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Bangladesh signs deal for first nuclear plantsDhaka (AFP) Nov 2, 2011 Bangladesh on Wednesday signed an agreement for Russia to build the first two nuclear power plants in the energy-starved South Asian nation, an official told AFP. The two 1,000 megawatt plants - set to cost between $1.5 and $2 billion each - are expected to generate power by 2018 and help ease chronic power shortages that have hit industry hard. "The Russian Federation will fund construction of the plants, supply fuel for the plants for their lifetime, take back spent fuel, and provide trainin ... read more |
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  India grapples with coal shortfalls Amid a growing population and robust economy, India is finding it increasingly difficult to boost its coal supply. ... more | .. |
  Wildfire threatens Reunion Island national park French authorities sent reinforcements Monday to battle a wildfire raging through the national park of Reunion Island, a unique ecosystem designated a World Heritage Site. ... more | .. |
  Bangladesh to set up dolphin sanctuaries Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said Monday, in a bid to protect the country's population of endangered freshwater cetaceans. ... more | .. |
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  Altitude sickness worst in northern India A region of northern India has been called the world's worst place for altitude sickness, and scientists say nobody knows exactly why. ... more | .. |
  India's Wipro positive despite global uncertainty Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro on Monday projected a positive outlook for the industry, despite gathering clouds over the global economy, as it announced a rise in quarterly profits. ... more | .. |
  Japan, India to accelerate joint rare earth development The foreign ministers of Japan and India agreed Saturday at a meeting in Tokyo to accelerate joint development of rare earth mineral deposits in the South Asian country. ... more | .. |
  Indian aerobatics team to get Hawks India's national Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team will be flying Hawks although the switch to the new planes may not be occur until 2016, a report in the Business Standard said. ... more |
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Denmark hails 'very constructive' meeting with US over Greenland
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  Pro-Tibetan protester, Chinese clash in Austria A pro-Tibetan protester was jostled by pro-China demonstrators who tried to snatch her Tibetan flag Monday during Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Austria, witnesses said. ... more | .. |
India to open rival bids for $12 bn fighter deal India's Defence Ministry has invited the two rivals for a $12 billion jet fighter contract - France's Dassault and the European Eurofighter consortium - to unveil their bids next week. ... more | .. |
 Government building bombed in Tibet: campaigners A bomb blast has ripped through a government building in Tibet, causing damage but no injuries, a leading campaign group told AFP on Thursday, citing two sources. ... more | .. |
  The healthy diners saving Nepal's vultures Nepal's vultures - decimated by medicine fed to the livestock they call dinner - are making a comeback thanks to their own chain of healthy-eating restaurants. ... more |
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 How plants sense low oxygen levels to survive flooding As countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and parts of the United States and United Kingdom have fallen victim to catastrophic flooding in recent years, tolerance of crops to partial or com ... more | .. |
Another Tibetan monk set himself a light in China A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire Tuesday in protest at China's rule of the Himalayan region, rights groups said, the tenth similar incident to occur in the nation's southwest this year. ... more | .. |
  Purdue leads national earthquake program blanketing Indiana with seismic stations Seismic equipment is being installed throughout Indiana as part of a national program to better understand how and why earthquakes and volcanic events occur, and Purdue University professors and stu ... more | .. |
 ElBaradei sees growth in nuclear power Former UN nuclear monitor and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei expects growth in nuclear energy - particularly in emerging economies - despite the Fukushima disaster caused by Japan's March tsunami. ... 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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  Maoist rebels kill six Indian policemen Maoist rebels in eastern India killed six policemen and injured at least three others during a daylight ambush on a motorcycle team. ... more | .. |
  Nepal scientists to 'poo-print' tigers Scientists in Nepal are to build up the world's first national DNA database of the endangered Bengal tiger by collecting and recording a unique genetic fingerprint from each adult's faeces. ... more | .. |
  India PM concedes 'problems' in China relations Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has conceded that there are "problems" with New Delhi's ties with China but overall he believes "relations are quite good." ... more | .. |
 Pakistan seeks seat in hotly contested Security Council vote UN Security Council elections on Friday could put nuclear rivals Pakistan and India at the center of the global guardian of peace. ... more |
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 US says raising Tibet concerns with China The United States said Wednesday it has raised concerns about human rights in Tibet with China as it renewed its call on Beijing to address its policies amid a wave of self-immolations by monks. ... more | .. |
Immolations spark fear in China's Tibetan Buddhists A Tibetan lama in southwest China dodges questions about a wave of self-immolations in the region, saying his monks are forbidden even to speak about the protests against religious repression. ... more | .. |
  Google Earth typhoid maps reveal secrets of disease outbreaks In the mid-nineteenth century, John Snow mapped cases of cholera in Soho, London, and traced the source of the outbreak to a contaminated water pump. Now, in a twenty-first century equivalent, scien ... more | .. |
  Metro belatedly opens in India's IT hub Bangalore The first metro in India's IT hub of Bangalore rolls into service Thursday, a long-delayed and over-budget project to help the city's army of commuting software engineers and call centre staff. ... more |
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Britain's Starmer seeks to bolster China ties despite Trump warning
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 China blames 'Dalai group' for Tibet unrest Beijing on Wednesday called a spate of self-immolations by Tibetan monks "terrorism in disguise" encouraged by the Dalai Lama, who led "solidarity" prayers in India for the protestors. ... more | .. |
 Obama national security aide to visit China, India President Barack Obama's national security advisor will visit China and India this week to advance US interests ahead of the East Asian Summit in November, the White House announced Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Tibetan nun self-immolates in China: rights groups A Buddhist nun has died after setting herself on fire in southwest China, becoming the first woman and the ninth Tibetan in the area to self-immolate to protest perceived repression, rights groups said. ... more | .. |
  Bolivian native protest march nears La Paz Hundreds of Bolivian Indians are winding up a weeks-long march against government plans to destroy part of an Amazon nature refuge to build a highway, and now are just one day's walk from La Paz, the group's leaders said Tuesday. ... more |
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 ORBCOMM Announces Launch of AIS-Enabled Satellite ORBCOMM has announced the successful launch of VesselSat1, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselS ... more | .. |
 China heats up stance on South China Sea China is signaling that agreed-upon energy projects between India and Vietnam in the disputed South China Sea ought to be scraped. ... more | .. |
 India denies nod to $31 billion hill station project India's environment ministry has refused to clear the first phase of construction of a $31-billion "planned city" in the newest development row to flare in the fast-expanding economy. ... more | .. |
 Iraq talks investment with India delegation Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani on Sunday called on a visiting Indian delegation to make much-needed investments in Iraq's energy, industry and housing sectors. ... more |
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