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| The Story of India: Pakistan and North India |
| 2008-07-17 05:27:03 |
In his series 'Michael Wood: The Story of India', Michael Wood explores the ancient sites that helped shape the history and culture of Pakistan and northern India. Join him as he explores eight astonishing places, including Harappa, the Golden Temple at Amritsar and one of the greatest Mughal architectural achievements at Fatehpur Sikri....
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| africa News |
| 2008-07-17 05:23:32 |
Zimbabwe distributes food hampersZimbabwe's government is to distribute cheap food hampers to help people deal with inflation of 2,200,000%.Basic products to last a family of six for a month will cost Z$100bn, the current cost of a loaf of bread, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.It was launched by President Robert Mugabe who was re-elected last month in a controversial one-man race.Meanwhile, a deal on pre-conditions for power-sharing talks is expected, but so far the opposition has not signed it."It is not that we are refusing to sign, but that the processes need to be tightened," opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told South Africa's Star newspaper. PRE-CONDITIONS FOR TALKSMDC:End to political violenceRelease of sup...
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| Asia News |
| 2008-07-17 05:22:52 |
Slowing exports curb China growthChinese economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2008, constrained by slowing demand for exports, rising prices and the high cost of credit.The National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew at an annual rate of 10.1% in the three months to June, down from 10.6% over the previous quarter.If it keeps growing at a double-digit pace, then China may overtake Germany as the world's third-largest economy.Beijing has been trying to curb rising food costs amid fears of social unrest.Consumer price inflation also cooled to an annual rate of 7.1% in June - a decline from 7.7% in May.But with producer prices rising to an annual rate of 8.8% in June - the fastest pace of growth since the mid-1990s - the expectation is that the government will go further to...
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| Tribe takes on global mining firm |
| 2008-07-17 05:17:54 |
High in the monsoon mists in eastern India there is place called Golgola where witchdoctors still make sacrifices to the gods and where the tribes believe the hills are sacred, but where they fear their way of life is under threat.No roads lead to Golgola, only a muddy track through a lush, green valley. On either side rise the Niyamgiri hills, thick with forests - wisps of cloud wreath their slopes and a light, misty drizzle coats everything.Then you plunge into the jungle. A slippery path snakes through bamboo thickets and under giant jackfruit and mango trees laden with ripe fruit. For two hours you have to climb what looks an impossibly steep slope. In the humid air sweat soon drenches everything.OtherwordlyHigh on the hillside you pass a pile of stones next to which are several small ...
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| Militants breached US Afghan base |
| 2008-07-17 05:16:50 |
More than 100 insurgents breached a US outpost in north-eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing nine US troops in hours of fierce fighting, Nato says.The militants used rocket propelled grenades and homemade mortars to bombard the base, close to Pakistan's border, from several sides.The attack caused one of the single worst losses of life for foreign troops since operations began in 2001.The nine US soldiers were killed in several hours of fierce fighting at the outpost at Wanat, a mountain village in Kunar province, according to a statement from Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).Insurgents pounded the Afghan army and Nato base - which had reportedly only been fully constructed days earlier - with rockets, mortars and machine guns, before breaching the compound and attac...
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| Israel grieves for Regev and Goldwasser |
| 2008-07-17 05:15:20 |
The slain soldiers' families have no chance of privacy as the nation and world watch their tragedy deepen.By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 17, 2008JERUSALEM -- The Regevs wanted privacy. But that didn't stop dozens of friends, neighbors and schoolchildren from lighting candles outside their home in a quiet suburb of Haifa. Or TV crews from filming the vigil. Or viewers all over Israel from watching it live.Eldad Regev and fellow soldier Ehud Goldwasser were national figures. And they were finally coming home....
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| McCain at NAACP pledges more education options |
| 2008-07-17 05:14:12 |
CINCINNATI (AP) — John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school.The likely Republican presidential nominee addressed the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation's oldest civil rights organization.In greeting the group, McCain praised Democrat Barack Obama's historic campaign, but said the Illinois senator is wrong to oppose school vouchers for students in failing public schools. It is time, McCain said, to use vouchers and other tools like merit pay for teachers to break from conventional thi...
