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August 2011

• Abu Dhabi to host counter-terror conference

• Nigeria launches new anti-malaria drug

• US vice president to visit China, Japan

• Medvedev sees potential for further cooperation with US

• UAE, Victoria discuss bilateral ties

• China, Russia discuss military cooperation

• Ind engineers recalled to re-start Ghana's $300,000 project

• Russia likely to join WTO by year-end

• Indian diaspora in Netherlands to hold first annual meet

• UN chief to travel to quake-hit Japan

• India to focus on UN peacekeeping during presidency

• PayPal to launch business in Russia

• Bugs made world's biggest oil slick disappear fast

• No licence to any Indian channel: Pakistani minister

• China to have iron ore index

• China to modernise military: Defence minister

• Scientists work on generating energy from heat

• Japan urges end of nuclear industry

• Brazilian oil giant to invest $11 bn in Mexico

• Russia, US, Canada to hold anti-terror exercise

July 2011

• Russia plans three space launches in August

• UAE to bid for 2024 Olympics

• Britain to launch FBI-style agency in 2013

• Google buys more than 1,000 IBM patents

• Mongolia, India seek close n-energy cooperation

• Indian firm to set up $200 mn medical hub in Maldives

• Peru's new president sworn in

• US unlikely to default: S&P

• Abu Dhabi airport launches website

• Indian researcher gets $10,000 Commonwealth scholarship

• China orders train safety review

• US economy continues to be slow: Central bank

• China launches navigation satellite

• India-EU free trade agreement by end-2011

• Russia sends food aid to Libya

• NASA plans most ambitious mission - to the asteroids

• Threat of bioterrorism very real: Study

• Dubai International Airport traffic up 8.9 percent

• Quake hits Japan

• India, South Korea sign n-deal

• Sonia in Dhaka for conference on autism

• A software that teaches you how to read

• Indian enterprise to set up $30 mn cancer centre in Ethiopia

• ISS crew to launch mini-satellite Aug 3

• India is American policeman: Pakistani paper

• Iran inaugurates biggest solar power plant

• China disasters affected 430 mn people in 2010

• Russia's Gazprom to supply LNG to India

• New moon found orbiting Pluto

• Egypt to hold parliamentary polls in three rounds

• Gadkari invites British, EU investments in BJP-ruled states

• Indian firm to build sugar mill in Ethiopia

• Russia, Britain to improve military cooperation

• India-Cuba joint discovery in biomedical sciences wins award

• Quake hits Taiwan region

• N-reactor shut down in Japan

• Arab states committed to help Libyan people: UAE

• UAE to host inaugural Middle East fragrance summit

• Powerful quake hits Alaska

• Indians among top Everest conquerors

• Humans programmed to believe in supernatural powers

• Italian oil giant to invest $7 bn in Venezuela

• Scientists complete potato genome sequencing

• Japan aims to totally clean Fukushima of radiation

• Quake hits off Chile

• Russia opens inland water to foreign-flagged ships

• Sri Lanka asks Tamil diaspora to invest in Jaffna

• Volcano erupts in Indonesia

• Abu Dhabi, China sign oil deal

• India largest source of skilled migrants to New Zealand

• Nepal becoming dangerous destination for Indian business

• China condemns serial blasts in Mumbai

• Canada stands by India, says terrorism is 'alive and active'

