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China to 'resolutely crack down' on Tibetan unrestBeijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 China said Tuesday it would "resolutely crack down" on any attempts to instigate violence in Tibetan-inhabited areas, where authorities have launched a deadly clampdown on protesters. At least two people were killed last month in clashes between police and locals in the southwestern province of Sichuan, which has big populations of ethnic Tibetans, many of whom complain of oppression under Chinese rule. "The Chinese government will resolutely crack down on any attempt to incite violence, disrupt ... read more |
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 Tibet exiles say repression in China at new heights A continuing spate of self-immolations by Tibetans in China are a desperate response to "new levels" of Chinese persecution, the Tibet government-in-exile said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Nepal in mass poultry cull after bird flu found Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Maldives' Nasheed: dissident to president Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected leader of the Maldives, was a former political prisoner who rose from grassroots activism and journalism. ... more | .. |
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 China hit by more Tibetan self-immolations: reports A Tibetan died and two others were seriously hurt when they set themselves on fire in a remote Chinese village in the latest protests against Beijing's rule, an exile group and US-based broadcaster said. ... more | .. |
  China bans airlines from paying EU carbon charges China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States. ... more | .. |
  Suzuki sales slip, downgrades annual forecast Japan's Suzuki Motor said Monday its net profit fell 4.7 percent for the nine months to December and downgraded its annual sales forecast due to the impact of a strong yen and a slump in India. ... more | .. |
  India, Russia, US, China plan anti-carbon tax talks India, Russia, the United States, China and other countries will meet in Moscow this month to decide whether to retaliate against the EU's decision to impose a carbon tax on air travel, a report says. ... 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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 EU climate chief sees 'unpleasant' talks ahead EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard acknowledged Friday that "difficult and unpleasant" negotiations lay ahead with countries like India and China to agree a global framework to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. ... more | .. |
  India's air the worst, says study India has the worst air quality in the world, beating even its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States. ... more | .. |
 South African court throws out Dalai Lama visa challenge A South African court on Friday dismissed a case brought by two opposition parties challenging the government's failure to grant the Dalai Lama a visa last year. ... more | .. |
  Old weapons, new threats fuel India's military build-up India's planned purchase of 126 fighters from France's Dassault marks the latest stage in a huge military procurement cycle that has turned the world's largest democracy into its biggest arms importer. ... more |
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 Indian PM says lack of collective will on climate change Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that "a lack of collective will" was hampering efforts to forge a common global front against the threat of climate change. ... more | .. |
Monk who self-immolated 'called for Dalai Lama return' A senior Tibetan monk who self-immolated last month urged Tibetans to unite and called for the return of the Dalai Lama in a message recorded before his death, advocacy groups said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  France hopes to seal Indian jet fighter deal in nine months France is confident that it can sign and seal a firm $12 billion deal to supply India with 126 Rafale fighter jets "within six to nine months," government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Dassault on tough road to close India fighter deal India's selection of Dassault Aviation as the preferred bidder for a huge fighter jet deal marks just the start of a long and arduous process for the French firm to secure a final contract, analysts say. ... 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 | .. |
India selects France's Dassault for major jet deal India has selected the French firm Dassault over the Eurofighter consortium as the preferred bidder for 126 fighter jets in a major contract estimated to be worth $12 billion (nine billion euros). ... more | .. |
 Brazil minister heads to India to improve defense ties Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim is to travel to India this week for talks on boosting bilateral military cooperation, his office announced. ... more | .. |
 Unwilling to upset China, West holds back on Tibet 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. ... more | .. |
'Trained separatists' behind Tibetan unrest: China China has blamed "trained separatists" for a wave of unrest in Tibetan-inhabited areas last week that left at least two people dead and dozens injured, state press reported Wednesday. ... more |
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  India to plot solar energy hot spots India is planning a "solar atlas," based on the intensity of the sun's radiation, to pinpoint ideal sites for the development of solar power projects. ... more | .. |
 PM should probe ISRO blacklisting order Stung by a government order debarring him and three other reputed space scientists from occupying official posts, former Indian space agency chairman G Madhavan Nair has demanded that Prime Minister ... more | .. |
 BJP slams blacklisting of former ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday slammed the union defence ministry for the blacklisting of ISRO and accused the government of having lost its "grace to govern". "The unsavoury controve ... more | .. |
 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 |
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Targeted northern tree planting could deliver major carbon drawdown for Canada
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
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 |
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