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Dalai Lama says China to have no say on successorDharamshala, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2011 Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday said he will decide when he is "about 90" whether he should be reincarnated and added firmly that China should have no say in the matter. The Dalai Lama made the statement in a 4,200-word document issued after a gathering of leaders of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamshala. "When I am about 90, I will consult the high lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, the Tibetan public, and other concerned ... read more |
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  EU urges more aggressive action on pirates European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to step up the fight against increasingly daring and well-armed pirates. ... more | .. |
  India shrugs off China warnings on oil exploration Shrugging off Chinese warnings, India's state-run oil firm ONGC said on Friday it would press ahead with long-term partner Vietnam in exploring the disputed South China Sea for oil. ... more | .. |
  Solar Frontier Surpasses 30MW of Projects in India Solar Frontier has announced that it has closed deals to supply CIS solar modules to projects in India under National Solar Mission and Gujarat State program, totaling more than 30MW to be installed ... more | .. |
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  Saab pushes defense systems marketing Wipro Ltd. of India and Sweden's Saab have teamed for the manufacture, delivery and marketing of Saab's Land Electronic Defense Systems in India. ... more | .. |
  Himalayan villagers tell of quake chaos, 110 dead Military helicopters on Thursday reached remote villages in northeast India cut off for four days by a strong earthquake which killed at least 110 people across four countries. ... more | .. |
  Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal Industries to merge Japan's biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel and third-ranked rival Sumitomo Metal Industries on Thursday announced a merger that will create the world's second-largest steel firm. ... more | .. |
Himalayan quake toll crosses 100 The death toll from the weekend earthquake in the Himalayas crossed 100 Wednesday as rescue workers struggled to reach remote villages and helicopters airlifted the injured and stranded. ... more |
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  18 hydro workers killed in Himalaya quake: company A company building a hydroelectric plant in north-east India said Wednesday that 18 of its employees were killed in separate incidents in the weekend's deadly Himalayan earthquake. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan expedition ends with prehistoric find Yang Wang is known for conducting complex research using highly sophisticated equipment. Yet the Florida State University geochemist also has spent days hiking through the remote outback of Tibet an ... more | .. |
 Nepal capital tops quake risk list: experts With rescue work still under way in Nepal after Sunday's deadly earthquake in the Himalayas, scientists have warned that the capital Kathmandu is a high-risk city unprepared for the next "Big One". ... more | .. |
  India orders cull to tackle bird flu outbreak India has ordered the immediate culling of chickens in an eastern part of the country in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu. ... more |
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  Despite Fukushima, India bullish on nuclear Nuclear energy remains vital for developing countries even after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, India's atomic energy chief told the UN atomic agency's annual gathering on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Bangladesh PM confident of river deal with India Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina voiced confidence Tuesday at reaching a water-sharing agreement with India after a summit failed to clinch a deal seen as vital to her nation's farmers. ... more | .. |
 Himalayan quake rescuers blast route to epicentre Rescue teams blasted their way through rockfalls Tuesday as they closed in on the remote epicentre of a Himalayan earthquake that killed 83 people in India, Nepal and Tibet. ... more | .. |
Sikkim: Himalayan paradise at quake epicentre Nestling in the Himalayas between Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan, Sikkim is a region of mountain myths, Buddhist monasteries and scattered communities far outside the mainstream of Indian life. ... more |
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  China, India buy up Australian coal field Energy-hungry India and China have snapped up almost all of Australia's next big coal field, the northern Galilee basin, three years before production even begins, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
India acquires Australian coal assets Indian conglomerate GVK Group said it will pay $1.26 billion to buy a majority stake in three coal mines and a port and rail project from Australia's Hancock Group. ... more | .. |
ADB approves $80m loan for Kathmandu water supply The Asian Development Bank said Monday it had approved an $80 million soft loan to Nepal to improve the chronically poor water supply for nearly three million people in the Kathmandu valley. ... more | .. |
  Goalposts and blankets comfort quake survivors A patchy sheet of tarpaulin slung over some football goalposts to keep out the rain was hardly Amrita Laqandri's idea of home for her family - but at least it felt safe. ... more |
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Quake hits vast Himalayan region killing 63 Rescue teams battled mudslides and torrential rains Monday to reach victims of a strong earthquake that rocked a remote Himalayan region, killing 63 people in India, Nepal and Tibet. ... more | .. |
At least 19 killed as 6.9 quake rocks India, Nepal A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern India on Sunday, killing at least 19 people, including three caught in a wall collapse at the British embassy in neighbouring Nepal. ... more | .. |
 India wants new tests before French reactors order India wants new test results in light of the Fukushima disaster before finalising a multi-billion-euro order for new reactors with French nuclear energy giant Areva, France's Energy Minister Eric Besson said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Mozambique detains Americans and Briton on piracy mission Mozambique's police briefly detained four Americans and a Briton who claimed to be on a rescue mission of a pirated ship in the Indian ocean, a spokesman said Saturday. ... more |
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 Brazilian officials sit out Dalai Lama visit The Dalai Lama brought his message of global tolerance to Sao Paulo Friday, but no Brazilian officials attended the meetings by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, whose trips are closely watched by China, Brazil's top trading partner. ... more | .. |
  Google says India Internet users to triple: report Google expects India's Internet users to triple by 2014 as telecom carriers invest in high-speed wireless infrastructure and smartphones become cheaper, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 China warns on South China Sea oil China warned India and other countries about oil exploration projects in the disputed South China Sea and its islands, claiming its "indisputable sovereignty" over the area. ... more | .. |
 26 die in Indian floods, 200,000 evacuated At least 26 people have died and nearly 200,000 have been evacuated as a result of massive flooding in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, a minister said on Thursday. ... more |
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  Graphene may open the gate to future terahertz technologies Researchers from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana have harnessed another one of graphene's remarkable properties to better control a relatively untamed portion of the electromagnetic spectrum ... more | .. |
 S.Africa mulling Dalai Lama visa: foreign minister South Africa is considering a visa request from the Dalai Lama, the government said Tuesday, two years after refusing entry to the Tibetan exiled spiritual leader over fears of angering China. ... more | .. |
Death toll from Mexico oil rig rises to three A Bangladeshi has become the third to die from a group of workers who fled a Mexican oil rig ahead of a Caribbean tropical storm and were rescued by the navy, according to the oil firm. ... more | .. |
  Top Scientists Head To Perth For Talkabout SKA Top astronomers and engineers from nine countries will meet in Perth this week to plan for pre-construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) at The Path to SKA-low workshop. Hosted by the I ... more |
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