 | The top leaders of Nepal's major parties began frantic consultations Friday amid speculation that a new mini-interim government will be announced during the day.
The anticipation that a new government, with the Maoists as partners, could be... More |
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 | The G-33 countries will meet in Indonesia later this month to reaffirm the position of developing countries on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA).
The meeting will be attended by representatives from the G-20, G-10, Least Developed Countries... More |
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 | The US has advised Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to handle with care the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and public protests against the decision.
The caution, voiced by visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for... More |
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 | Introduction of container services at land ports and riverways would help reduce considerably the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) now affecting India-Bangladesh trade, India's high commissioner here has suggested.
"Multiple checking, long wait of... More |
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 | Opposition lawmakers in Pakistan's Sindh province have decried the rising number of kidnappings of members of the minority Hindu community and have asked the government to take specific measures to curb this trend.
The issue would figure high on... More |
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 | A Pakistani national, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has claimed he organised the Sept 11 attacks on the United States and shared responsibility for other major plots including one to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
"I was responsible... More |
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 | The British parliament voted in favour of modernising the country's submarine-borne independent nuclear deterrent.
After six hours of debate 409 members of parliament voted Wednesday for the plan and 161 voted against, giving a majority of... More |
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 | Embroiled in a raging controversy for issuing a controversial message to the nation last month, Nepal's King Gyanendra has hit the headlines again for sending a second message to a pro-monarchy Hindu meet in India.
The holy town of Varanasi in... More |
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US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher met Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri in Islamabad Thursday for talks on the Taliban insurgency and the security situation in Afghanistan.
Boucher arrived Wednesday from Afghanistan where... More |
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 | US President George W. Bush broke protocol during his visit to Uruguay and dined at a restaurant in Old Montevideo, according to the Spanish news agency EFE.
Bush, his wife Laura, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US Ambassador to Uruguay... More |
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