Newsline 25 November 2009: India and the United States sign a deal to promote the development of cleaner forms of energy; Iranian students locked up ahead of national student day; and campaigners push to reduce consumer spending

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Clean energy deal for US and India:

The United States and India have signed a deal to promote the development of technology that will produce cleaner forms of energy. The deal comes as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes a high profile visit to Washington - and ahead of the UN conference on climate change which takes place in Copenhagen in the second week of December.

Listen to Girish Sant of the Prayas Energy Group

Students rounded up ahead of National Student Day in Iran:

Police in Iran have arrested scores of students over the past few days, in the run up to the annual National Student Day on December the 7th, according to rights group, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.

Listen to Aaron Rhodes of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

To buy or not to buy:

Global Buy Nothing Day is a yearly event aimed at getting people to appreciate the environmental and ethical impact of shopping – and aims to encourage them to buy less.

Newsline’s Marijke Peters reports on Buy Nothing Day

Photo: EPA 2009