
Wave of child deaths in Pakistan desert
Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock diseases have combined to worsen malnutrition. ... more
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TAPI to get project developer by early 2015
Project leaders in New Delhi confirmed Friday parties to a multilateral gas pipeline from Turkmenistan will work to find a project operator by February. ... more
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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: official data
South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submerged
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Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotic shaped seed
Under cover of darkness in the steamy jungles of the Seychelles thieves creep out to harvest the sizeable and valuable nuts of the famous coco de mer palm, but their activities are threatening its long-term survival. ... more
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Tibetan mega-dam begins operation: China media
China has begun generating electricity from Tibet's biggest ever hydropower project, state-run media reported, the latest dam development on Himalayan rivers that has prompted concern in neighbouring India. ... more
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Airbus building periscope maintenance plant in India
A facility for the maintenance and repair of Indian Navy submarine periscopes is being built in India by Airbus Defense and Space's Optronics business unit. ... more
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SMS alerts cut deaths from elephants in rural India
Geetha Thomas owes her life to a text message. The 38-year-old tea plantation worker was able to scramble onto the roof of her home in southern India as a herd of elephants rampaged through her village thanks to an alert on her mobile phone. ... more
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Out of India
Working at the edge of a coal mine in India, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have filled in a major gap in science's understanding of the evolution of a group of animals that incl ... more
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