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| US may withdraw more Iraq troops |
| 2008-07-17 05:12:54 |
The United States' senior military officer has said he will probably recommend withdrawing more US troops from Iraq if security there improves.The statement by Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came as the last of the 20,000 soldiers from the so-called surge last year officially ended their tour.Mullen's comments also came as Iraqi forces took over security control of Diwaniyah province from US troops. Diwaniyah is the 10th of Iraq's 18 provinces to fall under the control of Iraqi forces.Officials said the remaining eight provinces could be under Iraqi control by December.US officials say the level of violence across the country is down to a four-year low based on reports of US and Iraqi military...
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| ٹیسٹ کرکٹ کو بچانے کی ضرورت |
| 2008-07-11 21:22:43 |
یشین کرکٹ کے اعلی حکام اور کرکٹرز اس بات پر متفق ہیں کہ ٹوئنٹی ٹوئنٹی کرکٹ کی یلغار کے سامنے روایتی ٹیسٹ کرکٹ کو بچانے کی ضرورت ہے۔ان خیالات کا اظہار انہوں نے کرکٹ سیمینار میں کیا جس کا اہتمام پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ نے ایشیا کپ کے موقع پر کیا تھا۔’ایشین کرکٹ ماضی حال اور مستقبل‘ کے موضوع پر ہونے والے سیمینار میں تقریر کرتے ہوئے سری لنکن کرکٹ بورڈ کے سربراہ ارجنا راناتنگا نے کہا کہ وہ ذاتی طور پر ٹوئنٹی ٹوئنٹی کرکٹ کے بڑے مداح نہیں ہیں ۔ضرورت اس ...
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| ’دوسرے درجے کی ٹیم بھیجیں گے‘ |
| 2008-07-11 21:21:55 |
سری لنکا کی کرکٹ ٹیم کے بہترین کھلاڑیوں کو اگلے سال انگلینڈ کا دورہ کرنے کی بجائے انڈین پریمیئر لیگ کھیلنے کی اجازت دے دی گئی ہے۔سری لنکا کے کرکٹ بورڈ کے حکام کا کہنا ہے کہ وہ اس بات کی گارنٹی نہیں دے سکتے کہ وہ اپنے بہترین کھلاڑیوں کو انگلینڈ کے دورے پر بھیج پائیں گے۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ اس بارے میں انگلینڈ اور ویلز کے کرکٹ بورڈز سے بات چیت ہو رہی ہے۔سری لنکا کے کرکٹ بورڈ کے سربراہ دلیپ مینڈس کا کہنا تھا کہ کئی کھلاڑی پہلے ہی انڈین پریمیئر لیگ ک...
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| ٹیم کا اعلان 15 جولائی تک مؤخ |
| 2008-07-11 21:21:05 |
پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ نے آئی سی سی چمپئنز ٹرافی کے لیے تیس کھلاڑیوں کا اعلان پندرہ جولائی تک مؤخر کرتے ہوئے شعیب اختر سے کہا ہے کہ وہ چودہ جولائی تک پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ کو ستر لاکھ روپے کا جرمانہ ادا کر دیں۔ستمبر میں ہونے والے آئی سی سی چمپئنز ٹرافی کرکٹ ٹورنامنٹ کے لیے ابتدائی تیس کھلاڑیوں کے ناموں کا اعلان کرنے کی آخری تاریخ گیارہ جولائی تھی۔ لیکن پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ نے آئی سی سی سے مزید چار دن کی مہلت مانگی ہے اور پی سی بی کے ڈائریکٹر کرکٹ آپریشن ...
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| انگلینڈ: 593 پر اننگز ڈیکلیئر |
| 2008-07-11 21:20:20 |
جنوبی افریقہ کے خلاف لارڈز کرکٹ گروانڈ پر کھیلے جا رہے پہلے ٹیسٹ میچ میں ائین بیل کے بہترین ایک سو ننانوے رنز کی مدد سے میزبان ٹیم نے دوسرے دن پانچ سو ترانوے رنز آٹھ کھلاڑی آؤٹ پر اپنی اننگز ختم کرنے کا اعلان کیا۔کھیل کے پہلے دن کا احوالکھیل کے دوسرے دن چائے کے وقفے کے بعد جب ائین بیل اپنےدوسرے سینکڑے سے صرف ایک رن پہلے پال ہیرس کی گیند پر اُن ہی کے ہاتھوں کیچ آؤٹ ہوئے تو انگلینڈ نے اپنی اننگز ختم کرنے کا اعلان کر دیا۔ائین بیل کے علاوہ کیون پیٹ...
