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  • Parliament votes for setting up of JPC to probe 2 G Spectrum allocation

    Parliament has voted for setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the 2 G Spectrum allocation from 1998 to 2009. The process for a JPC probe was completed yesterday with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion to include its 10 members in the Committee. The Lok Sabha had already passed the resolution recommending […]

    Pak Minority Affairs Minister assassinated over blasphemy row

    Pakistan’s Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a vocal critic of the controversial blasphemy law, has been shot dead by gunmen who ambushed his car near his residence in Islamabad on Wednesday, the second high-profile politician to be assassinated in nearly two months. Bhatti, the only Christian minister in the Cabinet, was attacked shortly after he […]

    US moving assets near Libya as it prepares for contingencies

    US is preparing for contingencies, mainly of humanitarian nature, by moving some of its assets near to strife-torn Libya, White House said. “We are preparing for contingencies by moving some assets into the region, primarily focused on the potential humanitarian contingencies that are out there. But as I have said and others have said, our […]

    Massive dust storm hits quake-hit Christchurch

    Strong winds whipped up huge dust clouds in earthquake-hit Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials defended the devastated city’s building standards. Gusts of 70 kilometres per hour buffeted emergency crews in the ruins of New Zealand’s second largest city, hampering the search for bodies amid fears of masonry dislodging and trees toppling. “The conditions have been […]

    Senate resolution seeks no-fly zone over Libya

    With reports that the Gaddafi regime is using fighter jets to target protesters, a top Senator has introduced a resolution in the US Congress asking the UN Security Council to consider establishing a ‘no-fly-zone’ over Libya. Introduced by senator Robert Menendez, the resolution condemns the brutality and aggression by Muammar Gaddafi, while calling for new […]

    US launches new missile defense program for Europe

    The United States is sending a special radar-equipped warship to the Mediterranean Sea next week, the first step in the development of a broad anti-ballistic missile system to protect Europe against a potential Iranian nuclear threat, the Pentagon said. The move marks the first of the Obama administration’s four-phase plan to put land- and sea-based […]

    Libya crisis worsens, UN suspends Libya from Human Rights Commission

    Refugee officials say more than 140,000 people have fled Libya to Egypt and Tunisia in a growing exodus from Moammar Ghadafi’s forces as they kill hundreds and block humanitarian aid to western Libya. UN refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said on “the situation is reaching crisis point” at the Libya-Tunisia border where authorities say up […]

    Pak has a poor proliferation record: Russia

    Rejecting Pakistan’s claim of discrimination against it in the nuclear suppliers group, Russia tuesday hinted that Islamabad had a poor proliferation record. Suggesting that Islamabad must implement proper nuclear non-proliferation policies, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said there is no “discrimination” against Pakistan in the nuclear suppliers group or in the supply of nuclear material export […]

    Oman deploys army units fearing more unrest

    Oman deployed troops north of the capital Muscat and near the border with the United Arab Emirates tuesday, following three straight days of anti-government protests, a government official said. Oman, ruled by a powerful family dynasty, is the latest Arab nation to be swept up in a wave of regional unrest that has already brought […]

    Massive anti-regime protest in Yemen capital

    Vast numbers of protesters poured into a square in Yemen’s capital Sanaa Tuesday for a massive anti-regime rally, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh blamed the US and Israel for a wave of Arab revolts. Protesters crowded three streets leading to a square near Sanaa University, where students and pro-democracy demonstrators have been camped for more […]