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September 24, 2009 5:59 PM

Pakistan seeks tangible evidence to arrest JuD chief

Ahead of two key bilateral meetings in New York, Pakistan today sought more time to investigate the role of detained JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed in the Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik in an interview to a television channel claimed that India has so far provided ...

September 24, 2009 5:42 PM

Taliban kill six tribal leaders in Pakistan

In Pakistan, six tribal elders were killed and five others injured by Taliban militants in Jani Khel area near Bannu Thursday morning. The dead included tribal chief Malik Sultan, who was active in raising a militia against militants. Police sources said in Peshawar that members of Islahi Jirga of P...

September 24, 2009 1:49 PM

Sri Lanka plans to resettle 2.5 lakh displaced persons by mid-October

Sri Lanka has chalked out plans to release and resettle at least a hundred thousand of the 2.5 lakh war displaced, currently housed in government run transitional camps in the north, by mid October.In an exclusive telephone interview with AIR/DD, Major General Kamal Gunaratne, the Competent Authorit...

September 24, 2009 1:44 PM

JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed petitions against his arrest

Chief of the banned JuD, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and the mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attacks today filed a petition in a Pakistani court. Through petion Saeed has sought the discharge of two fake cases registered against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act.The writ petition, filed by him says that...

September 24, 2009 12:53 PM

HIV vaccine under trials reduces risk by 31%

An experimental HIV vaccine has cut the risk of infection by nearly a third in a major trial, researchers say. The vaccine - a combination of two earlier experimental vaccines - was given to 16,000 people in a joint trial by the Thai government and the US military. It reduced by 31 per cent the volu...

September 24, 2009 12:14 PM

Obama to Chair UN Security Council meeting today

US President Barack Obama will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council today. The meeting is expected to ask nations with nuclear weapons to scrap their deadly arsenals. Diplomats said council members were expected to unanimously adopt a US-drafted resolution that declares there is a ...

September 24, 2009 12:13 PM

US-Russia agree on additional sanctions against Iran: Obama

The United States and Russia have signaled closer cooperation over nuclear issues, including Iran. The American President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have agreed that additional sanctions could be imposed against Iran, if it does not demonstrate that it would not develop...

September 24, 2009 12:12 PM

ISI plays disruptive role by aiding Taliban in Afghanistan: Krishna

External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna has said that Pakistan's ISI continue to play a disruptive role by providing aid to the Afghanistan Taliban to complicate the military situation there. Mr. Krishna said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on the sidelines of UN General Assembl...

September 24, 2009 11:21 AM

India-Pak FMs talks to focus on the issue Terrorism

The issue of terrorism will be the single most important agenda for discussion between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi during their meeting in New York on Sunday. <br/>Ahead of his meeting with Qureshi on the sidelines of the United ...

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