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Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday said it was “preposterous” to think that Islamabad could deliver Taliban chief Mullah Omar to the negotiating table as Kabul has asked in the past. File photo
Facilitate contact with Mullah Omar: Karzai
Amid reports that Afghan President Hamid Karzai minced no words in his deliberations with the Pakistani leadership vis-à-vis facilitating immediate contact with senior leaders of the Taliban inclu...
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Anonymous hacks U.S. govt websites
Cyber rebels from Anonymous announced on Friday the group has carried out a new series of attacks against U.S. government websites to protest a global copyright treaty. Anonymous said in a...
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Flights disrupted at Frankfurt for second day
A small group of airfield traffic controllers caused severe disruptions to the flight operations at Germany’s Frankfurt airport for the second day as they stepped up their strike demanding shorter...
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Terror suspect arrested near Capitol in FBI sting
A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested on Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by FBI undercover operatives, said police an...
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Indian-born Kamal Bawa bags maiden Gunnerus Sustainability Award
India-born biologist Kamal Bawa has bagged the world’s first international award for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally.
Dr. Bawa, distinguished P...
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Washington,
February 18, 2012
White House forecasts 3.1% growth for two years
In possibly its most optimistic economic forecast to date the White House this week revealed that its projected rate of growth of real gross domestic product of the United States was 3.1 per cent...
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Patna,
February 18, 2012
Bhattarai: economic integration key to development of South Asia
Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai said on Friday that economic integration was the key to the progress of the backward South Asian countries, and pointed out that in spite of abundant natu...
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Paris,
February 18, 2012
France-U.K. pact, a challenge to U.S.
London and Paris on Friday decided to further strengthen their cooperation in the defence sector and will jointly produce a combat capability stealth drone. They also agreed to accelerate plans to...
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Washington,
February 17, 2012
U.S. launches new coalition to fight climate change
The U.S. has roped in Bangladesh and four other nations under a new six-country global initiative to combat climate change, protect health, improve agricultural productivity and strengthen energy...
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MOGADISHU,
February 17, 2012
Car bomb explodes inside Somalia police compound
A police officer says that a car bomb detonated inside a police compound in Somalia’s capital. Policeman Dahir Mohammed confirmed the Friday afternoon blast in Mogadishu. The explosion r...
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BERLIN,
February 17, 2012
German president quits in scandal over favours
German President Christian Wulff has announced his resignation in a scandal over favours he allegedly received before becoming head of state creating a new problem for Chancellor Angela Merkel. »
United Nations,
February 17, 2012
UN adopts Arab-backed resolution on Syria
India was among 137 members of the U.N. General Assembly that voted on Friday to approve a resolution, which “strongly” condemns all violence and human rights violations in Syria and supports Arab...
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Washington,
February 17, 2012
U.S. part of the Afghan-led peace process: White House
U.S. is part of the Afghan-led reconciliation process with the Taliban and it strongly believes that an end to the conflict in Afghanistan will come through political reconciliation, the White Hou...
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LONDON,
February 17, 2012
U.N. urged to get India to close Andaman Trunk Road
British rights activists on Thursday urged the United Nations to press India to close the Andaman Trunk Road that runs through the Jarawa tribal reserve in order to end “human safaris” in the Anda...
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BEIJING,
February 17, 2012
China rejects Pillai's charge
China on Thursday rejected the allegations by the former Home Secretary, G.K. Pillai, that it was providing tacit support to insurgent groups in India's northeast, saying the claims were “inconsis...
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Sarkozy hits the campaign trail
Pakistan central to Afghan peace process, says Karzai
U.S. passes payroll tax cut
Assange protests UNESCO conference ‘ban’
Obama rises in polls with better economy
Whitney Houston fans to follow funeral on Internet
Attack on Iran not far off, says Russian General
India can seek oil elsewhere in West Asia: AJC
CHENNAI,
February 18, 2012
Destroyed Bamiyan Buddha statues not to be rebuilt
Ambitious proposals to reconstruct the ravaged Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan have been rejected by the UNESCO conservation experts. Keeping in view the costs involved and the nature of avai...
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LONDON,
February 18, 2012
Facebook hack lands student in prison
A British student, who hacked into Facebook’s computers has been sentenced to eight months in prison. A prosecutor said 26-year-old Glenn Mangham hacked into the social networking company’s...
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Washington,
February 17, 2012
U.S. “concerned” about LeT rally
To a question on whether the United States had raised with Pakistan its view on the Difa-e-Pakistan Council rally in Karachi last week, the State Department said it was “concerned about the recent...
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LONDON,
February 17, 2012
Murdoch seeks to boost morale of ‘Sun’ staff
News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch gave staff at his scandal-it tabloid The Sun new assurances over their future on Friday in London crisis talks. Staff said Mr. Murdoch ha...
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ISLAMABAD,
February 17, 2012
25 Shias killed in Pakistan blast
After a lull of some weeks, terrorists struck again on Friday this time targeting the Shia community of Parachinar in the Kurram tribal agency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At least 25 pe...
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New York,
February 17, 2012
NYT correspondent dies in Syria
New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who strove to capture untold stories in Middle East conflicts from Libya to Iraq, has died in eastern Syria aft...
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SYDNEY,
February 17, 2012
Air Australia goes under; 4000 passengers stranded
Thousands of travellers from Hawaii to Thailand were stranded on Friday after budget airline Air Australia ran out of money and went into voluntary administration, immediately grounding its five-j...
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Washington,
February 17, 2012
A second slam-dunk for sports diplomacy
Even if the politics of India-United States ties sometimes falls short of the hoop, the two nations continue to score slam-dunks in terms of bilateral sport diplomacy.This week the U.S. Sta...
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LONDON,
February 17, 2012
Amnesty attacks IOC decision
Amnesty International has attacked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for rejecting the Indian Olympic Associations' call to terminate Dow Chemicals' sponsorship deal for the upcoming Londo...
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February 16, 2012
Apple faces iPhone privacy probe
Apple is facing an investigation by the U.S. Congress after it emerged that a number of apps downloaded on to the iPhone will take a copy of the owner's address book — including phone numbers, addr...
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Pakistan: aware of WTO obligations
Recognise “one-state” policy: Xi
Israel complains to Ban against Iran’s ‘terror campaign’
Probe finds Iraq Vice-President behind death squads
India brokers deal in Maldives
Detained Iranians planned to attack Israelis: Thailand police
Iran trying to distract pressure from sanctions: White House
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh campaigns in Uttar Pradesh, political deadlock continues in Maldives and Shiv Sena-BJP combine retains Mumbai and Thane. A collection of images from India and abroad
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