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Unwilling to upset China, West holds back on TibetBeijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2012 The international community is treading warily on the Tibetan issue, reluctant to antagonise an increasingly powerful China with whom it has growing economic and diplomatic ties, analysts say. Western countries have in the past expressed concern over China's treatment of Tibetans - particularly in 2008 when riots in Tibetan-inhabited areas provoked a huge crackdown - but now they are generally prudent and discreet. A call from Lobsang Sangay, head of the exiled Tibetan government - which is n ... read more |
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 China steps up surveillance of Tibetan monasteries A top official in Tibet's capital has ordered authorities to dispatch police to monasteries and step up security after violent clashes in Tibetan-inhabited areas left at least two dead. ... more | .. |
  Seven die in polling station shootout Police in India's northeastern state of Manipur are blaming Naga rebels for violence during voting in which seven people were killed including a young girl. ... more | .. |
  Bolivians demand controversial highway be built More than 2,000 Amazon Indians on Monday called on Bolivian President Evo Morales to approve the building of a highway through a nature reserve, a project scrapped last year after widespread protests. ... more | .. |
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 Tibetans live in fear as China cracks down on protests Sitting in a teahouse in Chengdu's Tibetan quarter, a nervous young monk spoke of how police arrests of innocent people were adding to the climate of fear in China's Tibetan-inhabited regions. ... more | .. |
  China, India urged to boost safety net to dodge debt trap Emerging giants China and India must invest in pensions and healthcare systems now for their populations if they want to avoid falling into the West's debt trap, experts said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  India mulls using rupee to pay for Iran oil imports India said Monday it may use its own currency, the rupee, to pay for oil imports from Iran in the face of a US-led sanctions campaign aimed at forcing Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
 Another Tibetan shot dead by China police: rights groups Chinese police shot dead another Tibetan protester in the restive Sichuan province, rights groups said Friday, bringing to at least three the number killed in deadly clashes this week. ... more |
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  ISRO mum on Nair's outburst, scientists dismayed The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday declined to comment on the outburst of its former chairman G. Madhavan Nair on the space agency and its current chairman K. Radhakri ... more | .. |
 ISRO: A great institution's fall from grace From humble beginnings of ferrying rocket parts on a bicycle to launching satellites of other countries and landing a craft on the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has occupied a ... more | .. |
 ISRO has gone to dogs, says Madhavan Nair Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G. Madhavan Nair Wednesday described as "improper" the move to blacklist four scientists, including him, from a government job and said the spa ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka denies attack on fishermen Sri Lanka's navy denied allegations by Indian media that its ships attacked Indian fishermen and damaged their boats in the seas off Kachchativu Island. ... more |
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 Graphic details emerge of Tibetan unrest in China A Tibetan-inhabited region of China appeared to be under lockdown Thursday after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded. ... more | .. |
 Tibetans in restive area fiercely independent: experts Tibetans living in China's Ganzi and Aba prefectures - rocked by violent clashes this week - are renowned for their strong sense of identity and political activism, academics and activists said. ... more | .. |
  India fails to meet electricity targets India is likely to miss its electrical power capacity addition target for the five-year plan that ends this year, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Deadly unrest spreads in Tibetan areas of China Police in China shot dead more protesters in Tibetan-inhabited areas as unrest spread, official media and an advocacy group said Wednesday, amid signs of a physical and virtual lockdown on the region. ... more |
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Polar bears bulk up despite melting Norwegian Arctic: study
Major rains drive widespread flooding in southern Mozambique
Airbus and Hisdesat extend deal to market next generation PAZ-2 radar imagery | .. |
  Seven Indian soldiers missing in Kashmir avalanche Seven Indian soldiers were missing after an avalanche engulfed their barracks in Kashmir on Tuesday, an army spokesman said, as rescue operations were launched to find the men. ... more | .. |
  Penn Researchers Help Solve Questions About Ethiopians' High-Altitude Adaptations Over many generations, people living in the high-altitude regions of the Andes or on the Tibetan Plateau have adapted to life in low-oxygen conditions. Living with such a distinct and powerful selec ... more | .. |
China blasts 'overseas secessionists' after Tibetan protest China on Tuesday accused "overseas secessionist groups" of trying to discredit the government after a deadly clash in a Tibetan-inhabited area saw injured locals taking refuge in a monastery. ... more | .. |
 India's foreign minister seeks to halt mining probe India's foreign minister filed a petition in the country's top court on Tuesday seeking to halt a probe filed against him by a state ombudsman in a multi-billion-dollar mining scandal. ... more |
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Police fire on Tibetans in China, one dead: locals Police opened fire on Tibetans protesting against religious repression in China on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 30 others, local monks and rights groups said. ... more | .. |
 Iran paid through Turkey for oil sales to India Iran is being paid for oil sales to India through a Turkish bank, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company said Friday on Mehr news agency. ... more | .. |
  Islamist coup plot foiled in Bangladesh, says army The Bangladesh army said on Thursday that it had foiled a plot by more than a dozen "religiously fanatic" Islamist officers to overthrow the elected government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. ... more | .. |
 Bangladesh coup plot raises fears of army 'Islamisation' A failed plot to oust the Bangladesh government, by what the army described as "religiously fanatic" officers, has raised questions over the level of Islamist penetration in the military, analysts say. ... more |
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Targeted northern tree planting could deliver major carbon drawdown for Canada
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  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 | .. |
  Map project accuses Google users of edits 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. ... more | .. |
  US says Iran feeling heat after Russia criticism The United States said Wednesday that Iran was feeling the heat over its nuclear program after Russia warned that a US drive to cut the Islamic regime's oil exports hurt chances for peace. ... more | .. |
India praises Sri Lanka's reconciliation India's foreign minister urged Sri Lanka to continue reconciliation efforts started at the end of the island nation's brutal 30-year conflict with Tamil separatists. ... more |
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 Seoul summit 'to tackle threat of nuclear terrorism' An international summit to be held in March will discuss ways to prevent nuclear terrorism, Indian officials said on Tuesday, following a preparatory meeting in capital New Delhi. ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  India, China resume border talks in Delhi Indian and Chinese officials on Monday began fresh talks on sensitive border issues after discussions last year were cancelled over a speech in India by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. ... more |
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