Iraqi tribal leaders demand federation

Author: Aljazeera, Iraq Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

Tribal leaders in Iraq are warning of war unless the country splits into a federation amid a deadly new wave of apparently sectarian violence.

 

Monday's attacks across Iraqi cities left at least 77 people dead and more than 248 others injured, officials say, pushing the death toll over the past week to well above 200.

 

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Great Britain to pay Kazakhstan $300-400 thousand for military transit per year

Author: Tengri News, Kazakhstan Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

Kazakhstan will be receiving $300-400 thousand per year from Great Britain from transit of military cargoes via its territory, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Kazakhstan Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Aleksey Volkov.

 

"Сountries pay for transit. Great Britain's preliminary calculation was $300-400 thousand per year. But the actual amount...

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Top politico killed in northern Afghan attack

Author: CNN, Afghanistan Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

A suicide attack on a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday killed a top politician and at least 10 others, police said.

 

The attack took place outside the Baghlan provincial council compound killed council head Rasul Khan Mohsini. The compound is located in the provincial capital, Pul-e-Khumri. Others were wounded in...

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North Koreans ''free Chinese fishing crew''

Author: BBC News, North Korea Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

A Chinese fishing crew seized by North Koreans two weeks ago has been freed along with their boat, reports say.

 

The 16-man crew was taken captive by unidentified North Koreans in the Yellow Sea on 5 May.

 

China said on Monday it had been negotiating with Pyongyang for their release since 10 May.

 

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US and Chinese leaders to hold summit in California

Author: BBC News, China / US Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

The US and Chinese presidents will hold their first summit in California in June, both sides have announced.

 

Barack Obama and Xi Jinping will meet from 7-8 June at an estate in Rancho Mirage, a US statement said.

 

Topics on the agenda are likely to include North Korea, cyber espionage, tensions in the South China Sea...

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North Korea fires more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South says

Author: CNN, North / South Korea Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

North Korea on Monday fired more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts."

 

But Pyongyang described the launches as a "regular military exercise."

 

The South Korean Defense Ministry still needs to analyze exac...

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14 now known dead, 14 missing in Indonesia tunnel collapse

Author: CNN, Indonesia Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

At least 14 people are dead, 14 are unaccounted for and 10 have been rescued in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse last week at an underground mine training facility, the mining company said.

 

The latest numbers come from PT Freeport Indonesia, which mines gold, copper and silver in the region.

 

The incident last Tuesd...

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Pakistan''s PML-N govt to normalise ties with India: Nawaz Sharif''s aide

Author: The Economic Times, PTI, Pakistan Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

Pakistan's incoming PML-N government will play its part to lower tensions with India and to normalise relations between the two countries, says a top aide of Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif.

 

Sartaj Aziz, widely expected to be appointed as advisor on foreign and economic affairs, noted that Sharif had already said that his government w...

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US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

Author: Dawn, AP, Pakistan Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilisers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top US military officer Monday.   

 

Brig. Gen. Robert P. Walters Jr., deputy director of the US military’s Joint IED Defeat Organiza...

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83 pc Indians consider China a security threat

Author: The Shillong Times, UNI, New Delhi Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

Eighty three per cent Indians consider China a security threat while 63 per cent of them want relations with China to strengthen.

 

An opinion poll — India Poll 2013: Facing the future, Indian views of the world ahead — by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and Australia India Institute (AII), revealed multiple reasons for th...

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