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February 6, 2010 6:41 PM

Pak media welcomes India's proposal to resume talks

India's proposal to resume talks with Pakistan has been welcomed by the Pakistani media. Leading dailies have said, the move amounted to a realistic understanding of regional ground realities. They termed the move as a slap to terrorists opposed to peace between the two nations. India recently ...

February 6, 2010 6:09 PM

Fierce snowstorm hits US east coast

In the United States, an extremely dangerous snowstorm has dumped large amounts of snow in the east coast, shutting down the capital. About 10 inches of snow had fallen by 11.30 hrs. today in Washington. The National Weather Service put the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area under a rare 24-hour...

February 6, 2010 6:06 PM

Australian firm signs $60B coal deal with China

An Australian firm has signed a 60 billion Dollar deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations. Chairman of the company, Resource house, said it is Australia's "biggest ever export contract". Under the deal, the firm will build a new mining complex to give China Power International D...

February 6, 2010 6:05 PM

US activist released from detention in N Korea

US activist Robert Park has been freed from detention in North Korea and has arrived at the main airport in Beijing, China. A US embassy official said he is likely to travel to the US later today. Mr. Park, a religious activist, crossed into North Korea from China by walking over a frozen river on 2...

February 6, 2010 6:04 PM

Arctic ice melting could cost from $2.4tln to $24tln by 2050

Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from US Dollar 2.4 trillion to 24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves. According to a new report, everybody around the world is going to bear these costs. Eban Goodstein, a resou...

February 6, 2010 5:57 PM

Iran opens two new missile production plants

Iran has opened two new missile production plants ton Saturday, just three days after Iran fired a rocket carrying live animals into space. The state television reported that the plants will produce ground-to-air missile, dubbed the Qaem meaning Rising and surface-to-surface missile dubbed Toofan (S...

February 6, 2010 12:50 PM

7 villagers shot dead in Afghanistan

The Police officials in Afghanistan say that seven villagers were shot dead near the Pakistan border when a border patrol opened fire mistaking them to be insurgents. When the guards recovered the bodies, they found neither weapons nor ammunition. Local people confirmed that the dead have been villa...

February 6, 2010 12:10 PM

SAARC Home Ministers’ meet postponed

The meeting of SAARC Home Ministers scheduled for 26 to 28th of this month in Islamabad has been postponed. Confirming the postponement, official sources in New Delhi said the dates did not suit the Nepalese Home Minister and this was the sole reason for putting the event on hold.<br/>&#06...

February 6, 2010 11:28 AM

Nepal PM urges parties to focus on drafting Constitution

In Nepal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has urged political parties to give top priority to drafting of the new Constitution to ensure that the new statute is promulgated within the scheduled date of May 28th. He said failing to do so would mean non-fulfilment of the commitment made to the peopl...

February 6, 2010 11:28 AM

Iran likely to ink pact with global players on uranium

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that his country is close to reaching a deal with the world powers on sending Iran's low enriched uranium abroad in return for nuclear fuel. Speaking at a Security Conference in Germany, Mr Mottaki said that the conditions existed for an ...

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