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  • White House applauds Chinese President’s remarks on human rights

    The White House has applauded Chinese President Hu Jintao’s remarks in which he acknowledged that a lot needs to be done in his country on human rights issue. Hu made those remarks at a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday in response to a question from an […]

    Economy and security poses a challenge to Pakistan: US

    Poor economic condition and the increasing extremism poses a threat to Pakistan, a top Obama administration official has said. “In helping Pakistan develop and prosper in the future, helping the government grow the economy of Pakistan will be vitally important,” State Department spokesman P J Crowley told foreign journalists in Washington. “There is a security […]

    Myanmar Publishes 383 Name Lists of Parliament Representative Nominated by Military

    The Union Election Commission of Myanmar Friday published 383 name lists of parliament representatives nominated by the military to the three-level parliaments as a follow-up of its announcement on Thursday night for taking part in the first parliamentary sessions set to take place simultaneously at the end of this month. Directly nominated by the commander-in-chief […]

    DPRK Confirms Proposal on High-level Military Talks with S. Korea

    The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has proposed high-level talks between the militaries of the two sides on the Korean Peninsula to defuse the tensions, the official KCNA news agency confirmed on Friday. The proposal was sent by Kim Yong Chun, minister of the People’s Armed Forces of the DPRK National Defence Commission, to […]

    US Pastor Terry Jones banned from entering Britain

    A controversial American Pastor Terry Jones has been banned from entering Britain. Mr. Jones caused international outrage last year when he proposed burning a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of September the 11th attacks. The British Government said it was unwilling to allow entry to those whose presence was not conducive to the […]

    Three Chinese citizens arrested in India are tourists not spies: China

    China on Thursday hat the three Chinese citizens, who were arrested in India without valid travel documents recently, were not spies but tourists who entered the Indian territory by mistake. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson told a media briefing in Beijing that they crossed over to Indian border by mistake along the India-Nepal border. He said, […]

    S Korea agrees for N Korea’s military talks

    South Korea said it has agreed to a proposal from North Korea for military talks to help defuse tension on the divided Peninsula. But the Unification ministry in Seoul today said they should include the shelling of South Korean island by the North in November and the sinking of a South Korean war ship last […]

    Car bomb kills three, wounds 28 near Iraqi police HQ

    A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into the front gate of a police headquarters on Thursday, killing three people in the second strike on security targets in an eastern Iraqi city in as many days. Officials said the dead included two policemen and a female bystander outside the Diyala police command in the provincial […]

    ‘US-China relationship is of great significance for the world’

    Noting that China-US cooperation has great significance for the two nations as well as for the world, Chinese President Hu Jintao has said both the sides should firmly adhere to the right direction of their relationship and respect each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests. Hu, who is on a four-day state visit to […]

    Pak should be sensitive on the issue of Terrorism : Krishna

    External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday slammed Pakistan for its inaction against the Mumbai attacks perpetrators, saying it has not been able to punish any of those accused of masterminding the terror strikes. “Pakistan should be sensitive to few of our concerns. One of our concerns is terrorism and how Pakistan deals with […]