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January 19, 2012
EARTH OBSERVATION
Map project accuses Google users of edits
San Francisco (UPI) Jan 17, 2012
The OpenStreetMap project, an open source mapping group competing with Google Maps, say user accounts in India linked to Google have tampered with its data. Accounts attached to a range of Google Internet addresses in India have been maliciously vandalizing OpenStreetMap data, OSM project members said. The allegation comes after an incident in which users behind a Google IP [Interent protocol] address in India were caught using data taken from a Kenyan online business directory called Mo ... read more

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ICE WORLD

Eyeing resources, India, China, Brazil, Japan, other countries want a voice on Arctic Council
With an eye on rapid changes in the resource-rich Arctic, countries like China, India and Brazil, which have no Arctic territories, are nonetheless knocking on the door of the increasingly influenti ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Abound Solar and Solarsis Announce Commissioning of Solar Plant in India
Abound Solar and Solar Integration Systems India Private Limited (Solarsis) has announced the commissioning of a 1MW solar photovoltaic plant in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. The commissionin ... more
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ENERGY TECH

India says continuing to buy oil from Iran
Energy-hungry India said Tuesday it was continuing to buy oil from Iran, despite an intensifying US campaign to smother Tehran's vital oil exports until it abandons its nuclear programme. ... more
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SINO DAILY

Chinese Premier Wen pledges $140m for Nepal
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged more than $140 million to impoverished Nepal Saturday during talks in Kathmandu marking the first visit in a decade by a leader of the world's second-largest economy. ... more
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EPIDEMICS

WHO lauds India's year without polio
With a 'zero-polio' record in the last one year, India Friday carried its fight against the crippling disease to hospitals and health care centres across the country where parents brought their children for vaccination as the World Health Organisation lauded the country's achievement. ... more
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INTERNET SPACE

Google, Facebook fight Indian criminal case
Google and Facebook on Monday fought in the Delhi High Court to quash criminal charges that they are responsible for obscene online content. ... more
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NANO TECH

Graphene quantum dots: The next big small thing
A Rice University laboratory has found a way to turn common carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots, tiny specks of matter with properties expected to prove useful in electronic, optical and biomedi ... more
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Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to deal with China
Denmark hails 'very constructive' meeting with US over Greenland
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SINO DAILY

Tibetan attempts self-immolation in China: rights groups
A Tibetan set himself on fire in southwest China on Saturday and police fired on hundreds of locals, possibly killing one, as they attempted to rescue the burned body from officials, rights groups said. ... more
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SINO DAILY

China's Tibetan Buddhists 'in vicious cycle'
China's Tibetan Buddhists are locked in a "vicious cycle" of radicalisation as an intensifying government crackdown spurs them to increasingly desperate acts of protest, rights groups say. ... more
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FARM NEWS

Honeybee deaths linked to seed insecticide exposure
Honeybee populations have been in serious decline for years, and Purdue University scientists may have identified one of the factors that cause bee deaths around agricultural fields. Analyses ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

India buys MBDA missiles
India will buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European guided weapons manufacturer MBDA for its Mirage 2000 aircraft in a contract worth around $1.2 billion. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Stranded Mars probe to crash into ocean Sunday: Russia
Russia's space agency on Wednesday pinpointed the likely trajectory of its stranded Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, predicting it would crash into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta later this week. ... more
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AEROSPACE

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
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TRADE WARS

India's Infosys warns about IT sector outlook, shares slump
Indian IT giant Infosys on Thursday posted a 33-percent rise in its quarterly profit, but warned of a slowdown and weak client spending due to global uncertainty and the European debt crisis. ... more
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MILPLEX

IAI clinches $1 billion India arms deal
Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a four-year, $1.1 billion deal with India for aircraft, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and intelligence systems, a major boost for the Jewish state's high-tech defense sector in an increasingly export-driven global market. ... more
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Polar bears bulk up despite melting Norwegian Arctic: study
US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters
China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam compounds
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WOOD PILE

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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WHITE OUT

Six die in Indian Kashmir freeze
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. ... more
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SINO DAILY

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
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ABOUT US

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
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

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
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CYBER WARS

US probes alleged India hacking of commission
US authorities have been asked to investigate allegations that hackers India used back-door codes provided by companies to spy on private exchanges by a US commission on China, an official said Tuesday. ... more
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FIRE STORM

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
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WHITE OUT

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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Maersk to take over Panama Canal port operations from HK firm
Britain's Starmer seeks to bolster China ties despite Trump warning
Artist chains up thrashing robot dog to expose AI fears
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SINO DAILY

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
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WHITE OUT

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
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SINO DAILY

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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FLORA AND FAUNA

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
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SPACE TRAVEL

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
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MILTECH

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
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FLOATING STEEL

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
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MISSILE NEWS

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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