China shuts down chemical plant after mass protest

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Beijing, Aug 14:  Succumbing to mass protests, Chinese authorities today ordered an immediate shut down of a chemical plant in northeastern Dalian city after a toxic pollution scare sparked urgent evacuations. The authorities also pledged to relocate the controversial Fujia Chemical More

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IRAN WILL NEVER SEEK N-WEAPONS: AHMADINEJAD

VINAY SHUKLA/PTI

Moscow, Aug 14: Describing nuclear arms as "inhuman weapons" of the past century, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today said his country will never seek atomic arsenal which is a waste of money. "Never, never. We do not want nuclear weapons. We do not seek nuclear weapons. This is an More

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‘23 dead as Syrian ships, tanks blast city’

Damascus, Aug 14: Syrian military vessels joined an assault  that killed more than 20 people today in the city of Latakia, activists said, the first attack from the sea since an anti-regime revolt erupted in March. The latest bloodshed came a day after world leaders demanded an immediate More

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Felt proud South Asians were bulwarks of defence in London

KABIR BEDI

London was burning the night I arrived on Aug 8. Police sirens blared through the darkness, racing towards rioters ransacking shops and torching buildings in Croydon, Clapham and Peckham. The sheer number of vandals overwhelmed the police, brazenly pushing them back with stones, chairs and even firecrackers More

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