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News for Monday, 13 Feb 2012

China envoy urges talks between Iran, world powers

A senior Chinese envoy on Monday urged Iran and world powers to quickly resume stalled talks over Tehran’s suspect nuclear programme, and called for better cooperation between the Islamic state...

NATO admits Afghan children killed in Kapisa

The US-led NATO force in Afghanistan on Monday conceded that several children died during a bombing raid last week in the northeast province where French troops are based. Afghan President...

Radical cleric in Britain ‘to be banned from school run’

A radical cleric once described as Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe will be banned from taking one of his children to school when he is released from prison...

Turkmenistan re-elects strongman with 97% of vote

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov Monday scored a massive re-election victory with over 97 percent of votes in a poll where his uncritical rivals served only to make up the numbers....

Putin vows to reverse Russian population decline

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to reverse Russia’s demographic decline and boost its population to 154 million, as he ramped up his re-election campaign in the face of...

Murdoch’s Sun attacks police ‘witch-hunt’

Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid The Sun on Monday condemned police raids against its journalists as a “witch-hunt” worthy of former communist states, and won rare support from rival newspapers. The...

Cook, Finn lead England to first win

Paceman Steven Finn took a career-best 4-34 and Alastair Cook hit his highest score to help England beat Pakistan in a fortune-turning 130-run win in the first day-night international here...

NA agrees on resolution against US interference

The leader of opposition Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has tabled a resolution in the National Assembly against interference of some foreign powers in the internal affairs of Pakistan, which was...

Indians have $500b stashed in tax havens

Rich Indians have stashed away almost $500 billion of illicit money abroad, parking the funds in countries considered the “least corrupt”, the country’s top police agency said on Monday. The...

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