Former Pakistan PM says people's mandate not being honoured

Twice-elected former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that the mandate given by the people of the country in the February 2008 general elections is not being honoured. Talking to reporters after having meeting with some foreign envoys in...

Foreign envoys in Pakistan asked to limit activities

Keeping in view the growing security concerns, the Pakistani government has asked the foreign diplomats in the country limit their activities. "With a surge in suicide bombings in the country, the Pakistan government has asked all the foreign diplomats based in Islamabad and...

Peace bid as Ossetia crisis rages

"A delegation including envoys from the US, EU and OSCE is heading to Georgia as its conflict with Russia over the breakaway South Ossetia region deepens. The envoys hope to broker a truce after three days of...

China warns Dalai Lama not to disrupt Beijing Olympics

Even after rounds of peace talks with Tibetan representatives China had warned Dalai Lama and exhorted him to keep away from Olympic games."After latest fence-mending talks on Tibet issue that failed to make...

Dalai Lama envoys in China talks

Representatives of  exiled Tibet's leader the Dalai Lama have begun talks with Chinese authorities in Beijing. Just before the Olympic the meeting is aimed to cut simmering tension between both sides. " ...

Dalai Lama envoys to go to China

Just ahead of Olympic games to start China has agreed to host a meeting with envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader. The talk would begin on Saturday."Envoys of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are...

Gaza Relit as Israel Eases Fuel Blockade

Isreal allowed only 13 trucks through, but workers hoped to have the Gaza Strip's main power plant online in around four hours. Gaza city has been cut off from the outside world for four days.Previous NowPublic...

U.N: Time is Running Out to Save Our Planet

"An influential panel of UN scientists has warned in a major report that time is running out to tackle global warming. The panel urges governments to act immediately, warning that there could be as few as eight...

Sudan expels top Canadian, European Union envoys

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOf course the media report the Sudanese government expelling a Canadian Top Envoy and EU Envoys, all the while the Sudanese Officials are quick to point out that they...

U.S. Privacy Act to Cover EU Citizens

If this makes the world a safer place then its a good idea. I hope the financial cost can be recovered from the government and not burden the airlines or passengers."STRASBOURG, France (AP) - European Union citizens will be protected by the U.S. Privacy Act under an...

N Korea envoys 'keeping children'

"North Korean diplomats stationed overseas are reportedly refusing an order to send their children home, according to South Korean media. The order was issued earlier this year in an apparent attempt to stop defections from the hardline regime. It said diplomats should send...

Iran allows rare peek at sensitive nuclear site

"Iran allows rare peek at sensitive nuclear site Isfahan, Iran 04 February 2007 10:32 Nothing seems extraordinary on the quiet provincial road outside the ancient Iranian city of Isfahan. Then suddenly, nestling beneath the mountains, a tall chimney emerges flanked by an...

Pope stresses respect for Muslims

"Pope Benedict XVI has expressed "total and profound respect" for the Muslim faith, as he attempts to defuse a row between Islam and the Catholic Church. "

Pope set to meet Muslims to try to defuse crisis - Scotsman

" By Robin Pomeroy CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict assured Muslims on Monday that he respected them and was committed to dialogue, in an unprecedented encounter to defuse anger at his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword. In a speech to...

Envoys caught in crossfire as election spirals into violence - Times Online

" by Jonathan Clayton UN appeals for calm after rivals’ guards clash before Congo’s presidential run-off A GUN battle erupted yesterday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, around a house where foreign envoys were meeting one of two...

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