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| کشمیر میں گورنر راج کا نفاذ |
| 2008-07-11 21:19:31 |
ہندوستان کے زیرانتظام کشمیر میں گورنر نریندر ناتھ ووہرا نے مقامی اسمبلی کو تحلیل کر کے حکومت اور قانون سازی کے اختیارات اپنے ہاتھ میں لے لئے ہیں۔گزشتہ ہفتےشری امرناتھ شرائن بورڑ کے معاملے پر کانگریس کی قیادت والی مخلوط حکومت میں شریک ایک اہم پارٹی اقتدار سے الگ ہوگئی اور سات جولائی کو وزیر اعلیٰ مستعفی ہوگئے تھے۔آئینی ماہرین کے خیال میں ہندوستان میں جموں کشمیر واحد ریاست ہے جس کا علیحدہ آئینی نظام ہے، جس کے تحت وزیر اعلیٰ ایوان کا اعتماد ...
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| طریقہ ٹھیک نہیں ہے: قاف لیگ |
| 2008-07-11 21:18:29 |
مسلم لیگ قاف نے بینظیر قتل کیس کی تحقیقات اقوام متحدہ سے کروانے کی مخالفت کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ حکومت تحقیقات کے لیے چاہے پچاس ممالک کے ماہرین کو بلا لے لیکن اختیارات خود اپنے پاس رکھے۔اقوام متحدہ کمیشن کی تشکیل پر تیاریہ بات پاکستان مسلم لیگ قاف کے سیکریٹری اطلاعات طارق عظیم نے اقوام متحدہ کی طرف سے پیپلز پارٹی کی چیئرپرسن بینظیر بھٹو کے قتل کے کیس کی تحقیقات کے لیے ایک کمیشن کی تشکیل پر اصولی طور پر رضامندی کے رد عمل میں کہی۔طارق عظیم نے بی ...
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| عسکریت پسندی میں اضافہ، ملِکوں کی پسپائی |
| 2008-07-11 21:17:46 |
یہ چند برس پہلے تک قبائلی علاقوں میں کافی با اثر اور با اختیار تھے۔ حکومت بھی قبائل سے لین دین انہی کے ذریعے کیا کرتی تھی۔ لیکن اب ایک ایک کرکے وہ یا تو حکومت کے حامی ہونے کے الزام میں مارے گئے، کمزور حکومتی رٹ کے تناظر میں انہوں نے خاموشی میں بھلا جانا یا پھر انہوں نے وفاداری ہی تبدیل کر لی۔یہ قبائلی علاقوں کے ملک تھے جو آج کل ڈھونڈنے سے نہیں ملتے۔ علاقے میں عسکریت پسندی میں اضافے سے یہ ملِک پسپا ہوئے ہیں۔ ایسی ہی ایک تازہ پسپائی اورکزئی ایجن...
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| بدعنوانی کے بعد فراڈ کے الزامات |
| 2008-07-11 21:17:07 |
اسرائیل میں پولیس نے وزیر اعظم ایہود اولمرت کے خلاف بدعنوانی کے الزامات کی تحقیقات کا دائر وسیع کر دیا ہے اور اب اس زاویئے پر بھی غور کیا جارہا ہے کہ کیا وزیر اعظم نے بدعنوانی کے ساتھ فراڈ سے بھی کام لیا ہے۔اسرائیل کی وزارتِ انصاف اور پولیس کے محکمہ کی طرف سے جاری ہونے والے مشترکہ بیان میں کہا گیا ہے کہ وزیر اعظم پر شبہہ کیا جا رہا ہے کہ وہ اپنے بیرونی سرکاری دوروں پر اٹھنے والے اخراجات حکومت کے علاوہ اپنے ادارے سے بھی وصول کرتے رہے ہیں۔اس سے ...
