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Six die in Indian Kashmir freezeSrinagar, India (AFP) Jan 11, 2012 Six people have died during a cold snap in Indian Kashmir, including a pregnant woman who was unable to reach hospital after heavy snowfall blocked local roads, officials said Wednesday. Snow and freezing temperatures have severed road links, downed electricity and telephone lines, and led to widespread power cuts and water shortages in the restive region of more than 10 million people. Police said a total of six people had perished in the weather, the coldest in the past two decades according t ... read more |
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  Outrage over Indian islands 'human zoo' video Rights campaigners and politicians Wednesday condemned a video showing women from a protected and primitive tribe dancing for tourists reportedly in exchange for food on India's Andaman Islands. ... more | .. |
  China warns US not to interfere after self-immolations China on Wednesday warned the United States against interfering in its domestic affairs after Washington expressed "serious concern" over a spate of self-immolations by Tibetan monks. ... more | .. |
  Brazil says no evidence loggers burned indigenous girl Authorities said Tuesday they found no evidence to substantiate charges that an indigenous girl was burned alive after loggers invaded the territory of her isolated tribe in Brazil's north. ... more | .. |
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  Skyscrapers have 'unhealthy' link to financial crises: bank The construction of enormous skyscrapers has an "unhealthy" link with looming financial crises and investors should therefore keep a close eye on China and India, Barclays Capital said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  India protests EU airline emissions tax The European Union should immediately withdraw the carbon tax it began imposing on airlines beginning with the new year, India's environment minister said. ... more | .. |
  Suspected arson attacks in Chile as firemen buried The home of a Mapuche Indian leader in Chile was destroyed in a suspicious blaze Sunday in an area ravaged by forest fires, which officials say may have been caused by radical indigenous activists. ... more | .. |
 Heavy snow in Kashmir closes highway, strands travellers Heavy snowfall over the past two days has closed down Indian-administered Kashmir's main highway, stranding hundreds of travellers, officials said Sunday. ... more |
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Tibetan dies after setting himself on fire: Xinhua A Tibetan died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwest China, state media said Sunday, taking the total number of such acts in the restive region to 14 in less than a year. ... more | .. |
Kashmir leader opts to shiver with the masses The chief minister of Indian Kashmir has ordered power to be cut to VIPs in the region after blackouts left locals shivering amid snow storms and sub-zero temperatures, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Indian man recalls leopard attack caught on camera An Indian labourer who had his scalp ripped off by a rampaging leopard over the weekend has spoken of his horrific ordeal, saying he was trying to save the cat when it turned on him. ... more | .. |
Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: Xinhua A Tibetan monk died after self-immolating in China, state media said Monday, taking to 15 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas in less than a year in apparent protest. ... more |
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  Reality Check for Indian Astronauts India's decision to stretch out its plans for an indigenous astronaut launch to 2020 or beyond will probably disappoint some. It's a long way in the future, but the decision is an unavoidable realit ... more | .. |
  India completes more air refueling trials India's air force has completed more trials of an EADS Airbus 330 and an Ilyushin 78 air-to-air refueling aircraft as part of its latest attempt to purchase six planes, likely for around $2 billion. ... more | .. |
  India rejoins the nuclear submarine league India officially rejoined the nuclear submarine operators' club when the Russian manufacturers handed over to an Indian crew the Nerpa, in Russia's far east. ... more | .. |
  India clears $1.2 bn missile deal with European firm India has cleared a $1.2 billion deal to buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European firm MBDA as it undergoes a major programme to modernise its military, defence ministry officials said Thursday. ... 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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 Wild elephant kills three in Nepal A wild elephant rampaged through a village in southeastern Nepal on Thursday trampling three people to death, police said. ... more | .. |
  Bollywood looks east to tap Chinese market India's Bollywood film industry is eyeing its Asian rival China as a potential market, after a successful run of "3 Idiots", the coming-of-age comedy starring Aamir Khan. ... more | .. |
 India lags China in research, complains PM India's prime minister on Tuesday said the country was not spending enough on scientific research, meaning it lagged badly behind regional rival China. ... more | .. |
  China plans Tibetan plateau exploration China says it will send researchers to a large stretch of uninhabited land on the Tibetan plateau to study a range of issues in the so-called no man's land. ... more |
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 Indians caught in China trade row freed: India FM India's foreign minister said on Wednesday that two traders who claimed they were abused and detained during a business dispute in China had been freed and were travelling to Shanghai. ... more | .. |
India army offers 'glacier toilet' in hi-tech sell-off Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing "bio-digester" toilet made by India's top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan, India swap lists of nuclear sites Pakistan and India on Sunday exchanged lists of their nuclear sites under an accord which prohibits both sides from attacking these locations, the foreign ministry in Islamabad said. ... more | .. |
  India repairs damage after cyclone kills 42 Relief operations were under way in south India on Sunday as residents struggled to repair damaged homes and property after a cyclone that claimed 42 lives. ... more |
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India urges traders not to do business in Chinese city The Indian embassy in Beijing on Tuesday urged its nationals not to do business in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu after reports that two Indians there were "mistreated" over allegedly unpaid bills. ... more | .. |
  Nigerians held in India over 'phishing' scam: police Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said. ... more | .. |
  1.4 million orders for world's cheapest tablet in India The world's cheapest tablet computer has clocked 1.4 million bookings since it was put up for sale online two weeks ago in India, a spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Bajaj launches India's latest ultra-low-cost car Bajaj Auto unveiled India's latest ultra-low-cost car on Tuesday, a 200cc four-seater that looks set to compete with the Tata Nano for the title of the world's cheapest auto. ... more |
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  India unveils statue of cosmonaut Gagarin A statue of the world's first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was unveiled Friday in Mumbai on the grounds of the Nehru Science Center, center officials said. ... more | .. |
 42 people die in south India cyclone: report At least 42 people including a French national were killed when a cyclone hit southern India, reports said on Saturday as engineers rushed to restore power supplies knocked out by the gale. ... more | .. |
 Spammers propel India to junk-mail top spot India has emerged as the world's top source of junk mail as spammers make use of lax laws and absent enforcement to turn the country into a centre of unsolicited email. ... more | .. |
India's PM worried by budget deficit India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday in his New Year's message to the nation that controlling the government's budget deficit was a priority for 2012 to avert another crisis. ... more |
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