http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293571,sri-lanka-speeds-mine-clearing-to-hasten-resettlement-of-displaced.html Colombo - The Sri Lankan government will step up its mine- clearing efforts in former rebel-held areas in the northern part of the country to resettle 159,000 displaced persons before the end of January, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thur... India,World Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:10:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293571,sri-lanka-speeds-mine-clearing-to-hasten-resettlement-of-displaced.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293554,india-eu-ink-nuclear-pact-aim-at-trade-treaty-by.html New Delhi - India and the 27-member European Union Friday signed an agreement on a nuclear energy project and decided to conclude a free-trade pact within a year. Issues such as climate change, the global financial crisis and energy security featured... India,World Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:10:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293554,india-eu-ink-nuclear-pact-aim-at-trade-treaty-by.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293533,30-killed-as-bus-plunges-into-gorge-in-india--summary.html New Delhi - At least 30 people were killed Friday when an overcrowded passenger bus fell into a gorge in India's mountainous northern state of Himachal Pradesh, news reports said. The bus skidded off a highway and plunged into a 30-metre gorge in Kan... India,World Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293533,30-killed-as-bus-plunges-into-gorge-in-india--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293529,amnesty-calls-on-eu-india-to-protect-human-rights-in.html New Delhi - The European Union and India should work together at the United Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, particularly in the South Asian region, Amnesty International said Friday. The call came in a letter sent to Swedish Prim... India,World Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:58:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293529,amnesty-calls-on-eu-india-to-protect-human-rights-in.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293523,22-killed-as-bus-plunges-into-gorge-in-india.html New Delhi - At least 22 people were killed Friday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge in India's mountainous northern state of Himachal Pradesh, news reports said. The bus skidded off a highway and plunged into a 30-metre gorge in Kangra district,... India,World Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:04:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293523,22-killed-as-bus-plunges-into-gorge-in-india.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293363,trade-pact-climate-change-to-top-india-eu-summit-agenda.html New Delhi - India and the European Union on Friday are to hold their 10th summit, which could see both sides provide a fresh impetus to a proposed trade pact and narrow differences over climate change. The summit, which marks a decade of growing rela... India,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293363,trade-pact-climate-change-to-top-india-eu-summit-agenda.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293339,indian-rebel-leaders-arrested-in-dhaka-reports-say.html New Delhi - A major separatist group in India's north-eastern state of Assam claimed Thursday that two of its senior leaders were arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to Indian authorities, news reports said. The banned United Liberation Front of A... India,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:46:13 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293339,indian-rebel-leaders-arrested-in-dhaka-reports-say.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293319,eight-children-die-as-boat-capsizes-in-indias-kerala-state.html New Delhi - At least eight schoolchildren drowned when a boat capsized in a river in India's southern state of Kerala, police said Thursday. The accident occurred in the Chaliyar river in Mallapuram district some 340 kilometres north of state capital... India,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:34:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293319,eight-children-die-as-boat-capsizes-in-indias-kerala-state.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293215,sri-lankas-ex-army-chief-leaves-us-without-facing-questioning.html Colombo – General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels in May, left the United States without being questioned by US authorities about the final phase of military operations against the guerrilla... India,World Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293215,sri-lankas-ex-army-chief-leaves-us-without-facing-questioning.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293192,development-not-possible-in-shadow-of-gun-indian-premier-says.html New Delhi - In a clear message to India's Maoist rebels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday that sustained development in areas inhabited by tribal people could not take place in an atmosphere of violence. Speaking at a conference on tribal... India,World Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293192,development-not-possible-in-shadow-of-gun-indian-premier-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293031,india-congratulates-karzai-says-committed-to-afghan-reconstruction.html New Delhi - India on Tuesday congratulated Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his re-election and said it looked forward to partnering with the war-torn country in its reconstruction efforts. A statement issued by India's External Affairs Ministry also... India,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293031,india-congratulates-karzai-says-committed-to-afghan-reconstruction.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293016,minister-says-india-cannot-view-islam-as-an-alien-faith.html New Delhi - Muslims had contributed much to the building of modern India and the country could not view Islam as an alien faith, federal Home Minister P Chidambaram said Tuesday, according to news reports. Chidambaram was addressing a gathering of 10... India,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:04:31 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293016,minister-says-india-cannot-view-islam-as-an-alien-faith.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292995,bangladesh-pledges-not-to-shelter-international-terrorists.html Dhaka - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed on Tuesday declared that her Muslim-majority nation would never allow international terrorists to operate in the country. Bangladesh will never allow its territory to be used for launching any te... India,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:22:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292995,bangladesh-pledges-not-to-shelter-international-terrorists.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292991,shutdown-in-indias-punjab-over-anti-sikh-riots.html New Delhi - Traffic was disrupted and schools closed in several towns in India's northern state of Punjab Tuesday due to a day-long shutdown called by radical Sikh groups to protest alleged inaction against those involved in the anti-Sikh riots of 19... India,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:04:29 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292991,shutdown-in-indias-punjab-over-anti-sikh-riots.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292985,child-stripped-chained-by-shopkeepers-for-stealing-in-india.html New Delhi - A 10-year-old boy was assaulted, stripped naked, chained and dragged several metres by shopkeepers in northern India for allegedly stealing 20 rupees (0.42 dollars), news reports said Tuesday. The boy named Sainki was beaten by shopkeeper... India,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:46:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292985,child-stripped-chained-by-shopkeepers-for-stealing-in-india.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292858,death-toll-in-india-truck-train-collision-rises-to-15.html New Delhi - Four more people who were injured in a train-truck collision in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh died in hospital, raising the death toll in the accident to 15, officials said Monday. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon when the... India,World Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:40:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292858,death-toll-in-india-truck-train-collision-rises-to-15.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292722,11-injured-35-injured-as-train-hits-truck-in-india.html New Delhi - At least 11 people were killed and 35 injured when a passenger train rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred near a village in the Gonda ... India,World Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:22:34 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292722,11-injured-35-injured-as-train-hits-truck-in-india.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292715,seven-separatist-rebels-killed-in-indias-manipur-state.html New Delhi- At least seven suspected militants were killed in combat with security forces in India's north-eastern state of Manipur on Sunday, a news report said. A group of heavily armed rebels clashed paramilitary troops in the Imphal East district,... India,World Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:52:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292715,seven-separatist-rebels-killed-in-indias-manipur-state.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292655,india-remembers-indira-gandhi-on-25th-death-anniversary.html New Delhi - Scores of people attended commemorations and prayer ceremonies across India to pay homage to the country's only woman prime minister Indira Gandhi on Saturday, 25 years after she was assassinated. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ... India,World Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:28:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292655,india-remembers-indira-gandhi-on-25th-death-anniversary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292640,death-toll-reaches-9-as-india-oil-depot-fire-rages-on.html New Delhi - The death toll rose to nine as a huge fire raged at an oil depot near the northern India city of Jaipur Saturday, officials and news reports said. The blaze at the state-run Indian Oil Corp depot on the outskirts of Jaipur started Thursda... India,World Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:58:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292640,death-toll-reaches-9-as-india-oil-depot-fire-rages-on.html