Leap second decision postponed till 2015
January 20th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 20 (IANS) A decision on whether to abolish the leap second, the occasional extra second added to the world's time, has been deferred to 2015, BBC reported.Experts at ... Read more...
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US mounts pressure on Pakistan to release ‘illegally detained’ murder-accused diplomat
February 8th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 8(ANI): As the United States continues with its efforts to free its double murder-accused diplomat Raymond Davis, its requests to Pakistan in this regard have now turned into veiled threats.If ... Read more...
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USS George Washington To Start Military Exercises With South Korea
November 25th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US has made its stance clear by dispatching the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Yellow Sea and undertaking four days of joint military ... Read more...
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US says no to Kashmir meddling, welcomes India’s CSC plan (Roundup)
October 25th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) With less than two weeks to go for US President Barack Obama's visit, the US has assured India that it has no intention of mediating on ... Read more...
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Obama visit: US rebuffs Pakistan’s bid to globalise Kashmir
October 25th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) As Pakistan steps up efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue during President Barack Obama's India visit, the US Monday rebuffed Islamabad, making it clear that it ... Read more...
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China urges US to end arms sales to Taiwan
June 18th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, June 18 (ANI): China has urged the United States to honor its commitments and stop selling arms to Taiwan."China has maintained a clear and persistent stance on opposing US arms sales ... Read more...
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Warrantless wiretapping illegal, rules US court
April 1st, 2010 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 1 (IANS) Ruling that a Bush administration programme continued by President Barack Obama of domestic surveillance without a warrant is illegal, a federal judge has held the government liable ... Read more...
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India will insist on direct access to Headley (Lead)
March 24th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) India Wednesday asserted it would insist on and was confident of interrogating David Headley over the Mumbai terror attack, a day after US ambassador Timothy Roemer ... Read more...
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India confident of getting ‘direct’ access to Headley
March 24th, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) India is getting ready to question David Headley, undeterred by US ambassador Timothy Roemer's remark that no decision has been taken on giving New Delhi direct ... Read more...
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Suu Kyi backs Obama’s policy shift of talks with Burmese junta
September 25th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Yangon (Myanmar), Sep 25(ANI): Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has backed the Obama administration's initiative to carry out talks with Burma's rulers.Suu Kyi comments came after indications from US ... Read more...
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US-China defense talks the best in more than a decade, says official
March 2nd, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Mar. 2 (ANI): A senior US defense official has claimed that the first defense talks between Beijing and Washington after Barack Obama took office were the best in more than ... Read more...
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Unilateral US strikes in Pak wont help war against terror: Pak envoy to US
September 6th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , Sept 6 (ANI): Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani has said that Angoor Adda like actions by US forces in Pakistani territory would not be of any ... Read more...
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Iran president to visit India this month
April 20th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his first visit to India at the end of the month. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan announced Sunday that Ahmadinejad "will ... Read more...
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Bush wants NATO to enlarge, stay in Afghanistan
April 2nd, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bucharest, April 2 (DPA) US President George W. Bush called on NATO Wednesday to stay in Afghanistan for as long as it takes to defeat the terrorists and pushed for the alliance ... Read more...
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China ‘opposed’ to US speaker’s Dharamsala visit
March 18th, 2008 - 9:39 pm ICT by admin
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) China is "unhappy" with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's scheduled visit this week to Dharamsala to meet the Dalai Lama, who has been ... Read more...
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