• UAE is gateway to Middle East, Africa: China

• India, China top choice of Canadian investors

• UAE to celebrate Nelson Mandela Day

• Karzai's half-brother shot dead

• Four earthquakes hit Philippines

• Abu Dhabi announces medical distinction award

• US asks Yemeni president to hand over power

• Titicaca, world's highest lake, at risk

• Your brain corrects you morally

• Putin wins German award

• Government focused on power to women, says Gilani

• Venezuela provides $2 bn for fund with China

• Bangladeshi businessmen eye Indian investments

• UAE ambassador attends Australia cities summit

• Russia plans to send Olympic torch into space

• India is our key priority in trade: Canada

• South Sudan becomes world's newest country

• Quake hits Japan

• US, Vietnam to hold joint navy activities

• India, Bangladesh ink two agreements

• UN inaugurates communications hub in Spain

• Sri Lanka to relocate 200 elephants for CWG

• UN chief to visit Sudan

• Tanzania launches UAE-funded highway project

• UAE plans Dubai International Airport expansion

• Krishna's trip to infuse dynamism in ties: Bangladesh

• France to invite Palestine, Israel for peace talks

• Indo-Pak talks have done good for South Asia: Daily

• Etihad Airways signs deal with French railway

• Quake hits New Zealand

• Iran to launch national internet in August

• Coin minted in 1789 auctioned in Australia

• UAE, Saudi Arabia fulfilled Japan's 59 percent oil needs

• 'India should use Canada to boost trade with US'

