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Farmland buy-up is a trigger for tensions, say expertsParis (AFP) March 25, 2012 Is it investment? Or a land grab? Within a few years, acquisition of foreign farmland has become an issue with plenty of explosive potential for the environment and security. Priming it is a rush by China, India, South Korea and Gulf petro-economies to snap up land abroad to secure their food supplies. Western countries are following suit in a bid to meet their targets for biofuels. According to a respected monitor called the Land Matrix Project, 203 million hectares (500 million acres) of l ... read more |
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  Swine flu outbreak in India kills 12: govt Twelve people have died from swine flu in India since the beginning of March and nearly 110 others have been infected with the virus, the country's health ministry said. ... more | .. |
  Indian outsourcers 'employ 100,000 in US' India's IT outsourcing sector has nearly doubled the number of jobs it has created in the US in the last five years and now employs more than 100,000 people, an industry group said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Brazil's Rousseff to attend BRICS summit in India Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to travel to India next week for a summit of emerging powers and separate talks with Indian leaders on defense and bilateral trade, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
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  Tibetans call off UN hunger strike protest Three Tibetans who have been on hunger strike outside the UN headquarters for the past month ended their protest Thursday after the UN said investigators would look into events in Tibet, a protest organizer said. ... more | .. |
  Significantly Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India than Previously Estimated A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates- about 20 ... more | .. |
  Study Links Past Changes in Monsoon to Major Shifts in Indian Civilizations A fundamental shift in the Indian monsoon has occurred over the last few millennia, from a steady humid monsoon that favored lush vegetation to extended periods of drought, reports a new study led b ... more | .. |
  One solution to global overfishing found A study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and other groups on more than 40 coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans indicates that "co-m ... 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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 Tibet protest monk dies in detention: campaign group A 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk has died in detention after he set himself on fire in a town in southwest China that has become a flashpoint for such protests, a US-based rights group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Study: Good management can save fisheries One solution to the global problem of overfishing is "co-management" with local communities, conservation groups and governments, a U.S. wildlife group says. ... more | .. |
 Tibet protest monk dies in detention: campaign group A 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk has died in detention after he set himself on fire in a town in southwest China that has become a flashpoint for such protests, a US-based rights group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Israeli defense sector told to 'clean up' Two weeks after India banned one of Israel's top defense companies amid bribery allegations, Israeli defense contractors have been ordered to observe a "compliance program" to eradicate corruption in defense deals. ... more |
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  Indian nuclear power plant gets go-ahead India has given the green light to the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. ... more | .. |
  India cannot achieve China-like growth without reforms Without new and sustained governmental reforms, India will not realize its economic growth goals or potential, according to a new policy report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Poli ... more | .. |
Nearly 200 arrested in India nuclear protest Police in a southern Indian state said Tuesday they had arrested nearly 200 activists who were protesting the start of work at a long-stalled nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
  India's Mars mission gets Rs.125 crore India's mission to Mars got Rs.125 crore (over $24 million) in the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in parliament Friday. The allocation was a part of the total plan outla ... 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 | .. |
  US expert advocates destruction of Lashkar-e-Taiba Describing Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as the most dangerous terrorist group operating in South Asia after Al Qaeda, a US expert has advocated its destruction by the US with or without Paki ... more | .. |
India world's largest recipient of arms; Pakistan third India is the world's largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are tied in third place, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in a stud ... more | .. |
 Tibetan immolation prompts big gathering: groups A Tibetan father-of-three set himself on fire in China, prompting a large gathering of monks and lay people, rights groups said, as tensions in Tibetan-inhabited areas show no signs of abating. ... more | .. |
 Australian ambassador to seek to travel to Tibet: FM Australia's ambassador in Beijing will ask authorities to allow her to travel to Tibet to observe the situation following a spate of self-immolations, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Monday. ... more |
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India to start work on stalled nuclear plant The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the green light for work to start on a massive nuclear power station stalled for months amid protests over safety concerns, a report said. ... more | .. |
  Arjun tanks to get automatic video tracker India's main battle tank, the Arjun, will be fitted with an Indian-made automatic video tracker for locking onto targets until they are destroyed. ... more | .. |
 India hikes defence spending by 17 percent India on Friday boosted military spending by 17 percent to $40 billion for the coming year as it seeks to counter China's rapid military build-up and its traditional rival Pakistan. ... more | .. |
  Scientists detect seismic signals from tornado An Indiana University geophysical experiment detected unusual seismic signals associated with tornadoes that struck regions across the Midwest last week - information that may have value for meteoro ... more |
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US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters
Targeted northern tree planting could deliver major carbon drawdown for Canada
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 Eurocopter India on roll Eurocopter reports its subsidiary in South Asia, Eurocopter India, accounted for 65 percent of new aircraft deliveries in India in 2011. ... more | .. |
  Groups lists 'enemies of the Internet' Reporters Without Borders says it has added Bahrain and Belarus to 10 other nations on its annual list of "enemies of the Internet." ... more | .. |
  UN leader backs NATO over Libya air strikes UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday threw his weight behind a UN report which said NATO did not deliberately target civilians during its air strikes in Libya last year. ... more | .. |
 Fresh turmoil in China's Tibetan areas after 2008 unrest Armed police in full riot gear stand guard along the main street in Aba, a small Chinese town where a young monk burned himself to death last March, setting off a series of self-immolations. ... more |
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 Carter asks Nepal leaders to compromise for peace Former US president Jimmy Carter called Wednesday for compromises among Nepal's rival political factions to set the country on the road to peace, six years after the end of civil war. ... more | .. |
Mauritius, Seychelles to jointly manage Indian Ocean shelf Mauritius and the Seychelles on Tuesday signed a pact to jointly manage a continental shelf in the Indian Ocean spanning 396,000 square kilometres in what was described as a pathbreaking accord. ... more | .. |
  India's spy satellite to be launched in April A wholly Indian-built spy/surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - that can see through clouds and fog and has very high- resolution imaging is slated for launch in April, a seni ... more | .. |
 India's military purchases: Only the best should do The US has reiterated a 2005 offer to share hi-tech in defence with India, although this time it appears to be more meaningful and realistic of India's futuristic requirements. For instance, t ... more |
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