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U.N. Climate Talks End With Deal for New Emissions Treaty

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By John M. Broder - Dec. 11 (News Report) - More than 190 nations agreed to work toward a treaty that would require all countries to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.

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GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By John Vidal - Oct. 19 (News Report) - Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and chemical-use issues Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of "superweeds", according to a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin American food and conservation groups representing millions of people. The so-called miracle crops, which were first sold in the US about 20 years ago and which are now grown in 29 countries on about 1.5bn hectares (3.7bn acres) of land, have been billed as potential solutions to food crises, climate change and soil erosion, but the assessment finds that they have not lived up to their promises. The report claims that hunger has reached "epic proportions" since the technology was developed. Besides this, only two GM "traits" have been developed on any significant scale, despite investments of tens of billions of dollars, and benefits such as drought ...

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Analysis: Pakistan's double-game: treachery or strategy?

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Sep. 28 (News Analysis) - "Turns out they are disloyal, deceptive and a danger to the United States," fumed Republican Representative Ted Poe last week. "We pay them to hate us. Now we pay them to bomb us. Let's not pay them at all." For many in America, Islamabad has been nothing short of perfidious since joining a strategic alliance with Washington 10 years ago: selectively cooperating in the war on extremist violence and taking billions of dollars in aid to do the job, while all the time sheltering and supporting Islamist militant groups that fight NATO troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan has angrily denied the charges, but if its critics are right, what could the explanation be for such duplicity? What strategic agendas might be hidden behind this puzzling statecraft?

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India’s GVK Said to Plan to Hire Banks for $1 Billion Loan

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Business Week - By Katrina Nicholas - Sep. 20 (News Report) - GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd., a builder of airports and utilities controlled by Indian billionaire GV Krishna Reddy, expects to hire banks to help organize a $1 billion loan as early as next week, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The company agreed to pay $1.26 billion earlier this month to acquire coal projects from Australia’s Hancock Prospecting Pty. and will invest at least $6.5 billion over the next eight years to develop the mines.

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India’s Iron Ore Industry Is Called Graft-Ridden

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Vikas Bajaj - Aug. 01 (News) - India’s wave of corruption scandals has hit yet another industry, iron ore mining, implicating companies that include the flagship of one of this nation’s richest men.

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Mumbai: Explosions shake India's financial hub

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jul. 13 (Breaking News) - There have been at least two explosions in Mumbai (Bombay), India's financial capital, local media reported police as saying. No other details, including the cause of the explosions, was available.

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Mumbai Explosions Reportedly Hit Busy Markets

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jul. 13 (News) - Three explosions rocked busy locations in India's financial capital Mumbai late Wednesday, killing at least 8 people and injuring 70 in the city that was the scene of a major terrorist attack nearly three years ago. The Press Trust of India and several news channel reported that India's Home Ministry had called the explosions a terror attack.

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The space shuttle: Into the sunset

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Jul. 03 (Special Report) - If the weather holds and there are no unforeseen complications, then early in the morning on July 8th a woman and three men will ascend the launch tower at Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre, strap themselves into Atlantis, the last operational space shuttle, and, as the engines ignite, wait for the countdown to reach zero. Burning thousands of litres of rocket fuel every second and blasting superheated gas into the water-filled trench beneath the pad, the engines will kick up the vast gouts of steam and smoke that characterise a rocket launch.

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Top Pakistani militant Ilyas Kashmiri reported killed in US drone attack

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Brad Knickerbocker - Jun. 04 (News) - Ilyas Kashmiri, a top Pakistani militant and senior Al Qaeda operative, reportedly has been killed in a US drone strike in the tribal territory of South Waziristan, according to press reports and a statement from the group he headed.

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Dirty Money Enters Neoliberal Game

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

populist.com - By N. Gunasekaran - May. 05 (News Report) - Money laundering is not new to capitalist society. But, in the era of neoliberalism, it spiraled to dizzying heights, robbing nations’ wealth. The neo-liberal structure builds up the unholy nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and corporate executives and this trio creates and enhances the parallel black economy. In Indian politics it has now become an important theme.

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Superbug Gene Found In New Delhi Water

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Maria Cheng - Apr. 07 (News Report) - LONDON — A gene that can turn many types of bacteria into deadly superbugs was found in about a quarter of water samples taken from drinking supplies and puddles on the streets of New Delhi, according to a new study.

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Mass 'scareware' attack hits 1.5M websites, still spreading -

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Michael Winter - Apr. 02 (Special Report) - A massive attack that's trying to scare computer users into visiting a bogus antivirus site has infected more than 1.5 million websites and continues to spread, according to an Internet security firm. Several pages on Apple's iTunes store have been infected. The so-called LizaMoon "SQL injection attack" began Tuesday and is being tracked by Websense. Such attacks redirect users by exploiting programming errors and poorly written code and scripts. eWeek says the attack is "out of control ... with no end in sight." Nearly half the compromised sites are in the United States. Other affected countries include United Kingdom, Kuwait, India, Australia, Turkey, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Taiwan and Chile.

