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Two Tibetans die, burning protests top 50: groupsBeijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2012 Two teenagers burned to death in southwest China, taking to over 50 the number of Tibetans who have set themselves alight in protest against Beijing's rule, rights groups said on Tuesday. Lobsang Kalsang, 18, a Buddhist monk, and former monk Damchoek, 17, died in hospital on Monday after setting themselves on fire in Aba town, which has become a flashpoint for such protests by ethnic Tibetans. China's Tibetan-inhabited areas have seen an explosion in the violent form of protest since March 2011, ... read more |
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  Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  India invites Chinese companies to invest India on Monday invited China to invest in its new flagship manufacturing zones as part of a push to broaden commercial links and cut a ballooning trade deficit with its Asian neighbour. ... more | .. |
  India's first Embarer AWAC headed home India has taken delivery of the first of three Embraer 145 airborne early warning and control aircraft from Embraer Defense and Security in Brazil. ... more | .. |
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  'Manageable' oil slick reaches Sri Lanka capital An oil slick from a rusting cargo vessel that sank in bad weather reached the coast of Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday and threatened a beach resort popular with foreign tourists, officials said. ... more | .. |
  India seeks a tighter grip on social media India, with the world's third largest number of Facebook users, is clamping down on social media after recent posting of inflammatory videos on Web sites. ... more | .. |
  India's Reliance Power and China Datang ink deal India's Reliance Power announced on Friday it had signed a deal with China Datang Corp to develop and operate power and energy projects in the energy-hungry South Asian nation and abroad. ... more | .. |
 Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group A Tibetan monk was beaten, tortured and imprisoned after his arrest in an area that has become a flashpoint for a wave of protests against Chinese rule, a press freedom group said on Thursday. ... more |
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Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy
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  Heavy rain, floods kill 26 in Pakistan: officials Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 26 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in northern Pakistan, officials said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Report warns of India nuclear power safety An Indian government auditing agency criticized India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for not being truly autonomous and for its lack of a radiation safety policy. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan Plateau may be older than previously thought The growth of high topography on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan, China, began much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of geologists who looked at mountain ranges alo ... more | .. |
  Indian solar hit by climate financing The United States is using climate finance funds to kill India's solar power industry, says an Indian public interest research and advocacy group. ... more |
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  India's GSAT-10 satellite continues its checkout for the upcoming Arianespace Ariane 5 mission Test deployments of the antenna reflectors on India's GSAT-10 telecommunications satellite have been performed as part of pre-flight preparations for this payload, which is one of two spacecraft on ... more | .. |
  Pakistani bloggers accused of hate videos Doctored videos showing apparent violence against Muslims in Assam that created panic originated on Pakistani blogs, an Indian minister said. ... more | .. |
Afghanistan will not unravel after troop exit: NATO Afghanistan will not unravel into a civil war after the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in two years or return to Taliban rule, a senior NATO diplomat said Monday. ... more | .. |
Tibet exiled 'PM' admits Dalai Lama's shoes hard to fill Tibet's "prime minister in exile" Lobsang Sangay on Monday described his complete surprise when the Dalai Lama last year handed him responsibility for the movement's political future. ... 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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  Indian media slams government over audit reports Indian media on Saturday slammed the embattled government after a damning report by the country's auditor estimated that the exchequer lost billions of dollars by failing to auction valuable coal mining rights. ... more | .. |
  World must brace for higher food prices, experts say With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis. ... more | .. |
  Assamese flee Bangalore over safety fears India's prime minister has called for calm as thousands of people northeastern India but now living in the southern city of Bangalore fear for their safety. ... more | .. |
 India to get coal from Kentucky New Jersey company FJS Energy LLC signed a $7 million deal with India's Abhijeet Group to purchase coal from Kentucky and West Virginia, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced. ... more |
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 Tibetan dies in China after fire protest: exile group A Tibetan monk who set himself on fire this week in a southwestern town that has become a flashpoint for protests against Chinese rule has died, an exile group said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Gold demand down to 2-year low: industry report Global demand for gold has fallen to its lowest level in two years owing to less buying in the main markets of India and China, despite rising demand from central banks, the World Gold Council said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Oracle fined $2 mn for off-books payments in India Software and systems giant Oracle was fined $2 million Thursday to resolve charges that its India subsidiary kept a multi-million dollar off-books slush fund. ... more | .. |
  India to launch Mars mission: PM India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year. ... more |
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GSAT-10 "spreads its wings" in preparation for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 launch India's GSAT-10 telecommunications satellite - which is one of two passengers for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission in September - has been put through its paces during pre-flight preparations ... more | .. |
  Israel's IMI banned from Indian contracts India's government in March banned several foreign defense contractors from bidding on contracts. ... more | .. |
 Two Tibetans set themselves alight in China: group Two ethnic Tibetan men set themselves on fire together in southwest China to protest Beijing's rule, causing clashes between residents and security forces, rights groups said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Asian economies most at risk from natural disasters Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural hazards, according to research published on Wednesday. ... more |
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  Japan's Isuzu plans China, India truck plants: report Japan's Isuzu Motors will spend 30 billion yen ($382 million) to build new factories in China and India to tap rising demand for pickup trucks in the fast-growing markets, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  India's nuclear submarine nears sea trials India's indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine Arihant soon will be setting off on sea trials, the navy said. ... more | .. |
  Nepal PM reconfirms he won't stay in power Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai reconfirmed he will step down immediately after a constitution is agreed to by all parties to be elected to a new Constituent Assembly. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka eyes Mi-17 helicopters Sri Lanka is conducting a feasibility study into the purchase of Mi-17 helicopters from Russia for use by the air force in its commercial venture. ... more |
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