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Last Updated: 2009-10-14T13:28:19+05:30
The Foreign Trade Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, has demanded the firms of US to utilizing the opportunities of investments which are available in the UA, so that the bilateral trade ties between the two nations can be given a boost.
The UAE is one of ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T11:40:24+05:30
US President Barack Obama is expected to sign the Kerry-Lugar bill on Wednesday, which will ensure a USD 7.5 billion help to Pakistan. But there will not be any changes in the bill, as the people behind the bill have ensured that the bill does not have any kind of enforcements for Pakistan. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T10:46:55+05:30
The first of the 18 new F-16 fighter aircrafts for Pakistan was unveiled by the US today, despite of the concerns raised by Pakistan Army over the conditions which have been enforced for military aid by means of Kerry-Lugar bill.
The first F-16 Block 52 aircraft was received for Pakistan ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T09:30:41+05:30
The bill - AB 504 - was introduced in February by assembly member Warren Furutani to educate law enforcement agencies to stop the arrests of Sikhs for carrying their kirpans in California. It was passed unanimously by the assembly, but Schwarzenegger vetoed it last week, saying it is ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-13T12:05:01+05:30
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed the bill, which if had been enforced will allow the law enforcement officers get to know the religious significance of 'kirpans'. This step has been adopted by Schwarzenegger so as to prevent "unnecessary” angry reaction from the US ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-13T10:11:29+05:30
Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has approved a bill, which will recognise the gay marriages that have been sanctioned in other states. This step comes almost five months after the gay unions were legalized in California.
Schwarzenegger, who had been a part of Hollywood earlier, ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-13T09:58:58+05:30
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be holding talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow so that she can urge him to support the US for further sanctions on Iran.
She had warned earlier that the world will not allocate more time for Iran to prove itself. Iran had ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T11:00:39+05:30
US President Barack Obama, who was addressing a national gay rights group on Sunday, mentioned that he has plans for recruiting gays in the US military to put an end to those who have problems with homosexual orientation.
Obama, who was addressing the annual meet of the Human Rights ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T11:30:41+05:30
US President Barack Obama has mentioned that he will be donating his $1.4 million prize money which he received from Nobel Prize for Peace to the charities.
But he mentioned that the decision regarding the charities or charity for whom he will be giving away the prize money has not yet ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T09:47:25+05:30
US President Barack Obama has submitted mandatory bi-annual report to the US Congress which details the aspects of Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. The steps which are being adopted for enhancing the international nuclear non-proliferation regime are also mentioned in the report.
"I ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-09T15:15:37+05:30
The Nobel Prize For Peace for the year 2009 has been awarded to the US President Barack Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts for retraining nuclear proliferation. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-09T11:30:22+05:30
US President Barack Obama has disclosed that he has plans for nominating gay lawyer David Huebner as the US envoy to New Zealand and Samoa.
The proposal, if approved by the US Senate, will make Huebner the third open gay envoy in the history of the US and the first gay envoy by this ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-04T07:50:13+05:30
According to US President Barack Obama, "America has its roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi". A statement that sums up his belief on the father of the Indian nation.
Internationally, Gandhi Jayanthi, the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated as the International ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-01T10:52:10+05:30
Democrats introduced the new climate-change legislation in the US Senate on Wednesday, 30th September. The legislation aims at reducing the greenhouse-gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020 in comparison to the 2005 levels. This reduction will be higher than the 17-percent which was earlier approved ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-30T14:37:17+05:30
President Barack Obama has received a shocking response to his plans for giving a comprehensive makeover to the healthcare system of the US after the Senate panel snubbed the amendment which had called for the inclusion of a nationalized public health insurance option.
The Senate Finance ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-30T11:09:45+05:30
China, on Tuesday, has called for the development of conditions which will enable for implementing and maintaining stable military-to-military relations with the US.
Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army, mentioned that, "We hope the US cautiously ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-24T13:51:01+05:30
Even though the US and Russia have agreed to find a solution for the Iranian nuclear issue by conducting diplomatic dialogues, they also added that new sanctions may be adopted, if Iran fails to deliver a response.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mentioned that he and Barack Obama have ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-23T13:14:47+05:30
US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have assured to join hands to ensure that the relation between the two nations is reinforced.
The two Presidents, who met during the UN climate change summit at Waldorf Astoria hotel, mentioned that they need to work together to ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-23T09:54:13+05:30
Former US president Bill Clinton has given his word to Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani Presdient, who is New York, that Clinton Global Initiative headed by him will help Pakistan to secure foreign investments, which can help in enhancing the economic growth of the nation.
He added that the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-22T16:16:54+05:30
US government led by Barack Obama has decided to provide a $205 million aid for Nepal. This will be used by Nepal for humanitarian crisis and peace measures.
These funds, which will be disbursed over a period of 5 years, by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is meant for ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-22T08:44:06+05:30
After both Russia and the US scrapped their respective missiles plans, Moscow and Washington are gearing up to resume the dialogue for the revamping of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, START -1, which will expire on Dec 5, 2009.
The sixth round of talks on the new nuclear weapons ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-20T10:53:57+05:30
With US president Barack Obama announcing the scrapping of the implementation of Missiles in Poland and other European nations, Russia has also announced its calling off of the implementation of missiles near Poland.
Vladimir Popovkin, while talking over the radio station, Ekho Moskvy, ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-20T08:39:20+05:30
US President Barack Obama will be meeting the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas separately, before the joint meeting, to re-initiate peace talks between the two.
The rekindling of peace process have been restricted due to the differences in ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-18T13:28:31+05:30
US President Barack Obama told on Thursday that 10% of the H1N1 vaccine it receives will be shared with other nations. This step has been taken by the US as a measure for countering the pandemic.
The White House said that countries, which require the vaccine, can avail it from the World ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-18T13:20:47+05:30
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told that Russia is happy with the scrapping of the plans, of installing a missile shield in Central Europe, by Barack Obama.
Obama had revealed on Thursday that US has scrapped the installation of long-range missile in Central Europe, instead of which ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-18T13:02:43+05:30
US President Barack Obama told that US has scrapped the plans for making Eastern Europe the base for long-range missile-defence system. He added that US will be deploying systems, which are less complicated, for counteracting the ballistic missile programme of the US.
Bush had plans for ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-16T13:07:09+05:30
Hillary Clinton has mentioned that the US is willing to engage North Korea in direct talks and urge the nation to restore its negotiation talks on its nuclear programme.
But she added that any formal decision, regarding the visit of US special envoy Stephen Bosworth to Pyongyang, has not ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-12T12:53:28+05:30
The First Lady of US, Michelle Obama, will be representing her home town of Chicago when the announcement for the host of 2016 Olympics is announced by International Olympic Committee.
Michelle Obama will travel to Copenhagen for the ceremony on Oct 2. Chicago may take over Madrid, Rio de ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-10T13:23:30+05:30
US President Barack Obama has revealed that US is on the road of recovery from the global economic meltdown. He was adressing the Congress on Wednesday night.
The speech delivered by the US President had more focus on health care, with Obama taking the complete credit of bringing US back ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-05T12:12:22+05:30
According to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the plans of Israel to expand its settlements in West Bank is a ‘regretful’ one. She also added that the internal peace plans, which have been designed for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is ... |