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| Afghan villagers answer your questions |
| 2008-07-11 21:14:58 |
Nearly two years ago, BBC News website readers put their questions to people in a village north of the capital, Kabul, where the Taleban had destroyed many homes during the civil war. Since we met the villagers in September 2005, international aid pledges to the country have risen to more than $10.5bn (£5.9bn). But corruption has got worse, and the Taleban have been fighting back.Our reporter Soutik Biswas revisited the village of Asad Khyl to find out how life has changed during the last two years. Here, villagers answer questions sent to them by readers....
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| US strike' hits Pakistan troops |
| 2008-07-11 21:11:54 |
Officials said 10 more shells landed in a nearby forest area, damaging trees but causing no loss of lives.The targeted military post is located several hundred metres inside the Pakistani border.Last month, 11 Pakistani troops were killed in an air strike by Afghanistan-based US forces.Growing angerOfficials in Pakistan say the shells were fired by coalition troops operating in the Barmal area on the Afghan side of the border.An official in Pakistan's South Waziristan province told the BBC Urdu service that the injured had been airlifted to a hospital in Wana, the provincial headquarters.An army source in Islamabad confirmed the strike and injuries, but offered no further details. There is increasing anger in Pakistan at...
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| Nine Pakistanis Hurt in Fire From Afghanistan |
| 2008-07-11 21:10:56 |
Seven Pakistani soldiers and two civilians have been wounded by firing from inside Afghanistan in the latest incident along the border between the uneasy U.S. allies.Last month, Pakistan was outraged when 11 of its border soldiers were killed in a U.S. air strike as U.S. forces battled Taliban militants.Days later, Afghan President Hamid Karazi, increasingly frustrated with Taliban attacks into Afghanistan from Pakistani sanctuaries, threatened to send troops into Pakistan to fight the insurgents.A Pakistani intelligence official said it was not clear who had fired dozens of mortar bombs across the border into Pakistan's South Waziristan region on Thursday night."About 60 rounds fell in Angoor Adda," said the official, referring to a Pakistani village...
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| UN Responds Favorably to Pakistan's Request for Bhutto Killing Probe |
| 2008-07-11 21:09:59 |
The United Nations has responded favorably to a request for an investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.Pakistani Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the U.N. on Thursday to discuss the formation of an independent commission to probe Ms. Bhutto's killing.Mr. Ban's office said the secretary-general responded positively to the request, but that further consultations with Pakistan and other U.N. officials will be needed.Ms. Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide gun and bomb attack while campaigning in December in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has blamed al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militant commander Baitullah...
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| Eddie Murphy falls to Earth in misguided comedy |
| 2008-07-11 03:04:49 |
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The last time Eddie Murphy visited from outer space, the result was the spectacular 2002 misfire, "The Adventures of Pluto Nash."In the case of "Meet Dave," in which Murphy pulls double duty as the minuscule commander of a mission from an endangered planet in addition to assuming the guise of its life-size spacecraft, the goofy setup alone keeps it a safe distance from Golden Raspberry territory.That said, this sci-fi romp seriously skimps on the sort of wacky comedy that should have flown liberally from such an inspired premise -- especially one that was co-written by Bill Corbett, of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" cult renown.Reteaming with "Norbit" director Brian Robbins, Murphy ...
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| 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' |
| 2008-07-11 03:04:09 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Action. Starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem. Directed by Eric Brevig. (PG. 92 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show times, and to buy tickets for select theaters, go to sfgate.com/movies.)Living at a time when any spectacle imaginable can be put onscreen, action filmmakers have only their good taste to restrain them. It's so easy to dream up monsters and so hard to devise stories and characters. Add into the equation an audience that will flock to whatever makes the biggest noise - not to mention a critical community that often seems willing to lobotomize itself so as to get into the spirit - and it beco...
