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  • India, China mature enough to resolve differences

    Hoping to write a “brighter chapter” in history jointly with China, India on Thursday said the two countries have maturity and wisdom to deal with any differences as they realise the importance of mutual sensitivity to each other’s core concerns. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the two countries do not see any contradiction in […]

    Julian Assange granted conditional bail

    Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks who is fighting extradition to Sweden over sex charges, was granted conditional bail by a British court on Thursday and is expected to be freed soon. Assange, 39, was granted bail earlier this week but prosecutors objected to the decision and he remained in jail. The Australian […]

    New charges against Nigerian bomber

    US federal prosecutors have filed fresh charges against Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the Nigerian man accused of attempting to set off an explosive device in his underwear while aboard a flight to Detroit last Christmas. According to the 10-page new indictment, AbdulMutallab has now been charged with conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism transcending national […]

    US House votes to let open gays serve in military

    The House of Representatives has for the second time this year voted to dismantle the US military’s so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, giving the Senate a final shot in the waning days of this Congress at changing a law that forces thousands of uniformed gays to hide their sexual orientation. The strong 250-175 House […]

    Missing plane found crashed in Nepal, all 22 on board killed

    A passenger plane that went missing in Nepal was found crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Kathmandu on Thursday killing all 22 people on board, including foreigners. Rescuers found the wreckage of the Canadian-built Twin Otter aircraft belonging to Tara Airlines, a private company this morning, a day after the plane lost contact […]

    Sweedish Officials Oppose Assange Bail

    London: The release of the  39-year-old Wikeleaks founder Julian Assange will be furhter delayed for the Sweedish officials have reportedly opposed his bail today.  Though Assange was  granted bail earlier this week on condition he provides guarantees of £240,000 he  has remained in Wandsworth prison after prosecutors appealed against giving him bail. Mr Assange is fighting […]

    UN set to lift some Iraqi sanctions

    The UN Security Council is set to take new steps to restore Iraq to the international standing it held before Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, including lifting sanctions that prohibited the country from pursuing a civilian nuclear programme. The US held the council presidency this month and US Vice-President Joseph Biden was presided at Wednesday’s council meeting where American officials said […]

    SC directs probe into 2G spectrum allocation from 2001 to 2008

    New Delhi: Set to monitor the 2G spectrum scam probe, the Supreme Court on Thursday widened the investigation in the case by bringing in its ambit the telecom policy from 2001 to 2008 covering both the NDA and the UPA regimes. A bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly made it clear […]

    Govt has nothing to hide on 2G spectrum issue: Moily

    Welcoming the Supreme Court decision to monitor the probe into the controversial 2G spectrum allocation, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said the government has nothing to hide on the issue. “This is what our government had said (in the Supreme Court)…we have nothing to hide. That’s why we wanted the Supreme Court to monitor the […]

    International Court prosecutor seeks Kenya charges

    The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to charge six Kenyans, including the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, with crimes against humanity including murder, persecution and rape. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Minister for Industrialisation Henry Kosgey are among the six men named Wednesday by Luis Moreno Ocampo in […]