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/308213,maoist-rebels-blow-up-railway-tracks-in-india.html New Delhi - Maoist rebels blew up railway tracks in two locations in eastern India on Tuesday ahead of a key meeting of chief ministers to discuss coordinated action against them, news reports said. The rebels struck in Jharkhand state's Giridih dist... India,World Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:22:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308213,maoist-rebels-blow-up-railway-tracks-in-india.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308204,opposition-parties-protest-arrest-of-ex-army-chief-in-sri-lanka.html Colombo - Sri Lankan opposition parties on Tuesday protested the arrest of former army commander Sarath Fonseka, who led the military victory over the separatist Tamil rebels before unsuccessfully running in last month's presidential election. The g... India,World Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:18:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308204,opposition-parties-protest-arrest-of-ex-army-chief-in-sri-lanka.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308154,ex-army-chief-arrested-in-sri-lanka--summary.html Colombo - Sri Lanka former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, who spearheaded the final phase of military operations against Tamil rebels was arrested Monday with officials accusing him of conspiring to topple the government. News of the arrest w... India,World Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:10:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308154,ex-army-chief-arrested-in-sri-lanka--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308137,ex-army-chief-arrested-in-sri-lanka--2nd-update.html Colombo - Sri Lanka' former army commander, General Sarath Fonseka, who spearheaded the final phase of military operations against Tamil rebels, has been arrested, a military spokesman said Monday. He was arrested by military police at his political ... India,World Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:40:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308137,ex-army-chief-arrested-in-sri-lanka--2nd-update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308126,ex-army-chief-arrested-in-sri-lanka--update.html Colombo - Sri Lanka's former army commander, General Sarath Fonseka, who spearheaded the final phase of military operations against Tamil rebels has been arrested, a military spokesman said Monday. He was arrested by military police at his political ... India,World Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:50:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308126,ex-army-chief-arrested-in-sri-lanka--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308084,15-soldiers-killed-in-avalanche-at-camp-in-indian-kashmir.html Srinagar, Kashmir - At least 15 soldiers were killed and 17 injured when an avalanche struck a high-altitude warfare training camp in India-administered Kashmir Monday, officials said. Nearly 400 people including trainers, support staff and porters w... India,World Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308084,15-soldiers-killed-in-avalanche-at-camp-in-indian-kashmir.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308067,13-soldiers-killed-in-avalanche-at-camp-in-indian-kashmir.html New Delhi - At least 13 soldiers were killed and 15 injured when an avalanche struck a high-altitude warfare training camp in India-administered Kashmir Monday, news reports said. There were nearly 400 people including trainers, support staff and por... India,World Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:32:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308067,13-soldiers-killed-in-avalanche-at-camp-in-indian-kashmir.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308033,rebels-blow-up-railway-tracks-in-indian-states.html New Delhi - Rebels blew up railway tracks in India's eastern states of Orissa and Bihar, disrupting train services to enforce a general strike in the region Monday, news reports said. Guerrillas blew up the tracks near Orissa's northern industrial ci... India,World Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:42:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/308033,rebels-blow-up-railway-tracks-in-indian-states.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307948,nepal-vice-president-reinstated-after-fresh-oath.html Kathmandu - Nepalese Vice President Parmananda Jha was reinstated to his post Sunday with a fresh oath of office, ending months of political controversy. Jha was suspended from the post by the country's Supreme Court last year, which ruled his oath i... India,World Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:22:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307948,nepal-vice-president-reinstated-after-fresh-oath.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307915,india-tests-its-most-powerful-nuclear-capable-missile--summary.html New Delhi - India on Sunday successfully tested its longest-range nuclear-capable missile from a military base in the eastern state of Orissa, defence officials said. The Agni III surface-to-surface missile, which can reach targets as far as eastern ... India,World Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:44:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307915,india-tests-its-most-powerful-nuclear-capable-missile--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307903,1st-lead--india-tests-its-most-powerful-nuclear-capable-missile.html New Delhi - India on Sunday successfully tested its longest-range nuclear-capable missile from a military base in the eastern state of Orissa, defence officials said. The Agni III surface-to-surface missile, which can reach targets as far as eastern ... India,World Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:36:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307903,1st-lead--india-tests-its-most-powerful-nuclear-capable-missile.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307900,india-tests-its-most-powerful-nuclear-capable-missile.html New Delhi - India on Sunday tested its longest-range nuclear-capable missile from a military base in the eastern state of Orissa, news reports said. The Agni III surface-to-surface missile, which can reach targets as far as eastern China, was test-fi... India,World Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:08:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307900,india-tests-its-most-powerful-nuclear-capable-missile.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307817,indian-kashmir-tense-after-boys-killing.html Srinagar, Kashmir - India-administered Kashmir was tense amid heightened security restrictions and protests on Saturday following the killing of a teenager by police. Zahir Farooq Sheikh, 16, died in state capital Srinagar Friday. His relatives alleg... India,World Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:06:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307817,indian-kashmir-tense-after-boys-killing.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307796,at-least-13-dead-in-building-collapse-in-indias-hyderabad-city.html New Delhi - At least 13 people were killed when a building collapsed in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, police said Saturday. The four-storey building under construction in the busy Narayanguda district collapsed late Friday afternoon. ... India,World Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:00:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307796,at-least-13-dead-in-building-collapse-in-indias-hyderabad-city.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307720,fresh-protests-in-kashmir-over-death-of-second-schoolboy--summary.html Srinagar, Kashmir - Tension escalated in Srinagar, capital of India-administered Kashmir, after the death of a schoolboy Friday with relatives alleging he was shot by paramilitary personnel. The city has seen violent clashes between protestors and th... India,World Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:52:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307720,fresh-protests-in-kashmir-over-death-of-second-schoolboy--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307698,two-killed-in-militant-attack-in-indian-kashmir.html Srinagar, Kashmir - A policeman and a civilian were killed when militants opened fire on a crowd in Sopore town in India-administered Kashmir Friday, police said. Two militants emerged from an orchard and started firing at people coming out of a mosq... India,World Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:22:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307698,two-killed-in-militant-attack-in-indian-kashmir.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307680,navies-of-13-countries-in-joint-exercise-off-andaman-islands.html New Delhi - The navies of 13 Asia-Pacific countries gathered off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands Friday for a regional exercise in coordinated disaster response, news reports said. Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanma... India,World Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:48:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307680,navies-of-13-countries-in-joint-exercise-off-andaman-islands.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307535,india-proposes-foreign-secretary-level-talks-with-pakistan.html New Delhi - India has proposed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan in the first such formal overture since the terrorist attack in Mumbai in November 2008, official sources said Thursday. We have proposed foreign secretary-level talks with P... India,World Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:58:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307535,india-proposes-foreign-secretary-level-talks-with-pakistan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307520,pachauri-should-not-resign-says-un-climate-chief.html New Delhi - Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), should not resign over a mistake in the organization's report, the United Nation's top climate official Yvo de Boer said Thursday. Pachauri has been under pr... India,World Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:02:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307520,pachauri-should-not-resign-says-un-climate-chief.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307500,last-member-of-andamanese-tribe-dies.html New Delhi - The Bo, a tribe that once lived on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is now extinct since the passing away Thursday of its last surviving member. Boa Sr, who died last week aged around 85, was the oldest member of the Great Andamanese ... India,World Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:28:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307500,last-member-of-andamanese-tribe-dies.html