| Khar overshadows a seasoned Krishna |
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: He is 80-plus and a seasoned politician and she is all of 34 years of age. But when it came to a face-off in front of the media, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar clearly scored over her much elder Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna.
This was quite evident at the joint press conference of both leaders at Pakistan’s ministr... |
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| Sri Lanka's ruling party wins local council polls |
COLOMBO, Sept 9: Sri Lanka’s ruling party was the overall winner at elections held in three local councils a day earlier, showed official results released on Sunday.
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the most number of seats for the local councils in the north central, Sabaragamuwa and eastern provinces, reported Xinhua.
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| Iraqi court sentences fugitive Vice President to death |
BAGHDAD, Sept 9: An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced fugitive Sunni Vice President Tariq Al Hashimi and his aide to death in absentia over terror charges, official television reported. “The Central Criminal Court of Iraq issued two verdicts of death penalty by hanging for Tariq Al Hashimi and the head of his office Ahmed Qahtan,” the state-run Iraqia channel said, reported Xinhua. Ha... |
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| Assad must go: EU foreign ministers |
NICOSIA (CYPRUS), Sept 9: Foreign ministers of countries in the European Union (EU), who met for a two-day meeting in Cyprus, demanded the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Xinhua reported.
“The message out of the discussions at the informal meeting of the European foreign ministers in connection with the crisis in Syria is that President Assad must go,” EU fo... |
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| Palestinians ask Israel to amend economic agreement |
RAMALLAH, Sept 9: The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has officially asked Israel on Sunday to amend a 1994 agreement regulating economic relations between the two sides. The request to review the Paris Protocol came after Palestinians took to the streets in protest against the rising cost of living in the West Bank, reported Xinhua. “The agreement has a 5-year validity period, but Isra... |
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| Iran to unveil 'advanced' cruise missile |
TEHRAN, Sept 9: A senior Iranian defence ministry official announced on Sunday that his ministry plans to unveil a highly advanced cruise missile. “God willing, Meshkat (Lantern) cruise missile with a range of 2,000 km will be unveiled in the near future,” Deputy Defence Minister and head of the ministry’s Aerospace Organization General Mehdi Farahi told the semi-official Fars... |
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| Russia to push Syria peace plan at UNSC |
MOSCOW, Sept 9: Russia will push the UN Security Council this month to endorse a Syria peace plan brokered in Geneva, Russia’s foreign minister has said.
“We stressed at a meeting with US State Secretary (Hillary Clinton) that Russia will call for the Security Council’s approval of the Geneva communique,” Sergei Lavrov said in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok... |
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| Iran ready to hold nuclear talks: Minister |
TEHRAN, Sept 9: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi has said his country was ready to hold negotiations with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme, state-run Press TV reported.
“We have repeatedly expressed our readiness and announced that we are ready for talks in a win-win situation,” Salehi was quoted as saying.
Iran has never lost the “oppo... |
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| Nepal gets new army chief |
KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Acting Nepal Army chief Lt Gen Gaurav Shumsher Rana on Sunday formally took over as chief following compulsory retirement of outgoing army chief Chhatra Man Singh Gurung. Rana was conferred the insignia of chief of the army staff by President Ram Baran Yadav, said the Nepal Army’s directorate of public relations, reported Xinhua. Rana, a alumnus from Lawrence School, Sanaw... |
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| A stranger breaks into Miley Cyrus' house |
Los Angeles, Sept 9: A stranger broke into Miley Cyrus’ house with an intention to meet the pop star. Cyrus (19) was not in her Los Angeles house when a man named Jason Luis Rivera jumped across her fence with a pair of scissors. Rivera was arrested by the police after they were informed about the intruder by someone in the singer’s house. (IANS)
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| Madonna flaunted Obama tattoo |
New York, Sept 9: Pop diva Madonna showed the new tattoo of US President Barack Obama on her back during her MDNA Tour at the Yankee Stadium here. Clad only in a back-baring undergarment and trousers, the 54-year-old turned her back on the audience to show off the new temporary inking on her body during her Thursday night performance. This is not the first time Madonna showed her support to Obama.... |
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| Kim Kardashian's flop public appearance |
Los Angeles, Sept 9: Socialite Kim Kardashian’s appearance at a club failed to attract fans and very few turned up to see her. Kim (31) had flown all the way to North Carolina from New York to make an appearance at club Hush on September 6, but was shocked to see that only around 50 people had come to see her. “She was annoyed by the house band’s observation that this place is em... |
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