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January 16, 2010 9:40 PM

Russia, US should ratify START treaty simultaneously: Medvedev

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday said Moscow and Washington should ratify the new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) simultaneously. Medvedev told parliamentary leaders that a situation which once happened during the Soviet period when the Soviet Union ratified these documents and ...

January 16, 2010 9:39 PM

Miliband arrives in Kabul for talks on Afghan strategy

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has arrived in Afghan capital Kabul for talks on the country's future. The trip comes ahead of a conference to be held in London on 28 January which will see the international community discuss strategy for Afghanistan. <br/><br/>The ...

January 16, 2010 9:34 PM

World powers meet over Iran's nuclear defiance

Six major powers are due to meet in New York later ton Saturday to consider a response to Iran's nuclear defiance. Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are sending top officials of their respective foreign ministries at the meeting hosted by the European Union. <br/>...

January 16, 2010 9:33 PM

Yemen arrests three al-Qaida suspects

Yemen on Saturday said it arrested three al-Qaida suspects near the borders with Saudi Arabia. Ruling National Congress party's website, al- Motamar, said Yemeni security forces arrested Ahmed Sawaqi al-Razhi, Yasser Deifallah al-Razhi, and Ahmed Saleh al-Himi near the border post of Alb in the...

January 16, 2010 9:25 PM

Badie appointed as new leader of Egypt’s Brotherhood

Egypt's opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has named its new leader. According to official website of the group, Muhammad Badie has been appointed its leader following the resignation of Muhammad Akef.<br/><br/>The Brotherhood is officially banned in Egypt but control...

January 16, 2010 9:25 PM

Sri Lanka releases Tamil parliamentarian

Sathasivam Kanagaratnam, a Tamil parliamentarian from the Vanni district in Sri Lanka who had been detained by the security forces for the last almost eight months has been released by the Sri Lankan government.<br/><br/>The Tamil MP from the pro LTTE Tamil National alliance stay...

January 16, 2010 9:25 PM

UCPN (Maoist) urges to replace 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace & Friendship

Nepal's main opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) on Saturday stressed the need to replace the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship. Talking to newsmen after an hour long meeting with the visiting Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna in Kathmandu on Saturday evening, Maoist Chairman Prach...

January 16, 2010 9:24 PM

US Embassy asserts neutrality on Sri Lanka polls

The US Embassy in Colombo, in a statement on Saturday, asserted that the US remains neutral with regards to the Presidential elections in Sri Lanka and has strongly condemned allegations that they are supporting one side over another.<br/><br/>The statement said they will work wi...

January 16, 2010 8:41 PM

14 militants, 3 troops killed in Afghan fighting

Fourteen militants and three international troops died in fighting over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan. NATO's International Security Assistance Force on Saturday said 11 insurgents died in an overnight raid by Afghan and NATO-led troops in Sistanay, a village in the Nad-e-Ali district of sou...

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