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Pressure on major emitters as climate talks go to the wireDurban, South Africa (AFP) Dec 9, 2011 A growing coalition of countries demanding a new pact on greenhouse gases heaped pressure on China, the United States and India to follow suit on the final day of the UN climate talks Friday. With only hours left before the scheduled end of the 12-day marathon and scant signs of any progress, Europe said it had assembled an alliance gathering the vast majority of the world's nations. They supported a "roadmap" leading to an accord, to be negotiated by 2015, that for the first time would bind all ... read more |
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  Spanish botanist searches for prehistoric flora refuges in China Jordi Lopez of the Barcelona Botanical Institute has joined local researchers in a study to locate and define "havens and museums of flora" in China - areas where vegetation resisted the glaciations ... more | .. |
 South Africa, Brazil join climate alliance: EU climate chief Brazil and South Africa have joined calls for a new global climate pact, leaving China, the United States and India still to come on board, Europe said Friday as the UN talks went down to the wire. ... more | .. |
  AirAsia boss bullish on growth, eyes China, India Asia's biggest budget carrier AirAsia said Friday it remained bullish on growth for next year despite fears of a global slowdown and was considering setting up future units in China and India. ... more | .. |
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  Global Carbon Project annual emissions summary The Global Carbon Project (GCP) published its annual analysis in the journal Nature Climate Change, reporting that the impact of the GFC on emissions has been short-lived owing to strong emissions g ... more | .. |
 India flexible on climate talks? India is open to ideas put forth at U.N. climate talks in South Africa but still needs reassurance from the developed world on emissions cuts, the country's climate negotiator said. ... more | .. |
  India uranium sales 'unique': Australia Australia's Defence Minister Stephen Smith said India represented a "unique" case for uranium sales Thursday and denied that lifting its export ban to New Delhi opened the door to countries like Pakistan. ... more | .. |
  EU to cut aid to 19 emerging countries from China to Brazil The European Commission decided on Wednesday to cut aid from 2014 to 19 emerging economies including China, India and Brazil, the EU's development commissioner Andris Piebalgs said. ... more |
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Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to deal with China
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  Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on p ... more | .. |
  India to ban 'offensive' Internet material India on Tuesday vowed to ban offensive material from the Internet after Facebook, Google and other major firms told the government they were unable to screen content before it was posted. ... more | .. |
  US put 'low priority' on first India nuclear test US intelligence agencies put a low priority on predicting India's first nuclear test as it concluded that the step would have minimal strategic impact, declassified documents said Monday. ... more | .. |
  From curses to sacrifices, S.Africa's deadly shark puzzle The beach is a breathtaking site, the Indian Ocean rolling endlessly toward dramatic hills of lush forest sloping down to the powdery sand. ... more |
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  China parades Tibetans accused of separatism: photos Tibetans arrested by Chinese security forces have been paraded with placards around their necks indicating their names and alleged crimes such as "separatism", according to photographs published Saturday by the Free Tibet campaign group. ... more | .. |
  Scientists confirm Himalayan glacial melting Glaciers in the Himalayas have shrunk by as much as a fifth in just 30 years, scientists have claimed in the first authoritative confirmation of the effects of climate change on the region. ... more | .. |
 Australia's ruling party overturns India uranium ban Australia's ruling Labor party voted Sunday to lift a long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India after a passionate debate about nuclear weapons and reactor safety following Japan's quake crisis. ... more | .. |
 India's uranium mines cast a health shadow Gudiya Das whines as flies settle on her face, waiting for her mother to swat them while she lies on a cot in Ichra, one in a cluster of villages around India's only functioning uranium mines. ... 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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 Australia opens uranium exports to India Australia has lifted its ban on exporting uranium to India, despite India not having signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. ... more | .. |
  Seychelles invites China to set up anti-piracy base The Seychelles on Friday invited Beijing to set up a military base on the archipelago to beef up the fight against piracy there, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam said. ... more | .. |
  Poultry cull follows Kathmandu bird flu outbreak Nepalese health workers have culled hundreds of chickens and ducks following the first reported outbreak of bird flu in the capital Kathmandu, a government official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  India's Maoists call for a national strike Maoist rebels in India want a two-day countrywide strike to protest the killing of their leader, Koteshwar Rao, in a gun battle with security forces. ... more |
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  Suzlon revs up wind power Indian wind power giant Suzlon Energy says it aims to sign $1 billion worth of new orders every quarter. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan tops 2010 list for weather impact Pakistan, Guatemala and Colombia topped the league table in 2010 for countries that were worst hit by extreme weather events, according to a "climate risk index" published here on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  India-China meeting off over Dalai Lama: source A meeting between Indian and Chinese diplomats has been cancelled after Beijing objected to a scheduled speech in New Delhi by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Global slowdown set to hit China and India: OECD A slowdown in the global economy is set to hit emerging giants China and India, but also bring a respite from inflation, while Japan is still set for a rebound, the OECD said on Monday. ... more |
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Maersk to take over Panama Canal port operations from HK firm
Britain's Starmer seeks to bolster China ties despite Trump warning
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  Developing economies see no escape from coal Concrete towers rise over the African bush, as the continent's largest coal-fired power station takes shape in a multi-billion-dollar testament to developing nations' love affair with coal. ... more | .. |
  Amnesty urges Brazil to probe Indian chief's killing Amnesty International on Friday called for an independent investigation into the killing of a Guarani Indian chief in Brazil's western state of Mato Grosso do Sul. ... more | .. |
China to offer social security to Tibetan clergy China will start paying pensions to monks and nuns in its Tibetan areas, the official Xinhua news agency said Thursday, after a run of self-immolations by Buddhist clergy protesting religious repression. ... more | .. |
 Brazil offers to resolve land issue for Guarani Indians Brazilian authorities said Thursday they were close to a deal to secure a demarcated territory for Kaiowa Guarani Indians in the western state of Mato Grosso do Sul following last week's killing of a community chief. ... more |
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 Sustainability is a growing science here to stay Sustainability has not only become a science in the past 25 years, but it is one that continues to be fast-growing with widespread international collaboration, broad disciplinary composition and wid ... more | .. |
 NGO releases new pictures of Brazil's isolated Amazon tribe A non-governmental group on Tuesday released new pictures of an Indian tribe living in isolation in the Brazilian Amazon and warned that they are threatened by the return of illegal gold miners on their territory. ... more | .. |
 China: No South China Sea interference China has cautioned against foreign interference in the disputed oil-rich South China Sea. ... more | .. |
India eyes Australia uranium assets - report Energy-hungry India will consider acquiring Australian uranium mining assets if a controversial ban on exports to the nuclear power is lifted, a report said Tuesday. ... more |
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