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Building booms in S.Lanka president's home townHambantota, Sri Lanka (AFP) Aug 17, 2011 When the 2004 Asian tsunami hit Sri Lanka, the sleepy fishing region of Hambantota was flattened and 3,000 people perished. Now it is riding a massive wave of construction. Hambantota, the home constituency of President Mahinda Rajapakse, is not only emerging as a commercial and logistics hub of Sri Lanka, but is also attracting attention as a new geo-political hotspot in South Asia. "The port in Hambantota will be the catalyst to make Hambantota the new commercial capital of Sri Lanka in the ne ... read more |
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  Nepal reassures China on anti-Beijing activities Nepal renewed its commitment on Wednesday not to allow anti-Chinese activities on its soil as a top-level Chinese delegation announced a $50-million aid package for the impoverished nation. ... more | .. |
  India's Bharti unveils $220 tablet challenger to iPad India's communications giant Bharti Enterprises said Thursday it had launched a $220 tablet computer as a domestic challenger to Apple's iPad. ... more | .. |
  Tecta America Completes Re-Roofing of Indiana Federal Building Tecta America's Blackmore and Buckner branch, located in Indianapolis, and F. J. A. Christiansen, located in Milwaukee, recently completed a 282,000 square-foot re-roofing of the Major General Emmet ... more | .. |
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 Design win for 1MW solar power tower in India SunBorne selects Titan Tracker heliostat design for 1MW pilot solar power tower system in India. SunBorne Energy is developing a 1MW solar power tower system. This R and D project is jointly funded ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka signs $500 million port deal with China Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced it had clinched its largest ever single foreign investment deal by signing a $500-million contract with a Chinese-led consortium to build a new container terminal. ... more | .. |
  Russia set to show off its first stealth fighter Russia was due Tuesday to unveil its first stealth fighter to the public, lifting the curtain on a secret project designed to flood the market with cheaper versions of veteran US jets. ... more | .. |
  Nepali president orders consensus gov't Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav gave the Constituent Assembly until next Sunday to form a government of consensus or the country will go to the polls. ... more |
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  Gulf of Guinea pirates trigger alarm Pirate attacks off the coast of West Africa are increasingly sharply in a region that is becoming a major oil-producing zone and trading hub. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace hands Rainbow Warrior to Bangladesh Environmental campaign group Greenpeace on Tuesday handed over its iconic protest ship Rainbow Warrior II to a Bangladeshi charity which will turn it into a floating hospital. ... more | .. |
 Army surrounds China monastery after monk's death Soldiers and police on Tuesday surrounded a monastery in southwest China where a Tibetan monk set himself on fire and died, sparking fears of a fresh crackdown on the area's large Tibetan population. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka completes elephant count Sri Lanka says it has completed the first nationwide survey of its elephant population, intended to increase protection of the animals and their habitat. ... more |
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 Amazon Indians protest Bolivia road project Hundreds of Amazon Indians protested Monday against a road project cutting through a nature preserve, arguing it shows that President Evo Morales has a double standard on the environment and native rights. ... more | .. |
Tibetans to decide on Dalai Lama role: spiritual leader Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama warned China Saturday it was up to his people to decide on his future role, days after a change at the head of the Tibetan government in exile. ... more | .. |
  India hungry for everyday Internet access India has built a global reputation as a major player in information technology, but lack of Internet access among its own citizens is posing a threat to long-term growth. ... more | .. |
  US urges China, Russia, India action on Syria US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged China, India and Russia to step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to curtail his government's brutal crackdown on protests. ... more |
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Polar bears bulk up despite melting Norwegian Arctic: study
US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters
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Sri Lanka's elephant census begins despite boycott Thousands of workers, soldiers and volunteers fanned out across Sri Lanka on Friday to begin the country's first national elephant survey despite a boycott by some wildlife groups. ... more | .. |
  Record Hindu pilgrimage to Kashmir shrine An annual pilgrimage to a Hindu cave shrine in restive Indian Kashmir came to an end Saturday with more than 600,000 pilgrims - a record number - having made the Himalayan trek, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Hard-liner said to take over al-Shabaab The Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab, increasingly a target for covert U.S. operations, was reported Thursday to have replaced its longtime leader, Ahmad Abdi Godane, with a seasoned military commander who advocates global jihad. ... more | .. |
 China ups security for Panchen Lama's visit Armed police stood guard Thursday outside a Buddhist monastery in northwestern China ahead of an expected visit by the government-appointed Panchen Lama, witnesses and a rights group said. ... more |
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  Kenya's key to South Sudan oil exports The fate of newly independent South Sudan may hinge on a September conference in Kenya to drum up funding to build a $22 billion port and oil terminal on the Indian Ocean coastline. ... more | .. |
 Asia's giants highly exposed to natural disasters - survey The United States and Japan have the highest bills to pay from natural disasters, but Asia's emerging giants - China, India and Indonesia - are proportionately at greater risk from them, a survey said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  India's July car sales plunge most in nearly 3 years Indian car sales slid almost 16 percent in July from a year ago, their biggest drop in nearly three years, as steep borrowing costs kept buyers out of the showrooms, data showed Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  China says hit by 500,000 cyberattacks in 2010 China said Tuesday it was hit by nearly 500,000 cyberattacks last year, about half of which originated from foreign countries including the United States and India. ... more |
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Britain's Starmer seeks to bolster China ties despite Trump warning
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 Tibetan exile leader detained in Nepal A Tibetan exiles leader was detained by Nepal police after holding a news conference to deny allegations of involvement in a case involving false passports, campaigners said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Dalai Lama's political successor to be sworn in Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard scholar, will be sworn in as head of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Monday, replacing the Dalai Lama as the movement's political leader. ... more | .. |
Dalai Lama's political successor sworn in Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard scholar, took office Monday as head of the Tibetan government in exile, vowing to free his homeland from Chinese "colonialism". ... more | .. |
India's oldest rebel group holds peace talks India's oldest rebel group on Friday held their first formal peace talks with the government, laying out proposals for an autonomous ethnic region in northeast Assam state, but within the Indian union. ... more |
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  64 satellites launched by ISRO so far The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has so far launched 64 satellites and of these seven failed, Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. Minister of state in the ministry of personnel, pub ... more | .. |
  Indian trekking hub struggling a year after floods One year after floods devastated an arid part of northwest India popular with foreign trekkers, claiming almost 200 lives, residents say the government has failed to deliver on pledges to help. ... more | .. |
  India plans strategic rail links near China border India plans to build three strategic rail links close to its disputed border with China, according to a government report that highlights the huge challenges of improving infrastructure in the region. ... more | .. |
  India to help Afghanistan in expanding media network India will help Afghanistan to expand the mass media network and build communication infrastructure in the conflict-hit country, it was decided at a meeting of officials of the two countries here Mo ... more |
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