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Straw to push for Indo-Pak talks during Asian visit
Hong Kong: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on July 18 said he would push for India and Pakistan to begin a process of sustained dialogue, as he prepared to embark on his third peace mission to the two South Asian nations in six months.
60 killed in bus-tanker collision in Uganda
Kampala: About 60 people were killed when a bus collided with a petrol tanker in Western Uganda on July 18, police said.
WTO rules against US' unfair trade law
Washington: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that a US Legislation, known as Byrd Amendment, fell foul of global trade practices.
'Lankan govt not succumbing to LTTE pressure'
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on July 18 rejected an Opposition charge that it was succumbing to pressure from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in pursuing its initiative to bring peace to the conflict-torn nation.
Musharraf greets Kalam on winning elections
Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on July 18 felicitated A P J Abdul Kalam on his election as India's next President and hoped to work with him to establish tension-free bilateral relations, state-run PTV said.
Russia invites Musharraf to discuss terrorism
New Delhi: Russia has invited President Pervez Musharraf to Moscow to "convince" him that dismantling of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan was essential to reduce tensions in the region, even as it disfavoured declaring Pakistan a terrorist state.
Bangla temporarily bans sugar imports from India
Dhaka: In a move that could affect Indian exports to Bangladesh, Dhaka temporarily banned import of sugar and milk powder from New Delhi on July 18 through all land routes to check duty evasion by a section of traders.
Amendments will lead to ethnic strife: Benazir
Islamabad: Describing President Pervez Musharraf's proposed Constitutional
amendments as "threat to federalism and Democracy", former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has warned that the changes would lead to ethnic tensions and harm the Pakistani federation.
Karzai pledges to create business-friendly climate
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged on July 18 to create a business-
friendly climate, including an overhaul of the country's road system and a crackdown on bribery to attract foreign investment.
Musharraf govt set for poll rigging: Media
Islamabad: Recent administrative changes carried out by the military regime in
Pakistan have been described as attempts to engineer "pre-election rigging" by the Musharraf government ahead of the October polls, media reports said on July 18.
US to support functional role for Pakistan Army
Islamabad: The United States would support a functional role for the military under the Democratic civilian rule in Pakistan, a US government report said, a day after US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced an ambitious $ 555 million grant to nurture development and Democracy in the country.
Mandela turns 84, to host sports for disabled
Johannesberg: Former South African President Nelson Mandela turned 84 on July 18, and is planning to celebrate in public on July 20 by hosting a sports fixture for children with mental and physical disabilities.
China concerned about Indian ships in Malacca
Beijing: China on July 18 offered a guarded response to reports that India has
deployed its warships in the straits of Malacca for escort operations along with the US Navy.
British media keen on Indian joint ventures: CII
London: British publishing houses are keen on entering into joint ventures in the media field in India, chief of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has said.
'Pak stalwart ally, won't be named terror state'
Washington: The United States made it emphatically clear that it will not declare Pakistan a terrorist state as it had been a very "stalwart ally" in America's fight against terrorism.
Top US Congressman seeks to restore Democracy in Pak
Washington: A top US Congressman Frank Pallone has flayed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's Constitutional amendments as a strategy to protect and extend his dictatorship and introduced a legislation to reintroduce Democracy sanctions, lifted earlier in 2002.
Series of blasts leave 10 dead at Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv: Ten people were killed on July 17 in a bloody series of incidents in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict capped by a double suicide bombing here, the second attack on Israeli targets in two days.
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