news.yahoo.com - 10/21/2008
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NEW DELHI Scientists have better maps of distant Mars than the moon where astronauts have walked. But India hopes to change that with its first lunar mission. Chandrayaan-1 which means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit is scheduled to launch from the Sriharikota space center in southern ...
washingtonpost.com - 10/16/2008
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SPECIAL REPORTS & MULTIMEDIA Blasts Hit Trains Hundreds
were killed or wounded in a series of bomb...
blasts that rocked Mumbai. (Photo gallery) Related Article Related Audio Window Into A New Economy A city near Mumbai illustrates the clash between ...
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Country Guide: INDIA (washingtonpost.com)
propublica.org - 10/25/2008
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As AIG was on the brink of bankruptcy
and facing a government takeover, the insurance giant made...
sure Congress knew where it stood on U.S.-India nuclear relations, that is. AIG deployed its lobbyists to Washington last month to influence a bill that ...
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AIG Lobbied for India Nuke Deal (Really!)
news.bbc.co.uk - 10/22/2008
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India has successfully launched its first mission to
the Moon. The unmanned Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft blasted off...
smoothly from a launch pad in southern Andhra Pradesh to embark on a two-year mission of exploration. The robotic probe will orbit the ...
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | India launches first ...
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India readies 1st moon mission in Asian space race
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... space expeditions. Chief among the mission's goals is mapping not only the surface of the moon, but what lies beneath. If the launch is successful, India will join what's shaping up as a 21st century space race with Chinese and Japanese crafts already in orbit around the moon. The United States, which won the 1960s race to send men to the moon, won't jump in this race with its new lunar probe until next spring, but it is providing key mapping equipment for India's mission. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_re_as/as_indi... Hurray for India
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... Outsourcing India's moon mission launches today. When they call back to Mission Control, do they asked if they rebooted and that they're running the most recent drivers? Posted on October 21, 2008 | ...
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