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Tibet again closed to foreigners: travel agentsBeijing (AFP) June 13, 2011 Foreign tourists will be barred from going to Tibet until the end of July, travel agents said Monday, the second time this year the troubled region has been closed to overseas visitors. "At the moment we're not admitting foreign tourists," an employee at China Travel Service in the regional capital Lhasa told AFP by phone, adding the agency had received a notice saying this would be enforced until July 26. A worker at the Tibet Youth Travel Service agency confirmed the ban, saying it begins on T ... read more |
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  Bangladesh shipyards back in business Bangladesh's vast ship-breaking yards are roaring back into business, after the easing of strict environmental regulations that brought the major industry to a halt for much of 2010. ... more | .. |
  Mexico's Carstens takes long-shot IMF bid to India Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens arrived in India on Friday to press his case to be the next IMF leader, as he and French rival Christine Lagarde criss-cross the globe to garner support. ... more | .. |
  ISRO to begin flight testing of GSLV MkIII in next two years The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said it will start flight testing of the GSLV Mk III for launching four-tonne class of satellites in the next two years. Addressing the ... more | .. |
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  India tests nuclear-capable missile India tested a short-range nuclear-capable missile along its eastern coast on Thursday, an official said, as part of the nation's efforts to build up its atomic deterrent. ... more | .. |
  MEASAT orders latest satellite from Astrium MEASAT Global Berhad has selected Astrium to build MEASAT-3b, a new satellite to augment its core Ku-band business in Malaysia, India and Indonesia. Planned to be launched in 2013 and positioned at ... more | .. |
  Bangladesh teenagers drive outsourcing growth Like many teenagers, Abdullah Al Zahid spends most of his time holed up in his bedroom in his family's modest Dhaka apartment glued to his computer. ... more | .. |
  Watchdogs urge completion of post-Fukushima checks Nuclear regulatory agencies called on Wednesday for national watchdogs to complete post-Fukushima checks but stressed plant operators should not escape their "prime responsibility" for reactor safety. ... more |
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  Bangladesh creates anti-poaching police force Bangladesh is set to launch a new police force to protect wildlife in response to a sharp rise in poaching and exotic animal smuggling, the government's chief conservationist said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
China is next stop on Lagarde's IMF tour French finance minister Christine Lagarde was to meet senior Chinese officials on Wednesday in Beijing, the latest stop on her global tour to convince emerging countries to back her bid to lead the IMF. ... more | .. |
  US says India Boeing deal will support 23,000 jobs The United States on Monday hailed India's decision to buy military transport planes worth more than $4 billion from US-based aviation giant Boeing, saying it would sustain 23,000 American jobs. ... more | .. |
  Mystery shrouds 'death' of al-Qaida head The reported death of Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri, considered one of the most dangerous of al-Qaida's commanders and strategists, in a missile attack in Pakistan remains shrouded in mystery. ... more |
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  Israel signs high-tech deal with India Israel's High-Tech Industry Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with its Indian counterpart to boost cooperation in advanced technology, a move that will undoubtedly increase the Jewish state's burgeoning defense sales to India. ... more | .. |
 US drone strikes kill 18 in Pakistan US missiles killed 18 militants in Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan on Monday, destroying compounds and a vehicle in the deadliest drone strikes for months, officials said. ... more | .. |
 US missile likely kills top Pakistani Al-Qaeda cadre A US drone strike likely killed Pakistan's Al-Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri, in what would deal a major blow to the terror network a month after Osama bin Laden's death, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  India plans to make GPS more accurate with GAGAN The GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GPS and Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN) is a planned implementation of a regional Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) by the Indian governmen ... more |
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NISAR radar view maps surface changes in Mississippi Delta
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  GSAT-12 to be launched in July second week On the heels of the successful launch of its communication satellite GSAT-8, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the next communication satellite GSAT-12 in the sec ... more | .. |
  Russia delivers another batch of naval fighters to India Russia's MiG aircraft maker delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said. "A flight training simulator and other technical equip ... more | .. |
 Rare tiger killed in Nepal A rare wild tiger, nursed back to health by Nepalese vets after being injured, has been killed by poachers, a wildlife official said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Row over British city exporting jobs to India Council chiefs in Britain's second city met with trade unions Friday after plans to outsource computer jobs to India sparked an angry response. ... more |
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  India stands firm on nuclear power Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underlined the country's commitment to nuclear power in tandem with renewable energy sources. ... more | .. |
 Policing stops cheaters from dominating groups of cooperative bacteria For cooperation to persist in the often violently competitive realm of bacteria, cheaters must be kept in line. Two Indiana University Bloomington biologists have learned that in one bacterium, at l ... more | .. |
  Cities affect storms, but downwind areas can get the worst of it Urban areas modify thunderstorms that can eventually get stronger and more violent as they leave the cities and move to downwind areas, according to a Purdue University study. Using 10 years of data ... more | .. |
  Scientist instils new hope of detecting gravitational waves Direct evidence of the existence of gravitational waves is something that has long eluded researchers, however new research has suggested that adding just one of the proposed detectors in Japan, Aus ... more |
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Desert sand mix points to new path for greener concrete
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  Should India Go Suborbital What is happening with India's human spaceflight program? It's hard to be sure. India's space program has experienced mixed results in the past two years, with the success of some missions being ove ... more | .. |
  Dalai Lama formally cedes political role The Dalai Lama has formally relinquished his political powers "in a historic move" but will remain the symbol of Tibetan unity, a spokesman for the spiritual leader said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Lagarde to seek support for IMF bid in China, India, Brazil French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Sunday she plans to visit India and China and some African countries as well as Brazil to drum up support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund. ... more | .. |
 GSAT 8 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit India's advanced communication satellite, GSAT-8, launched on May 21, 2011 has reached Geosynchronous orbit with an orbital period of 23 hours 45 minutes. The satellite's orbit has a perigee of 35,5 ... more |
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Success of GSAT-8 and Future of India's Space Programme India's advanced communication geostationary satellite, GSAT-8, was successfully launched on May 21, 2011. The satellite was put in orbit from French Guiana by the Ariane-V launch vehicle. Indian Sp ... more | .. |
IMF succession: China urges 'democratic' process China said Thursday the new International Monetary Fund chief should be chosen through "democratic consultation", as the developing world stepped up its campaign to end Europe's hold on the job. ... more | .. |
 Innate Immune System Proteins Attack Bacteria by Triggering Bacterial Suicide Mechanisms A group of proteins that act as the body's built-in line of defense against invading bacteria use a molecular trick to induce bacteria to destroy themselves, researchers at the Indiana University Sc ... more | .. |
  Core of the Earth melts and freezes The inner core of the Earth is simultaneously melting and freezing due to circulation of heat in the overlying rocky mantle, according to new research from the University of Leeds, UC San Diego and ... more |
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