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Japan sets terms for energy aid
N. Korea must explain abduction of Japanese nationals: Abe

Russia, Qatar mull over gas cartel
To coordinate supplies across globe

Another law in offing for Pakistani women
ISLAMABAD: It's raining laws for women in Pakistan. After bringing in amendments to the Hudood Ordinances, the ruling party on Monday showed it is serious about pursuing legislation to end forced marriages and ensure that women get their rightful ...

Prachanda sees conspiracy
Says move afoot to disrupt Constituent Assembly poll

"A repetition of 1994 accord"
BEIJING: The agreement here on North Korea's nuclear programme has been felt by some in the United States as merely a repetition of the 1994 accord between Pyongyang and Washington, bringing little new to the table. The 1994 deal, called the ...

Drive against illegal mosques dropped
ISLAMABAD: Reconstruction work is progressing at a mosque demolished by the local administration after the Government backed off from a drive against illegal mosques to end a three-week standoff with students of a prominent women's ...

Mice cloned from hairs
LONDON: Scientists have for the first time cloned mice using stem cells from the hairs of mature animals. The technique is several times more efficient than other cloning using adult cells, and in future could be used to create tailored therapies ...

ROOTING OUR CRIME
Mafia town impounded in Italy
ROME: Italian police have impounded an entire neighbourhood built illegally on the outskirts of Naples, part of an operation magistrates hope will uproot the mafia wealth hidden behind the day-to-day mob shootings that plague the city. In ...

North Korea: Bush pleased with pact
First practical stage toward a non-nuclear peninsula: U.N. chief

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Global meet on poverty

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Pakistan wants to monitor compliance on Baglihar
ISLAMABAD: Expressing surprise at New Delhi's welcome to the Baglihar dam verdict, and indicating that Pakistan does not trust India to implement it, a senior official of the water ministry said the government would seek access to the project to ...

U.K. defends law on doctors
LONDON: British immigration authorities on Tuesday defended the new tougher immigration rules for doctors from non-European countries. "It is part of a continuing process" to meet new requirements," they said. More than 15,000 overseas ...

Muslim convert loses case
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court ordered a Muslim convert, who has two new wives to support, to make full maintenance payments to his former Hindu wife, a report said on Tuesday. The Court of Appeal rejected a plea by L. Ganesan, also known as ...

Power outage in Sunita's space home set right
HOUSTON: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams along with two colleagues experienced power outage aboard the International Space Station, knocking out communications with the Earth on Sunday, but all systems were restored within a day, NASA ...

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