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March 30, 2010 2:37 PM

G-8 announces economic initiative for Pakistan-Afghanistan border

G-8 Foreign Ministers have agreed on economic initiative for the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. This has been announced by Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon while opening a two-day meeting of the Foreign Ministers of G-8 countries near Ottawa yesterday. He said the stability in the regi...

March 30, 2010 2:30 PM

28 militants killed in Pakistan's tribal belt

At least 28 militants were killed and 10 others injured today when Pakistani fighter jets pounded terrorist hideouts in the restive Orakzai tribal area. A fresh military offensive against Taliban in the area has left over 150 insurgents dead in a week. Twenty militants were killed when fighter jets ...

March 30, 2010 2:16 PM

India seeks consular access to 17 convicted in Sharjah

The Indian Consulate in Dubai has sought consular access to 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others last year. The mission said in a statement that the Consulate is seeking more details, including a copy of the...

March 30, 2010 2:15 PM

G-8 announces economic initiative for Pakistan-Afghanistan

G-8 Foreign Ministers have agreed on economic initiative for the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. This has been announced by Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon while opening a two-day meeting of the Foreign Ministers of G-8 countries near Ottawa yesterday. He said the stability in the regi...

March 30, 2010 2:00 PM

Six Indian workers killed in UAE road accident

<br/>Six people, believed to be Indian workers, were killed and 44 others injured when a bus carrying them to a refinery crashed into a truck in the UAE. The accident took place on Monday near Ruwais, about 240 km west of UAE capital Abu Dhabi. <br/><br/>Although the po...

March 30, 2010 2:00 PM

India seeks consular access to 17 convicted in Sharjah?

The Indian Consulate in Dubai has sought consular access to 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others last year. The mission said in a statement that the Consulate is seeking more details, including a copy of the...

March 30, 2010 12:49 PM

Obama condemns Moscow blasts, offers US help

US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to expresses his condolences on the deadly bombings in Moscow and offered US cooperation to bring the perpetrators of the blasts to justice. A White House official said, Obama telephoned Medvedev yesterday, and personally conve...

March 30, 2010 11:50 AM

Portugal sends more troops to Afghanistan

<br/>The last batch of seventy Portuguese troops to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization left yesterday for Afghanistan to complete Lisbon's planned deployment. <br/><br/>The troop of a rapid reaction force aboard a C-130 plane left from a military airport in Lis...

March 30, 2010 11:37 AM

G8 announces economic initiative for Pakistan-Afghanistan

G-8 Foreign Ministers have agreed on economic initiative for the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. This has been announced by Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon while opening a two-day meeting of the Foreign Ministers of G-8 countries near Ottawa yesterday. He said the stability in the regi...

March 30, 2010 11:11 AM

India seeks consular access to 17 convicted in Sharjah?

<br/>The Indian Consulate in Dubai has sought consular access to 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others last year. The mission said in a statement that the Consulate is seeking more details, includin...

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