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March 24, 2010 1:59 PM

Obama, Israeli PM hold talks at White House

President Obama has been holding talks with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. This is their first meeting since a row began over Israeli plans to construct more homes for Jews in Occupied Jerusalem. President Obama said the plans are not helpful to the peace process w...

March 24, 2010 1:19 PM

Rio Tinto trial in China ends without verdict

In China, the trial of four executives of the international mining giant Rio Tinto has ended in Shanghai but no verdict has been announced. Australian Foreign Minister said it could take some days to emerge. Australian Stern Hu and his three Chinese colleagues faced charges of receiving bribes and i...

March 24, 2010 1:16 PM

Clinton pledges broader US effort on Mexico drugs gangs?

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged increased support for Mexico in the fight against drug gangs. In Mexico as part of a high-level US delegation, she said more would be done to cut US demand for drugs and the flow of profits and guns into Mexico. Ten days ago, three people connected t...

March 24, 2010 1:15 PM

Fourteen US states file lawsuit against health reform

Fourteen U.S. states have filed lawsuits challenging the health insurance reform law signed by President Barack Obama, claiming the law violates the constitution. Thirteen state attorneys general, led by Florida's Bill McCollum, who is running for governor, filed a collective lawsuit, claiming ...

March 24, 2010 12:22 PM

Libya frees more than 200 Islamist prisoners

<br/>Libya has freed more than two hundred Islamist inmates as part of its programme of rehabilitation of militant groups. Some 34 of the 214 freed inmates are from the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which has suspected links to al-Qaeda but has reportedly renounced violence. In the past, ...

March 24, 2010 12:21 PM

US rejects Pak plea to mediate on Kashmir

<br/>The US has shot down Pakistan's plea to help it resume peace talks with India and mediate on key disputes with India on issues including Kashmir. Special US Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke told journalists at a joint press conference with the Pakista...

March 24, 2010 12:18 PM

Tibet jolted by two earthquakes

Tibet region was today jolted by two earthquakes measuring 5.7 and 5.5 magnitudes on the Richter Scale. The Earthquake Networks Centre said, the first magnitude quake struck at around 10:06 a.m. local time and the second magnitude hit 38 minutes later, both in northern Tibet's Nyainrong County,...

March 24, 2010 12:05 PM

Headley to cooperate with Indian authorities: Lawyer

<br/>The Lawyer of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley has said that his client will cooperate with Indian authorities as required under the terms of his plea agreement if the US government<br/><br/>allows. Headley has confessed to plotting Mumbai attacks...

March 24, 2010 12:03 PM

Japan's exports up 45 pc in February?

<br/>Japanese exports rose 45 per cent last month compared with the same month a year ago. Exports to Asia, which make up more than half of Japan's total exports, rose more than 55% in the same period. Car shipments to the US more than doubled, despite huge recent recalls by Toyota du...

March 24, 2010 12:02 PM

Google's decision on China has its own implications: US

<br/>Obama administration says that Google's decision to stop censoring search results on its sites in China has its own implication on that Communist nation. The Administration however ruled out any US role in the company's ruling. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs...

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