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| Hellboy II: The Golden Army' |
| 2008-07-11 03:00:57 |
THE TROUBLE with the current spate of comic-book movies is that their numbing conventionality can make it easy to forget why you loved the original comics back in the day. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" will help you remember.With movies such as “The Incredible Hulk” and “Iron Man” falling off the Hollywood assembly line like so many identical toaster ovens, it's refreshing to see what happens when a visionary filmmaker such as Guillermo del Toro falls in love with a superhero who was described in the first "Hellboy" film as "6-foot-5, bright red, has a tail and is government funded."ADVERTISEMENTClick here to find out more!Starting with characters created by Mike Mignola for Dark Horse Comics, writer-director Del Toro, whose one-of-a-kind "Pan's Laby...
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| Family's hopes for soldier end |
| 2008-07-11 03:00:18 |
LAWRENCE - The body of Alex R. Jimenez, a Lawrence soldier who was kidnapped by Al Qaeda-linked terrorists more than a year ago, has been found in Iraq in a tragic ending to a family's desperate hope for his return.Jimenez's father, Ramon "Andy" Jimenez, was notified by the Army yesterday that his son's body was found two days ago by Iraqi authorities, who contacted their American counterparts. He was identified by dental records. The body of a comrade who went missing at the same time was also found.The elder Jimenez, often rubbing his moist eyes, had held out hope that he would one day see his son's return. But last night he seemed to come to terms with the news."It comforts you when you accept something, and Alex did w...
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| Jackson Barks, but Does He Still Have Bite |
| 2008-07-11 02:58:50 |
It used to be called “the Jesse Jackson problem”: Democratic presidential candidates fearing they would lose black votes if they got on Mr. Jackson’s bad side, given the influence he accrued as a civil rights activist and his history-making races for the White House in 1984 and 1988.Skip to next paragraphEnlarge This ImageRussel A. Daniels/Associated PressThe Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for remarks about Barack Obama, but they seemed to have little effect.RelatedJesse Jackson Apologizes for Remarks on Obama (July 10, 2008)Times Topics: Jesse JacksonBlogThe CaucusThe CaucusThe latest political news from around the nation. Join the discussion. * Election Guide * More Politics NewsBut if his recent critical comments about Senator Barack Obama prove anything, Democrats ...
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| Alarming rise' in Ukraine racism |
| 2008-07-10 07:03:44 |
There has been an "alarming rise" in the number of racially motivated attacks in Ukraine, according to a new Amnesty International study.The group says more than 60 people were targeted in racial attacks last year. Four people have died this year alone.The government, it says, fails to recognise the gravity of the problem, frequently registering the attacks only as acts of "hooliganism".No comment from Ukrainian officials was immediately available.Amnesty UK campaign director Tim Hancock said in a statement that: "Foreigners and ethnic minorities now live in a climate of fear."Ukraine's police, prosecutors and politicians need to urgently confront the scourge of racism, not sidestep it by calling hate crimes acts of 'hool...
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| Kenyan wins landmark HIV ruling |
| 2008-07-10 07:02:59 |
An HIV-positive Kenyan woman has won $35,000 in a landmark ruling against her employer for unfair dismissal.The 45-year-old waitress, whose identity has been withheld, also sued her doctor for revealing her HIV status without her consent.The High Court ruled that it was unlawful to end employment on the grounds of a person's HIV status. None of the defendants admitted liability.About 2.5m out of 32m Kenyans are currently living with HIV/Aids.The woman's former employer, Home Park Caterers, said the company had not requested a medical test, and was not aware of her status when she was sacked.But the former waitress told the court that her letter of termination said she had been sacked on medical grounds, and for being unable to perform her duties.The High...
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| Rev Jackson sorry for Obama jibe |
| 2008-07-10 07:02:15 |
US civil rights leader the Rev Jesse Jackson has apologised for "regretfully crude" remarks he made about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.In a reference to Mr Obama, Mr Jackson had said on US Fox News: "I want to cut his nuts off", not knowing his comments were picked up by a live microphone.Mr Jackson had said he thought Mr Obama was "speaking down to black people".The reverend said he was "very sorry for any harm" and that he had "deep and wide" support for the Obama campaign.Mr Jackson has been a key civil rights campaigner and was unsuccessful when running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984.'Moral content'Mr Jackson was talking to a guest ahead of a live interview on Fox on Sunday in Chicago when he made the remarks.He was discussing the question of Mr Obam...
