Nepal government has decided to get the Machine Readable Passport (MRP) printed in India. <br/><br/>The cabinet in its meeting in Kathmandu last evening took the decision paving the way for its Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign a deal with the India's state owned Security Printing and Minting Corporation on printing the MRP. <br/><br/>Briefing newsmen after the cabinet meeting, Information and Communication Minister Shankar Pokhrel said the government decided to award the contract to the Indian firm keeping in view the fast approaching dateline to switch over to the Machine Readable Passports. <br/><br/>As per the norms of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Nepal needs to switch over to the machine-readable passports by April 1. <br/> <br/>Japanese Prime Minister suggests that a disputed US military base could stay on the southern island of Okinawa.<br/> <br/>Facing mounting pressure from Washington, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has suggested that a disputed US military base could stay on the southern island of Okinawa. <br/><br/>Hatoyama, who was elected last year promising a less subservient relationship with Washington, has been reviewing a 2006 pact to relocate the Futenma airbase within Okinawa prefecture and suggested in the past it may be moved off the island instead. Yesterday he told newsmen that it was difficult to move it from the prefecture. <br/> <br/>But immediately added, we want to cherish what Okinawa people hope for and we are working hard on that situation. He said, his government would decide by the end of March on a basic relocation plan.