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Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) John Huntsman, a leading Republican presidential aspirant says the US needed to focus on ties with India as the US-Pakistan relationship was “a merely transactional relationship,… Read more »

New York, Sep 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted in principle Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s renewed invitation to visit Iran.

London, Sep 23 (IANS) The Rwandan president is staying in a New York hotel suite whose charges for a night total over $20,000, an amount that an average Rwandan would… Read more »

United Nations, Sep 22 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will focus on global challenges like terrorism, economic slowdown and unrest in West Asia and North Africa when he comes… Read more »

United Nations, Sep 21 (IANS) Leaders of BRICS states – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – Wednesday held discussions to prepare a roadmap to tackle the menace of… Read more »

Bridgetown (Barbados), Sep 20 (IANS/CMC) West Indies coach Ottis Gibson feels his inexperienced side has to overcome two major challenges when it faces England in two Twenty20 Internationals this weekend… Read more »

Washington, Sep 20 (IANS) The Obama administration is expected to announce Wednesday the sale of a package of weapons and equipment worth $5.8 billion to upgrade Taiwan’s fleet of 145… Read more »

Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 22 others were missing following a landslide in northwest China, Xinhua reported Sunday.

Changsa (China), Sep 17 (IANS) China’s state broadcast watchdog has called off a popular TV talent show, the equivalent of “American Idol,” after it broke the cap on broadcasting time… Read more »

Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) US intelligence officials doubt reports that Al Qaida’s new leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has fled Pakistan and gone to either Yemen or Somalia.