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No contradiction in India’s NPT commitment: US

The Obama administration has said that there is no contradiction in its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and endorsement of India, which is not a signatory to the accord, for p

Suu Kyi urges Obama to ink Mine Ban Treaty

Burma’s recently freed Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has joined the long list of Nobel peace laureates who have appealed to US President Barack Obama to sign a treaty that bans anti-personnel min

Nasa finds ‘weird life’ on earth

Lurking in the depths of a California lake, researchers found a bacteria that can thrive on arsenic, an explosive discovery that could expand the search for other life on earth and beyond.

Julian Assange 'anarchist', not journalist

Calling him as an "anarchist", the US on Friday accused Julian Paul Assange, the founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, of trying to undermine the international system and said he cannot be conside

WikiLeaks: Pak spy chief shared intel with Israel post 26/11

Pakistan and Israel have no diplomatic ties but a year after 26/11 Islamabad shared intelligence information with Israel regarding possible terrorist attacks against Jewish and Israeli sites in India,

Gaga: repeal gay ban in US military

Pop megastar Lady Gaga used her celebrity platform to press for repeal of a US law forbidding gays from serving openly in the military, as legislators prepared on Tuesday to receive a report on the effects of ending the controversial ban.

Would respond if India attacked: Zardari told US

In the tense post 26/11 scenario, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had told the US that Islamabad would have no option but to respond militarily if India chose to launch an attack on its territory,

Gunman releases hostages at US school

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Twenty-four hostages held by a gun-toting student at a high school in Wisconsin have been released on Monday night, broadcaster CNN reported quoting the police.

‘Khelein Hum... would be an enlightening experience’

Award-winning director Ashutosh Gowariker is confident that his new film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey on the Chittagong uprising would be an enlightening experience for people in the subcontinent as he himself was shocked to learn he knew nothing about it. “I was shocked that I did not know anything about it. So when I discovered this I

Obama created great hope in the Muslim world: Saudi King

Noting that the US Presidency of Barack Obama has created great hope in the Islamic world, the Saudi king Abdullah told a top US official that he should restore America's credibility in the Muslim cou

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