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India's SBI to raise $1 bln through overseas notes in FY12: chairman - Reuters

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Mar. 25 (News) - India's SBI to raise $1 bln through overseas notes in FY12: chairmanReutersNEW DELHI, March 25 (Reuters) - State Bank of India , the country's largest lender, plans to raise at least $1 billion through overseas notes in the fiscal year starting April 1, its chairman said. Deposit rates will remain stable and lending rates are ...Unions of SBI oppose merger proposition of associatesRupee Timesall 3 news articles »

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India tests two nuclear-capable missiles

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Agence France-Presse - Mar. 11 (News) -

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China factory growth pace eases

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 01 (News Report) - Domestic demand has been strong within China The pace of growth among China's manufacturers eased last month but output continued to expand, figures suggest. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said its purchasing managers index fell to 53

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Nationwide terror alert ahead of New Year

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Times of India - Dec. 28 (News Report) - The Centre has sounded a 'general' nation-wide terror alert ahead of the New Year, asking security agencies and state/Union Territories (UTs) police to step up vigilance especially in Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore and different cities in Gujarat, including Ahmedabad. Police have been asked to focus on Bombay Stock Exchange and different properties of the Taj group of hotels in Mumbai, software companies in Bangalore and various tourist hotspots in Goa.

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In India, a struggle for moderation as a young Muslim woman quietly battles extremism

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Emily Wax - Dec. 27 (News) - In Ahmedabad, India, Rubina Sandhi had settled in for a night of homework when panic swept through the narrow, congested alleys of her neighborhood.

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Cohen’s Nonprofit Helps Hospitals Go Green

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Miller-McCune - By Catherine Elton - Dec. 27 (Special Report) - Gary Cohen and his nonprofit, Health Care Without Harm, have persuaded hospitals around the world to close their medical-waste incinerators, dramatically cutting emissions of dioxin and other toxins.

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WikiLeaks cables: India revelations spark political row

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Jason Burke - Dec. 18 (News) - Parties trade accusations over cables about Hindu extremism and Kashmir torture A vicious political row has erupted in India after the publication today of leaked American diplomatic cables about Hindu extremism and human rights abuses. The most explosive revelation has proved to be a cable reporting that Rahul Gandhi – the 40-year-old politician widely predicted to be India's next prime minister – told the US ambassador at a lunch last year that radical Hindu groups in India could pose a bigger threat to the country than Pakistan-based Islamic militants . After a series of terrorist attacks by extremists from both religious communities over recent years, and a history of inter-faith violence, such views are deeply controversial. Both the opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) and the ruling Congress party regularly accuse one another of playing on communal divisions for political aims. Spokesmen for the BJP said Rahul Gandhi, who leads the youth wing of the ...

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Pakistani media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Declan Walsh - Dec. 09 (News Analysis) - An extensive search of the WikiLeaks database by the Guardian by date, name and keyword failed to locate any of the incendiary allegations. It suggests this is the first case of WikiLeaks being exploited for propaganda purposes.

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Global Aging: A gray tsunami is sweeping the planet

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Foreign Policy - By Phillip Longman - Nov. 21 (News Analysis) - Those who predict a coming Asian Century have not come to terms with the region's approaching era of hyper-aging. Japan, whose "lost decade" began just as its labor force started to shrink in the late 1980s, now appears to be not an exception, but a vanguard of Asian demographics. South Korea and Taiwan, with some of the lowest birth rates of any major country, will be losing population within 15 years. ... China, for now, continues to enjoy the economic benefits associated with the early phase of birth-rate decline, when a society has fewer children to support and more available female labor for the workforce. But with its stringent one-child policy and exceptionally low birth rate, China is rapidly evolving into what demographers call a "4-2-1" society, in which one child becomes responsible for supporting two parents and four grandparents.

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Fixes: Clean Water at No Cost? Just Add Carbon Credits

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By TINA ROSENBERG - Nov. 16 (News Report) - The villages of Africa and South Asia are littered with the ghosts of water projects past. …Water systems need to function all day, every day, forever. Now there’s a new way to save water projects from an early death: make clean water a for-profit business, charging people an unusual price: zero.

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Cost of Obama's India trip misreported

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

MediaBugs - By Scott Rosenberg - Nov. 15 (News Analysis) - On November 3, 2010, Eric Bolling, host of the Fox Business cable TV show Follow The Money, asserted that President Obama's trip to India would "cost 200 million dollars per day." A Truthsquad at NewsTrust.net reviewed this statement and concluded that it's false. The original $200 million a day figure came in a report from the Press Trust of India based on an anonymous Indian government source. The Truthsquad "verdict" summary provides numerous other links to support the conclusion that this figure couldn't possibly be accurate.

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Hundreds of Survivors of Bhopal Disaster Protest Obama India Visit

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Nov. 08 (News) - A group of 400 survivors of the Bhopal disaster have been protesting Obama's visit to India. The 1984 Bhopal industrial gas disaster left an estimated 15,000 people dead. The company, Union Carbide, is now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical. Dow has faced calls to clean up the contaminated site, increase compensation for victims, and fund studies to assess damages to the environment and public health. India has also demanded the extradition of former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, who fled India shortly after his arrest in the disaster’s aftermath.

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Big Business & Arms Deals, Not Poverty, Top Obama's Agenda in India

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Nov. 08 (News Report) - President Obama rounded off his three-day visit to India today by addressing a special joint session of both houses of India's Parliament. Accompanied by some 250 business executives, the President's visit to India is part of a ten-day tour of Asia to boost U.S. exports. Meanwhile a number of groups are protesting Obama's visit to India, including some left political parties, survivors of the 1984 deadly Bhopal disaster, and the families of cotton farmers who committed suicide, partly as a result of U.S. agricultural subsidies. [includes rush transcript - partial]

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