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  • Japanese ministers to visit China for high-level dialogue

    Seven Japanese ministers will visit China to take part in a high-level economic dialogue between the two countries slated for Saturday in Beijing, government officials have said. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan will co-chair the economic ministerial meeting, which is expected to take up the global economy as well […]

    N-Liability: Govt hints dropping contentious proposal on suppliers’ liability

    As it prepares to move the nuclear liability bill in Parliament Wednesday, government sought to rope in Left parties a day before amidst indications that it could consider dropping a contentious proposal regarding the suppliers’ liability. Indications emerged that the government may not be averse to dropping the provision regarding “intent” on the part of […]

    New phenomenon of ‘saffron terrorism’ in India: Chidambaram

    Inaugurating a conference of chiefs of police forces of the country, Home Minister P Chidambaram warned Wednesday that there has been no let up in attempts to radicalise the youth and added that a new phenomenon of “saffron terrorism” involved in many bomb blasts has been uncovered.  “There is no let up in the attempts […]

    UN Condemns Hotel Suicide Attack in Somalia

    A top United Nations envoy for Somalia strongly condemned Tuesday’s suicide attack on a hotel in Mogadishu killing at least 32 people, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. “These callous, brutal acts, which were clearly aimed at causing maximum bloodshed to innocent people, defy rational comprehension,” Martin Nesirky, the UN spokesman, told reporters here, quoting […]

    At Least 2 Killed in Lebanon in Clashes Involving Hezbollah

    At least two people were killed in armed clashes on Tuesday night between Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah and a Sunni sect near Beirut. The local MTV Channel and New TV reported that in the clashes four people were killed, three of whom were Hezbollah members, and another came from Sunni’s Association of Islamic Charitable […]

    Another Australian Soldier Killed during Action in Afghanistan

    Australian Defense Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said here Wednesday another Australian lance corporal has been killed during action in Afghanistan. He said there were no other Australian soldiers injured in the engagement. So far, up to 21 Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.

    U.S. Freezes Assets of al-Qaida Finance Chief

    U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday froze assets of al-Qaida finance chief Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu-al-Khayr, terror mastermind Osama bin Laden’s son in law. In a statement, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey called al-Khayr a “key leader of the terrorist organization’s finance section.” The department froze any assets al-Khayr has under U.S. […]

    UN: Niger Food Crisis “A Disaster in the Making”

    Sounding the alarm on Niger ‘s ongoing food crisis, the head of the World Food Program (WFP) Josette Sheeran and UN humanitarian chief John Holmes have repeatedly raised the issue as an underfunded “disaster in the making,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here on Tuesday. Recent flooding threatens to exacerbate an already dire situation, […]

    White House Hails Iraq Withdrawal Process

    The White House on Tuesday hailed the announcement of the military that its troops have dropped to below 50,000 in Iraq, announcing President Barack Obama will make a speech next week to mark the change of mission in Iraq at the end of the month. John Brennan, assistant to the president for counterterrorism and homeland […]

    Smuggled Uranium-238 Seized in Moldova

    Moldovan police has seized 1.8 kilograms of uranium 238, the radioactive substance used to produce atomic bombs, and detained three members of a criminal group who were trying to sell the uranium, according to reports of the official Moldpres news agency reaching here on Tuesday. It is the first case of its kind ever found […]