Singapore — The U.S. nuclear negotiator warned
that time was running out Tuesday as he opened a
new round of talks with his North Korean
counterpart to resolve a deadlock over the
communist nation’s nuclear program.
Harare — Zimbabwe’s opposition was Tuesday given
the green light to pursue a legal bid to force a
declaration of the country’s presidential
election, 10 days on from the poll on Robert
Mugabe’s future. While the high court held back
from ordering the electoral commission to
immediately release the results of the March 29
poll, Justice Tendai Uchena said he would
consider the application on an urgent basis.
Srinagar— In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties
Hurriyet Conference has demanded result oriented
probe into the recent revelations of about 1000
nameless graves in villages surrounding Uri in
Baramulla. According to Kashmir Media Service,
the demand was made during a sit-in
demonstration at Pratap Park in Srinagar, which
was led by senior APHC leader Shabbir Ahmed Shah
and attended by Shaikh Abdul Aziz, Fazl Haq
Qureshi, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Yasmeen Raja and
Zafar Akber Butt, besides relatives of
disappeared persons
United Nations—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has
called on States to redouble their efforts to
eliminate chemical weapons, in a message to a
gathering of parties to the global treaty
banning these instruments of mass destruction.
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin was re cently
quoted as saying, “No one can seriously think
that Iran would dare attack the US. Instead of
pushing Iran into a corner, it would be far more
sensible to think together how to help Iran
become more predictable and transparent”.
Finally, a voice of reason amid a cacophony of
belligerence!
