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65 world leaders will attend Copenhagen climate summit

November 23, 2009 World

Copenhagen: To address the issue of climate change and limiting emissions of the greenhouse gases, 65 world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December. However, United States, China and India have not indicated whether their leaders will attend the meeting. President Barack Obama, China’s Hu Jintao, and Prime Minister Manmohan [...]

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Scripps Networks acquires stake in NDTV Lifestyle

November 20, 2009 Business

Mumbai: US-based media company Scripps Networks Interactive has acquired a 69 per cent stake in NDTV Group’s programming subsidiary, NDTV Lifestyle. NDTV Group would retain a 31 per cent stake in the joint venture, a company statement said. The news has increased the sales of NDTV with the stock quoting at Rs 139, higher by [...]

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Rana’s detention till December 2

November 19, 2009 India

New York: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistan-born Canadian citizen,who is being suspected of having some relation with the Mumbai terror attacks, has been taken under arrest by FBI. Rana along with David Coleman Headley, residents of the city were arrested last month and both are having the charges of plotting terrorist attacks in India and [...]

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Washington tries to pacify Delhi

November 19, 2009 World

New Delhi: After the sharp and strict reaction of New Delhi over Obama’s endorsement of a Chinese role in South Asia, Washington is now trying to pacify new Delhi. William Burns, Under Secretary of State said in a response of a question that America is interested in pursuing “the best and healthiest possible partnership with [...]

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US needs to take the lead for climate change solution

November 18, 2009 Tech

Mumbai: Just days after the member countries of APEC including US to push the deadline for adopting new deal on climate change, US President Barack Obama assures that climate change will be taken seriously. He said that Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries are aiming to meet the deadline for adopting a new climate change [...]

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Obama says China’s partnership helped to pulled out of recession

November 17, 2009 World

New York: US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao appeared together and spoke to reporters after a pair of meetings on Tuesday. Obama says a revised economic approach will help increase US exports and create jobs while helping bring about higher living standards in China. Obama says that China’s partnership has helped the [...]

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Suu Kyi calls for talks in Burma

November 16, 2009 World

Yangon: Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly sent a letter to the head of the country’s military government, calling for direct talks. The letter was apparently sent last Wednesday, but details are only now becoming public. Burma’s pro-democracy leader Ms Suu Kyi has not met Senior General Than Shwe since 2002. On Sunday President Barack [...]

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Headley paid eight visits to India for Mumbai strike?

November 15, 2009 India

New Delhi: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives David Coleman Headley had paid eight visits to India from November 2006 to April 2008. His friend Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is a Pakistani national was in India for 11 days before he left for Europe just five days ahead of the 26/11 strike. Not only this, Headley returned even [...]

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Obama Meets with Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo

November 13, 2009 World

Tokyo: U.S. President Barack Obama met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama here in Japan. He’s scheduled to talk to the new Japanese Prime Minister aimed at improving ties with the longtime U.S. ally. Not only this, Mr. Obama will deliver a major speech in Tokyo Saturday in which he will spell out his vision of [...]

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Indian tightens visa approval norms for Pak-born US citizens

November 12, 2009 India

Washington: India has tightened visa approval norms for Pakistan-born American citizens. Union Home Secretary G K Pillai has issued instructions under which all applications for Indian visa from Pakistani-born US nationals would now be processed and cleared by New Delhi instead of its missions in America. These applications will now have to be cleared by [...]

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