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Dalai Lama addresses thousands in Mexico CityMexico City (AFP) Sept 11, 2011 Thousands gathered to listen to the Dalai Lama in Mexico City on Sunday, after China complained over Mexican President Felipe Calderon's meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. "We're all equal, we all want to have a happy life, and we all have rights to be happy," the Dalai Lama told a crowd of some 35,000 people, some carrying banners reading "Mexico loves Tibet." The speech, made during the spiritual leader's third visit to Mexico, was entitled "Finding Happiness in Difficult Times. ... read more |
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 Tutu hopes S.Africa defies China over Dalai Lama Activist Desmond Tutu said South Africa's government will "shoot themselves in the foot" if they deny a visa to the Dalai Lama to please key trade partner China, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Indra Finishes Implementation Of The First Four Radar Stations In India Four out of the nine radar stations which Indra will start up in India to enhance air traffic management are already into service. The Chennai, Bellary, Bhopal and Porbandar radar stations are now e ... more | .. |
  Cybercrime costs $114 billion a year: report Cybercrime claimed 431 million adult victims last year and cost $114 billion, according to a report published Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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Dalai Lama calls for more freedoms for Chinese Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday called on China to allow information to flow more freely and to create an independent judiciary. ... more | .. |
  Indian outsourcers seek revenues from 'smart work' For advertising executive Govind Nair, working in India's outsourcing industry for a California telecoms firm means burning the candle at both ends for his customers. ... more | .. |
  Brazil natives call on Shell to leave ancestral lands Guarani Indians in southern Brazil have called on Shell to withdraw from their ancestral land, where the oil giant produces ethanol from sugar cane, according to a native rights group. ... more | .. |
  Andre makes a PromISSe All the pieces are coming together for the next long mission by a European astronaut. Now it has a name and logo. ESA has revealed the name of Andre Kuipers' mission: PromISSe. ESA called on c ... more |
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  Britain cuts 140 Gurkha jobs in first wave of defence cuts Britain on Thursday informed 140 Nepalese Gurkha troops that they would lose their jobs in a first wave of redundancies forced by defence cuts aimed at curbing a massive deficit. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lankan survey finds 'healthy' elephant numbers Sri Lanka's elephant population remains healthy despite decades of fighting between government and rebel forces, the first survey since the end of the nation's bloody civil war showed Friday. ... more | .. |
 Tutu office 'confident' S.Africa will grant Dalai Lama visa Global activist Desmond Tutu's office said Monday it is confident South Africa will grant a visa to his close friend the Dalai Lama, who was barred entry two years ago over fears of angering China. ... more | .. |
  India postpones latest Agni missile launch India postponed until next week a test-firing of its indigenously built Agni II ballistic nuclear capable missile due to a technical glitch. ... more |
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  Woolly rhino fossil hints at origins of Ice Age giants A 3.6-million-year-old woolly rhinoceros fossil discovered in Tibet indicates that some giant mammoths, sloths and saber-tooth cats may have evolved in highlands before the Ice Age, experts say. ... more | .. |
 China confronted India warship off Vietnam: report A Chinese warship confronted an Indian naval vessel in waters off Vietnam and demanded its identity, the Financial Times said on Thursday, amid regional concern over Beijing's maritime assertiveness. ... more | .. |
 China criticised for jailing Tibetan monks China has jailed three Tibetan monks for between 10 and 13 years for helping a fellow monk to burn himself to death, raising criticism from the United States and rights groups. ... more | .. |
China jails more Tibetan monks, US concerned A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced two more Tibetan monks to jail time over a self-immolation protest at their monastery, as the United States voiced concern and urged Beijing to address grievances. ... more |
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 Rights groups criticise China for jailing monk Rights activists on Tuesday criticised China for jailing a Tibetan lama for 11 years over the death of a young monk who set himself alight, with one calling his prosecution "purely political". ... more | .. |
 Indian MPs get iPad lessons to cut paperwork Indian members of parliament are taking lessons on how to use iPads and other tablet computers after being given a special budget to buy technology that cuts down on paperwork. ... more | .. |
  Emerging powers call for extending climate deal Brazil, South Africa, India and China said Saturday that November's UN climate talks should aim to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding global deal to cut greenhouse gases. ... more | .. |
  India's Mumbai hit by heavy flooding Heavy rainfall left parts of the Indian financial hub Mumbai underwater on Monday, flooding homes, closing schools and badly disrupting train services. ... more |
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China jails Tibetan monk for 11 years: Xinhua A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan lama to 11 years in prison on Monday over the death of a fellow Buddhist monk who set himself alight in March, the state Xinhua news agency reported. ... more | .. |
Tutu urges South Africa to give visa to Dalai Lama: report South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu urged his government on Sunday to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend Tutu's 80th birthday party, after it denied a visa request in 2009. ... more | .. |
  New Report Analyzes Development Paths of Emerging Space Nations and Sustainable Use of Outer Space While the advent of emerging space nations certainly creates opportunities, it also raises new concerns. Balancing these new sets of opportunities and risks requires an understanding of the rational ... more | .. |
  India commissions second stealth frigate India has commissioned the Satpura warship, the second of what it calls "stealth" frigates, in a ceremony in Mumbai, the Business Standard newspaper said. ... more |
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Murder trial for 3 monks over Tibet self-immolation Three monks in a Tibetan region of China will go on trial for murder next week over the death by self-immolation of another monk in March, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Emerging powers press rich world on CO2 cuts Brazil, South Africa, India and China called Friday on industrialized nations to step up their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a key UN climate summit later this year. ... more | .. |
'Happy' Bhutan alarmed by Himalayan climate change Bhutan's prime minister has issued a dire warning about the impact of Himalayan climate change, saying it could wreck the tiny kingdom's ambitious plans to be a world leader in hydropower. ... more | .. |
  AIDS stalks gay and transgender Indians India's success in slashing HIV/AIDS infection rates by 50 percent in the last decade masks a high rate of infection among homosexual and transgender people, experts say. ... more |
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  Outside View: The 'LES' countries The term "BRICs" is a virtual cliche. Brazil, Russia, India and China were lumped together as the globe's "emerging" economic dynamos. Now, if even handedness applies to politics, we should declare the "LES" countries, drawn together by public rebellion against decades of autocratic rule. ... more | .. |
Floods cause misery in Bangladesh Floods in southwest Bangladesh have inundated vast swathes of farmland, affecting nearly a million people, many of whom are stranded on embankments with no food or shelter, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 India outsourcers predict 18% growth India's flagship outsourcing sector is still expected to post 16 to 18 percent export revenue growth, despite fears of a fresh slump in its key US and European markets, an industry body said. ... more | .. |
 Adani's grip on Australian coal for power As part of its $10.4 billion investment in Australia's coal exports to India, Indian energy giant Adani Enterprises Ltd. aims to control each stage, from mine to port, The Australian newspaper reports. ... more |
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