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| Thailand foreign minister quits |
| 2008-07-10 07:00:56 |
Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama has resigned after a top court ruled he had violated the constitution by signing a deal over a disputed temple.Cambodia had been petitioning to have the temple on the Thai-Cambodian border listed as a World Heritage site.But judges ruled the government should not have backed Cambodia without asking parliament, as the temple is built on land disputed by the two countries.Some Thais saw the move as an implicit surrender of sovereignty claims.The Preah Vihear Hindu temple, near the Thai-Cambodian border, was awarded Unesco World Heritage status on Monday. Assertive courtsMr Noppadon made the announcement that he was stepping down on national television."But I insist that I have done n...
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| US warns Iran on missile threat |
| 2008-07-10 06:59:12 |
Iran test-fires missiles in the Gulf - footage from Iranian state TVThe US has said it will not hesitate to defend its interests and those of its allies as Iran continues missile tests.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the US had increased its security in the region and Iran should not be "confused" about US capabilities.Iran tested missiles on Wednesday that could reach Israel, and on Thursday carried out further tests.Meanwhile French energy giant Total has said it will not invest in Iran because it is too politically risky.New testsCondoleezza Rice was speaking during a visit to Georgia.She said: "We take very strongly our obligation to defend our allies and we intend to do that. Map of missile rangeTensions mount...
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| U.S. Rejects Iraqi Demand for Timetable on Troop Withdrawal |
| 2008-07-08 21:33:58 |
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government rejected calls by Iraq to set a timetable for withdrawing troops from the country and said the planned reduction in force levels will be dictated by conditions on the ground.The U.S. and Iraq are negotiating an agreement that will lay the legal boundaries for the operation of coalition forces after their United Nations mandate expires at the end of December.``We want to withdraw, we will withdraw,'' State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters in Washington yesterday. ``However, that decision will be conditions-based.''About 150,000 U.S. soldiers remain in the country, down from a peak of 165,000 at the end of 2007. The last of the five combat brigades sent to the country last year by President George W. Bush as part of a so-called su...
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| Bush and Indian PM Singh Back Nuclear Deal |
| 2008-07-08 21:33:05 |
U.S. President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are backing a controversial deal to sell U.S. nuclear fuel to India. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Japan where the two men met on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations.President Bush says the nuclear deal is good for both nations as they work together to confront challenges including climate change and security.It allows India access to atomic fuel and U.S. civilian nuclear technology in exchange for India opening its facilities to inspection by the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency.But the accord, first announced in 2006, has yet to pass either nation's legislature with American cri...
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| US criticises 'bellicose' Russia |
| 2008-07-08 21:28:32 |
The United States has criticised what it calls "bellicose rhetoric" from Russia over US plans to develop a missile shield in Europe.Russia said it would be forced to react with military means if the US went ahead with its plan for a shield based partly in the Czech Republic.The reaction was "designed to make Europeans nervous about participating" said a Pentagon spokesman.A White House spokesman said dialogue with Russia would continue."We seek strategic cooperation on preventing missiles from rogue nations, like Iran, from threatening our friends and allies," said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe.He said the US and Russia should be "equal partners".Moscow says siting the system near its borders could weaken its own defences, despite US assurances tha...
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| Failed test trails a rider as he races into Tour de France lead |
| 2008-07-08 21:27:27 |
CHOLET, France: Stefan Schumacher came to the Tour de France with goals similar to those of many other riders: "A stage win and a day wearing the yellow jersey would be fine," the German, who rides for the Gerolsteiner team, said this year.On Tuesday, he achieved one goal, with a remarkable 18-second victory in the first of two time trials, a 29.5 kilometer, or 18.3 mile, individual race against the clock.The second goal will be reached on Wednesday, when Schumacher dons the yellow jersey for the longest stage of the 95th Tour de France, a 232-kilometer mostly-flat ride from Cholet to Chateauroux.Schumacher is known primarily as a strong rider in long one-day races and short prologues, so whi...
