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News for Thursday, 17 Mar 2011

Wiki-cables voiced concern about IAEA’s Japanese safety chief in 2009

BEIJING - Eighteen months before Japan's radiation crisis, US diplomats had lambasted the safety hief of the world's atomic watchdog for 'incompetence', especially when it came to the nuclear power...

Japan disaster dead, missing toll nears 15,000: police

TOKYO - The official number of dead and missing after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that flattened Japan's northeast coast is approaching 15,000, police said on Thursday. The number of...

US to start Russia arms inspections: official

MOSCOW - A US team may arrive in Russia next month to inspect the country's latest range of nuclear missiles under a new disarmament treaty signed by the two sides...

S Korea rejects N Korea nuclear talks offer

SEOUL - South Korea on Thursday rejected an offer from North Korea to discuss its new nuclear programme and return to six-party disarmament talks, saying its neighbour must first show...

US, Cambodia discuss ‘dirty debt’ repayment

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian and US officials held talks on Thursday to explore ways of settling a decades-old "dirty debt" of more than $400 million, both sides said. The low-interest...

Britain, France pile on pressure for UN vote on a no-fly zone

LONDON/PARIS - Britain on Thursday hailed a "change in the position" of the United States on Libya and urged immediate action to stop Moamer Gaddafi's forces, piling on pressure for...

Fears for safety of civilians in violence-hit Abidjan

ABIDJAN - Fears grew for the safety of civilians in this tense economic capital on Thursday as the violent standoff between Ivory Coast's two rival presidents threatens to degenerate into...

Conference on Women, Religion and Politics – HBS and Shirkat Gah mark 100 years of women’s activism

LAHORE - Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS) and Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre held an International conference titled "Women, Religion and Politics" at a local hotel to mark 100 years of...

Three remanded in NAB custody

LAHORE - Three people involved in different scams were handed over to Punjab and Sindh chapters of the National Accountability Bureau on remand on Thursday. RS 311M DEFAULTER: An accountability...

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