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North Korea To Launch Satellite Into Orbit

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 North Korea will launch Kwangmyongsong-3, an earth observation satellite, in April 2012 (between April 12-16), the country’s official news agency KCNA announced. The satellite will be blasted off southward from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in the western province of … Continue reading →

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Urban Sprawl: India’s slumming ‘n’ shining

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Even as the glitz quotient goes up in the cities, with the number of shopping malls and multiplexes rapidly increasing, there is a less glamorous, but faster, growth of the urban slums. Today, one in every seven city dwellers lives in … Continue reading →

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