After India’s blackout, US experts suggest energy sector reforms
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) As power was getting restored in India after one of its worst blackouts in history, US energy experts called for reforms in India's energy sector ... Read more...
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LeT now more dangerous than Al Qaeda: US expert
July 10th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 10 (IANS) With Al Qaeda on the ropes, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), with the help of its Pakistani backers, is now probably the most dangerous terror group in the world, ... Read more...
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US move on Lashkar-e-Toiba: Better late than never (Comment)
April 3rd, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
The US move to announce a $10 million bounty on Pakistan-based planner of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack is a huge step - huge for the US and its already ... Read more...
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Singhania, Mittal take over top posts in ICC India
March 25th, 2012 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Harsh Pati Singhania, managing director, J.K. Paper Ltd and Rajan Bharti Mittal, vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises, have taken over as ... Read more...
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Majority of Israelis oppose unilateral Iran strike: Poll
March 8th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, March 8 (IANS) Most Israelis oppose the idea of their country launching an unilateral strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, without US backing, according to a poll released on ... Read more...
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India-US ties have lost momentum: US experts
December 28th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Welcoming the "admirable choice" of Nancy Powell, a "capable South Asia hand" as the next United States Ambassador to India, two US experts have said US-India ... Read more...
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`Occupiers’ get advice from Bill Clinton
November 8th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) As the wildly spreading leaderless Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate greed entered its 52nd day, it received some "sympathy" and a bit of advice from ... Read more...
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Over 46 million Americans live in poverty
November 4th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) They may not be starving, but by American standards some 46.2 million people live in poverty today, more than at any other time in American history, ... Read more...
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India’s restraint in tackling terror remarkable, says US senator
October 4th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) India's restraint in the face of continuing terrorist attacks by Pakistan-based groups is nothing short of remarkable and in keeping with the best traditions of India, ... Read more...
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‘US counts on the rise of India as a global power’
September 29th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 28 (IANS) Counting on the rise of India as a global power, the United States has said it would like New Delhi to work with it around the ... Read more...
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Trusting Musharraf was a strategic failure: Former CIA analyst
September 8th, 2011 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) The biggest US mistake in the war against terrorism was to ignore Al Qaeda in Pakistan to invade Iraq after the September 2001 terror attacks ... Read more...
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Pranab to address US-India economic summit Monday
June 26th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will Monday address senior officials of the US government and top Indian and American businesses at an economic summit in ... Read more...
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Don’t worry, India’s growth story robust, Pranab to tell US
June 8th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Amid apprehensions of a slowdown in the economy and a spate of scams that has dented India's global image, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee heads ... Read more...
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Economy dampener in Obama’s campaign cruise
June 5th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama seemed to be cruising along on the road to renewing his lease on the White House in 2012 before a bump ... Read more...
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Emerging economies now eye top IMF job
May 18th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) The arrest of International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for alleged attempted rape of a hotel maid is likely to fuel calls from the developing world ... Read more...
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Shakira wants to use her voice to help others
May 1st, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, May 1(ANI): Colombian pop superstar Shakira has got the world gyrating to her songs, but she has a lot more on her mind than which way to wiggle- she wants ... Read more...
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Zardari believes LeT-supporter Pak Army playing double game on terror: Ex-CIA officer
April 19th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 19(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has accused the army, which covertly supports the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrator Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), of playing a double game in the ongoing war ... Read more...
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New York, Washington, 44 more US cities not white any more (Lead)
April 15th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) Whites in New York, Washington and 44 other metro areas in the US have been reduced to a minority, according to new census data. Hispanics account ... Read more...
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New York, Washington, 44 other US cities not white any more
April 15th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) New York, Washington and 44 other of America's 366 metro areas have flipped from majority white to majority populations of minorities during the last decade, according ... Read more...
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US in bind over providing weapons to Libyan rebels amidst fears of their links to al-Qaeda
March 30th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Senior Obama administration officials have claimed that the government is engaged in a debate about whether weapons should be supplied the Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's opponents, amid fears that ... Read more...
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Arms sales can boost India-US ties: US experts
February 24th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) With India planning to buy $100 billion worth of new weapons over the next 10 years, arms sales may be the best way for the ... Read more...
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Retired diplomat Marc Grossman picked as new US special envoy to Af-Pak region
February 15th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15(ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has chosen Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration's new Special Representative for Afghanistan and ... Read more...
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Hu Jintao’s US visit ‘made progress’ in enhancing China-US ties: Expert
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 22(ANI): Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States was "very important" and "made progress" in enhancing the relations between the two countries, a US international affairs ... Read more...
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US must end ‘world’s most dangerous place’ Pakistan’s double game on terror: Book (Part-1)
January 8th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 8 (ANI): Pakistan is the most dangerous place on earth, and should be US President Barack Obama's top national-security priority, says a new book by a former CIA officer."It ... Read more...
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Jihadist takeover in Pakistan “a real possibility”: Terrorism expert
November 13th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov 13 (ANI): Pakistan is a highly volatile and combustible country right now, and is at a risk of having a coup from inside the military by jihadist sympathizers, a ... Read more...
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Pak wants to control Afghan govt or West’s reconciliation process with Taliban: Riedel
November 13th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Nov 13 (ANI): Pakistan does not want direct negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government or the West, as it wants the process to be under its control, a ... Read more...
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Billion of dollars spent on US mid-term poll campaign
November 8th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Billions of dollars were spent on television advertisements and firms catering liquor, pizza and other items during the campaign for the Nov 2 mid-term US Congressional election, the ... Read more...
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US economy adds 151,000 jobs in October
November 6th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.6 (ANI): The unemployment rate in the United States may not have fallen substantially in 2010, but a US Labor Department report has given President Barack Obama some cheer by ... Read more...
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US should discuss Afghanistan with India: Cohen
October 28th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's visit to India should include discussions between the two governments over Afghanistan, strategic affairs expert Stephen Cohen said here Thursday."My hope that ... Read more...
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Arab opinion on Obama dims in 2010 as compared to 2009
August 5th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.5 (ANI): A 2010 Arab Public Opinion poll to be released Thursday at the Brookings Institution by Shibley Telhami, of the University of Maryland and Brookings' Saban Center for Middle East ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan’s inaction on 26/11, a time-bomb for US-Pakistan ties’
July 28th, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 28 (IANS) Pakistan's inaction against Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) even after David Headley's revelations about Islamabad's collusion in the Mumbai terror attacks is a "ticking time bomb" for US-Pakistan ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s ‘double game’ prompts call for US policy review
July 27th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 27 (IANS) Revelations about what the US media called "Pakistan's Double Game" of providing Afghan militants "A Sanctuary for Terror" while taking billions in aid from the ... Read more...
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Experts feel US sanctions on N. Korea meaningless
July 22nd, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Experts have said the latest sanctions imposed by the United States on North Korea are meaningless.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the new sanctions Wednesday while on a ... Read more...
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Growing US discomfort imperils future of Afghan war
July 6th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 6 (ANI): A series of unusually close votes in the United States Congress on extending the Afghanistan war signals growing concerns with the occupation, following a series of events ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda’s first English website suffers technical glitches
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Al Qaeda's first English website suffered an inauspicious launch with glitches making only the first three of the 67 pages legible yesterday.According to the New York Post, ... Read more...
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