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Not decided yet about going to NAM summit: Gilani
Zardari is definitely not going for the meeting at Egypt, says presidential spokesman

Beijing to launch clean energy plan
BEIJING: Ten million energy-saving lamps will be distributed on the streets of Beijing starting Monday in one of the largest ever energy conversion exercises of its kind. With soaring power costs in China, the government estimates ...

Obama can cook ‘keema’, ‘dal’; is also a cricket fan
“I have tried to bat a couple of times, but I’ve been terrible”

No plan to send troops to Pakistan
Washington: U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday said his administration had no intention to send troops to Pakistan amid growing speculation that Washington could be preparing to help Islamabad as its Army stepped up the offensive ...

UN: staff held in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The United Nations on Saturday said two of their national staff in Sri Lanka had been arrested though it was not aware of the charges levelled against them even as the government is gearing up for yet another ceremony to felicitate ...

In detention, Suu Kyi marks birthday
SINGAPORE: Myanmar’s celebrated democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has marked her 64th birthday in a brief Buddhist style at her “detention house” in Yangon. Nyan Win, spokesman for Ms. Suu Kyi’s National ...

French engineers’ killing linked to kickbacks
11 engineers lost their lives in the blast in Karachi in 2002

Scotland Yard probe into MPs’ expenses
LONDON: In a new turn to the long-running MPs’ expenses scandal which has caused widespread public anger and forced a number of Ministers to resign, Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into specific allegations of misuse of ...

We will act: Singapore
SINGAPORE: Singapore said on Saturday it “will act appropriately, if the allegation [about a North Korean ship] is true.” According to reports from Washington, the ship, Kang Nam, suspected to be laden with nuclear contraband, is ...

Russia’s stiff terms for arms control deal

New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captors
KABUL: A New York Times reporter known for making investigative trips deep inside dangerous conflict zones escaped from militant captors after more than seven months in captivity by climbing over a wall, the newspaper said ...

India & World
U.S. did not push India, Pakistan to talks: Obama
Washington: U.S. President Barack Obama has denied that Washington pushed Pakistan and India to resume talks. In an interview with Dawn TV, Mr. Obama said: “Well, what we have said is that we think that all of South Asia would ...

Nepal, India to address border problems
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and visiting Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon have agreed to reactivate the existing mechanisms to resolve the problems along the border. “Both sides agreed to ...

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