• Chinese teachings give me inner strength: UN chief

• Russia to take part in Indian Navy submarine tender

• Celebrating India at cultural festival in Berlin

• London gets a gold vending machine

• Indian forum welcomes easing of passport surrender rules

• South Sudan to become world's newest nation July 9

• India, US vital markets for each other: US

• India seeks more code-sharing to boost travel to Canada

• World's longest natural gas pipeline in China

• Indian businesses against street protests in Malaysia

• India, China giving US stiff competition on jobs: Obama

• Russia to build n-powered destroyer by 2016

• India showcases its biotech strength in US

June 2011

• China to buy 88 planes from Airbus

• India rules out involvement in Afghanistan security

• US war on terror to cost $4.4 trillion: Report

• ADB signs deal to light up rural Bangladesh

• US clears Nepal for investment

• Unesco adds 25 sites to world heritage list

• Lagarde is new IMF chief

• NASA sets farewell shuttle launch July 8

• UAE holds bilateral talks with Iran, Italy

• Russia to be Europe's largest car market by 2014

• US report highlights trafficking in India

• We'll meet aliens in next 20 years: Russian scientist

• India plugs trillion dollar opportunity in infrastructure

• UAE to open 140 new mosques in 2011

• India, US to begin dialogue to boost trade, investment

• FICCI hosting seminar on African Fellowship

• Russia launches military satellite

• Iran to send monkey into space in August

• China has over 73 million 3G users

• Scientists working on 'test-tube' beef

• India returning to high growth path: Pranab Mukherjeee

• Quake hits Indonesia

• India's opposition led to EU tariff deal rejection

• ADB gives $100 mn loan to China

• New Zealand PM embarks on first visit to India

• Unesco adds new sites to world heritage list

• Day 2 of talks: India and Pakistan discuss Kashmir

• US pushes India on economic reforms

• India will be world's second largest trader by 2050: Citibank

• India, Pakistan discuss 26/11, Samjhauta, CBMs on Day 1

• Sri Lanka to set up body to monitor N-radiation from India

• China, Vietnam complete joint naval patrols

• BJP supports the done nuclear deal: Jaitley

• India, US to fast track investment treaty talks

• Indian foreign secretary meets Suu Kyi

• $99 mn World Bank aid for Indo-Nepal border energy pact

• Google can now translate five Indian languages

• China to get world's third tallest building

• US, Japan to promote trilateral dialogue with India

• India asks UN to make African Union effective partner

• Russia launches cargo spacecraft to ISS

• UAE signs open air services pact with Romania

• India ready to join global efforts to tackle piracy

• Greece to receive new IMF aid in July: French PM

• Myanmar, India agree to realign strategic transit project

• China launches new communication satellite

• Foreign investment in US rose 49 percent in 2010

• Japanese supercomputer is the most powerful

• Kuwait Airways lost $275 mn in 2010

• Facebook to launch music service

• Ind-American couple scammed $460 mn from New York proj

• Rare 1,100-year-old murals on display in China

• India, Canada to deepen educational ties

• US-India business conclave to boost commercial ties

• Beijing, Shanghai top China's well-being index

• US seeks Russia's cooperation over Syria resolution

• India set to grow at 8.2 percent: IMF

• China issues coins on 90th anniversary of CPC

• Yet another Indian techie donates $1.5 m to Canadian varsity

• UAE collects feedback ahead of n-plants construction

• Two more Super Hercules planes on way to India

• Russia, US to sign visa simplification agreement soon

• Iran plans to send monkey into space

• Ind to aid Ethiopia in implementing customs valuation system

• Magnitude 6.6 quake hits New Britain region, Papua Guinea

• Indian students in Canada more than double in a year

• Dubai aviation sector to earn $44.5 bn by 2020

• Japan to give radiation meters to kids near n-plant

• Indian American to lead MIT's largest academic department

• 6,000 Chinese got immigration visas in 2010

• New Zealand PM to visit India

• Global meet in China to discuss desertification

• Many 'challenges' in ties with Pakistan: US

• North America's first Indian culture centre in Toronto

• Belarus has the right to IMF loan: PM

• Website of Spanish national police hacked

• China offers $220 mn loan to African firms

• Iran to speed up uranium enrichment

• Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka

• Taiwan destroys two tonnes of chemical-tainted drinks

• Pakistan, Afghanistan to strengthen ties

• India to set up five PIO universities for its diaspora

• UAE airline wins Airbus award

• Indians top tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka

• 'Give healthcare tax cuts, boost India's medical tourism'

• Indian delegation arrives in Sri Lanka

• US lauds India's model of engaging Africa

• UAE holds talks with Italy, Cambodia, Germany

• Japan asked to invest in Pakistan

• New technique converts skin cells into brain cells

• India gives 3-P mantra to diaspora on economic engagement

• BlackBerry tablet to hit India within a month

• Canada announces 10-year visas for Indians

• China launches high-speed train in Brazil

• India asks diaspora to become partners in progress

• IAEA to refer Syrian nuclear issue to UNSC

• Britain to have 'FBI-style' agency

• World food prices may remain high next year: FAO

• Bangladesh signs deal with China for 3G technology

• M. F. Hussain dies in London

• US policy to blame for trust deficit with India: Musharraf

• India to grow at a slower 8 percent: World Bank

• Medvedev declares June 6 as Russian Language Day

• UAE, Kazakhstan to increase cooperation in civil aviation

• Boeing deal reflects growing military ties with India: US

• Scientists extract protein from ancient bones

• Indians seeking Canadian visas likely to face fingerprinting

• China to renovate 2.65 mn rural houses

• Global body sees rise in natural gas use by 2035

• US trade body hails India's $4 bn Boeing order

• Indian company to fund Nigerian power plant

• Indians give environment edge over economy

• Egypt to get $3 bn loan from IMF

• Russia, Ukraine reach pact in sea border talks

•  UAE seeks to open itself to the world for education

• 200,000 ancient coins found in China

• UAE, Western Australia keen to boost commercial cooperation

• Mexican nature park sets Guinness record

• 6.1-magnitude quake hits off Japan

• Russia, US to set up Mi-17 repairs centre in Afghanistan

• New Zealand amends student visa terms

• NATO extends mission in Libya

• Indian to lead UN change management team

• World Bank approves $1 bn loan to clean Ganga river

• Brazil confers medal on UAE envoy

• Ukraine to launch air taxis

• A remote French Island reconnects with India

• UAE holds talks with Canada, Japan

May 2011

• Canada-India Innovation Summit at Ottawa

• Russia delivers naval fighters to India

• Zambia to earn over $400 mn from tourism

• Turkmenistan sets up space agency

• Global CO2 emissions reach record high in 2010: IEA

• West to have 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020: Russia

• UAE, South Africa discuss judicial deal

• Zimbabwe to buy 14 locomotives from China

• Ghana aims to be West Africa's IT hub - with India's help

• India announces USD 180 mn new line of credit for Tanzania

• India taps IT power to woo African youth

• World leaders at G8 summit call for Gaddafi to step down

• Russia, US to have three-year multiple entry visa soon

• Russia disagrees with G8 on internet development: Medvedev

• G8 approves $20 bn loan for Egypt, Tunisia

• Manmohan gets red carpet welcome on Tanzania visit

• India's development efforts in Africa 'good thing': China

• Rich nations trying to violate Doha mandate: India

• Qatar temporarily closes embassy in Yemen: Report

• France, Russia to sign warship deal before Putin's June visit

• PM to address joint session of Ethiopian Parliament

• Deepak Obhrai re-appointed Canada's parliamentary sec.

