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    Pak bodyguard admits killing Governor Taseer

    The bodyguard accused of shooting the Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province Salman Taseer has confessed in court to the killing. Malik Mumtaz Hussein Qadri told the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi today that he had acted alone in the attack. He was whisked into court a day earlier than scheduled to prevent supporters showing up, reports […]

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    Hillary Clinton urges Gulf to stay focused on Iran sanctions

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked Arab states in the Gulf to stay focused on sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, saying it remains a serious concern. Clinton said this in Abu Dhabi today as part of a five-day trip to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. Clinton urged countries in […]

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    1,400 US Marines to arrive Afghanistan within weeks:NATO

    NATO says the deployment of 1,400 U.S. Marines to Afghanistan announced by Washington early this month would begin within weeks. The spokesman of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (SAF) Josef Blotz today said at a press conference that the marines are are expected to arrive in the next few weeks to operate in Afghanistan. […]

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    India, B’desh work on interim agreement to share Teesta river water

    India and Bangladesh are working towards reaching an interim agreement on sharing the waters of Teesta river. Various issues relating to the interim agreement was the focus of the Secretary-level discussions between the two countries which took place in Dhaka on Monday morning. Mr. Dhruv Vijay Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources led the Indian […]

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    Army Chief to appear before PAC over irregularities in defence-run canteens

    The Chief of the Army, General V.K Singh said that he will be appearing before parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday to answer queries about alleged irregularities in defence-run canteens as reported by the government auditor last year. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi, Mr Singh said that […]

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    Huge turnout again on 2nd day of south Sudan vote

    Thousands of south Sudanese poured out to vote for a second straight day in a landmark independence referendum on Monday, bringing the region a step closer to becoming the world’s newest state. Repeating the jubilant scenes witnessed yesterday, huge queues formed outside polling stations in the regional capital Juba from long before dawn as voters […]

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    Iran plane crash toll rises to 77, black box found

    Investigators on Monday found the black box from a passenger jet that broke to pieces on impact while trying an emergency landing in a snowstorm in northwestern Iran, killing at least 77 people. The pilots of the Boeing-727, operated by Iran’s national airline and carrying 104 passengers and crew, reported a technical failure to the […]

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    50 thousand people marched in Karachi

    In Pakistan, up to fifty thousand people marched through the streets of Karachi against a proposed softening of the strict blasphemy laws. The rally was attended by all major Muslim groups and sects in the city, including moderates and conservatives. The demonstration comes days after the killing of the governor of Punjab Province Salman Taseer, […]

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    Chavez accuses Organization of American States of interfering in Venezuela

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the Organization of American States, OAS of interfering in Venezuela. Mr. Chavez was responding to comments by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, who criticized a law which gave the Venezuelan President the power to govern by decree. Mr. Insulza said on Friday that the law was completely contrary […]

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    Japanese Defence Minister in S Korea for talks on defence cooperation treaty

    The Japanese Defence Minister is in South Korea for talks that could move the two countries closer to their first defence cooperation treaty since 1945. Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his South Korean counterpart, Kim Kwan-jin are meeting today to discuss closer cooperation in the light of North Korean actions, including a fatal attack […]

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