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Outside View: Deus ex machina 3.0Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2012 Last week, three events should have sounded deafening alarms and issued unmistakable warnings about the vulnerabilities facing mankind. And a fourth was further frosting on this rather explosive cake. None did and complacency still reigns. In India in the midst of an especially long, hot summer, power outages deprived more than half a billion people of electricity for an extended period. Halfway around the world in New Jersey, a flawed algorithm in a trading program of a financial servic ... read more |
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  Asia, US plains facing water extraction crisis Heavily-populated regions of Asia, the arid Middle East and parts of the US corn belt are dangerously over-exploiting their underground water supplies, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. ... more | .. |
  India's first nuclear submarine set for trials India on Wednesday said its first home-built nuclear submarine was set for sea trials, as it detailed billion-dollar projects to arm its navy with warships, aircraft and modern weaponry. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan sets himself alight in China: group A Tibetan man in southwest China set himself on fire Monday, the latest in a series of shocking protests against Chinese rule, an overseas human rights group said. ... more | .. |
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 China urges Sri Lanka to release fishermen The Chinese Embassy in Colombo has urged a speedy release of 37 Chinese fishermen arrested for alleged illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters. ... more | .. |
  Gibson Guitar settles US probe of wood imports Guitar-maker Gibson has agreed to pay $350,000 to avoid US prosecution over allegations it illegally imported endangered wood from India and Madagascar, US officials announced Monday. ... more | .. |
  Global fears shackle India's outsourcing job-hoppers The employee turnover rate in India's notoriously job-hopping outsourcing sector has fallen sharply as a weak global economy hits the flagship industry, a study on Monday showed. ... more | .. |
  'Was it worth it?' ask young Maoist fighters in Nepal As youths they were idealistic Maoist soldiers fighting to bring revolution to Nepal but now that their leaders are in power, many say the party has abandoned its faithful. ... more |
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Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy
China prepares offshore test base for reusable liquid rocket launches
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  India floods kill 34, hundreds of pilgrims stranded Flash floods in mountainous northern Indian have killed at least 34 people and left hundreds of Hindu pilgrims stranded, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 One dead, 26 missing after north India floods Flash floods triggered by heavy rains in two mountainous north Indian states have killed one person and left 26 others, mostly power plant workers, missing, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  India's economic growth seen lower as rains play truant India's economic growth could slip to near six percent this year with the country facing the spectre of its third drought in a decade, a top government policymaker says. ... more | .. |
  Somali war linked to brewing oil dispute The military offensive by Kenyan and Ethiopian forces against Islamic al-Shabaab fighters is gearing up for an assault on the Indian Ocean port of Kismayo that's increasingly seen as a key element i ... more |
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  Tecta Solar Completes Solar Photovoltaic Installation at Augustine Casino Tecta Solar, a division of Tecta America Corp., recently completed the installation of a 2,248 kWp solar photovoltaic system in Coachella, California. The ground-mounted project, located on the Augu ... more | .. |
  India clears mission to Mars India's government has cleared plans to put an orbital probe around Mars next year to study the red planet's climate and geology, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  The Indian GSAT-10 satellite is prepared for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 flight of 2012 One of the two satellites for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 flight of 2012 is undergoing checkout in French Guiana, as preparations move forward for a dual-passenger heavy-lift mission, scheduled for ... more | .. |
  India's puny monsoon sparks fears of drought India's monsoon rains that lash the country each summer arrived late and have been feeble this year, leading to hardship for hundreds of millions of farmers like 61-year-old Rameshwar Dayal. ... more |
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NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris
Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon film
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 Cuts in super greenhouse gas stalled by China, India, and Brazil "China, India, and Brazil have again stalled formal negotiations to cut production of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, a fast-action strategy that would provide the biggest, fastest, and cheapest c ... more | .. |
  China can learn from India's blackouts? India's massive blackout this week can offer lessons for China, says a Chinese state-run paper. ... more | .. |
India set to launch Mars mission in 2013 India plans to launch a mission to Mars next year, putting an orbital probe around the red planet to study its climate and geology, top space department officials said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 China accuses US of prejudice on religious issues Beijing refuted Thursday accusations from the United States that it was curbing religious freedoms in its Tibetan regions and urged Washington to cast off its "prejudiced" views of China. ... more |
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Tibetan dies after setting himself alight: rights group A young Tibetan man who set himself alight in June as part of a wave of self-immolations in protest at Chinese rule in Tibet has died from his injuries, an India-based rights group said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  India allows investments from Pakistan India on Wednesday overturned its ban on foreign investment from Pakistan in a move designed to build goodwill amid a renewed push for a peace settlement between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more | .. |
 Exxon Valdez to be dismantled in India The giant tanker Exxon Valdez, involved in one of the world's worst oil spills, can be dismantled at a ship-breaking yard in Gujarat, an Indian court has ruled. ... more | .. |
  Astrium's SPOT 6 ready for launch campaign SPOT 6, the brand new Earth observation satellite built by Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, is now ready for launch. It will be transferred in the coming days from the Astrium Sat ... more |
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Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
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  Germans ease arms sale curbs, eye Mideast German defense contractors are eyeing big arms deals in the Middle East, Africa and India as Berlin moves toward relaxing its long-tight restrictions on arms exports. ... more | .. |
  US hits out at Asian nations over religious freedoms The United States warned the world was sliding backwards on religious freedoms Monday, slamming China for cracking down on Tibetan Buddhists and hitting out at Pakistan and Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka navy urges Australia to deport boatpeople Sri Lankan navy officials have urged Australia to deport the growing number of boatpeople arriving from their country, saying it was the "best way" to deter people smugglers, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Interpol wildlife operation results mark Global Tiger Day Interpol marked Global Tiger Day Sunday by announcing the results of an operation to help save the endangered species that saw 40 arrests and the seizure of big cat skins and other body parts. ... more |
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 India set to replace Avro transporters India has approved a $2.4 billion proposal to buy 56 transport aircraft to replace its fleet of aging Indian-made Hawker Siddeley 748M Avro aircraft. ... more | .. |
 Sri Lanka sets roadmap to probe alleged war crimes Sri Lanka Thursday published a roadmap for investigating allegations that elements of the military were responsible for civilian deaths during its final battle with Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009. ... more | .. |
 India's top court clamps down on tiger tourism India's top court has suspended tourism in core areas of tiger reserves as the country struggles to stem the dwindling numbers of the endangered wild cats, a lawyer said. ... more | .. |
  EU should scrap airline emissions tax: IATA The European Union should scrap a controversial carbon tax on air travel and seek a global solution to the emissions problem, the global aviation industry's chief said on Wednesday. ... more |
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