• UAE launches e-portal

• Africa Day, India pledges $5.7 billion, gets UN seat support

• No Indian land grab, says Ethiopian PM

• Africa to support India's Security Council candidature

• UAE, Algeria discuss trade

• India unveils $5 bn Africa surge, rejects race with China

• Greenland ice loss can fill world's 11th largest lake

• Unesco celebrates African Week

• India backs resumption of political process in Libya

• India pitches for UN reforms at Africa summit

• India seeks strong ties with Africa; PM reaches Addis Ababa

• Egypt opens six ancient tombs to visitors

• UAE, Sri Lanka discuss trade cooperation

• Indian firms hiring workers in North America: Report

• Number of tourists to Egypt decreases by 46 percent

• Indo-Canadian honcho dons army fatigues

• New chief selection due on 30th June: IMF

• US to help Israel maintain military edge: Obama

• India's democratic development a lesson for Africa: Ethiopia

• IMF approves $36.8 bn loan for Portugal

• Russian foreign minister to meet Libyan opposition

• Saudi Arabia to grant Egypt $4 bn for economic recovery

• India to be guest country at 9th World Investment Conf

• Chinese bank opens two branches in Pakistan

• NASA final shuttle launch scheduled for July 8

• China to get 34 Russian helicopters by August

• India Dubai's biggest trade partner in Jan-Feb

• Unicef seeks $20 mn dollars for aid to Libya

• Dubai to host 17th GCC e-government, e-services conference

• Scientists succeed in 'decoding' brainwaves

• Russia to boost n-strike capabilities

• Iran's sole n-power plant becomes operational

• Less than one-third of Mexicans have internet access

• Indian research fellowship big hit in Africa

• India, other emerging eco. to make for half of global growth

• A new device to tap more solar energy invented

• UAE aims at 100 percent broadband penetration by 2012

• Russian schools may launch mandatory drug tests

• Manmohan's Kabul visit shows India's rising influence: daily

• UAE to use biodegradable plastic bags by 2013

• No more FDI in Bangladesh garment sector

• China to spend $23 mn on nuclear safety

• US India friendship, not a tit-for-tat business: Blake

• India can play constructive role in Afghanistan: US

• India is ready to partner Afghan people: PM

• Nigeria to set up 28 plastic recycling plants

• NRIs want Mamata to bring industry back to Bengal

• India announces $500 million assistance to Afghanistan

• UAE concerts to focus on traditional instruments

• Afghanistan to provide more protection to Indian sites: Karzai

• Obama has `robust agenda' for India-US trade

• Saudi Arabia has provided soft loans to 95 countries

• Canada set to become energy superpower

• Dhaka signs its biggest power deal

• US, Indian think tanks form joint group

• 'Africa welcomes Indian enterprise'

• ICWA signs pacts with three African institutions

• India signs Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources

• Russia to join top five economies in next decade: Putin

• Renewables could meet global energy needs by 2050: Report

• Nepal, Tibet sign MoU for trade fair

• China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan hold anti-terror drills

• New Zealand to change business migration policies

• UAE inaugurates power plant

• China successfully tests mid-sized unmanned chopper

• Israel to spend $2.5 mn to back Dead Sea in global contest

• Sri Lanka celebrates Tagore's 150th birth anniversary

• UAE to host debt management conference

• Russia to set up agency to help young professionals

• Campaign to boost agricultural yield in Abu Dhabi

• UAE, Azerbaijan seek to boost trade ties

• Magnitude-6.1 quake hits Japan

• India is 'top priority' for new Canadian government

• UAE seeks to strengthen ties with Australia

• Nigeria, India to renew air services agreement

• Bangladesh promotes its rail network

• UAE signs air services accord with Uruguay

• NATO, Russia to sign compendium on cooperation

• India, Malaysia to expedite deals for improving economic ties

• 'India should improve sanitation to attract more medical tour'

