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Manmohan Singh, Obama to meet Sunday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet President Barack Obama here Sunday ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit to discuss the path forward on their landmark civil nuclear deal and other bilateral and regional issues.The Sunday afternoon meeting with Manmohan Singh, who has advanced his…

Manmohan Singh, Obama to meet Sunday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet President Barack Obama here Sunday ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit to discuss the path forward on their landmark civil nuclear deal and other bilateral and regional issues.The Sunday afternoon meeting with Manmohan Singh, who has advanced his…

Obama seeks concrete action on nuclear security

US President Barack Obama will urge nations to agree to steps to ensure nuclear-related material is safe and inaccessible to terrorists when he hosts an unprecedented international summit next week in Washington, advisers said Friday.Obama wants to develop an action plan to set standards…

Pakistan Senate panel puts off meet on Shoaib Malik issue

A Senate standing committee has postponed its meeting scheduled for Saturday to discuss the manner in which cricketer Shoaib Malik was treated in India after it became known that he and tennis star Sania Mirza were to wed.Committee chairman Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi, while confirming…

Spain asks Israel to foster peace talks

Spain has asked Israel to take “necessary steps” to begin a dialogue with the Palestinians as soon as possible, even as Lebanon warned of an “implosion” in the Middle East if a new peace process fails.“A failure in that peace process means that an…

Barack talks me through stressful time

Her husband may be president, but US First lady Michelle Obama says she’s the one who gets stressed at the White House and often turns to her husband for support.“You know who helps me? My husband. His temperament for the stressful part of the…

China to back Pakistan for civil nuclear deal with US

China will back Pakistan for a civil nuclear deal with the US at an upcoming summit in Washington, a media report said Thursday, citing sources privy to a special meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security.China’s support on the issue was discussed Wednesday…

Rare Michael Jackson portrait up for grabs

A rare portrait of the late Michael Jackson is up for bids at an an online auction on eBay.com.Australian painter-sculptor Brett-Livingstone Strong had persuaded the “Thriller” hitmaker to pose for him in 1990 – the one time Jackson ever sat for an artist’s rendering.…

Sri Lankans begin voting for new parliament

General elections began in Sri Lanka Thursday, two months after President Mahinda Rajapaksa was re-elected with a sweeping margin against his rival and former army chief Sarath Fonseka.More than 14.08 crore people will choose 225 legislators among 7,620 contestants, election officials said. There are…

US hopes summit will endorse Obama approach to check n-terrorism

The United States hopes next week’s Nuclear Security Summit here will endorse President Barack Obama’s approach to prevent nuclear terrorism given a “very strong international consensus” on the issue.“I think there’s likely to be a very strong international consensus to prevent nuclear terrorism and…

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