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- India's NSG diplomacy: Sharma meets Rice, Sibal in Geneva 24 Jul 2008 16:46 GMT
... Two days after the government won the trust vote, India has scaled ... for External Affairs Anand Sharma, currently in Singapore to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting, ... when the Manmohan Singh government won a parliament trust vote. It had been earlier reduced ...
- U.S. talks tough on nukes but hails 'good spirit' with N. Korea 24 Jul 2008 16:46 GMT
... meet its obligations. The pair met in Singapore with their counterparts from China, South Korea, ... caused "no surprises" when he reiterated his government's position. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi opened ... weapons and showed all parties had the political will to move forward. Yang said later ...
- Call for IAEA to verify N. Korea nuclear programs 24 Jul 2008 16:45 GMT
... Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Singapore, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The U.N.'s International ... involvement, if accepted by North Korea's communist government, would give backbone to efforts to permanently ... nuclear programs in exchange for aid and political concessions. ...
- U.S. Wants To Spend Pakistan Aid On Jets 24 Jul 2008 16:42 GMT
... 15th ASEAN Regional Forum retreat meeting in Singapore, Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) ... was requested days before Pakistan's new prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, is due to meet ... but with less authority. The prime minister's government has struck proposed partnerships with tribal leaders ...
- Asia Round Up - Japan's Trade Surplus Plummets; Singapore Raises 2008 Inflation Forecast 24 Jul 2008 16:42 GMT
... Round Up - Japan's Trade Surplus Plummets; Singapore Raises 2008 Inflation Forecast (RTTNews) - Thursday, ... stood firm on its growth outlook. The Ministry of Finance said in a statement that ... in the international financial markets. In India, government data showed that inflation based on the ...
- North Korea signs nonaggression pact with Southeast Asian nations 24 Jul 2008 16:39 GMT
... signs nonaggression pact with Southeast Asian nations SINGAPORE - North Korea's reclusive communist regime, long ... secretive and isolationist country. North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun signed the Treaty of ... nuclear program in exchange for economic and political incentives, including normalization of ties with Japan and ...
- North Korea signs ASEAN nonaggression pact 24 Jul 2008 16:38 GMT
... North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, center, is greeted by ... from left to right, Malaysia's Rais Yatim, Singapore's George Yeo, Myanmar's Nyan Win and the ... nuclear program in exchange for economic and political incentives, including normalization of ties with Japan and ...
- ASEAN TO ENSURE CHARTER COMES INTO FORCE AT 14TH ASEAN SUMMIT IN BANGKOK 24 Jul 2008 16:37 GMT
... FORCE AT 14TH ASEAN SUMMIT IN BANGKOK SINGAPORE, July 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Asean must ensure ... Summit in Bangkok this December, Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said. The Charter, signed at ... to draft similar blueprints for the Asean political-security community and the Asean socio-cultural community. Yeo ...
- Myanmar badly out of step: Rice 24 Jul 2008 16:18 GMT
... Singapore, July 24: US Secretary of State Condoleezza ... out human rights principles. Rice attended a ministerial gathering yesterday of the 10-member Association of ... law, human rights, development of more pluralistic political systems, integration into the international community of states ...
- Government considers allowing gambling under certain conditions 24 Jul 2008 16:13 GMT
... Nguyen Ngoc Anh, deputy head of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Banking and Financial ... experiences in management of betting markets in Singapore, Malaysia, China and Thailand. We will also ... Thailand. We will also suggest that the Government allow the legalising of betting. Countries have ...
- Rice says will continue to speak out on Anwar 24 Jul 2008 16:08 GMT
... SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza ... spoken out in cases deemed to be political in nature and would continue to do ... to try to seize power from the government by mid-September. His attempt to oust the ...
- Shooting Ourselves in the Food 24 Jul 2008 16:08 GMT
... to commit to real reform, with short-term political convenience overriding their own national long-term interests. The ... president of Mexico; Lee Kuan Yew , minister mentor of Singapore; and Paul Johnson , eminent British historian ...