• Brazil's trade surplus more than doubles

• Indian trade minister arrives in Uruguay

• Osama killed in Pakistan, justice done: Obama

• India, Australia to begin free trade talks

April 2011

• China to launch two space modules

• India, Mauritius agree on JWG on Double Taxation

• India, Russia decide to remove bottlenecks in pharma ties

• India, Pakistan agree to reduce trade barriers

• New opportunities lure Indians, Chinese back home

• A 'disappointed' US to keep up defence ties with India

• Qatar donates $100 mn to quake-hit Japan

• India, UAE discuss bilateral relations

• India tops list of foreign investors in Ghana

• US economy slows in first quarter

• Indian military delegation to visit China

• President Patil praises Mauritius for its electoral system

• India, China leading dynamic Asia's growth: IMF

• Polaris Software acquires US firm for $20 mn

• Canada promises faster immigration, more student visas

• India's growth offers huge opportunities: US

• Russia successfully tests ballistic missile

• Turkey, Kyrgyzstan to lift visa restrictions

• Indian official arrives in Pakistan for trade talks

• Solar power goes viral for peak efficiency

• China's economy to surpass that of US by 2016: IMF

• India keen to enhance economic cooperation with Mauritius

• Brazilian financial institution to buy US bank

• Number of foreign visitors to Spain rises

• UAE, India business groups discuss trade ties

• UN chief calls on Cambodia, Thailand for ceasefire

• 657 new islands discovered

• UAE launches satellite from French Guiana

• Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

• Iran to host international disarmament conference

• Scientists create synthetic brain cell

• France to check security of n-plants

• Japan announces $50 billion emergency budget

• Earth can recover faster from CO2 emissions

• China may approve new nuclear plants

• It's a changing world where India and China are rising

• e-book boom in China: Survey

• US issues new rules for travel to Cuba

• Citing rising India, China, Obama seeks balanced deficit cuts

• Indian American Satish Tripathi appointed US varsity pres.

• `South America is priority for Brazil's foreign policy'

• Quake hits Japan

• British-French 'advisory' team to visit Benghazi

• UAE, Canada sign MoU on civil aviation safety

• Iran to put monkey into space

• British-French 'advisory' team to visit Benghazi

• Scientists develop tool to predict tsunamis, landslides

• UAE allows import of living sheep from Kazakhstan

• Brazil runs world's longest bus on biofuel

• Indian community growing in New Zealand

• Czech Republic may sell combat jets to Iraq

• Jonathan wins Nigeria's presidential elections

• Pakistan produces its first tank gun

• Taiwan does wildlife diplomacy with China

• Japan n-plant to stabilise in 6-9 months

• Taiwanese “The Ju Percussion Group” to perform in India

• Taiwan does wildlife diplomacy with China

• India, Kazakhstan sign civil n-pact, unveil strategic roadmap

• Keen to enhance trade with Kazakhstan: Manmohan Singh

• India, 6 other largest economies to come under G-20 scanner

• Kazakh seeks Indian investment in its rapid industrialisation

• PM Manmohan Singh arrives in Kazakh capital

• India, China coming up fast as new tech powers

• Quake hits Taiwan

• On energy prowl, India to dig into Kazakh oil treasure

• India, Kazakhstan to unveil roadmap for strategic ties

• Saudi Arabia to build world's tallest building

• Kazakhstan wants India to build small n-reactors

• BRICS credit: Local currencies to replace dollar

• China, Russia support India's UNSC bid

• France keen to increase trade with India

• 3rd BRICS summit begins in China's Sanya

• Dubai to launch solar-powered fog-detection system

• India, Russia to review nuclear safety measures

• India, Brazil attract largest equity inflows: IMF

• India's trade and business with Africa booms

• PM reaches China to attend third BRICS summit

• China "ready to work" on stapled visa issue with India

• Indian industry and Slovak Minister of Economy discusses investment opportunities

• Iran announces plan for new nuclear reactors

• India-China relationship has global significance: PM

• India, UN to help growth in Rwanda

• Magnitude-7.1 quake hits Japan, tsunami warning issued

• Uzbek: Twenty Years of Dynamic Growth and Development

• Manmohan off to China, Kazakhstan

• R P N Singh visits LPG plant in Indonesia