Afghan candidate Abdullah seeks Pakistan cooperation
WASHINGTON: Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah
said Thursday he wanted “good neighborly relations” with Pakistan.
Abdullah, speaking to a Washington think tank via Skype two days before
the run-off election, said he would seek cooperation with Pakistan —
which he ...
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Nasa readies satellite to measure atmospheric CO2
WASHINGTON: NASA is preparing a July 1 launch for its first
satellite dedicated to measuring atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, a
greenhouse gas that plays a key role in climate change. CO2 levels have
reached their highest point in at ...
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Gas leak kills six at giant India steel plant
RAIPUR: A poisonous gas leak at one of India´s largest steel
plants killed six people overnight and injured 31 others, a factory
official said on Friday. Deadly gas escaped from one of the blast
furnaces at the flagship Bhilai Steel ...
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UN Security Council calls for urgent dialogue in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded
urgent inclusive dialogue in Iraq and condemned “terrorist” activities,
but stopped short of mulling action against militants advancing on
Baghdad. The Council met for two hours behind closed doors as Kurds ...
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Who wrote that political memoir? The pens behind the politicians
WASHINGTON: Hillary Rodham Clinton has written a new book. Except
maybe she hasn’t. It all depends on what the definition of “written” is.
The former first lady, US senator and secretary of state had some help
on her new memoir, ...
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Indian woman says police gang-raped her inside station
LUCKNOW: An Indian woman said Thursday she was gang-raped by four
officers at a police station, the latest in a string of shocking sex
attacks in the troubled state of Uttar Pradesh. The woman said she had
gone to the ...
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US mulls air strikes as Iraq militants advance on Baghdad
KIRKUK: Militants have seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit as a
jihadist offensive sweeps closer to Baghdad, prompting the UN Security
Council to convene crisis talks Thursday while the US mulls air strikes
on the rebels. The Islamic State of ...
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UNSC set to impose sanctions on Boko Haram
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is set to sanction
Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram, and its faction Ansaru,
the first individual and entity to be designated by the world body
since the Islamist militant group was blacklisted ...
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US Congress links aid to military operations
WASHINGTON: To provide military assistance to Pakistan in the next
fiscal year, the US administration will now have to certify to Congress
that Islamabad is conducting military operations in North Waziristan.
Under the Carl Levin National Defence Authorisation Act for ...
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Heroin concealed in carpets seized at Manchester Airport
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