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 Hyderabad, India (AFP) Nov 5, 2012 Torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have killed at least 22 people and displaced tens of thousands of villagers over the past week, an official said Monday. Downpours triggered by a cyclone that hit the coast last Wednesday near Chennai left hundreds of villages inundated and 60,000 people in relief camps, Karikal Valaven, a government officer overseeing emergency operations, said. "At least 22 people have died and thousands have lost their houses. The rains have dama ... read more |
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  Russia and China to drive the world oil market The global oil market is moving east, says a recent report by The Wall Street Journal Europe. The oil that Russia exports to China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, the USA and ... more | |
  India's Wipro profits up 24%, beats forecast Wipro, India's third-largest outsourcing firm, reported Friday quarterly net profit jumped by a surprise 24 percent on stronger demand as clients sought to pare costs in a weak global economy. ... more | |
  Bangladesh city suffers loss of greenery Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, once a city of lush forests and grass fields, has suffered drastic environmental changes due to rapid urbanization, experts say. ... more | |
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 Evacuees return home after Indian cyclone Thousands of residents in southeast India headed back home on Friday, two days after being evacuated as a cyclone struck killing 10 people, with two members of a tanker crew still missing. ... more | |
  UN rights chief urges China to address Tibetan grievances UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday called on China to address the many grievances in Tibetan areas that have led to a growing number of desperate protests, including self immolations. ... more | |
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World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say
US monster storm kills 30
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 Seven Tibetan self-immolations hit China in a week Two Tibetan cousins set themselves on fire in northwest China to protest against Beijing's hardline rule, taking the total number of self-immolations last week to seven, a London-based rights group said. ... more | |
  IAEA team tours India nuclear plant after radiation leak A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection Monday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in separate leaks earlier this year. ... more | |
  Global headwinds trouble India's Suzlon Wind energy giant Suzlon, once a star of India's green technology, is facing a stormy future after aggressive expansion left it mired in debt at a tricky time for the industry, analysts say. ... more | |
  Brazil's Indians appeal for help to stop eviction The Guarani-Kaiowa Indians of central Brazil are desperately urging authorities to demarcate their ancestral lands to stop plans to evict them in a dispute with wealthy white ranchers, a Catholic Church group said Thursday. ... more |
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  S. Korea readies third bid to join global space club South Korea hopes to launch a satellite into space on Friday in its third attempt to join an elite club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India. ... more | |
China offers rewards to expose Tibetan immolations Chinese police said Thursday they were offering up to $16,000 as a reward for information on the "black hands" behind a string of self-immolations in a Tibetan-inhabited region. ... more | |
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Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
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  40 whales die in mass stranding on Indian island About 40 whales died in a mass stranding on the west coast of India's remote North Andaman island in the Bay of Bengal, wildlife officials said on Thursday. ... more | |
  50 years after war, China and India are partners: Beijing Beijing stressed Wednesday that India and China were "partners instead of rivals" with common interests in development, striking a conciliatory note on the 50th anniversary of a war between the neighbours. ... more | |
 China blames Dalai Lama for self-immolations Beijing blamed exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for inciting a spate of self-immolations in China's Tibetan-inhabited regions. ... more | |
  Rapid changes in the Earth's core: The magnetic field and gravity from a satellite perspective Annual to decadal changes in the earth's magnetic field in a region that stretches from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean have a close relationship with variations of gravity in this area. From this ... more |
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