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April 09, 2013

Discovery of 1,800-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' for tropical ice cores
Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 09, 2013
Two annually dated ice cores drawn from the tropical Peruvian Andes reveal Earth's tropical climate history in unprecedented detail-year by year, for nearly 1,800 years. Researchers at The Ohio State University retrieved the cores from a Peruvian ice cap in 2003, and then noticed some startling similarities to other ice cores that they had retrieved from Tibet and the Himalayas. Patterns in the chemical composition of certain layers matched up, even though the cores were taken from opposite sides ... read more

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'No worry signal' over Indian monsoon season: report India's monsoon, vital to hundreds of millions of farmers and of crucial importance to the economy, will likely be normal this year, a report said Monday. ... more		Tibet disaster shows China resource divide A landslide that crashed down a Tibetan mountain, entombing scores of mine workers, serves as a parable on China's resources boom and its failure to benefit ethnic minorities, analysts say. ... more		Thugs target Sri Lankan newspaper office Masked men in northern Sri Lanka trashed the office of an opposition Tamil newspaper and beat staff members in the latest attack on journalists. ... more
				Bangladesh embarks on massive Yak deal Bangladesh is planning to buy 24 Russian-made Yak-130 Mitten jet combat trainers from Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport. ... more		India doing excellent in space programmes: Sunita Williams Lauding Indian space agency ISRO, US astronaut Sunita Williams Monday said it was doing an excellent job and wished that more Indian American women follow her and the late Kalpana Chawla into space. ... more

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UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry. ... more		More Tibet landslide bodies recovered: media Recovery crews have found 36 bodies after a huge landslide in Tibet buried more than 80 mine workers three days ago, Chinese state-run media said Monday, but dangerous conditions forced a halt to operations. ... more		Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission China starts large scale production of T1000 carbon fiber		Total of 54 Tibet landslide bodies recovered: state media Chinese rescue crews have recovered a total of 54 bodies in the aftermath of a huge landslide in Tibet that buried more than 80 mine workers, state television reported Tuesday. ... more
				Indian court fines Vedanta $20 mn for polluting India's top court on Tuesday fined British resources giant Vedanta nearly $20 million over pollution from its huge copper smelter, which has just been shut by a new row over a "toxic" gas leak. ... more		California Company Miasole Exports Thin-Film Solar Panels Miasole has exported thin-film solar panels to a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Rajasthan, India, with the support of a $9 million direct loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (E ... more

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Doctors voice alarm at 'non-lethal' weapons in Kashmir Gasping for breath and confined to her bed, Bilqees Khan winces as she recalls the moment a pepper gas grenade exploded by her home during a curfew in Indian Kashmir's summer capital. ... more		Hopes fade in search for survivors of Tibet landslide Hopes were fading Sunday that Chinese search and rescue teams would find survivors, two days after a huge landslide crashed down a Tibetan mountain and buried more than 80 mine workers. ... more		Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land		New system to restore wetlands could reduce massive floods, aid crops Engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new interactive planning tool to create networks of small wetlands in Midwest farmlands, which could help the region prevent massive spring floo ... more
				Hess completes sale of Caspian assets Hess Corp. said it sold its interests in the giant Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli complex in the Caspian Sea. ... more		India: Tejas must be operational by 2014 Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony warned the government's defense businesses to make sure the long-awaited Tejas Light Combat Aircraft is ready no later than 2014. ... more

Fasten seatbelts for bumpier flights: climate study

Hong Kong airbridge collapse rips off plane door

Third F-35B For United Kingdom Makes First Flight

US announces stricter gasoline standards

Japan venture to bring electric tuk-tuks to Asia

China car maker BYD reports profit plunge

Outside View: Ukraine energy independence

GeorgiaEnergyData.org Breaks Down Barriers to Clean Energy

IMF calls for energy subsidy reform

Canada pushes for energy trade with Asia

Norway touts LNG for polluted Baltic

Electron conflict leads to 'bad traffic' on way to superconductivity

	Tibetan envoy says China can end immolations An envoy of the Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Tibetans would likely end a wave of self-immolation protests if China reopened dialogue with the exiled spiritual leader to address grievances. ... more		BRICS: a dynamic group dominated by China As the leaders of BRICS five emerging nations meet in Durban for a summit on Tuesday, economic data shows that the grouping of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa now account for 25 percent of global GDP and 40 percent of the world's population. ... more		BRICS voice concern on violence in Iran, Syria Leaders from emerging powers on Wednesday expressed their opposition to threat of military action against Tehran, amid US and Israeli warnings they will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran. ... more		Italy foreign minister quits over return of marines to India Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Tuesday he was resigning in protest after two Italian marines were ordered to return to India to face murder charges. ... more

Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter

Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components

Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion rates

Indian stars call for dry Holi festival amid drought		SES Increases Reach To 276 Million TV Homes Worldwide		Two Tibetans set selves alight in China: reports		Poachers kill rare rhinos in India's remote northeast		Coral atoll where giant tortoises outnumber man 10,000:1
India prepares for shale gas auction		Bangladesh tornado kills 20, injures 100: officials		Thai students set for mass tablet computer handout		Iran faces oil losses as Asian buyers balk		Italy says will send its marines back to India for trial

India is fourth largest energy consumer

Punjab based GNDSS Hospital commissions Sunpreme Solar Systems

India reviews Italian envoy's immunity

India a market for nuclear power suppliers

India's Nirbhay missile aborted in flight

Google Maps adds view from Mt. Everest

India's solar mission drives manufacturing

Government Mulling Club Of Nations To Promote Exchange Of Solar Technology

Report: India's coal power a killer

Bangladesh still aiming for sub purchases

EU says trade barriers in US, China, elsewhere hinder growth

India aborts testing of new cruise missile: defence body

India PM warns of 'consequences' over Italian marines

India offers $532 million to states hit by drought, floods

It's only natural: Lawrence Livermore helps find link to arsenic-contaminated groundwater

Smartphone satellite "STRaND-1" operational in orbit

Award-winning Tibetan writer denied China passport

China eyes India trade by boosting spending in Nepal

Report raises concern over Europe's land-use footprint

Millions for a mastiff at China Tibetan dog expo

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