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| G-8 leaders pledge to cut emissions in half by 2050 |
| 2008-07-08 21:26:43 |
RUSUTSU, Japan: President George W. Bush and leaders of the world's richest nations pledged Tuesday to "move toward a low-carbon society" by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, the latest step in a long evolution by a president who for years played down the threat of global warming.The declaration by the Group of 8 — the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Russia — was the first time that the Bush White House had publicly backed an explicit long-term target for eliminating the gases that scientists have said are warming the planet. But it failed to set a goal for cutting emissions over the next decade, and drew sharp criticism from environmentalists, who called it a missed...
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| Ulema Action Committee announce to conduct classes on wreckage of Jamia Hafsa |
| 2008-07-08 21:24:28 |
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Lal Masjid Ulema Action Committee (UAC) has announced to conduct classes for girl students of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa on wreckage of Jamia Hafsa on day to day basis in line with the orders of Supreme Court.This was announced by UAC spokesman Mufti Abdul Rehman, NWFP assembly member Mufti Kafayat Ullah, Lal Masjid Khateeb Maulana Abdul Ghaffar and Naib Khateeb Maulana Aamer Siddiqui while addressing a press conference here Monday.They alleged agencies were behind Islamabad bomb blast, which was aimed at sabotaging Lal Masjid Shuhada Conference.They demanded president Musharraf be impeached. Countrywide protests would be staged if Musharraf was ever given a safe passage, they declared. President Musharraf martyred innocent girl stude...
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| Kashmir poised for direct Delhi rule |
| 2008-07-08 21:23:36 |
Occupied Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on Monday without facing a trust vote in the state assembly, which became necessary when a key ally of the Congress party-led government parted ways recently over his handling of a Hindu pilgrimage to an ancient temple.Mr Azad’s decision has paved the way for the recently appointed Governor N.N. Vohra to impose New Delhi’s direct rule in the disputed state. Elections are due in there in November and the move to impose direct rule is being seen as a Congress party ploy to influence the course.Press Trust of India said Mr Azad along with his ministers and MLAs arrived at the newly constructed state Assembly building in Srinagar where other party legislators gathered for the one-day sessio...
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| Delhi not to change course |
| 2008-07-08 21:23:15 |
NEW DELHI, July 7: India responded with anger and horror to Monday’s suicide attack on its embassy in Kabul and said such acts of terrorism would not deter it from its commitments in Afghanistan.The most devastating attack so far against an Indian target in Afghanistan came as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepared to meet President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Japan. Some Indian officials, most notably a former high commissioner to Pakistan, accused Islamabad of involvement.The official response though was more restrained. “I am horrified to know of the death of our personnel in the dastardly terrorist attack on our embassy in Kabul,” the prime minister said in a statement en route to the summit.“The loss of these precious I...
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| ‘Pakistan next US president’s big challenge’ |
| 2008-07-08 21:22:56 |
NEW YORK, July 7: US President George Bush has said that the biggest challenge for the next President of the United States would be Pakistan and not Iraq or even Afghanistan, according to a report in the US News and World report on Monday.The report quoted veteran journalist Bill Kristol of Fox News as saying that “in a mostly off-the-record meeting with a small group of journalists last week, President Bush “conveyed the following impression, that he thought the next president’s biggest challenge would not be Iraq, which he thinks he’ll leave in pretty good shape, and would not be Afghanistan, which is manageable by itself. ... It’s Pakistan.”“The Pentagon has “req...
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| Taliban, tribal elders agree to expel Uzbeks |
| 2008-07-08 21:22:39 |
WANA, July 7: Local Taliban and tribal elders decided at a meeting on Monday to expel Uzbek militants and their local collaborators from the areas of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan.The meeting in Wana was attended by about 500 elders and Maliks and representatives of Taliban Shoora from North Waziristan.Witnesses said that supporters of pro-government militant commander Maulvi Mohammad Nazir detained tribal elder Malik Baa Khan after he opposed the participation of some Taliban in the jirga.They said that some people shouted at Malik Baa Khan when he said that the people of South Waziristan did not need the help of Taliban from North Waziristan in confronting foreign militants.Malik Baa was taken to a private Taliban jail and was released after ...
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