatts ( ... more |
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Juvenile sauropods fed a hungry Late Jurassic predator guild
NISAR radar view maps surface changes in Mississippi Delta
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 India begins wargames along Pakistan border India kicked off war games involving thousands of troops Monday along its border with arch-rival Pakistan, which is still smarting from the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden. ... more | .. |
  Indian brides told to put down their mobile phones An Indian state has told newly-wedded women to avoid talking too much on their mobile phones for the first two years of marriage in case it provokes jealousy from their husbands. ... more | .. |
 India plans road network near China: report India plans to develop a network of strategic roads along its borders with China, a senior military official was quoted as saying in an Indian media report Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Cargo ship, China crew rescued from pirates A Panama-registered cargo ship seized by pirates in the Arabian Sea has been rescued along with the 24 Chinese sailors aboard, the transport ministry in Beijing said Friday. ... more |
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  Jaguar and Williams F1 set for UK-made hybrid 'supercar' Indian-owned automaker Jaguar has joined forces with Formula One racing group Williams to produce a British-made commercial model of their hybrid C-X75 supercar, the pair announced here on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Pirates seize Chinese-crewed cargo ship: Xinhua Pirates have seized a Panama-registered bulk cargo ship with 24 Chinese sailors on board in the Arabian Sea, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 SunBorne and Suntech Partner for 100MW of Solar Projects in India SunBorne Energy and Suntech Power Holdings have entered into a framework agreement for the supply of 100MW of solar panels over the next two years for projects in India. Suntech will supply 28 ... more | .. |
  Police arrest five men near British nuclear plant British police arrested five men under anti-terrorism legislation close to a nuclear plant, but said Tuesday the case appeared to be unconnected to the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. ... more |
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Desert sand mix points to new path for greener concrete
Neem seed biochar turns waste into thermal energy storage medium
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  Global warming won't harm wind energy production, climate models predict The production of wind energy in the U.S. over the next 30-50 years will be largely unaffected by upward changes in global temperature, say a pair of Indiana University Bloomington scientists who an ... more | .. |
  ISRO refuses to part with minutes of Space Commission meetings The Indian Space Research Organisation has refused to make public the minutes of meetings of the Space Commission where the controversial Antrix-Devas deal was discussed. Replying to an RTI ap ... more | .. |
 India warns of terrorists inside Pakistan Osama bin Laden's death "deep inside" Pakistani territory shows that terrorists are being harbored in Pakistan, warned India's Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram. ... more | .. |
  India says Pakistan shown as terror 'sanctuary' India on Monday used the death of Osama bin Laden to denounce rival Pakistan as a terrorist "sanctuary," as it renewed calls for Islamabad to arrest suspects behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks. ... more |
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 Genetic study says China source of rice Genome researchers tracking the evolutionary history of rice say domesticated rice may have appeared as far back as around 9,000 years ago in China. ... more | .. |
Top Tibetan monk denies Chinese 'spy' tag The Karmapa Lama, one of Tibet's top Buddhist monks and widely seen as a potential spiritual successor to the Dalai Lama, spoke out Monday against allegations that he was a Chinese spy. ... more | .. |
Tension escalates as navies, pirates take off gloves The response to Somali piracy had so far seen a relatively codified game of cat-and-mouse play out on the Indian Ocean but experts fear a dangerous escalation is under way. ... more | .. |
 India clears $12 bln S. Korean steel plant India on Monday gave final clearance to South Korean giant POSCO's proposed $12 billion steel plant in a deal seen as a test of the country's openness to foreign investment. ... more |
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