- Condoleezza Rice unconcerned by freelance campaign diplomacy 24 Jul 2008 15:50 GMT
... flew from an Asian security conference in Singapore to Australia. "Sen. Obama is a senator, ... as do our foreign partners, that this government remains in power until January 2009." Rice ... the first time with North Korea’s foreign minister, and that she will see i and ...
- Cambodia, Thailand agree more temple talks 24 Jul 2008 15:39 GMT
... has sparked fears of a military clash, government spokesman "We have decided to postpone our ... the ," George Yeo, who is also Singapore's foreign minister, told reporters at an ASEAN ... the past -- become a big issue." Politics has played a key role in fuelling ...
- Muzakarahs Between PAS And Umno Will Continue, Says Muhammad 24 Jul 2008 15:38 GMT
... The three-hour meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and was ... on ways to strengthen Umno and that Singapore's claim to an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ... (EEZ) around Bata Putih and the Terengganu government purchasing Mercedes cars for its executive councillors ...
- N Korea signs non-aggression pact with ASEAN nations 24 Jul 2008 15:34 GMT
... Korea signs non-aggression pact with ASEAN nations Singapore, July 24: North Korea's Communist government, long seen as a nuclear threat to ... nuclear programme in exchange for economic and political incentives, including normalisation of ties with Japan ...
- Rice says 'landmark' US-India nuclear deal will reduce spread of pollution, as well as weapons 24 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT
... public comments on the agreement since India's government won a confidence vote that paves its ... flew from an Asian security conference in Singapore to Australia. "It's certainly our hope that ... to call a confidence vote after communist political parties withdrew their support for his government ...
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not worried by Obama's foreign policy forays overseas 24 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT
... flew from an Asian security conference in Singapore to Australia. "Sen. Obama is a senator, ... as do our foreign partners, that this government remains in power until January 2009." Rice ... the first time with North Korea's foreign minister, and that she will see Israeli and ...
- China says breaks up international terrorist cell 24 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT
... police swore to prevent terrorist attacks or "political incidents" from disrupting the Beijing Olympics in ... affecting production at some high-tech factories. Reuters SINGAPORE - North Korea signed a non-aggression pact ... DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won a vote of confidence in parliament ...
- Rice unconcerned by freelance campaign diplomacy 24 Jul 2008 15:29 GMT
... flew from an Asian security conference in Singapore to Australia. "Sen. Obama is a senator, ... as do our foreign partners, that this government remains in power until January 2009." Rice ... the first time with North Korea's foreign minister, and that she will see Israeli and ...
- Hugs for thugs 24 Jul 2008 15:29 GMT
... an increasingly open economy with a closed political system, can be a successful option for ... will hardly help the West remove a government in Burma for doing the same thing. ... India, the United States, Japan, Australia and Singapore exercised in the Bay of Bengal last ...
- Rice says US-India nuclear deal good for the world 24 Jul 2008 15:29 GMT
... public comments on the agreement since India's government won a confidence vote that paves its ... flew from an Asian security conference in Singapore to Australia. "It's certainly our hope that ... to call a confidence vote after communist political parties withdrew their support for his government ...
- N. Korea Signs Nonaggression Pact With Southeast Asia 24 Jul 2008 15:08 GMT
... July 24: North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, center, is greeted by ... is greeted by ASEAN foreign ministers in Singapore. July 24: North Korean Foreign Minister Pak ... nuclear program in exchange for economic and political incentives, including normalization of ties with Japan and ...
- North Korea Signs ASEAN Nonaggression Pact 24 Jul 2008 15:08 GMT
... SINGAPORE -- North Korea's reclusive communist regime, long ... secretive and isolationist country. North Korea's Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun signed the Treaty of ... nuclear program in exchange for economic and political incentives, including normalization of ties with Japan and ...
- BANGLADESH: DR IFTEKHAR MEETS AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN SINGAPORE 24 Jul 2008 14:59 GMT
... BANGLADESH: DR IFTEKHAR MEETS AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN SINGAPORE DHAKA, Bangladesh, July 24 (NNN-BSS) -- Foreign ... -- Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh caretaker government Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had a meeting ...
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