| China
to spend 17.6 per cent more on defence budget
|
Beijing,
Mar 4:
China today announced a whopping 17.6 per cent rise in its Defence
Budget for 2008 but strongly defended the spending on military,
saying it was lower than that of other major powers including
India.
|
| India
should get time to work out internal issues on N deal:US
|
Washington,
Mar 4:
As prominent US lawmakers asked India to stick to a July timeline
on the nuclear deal, the Bush administration has said it wants
to see that the agreement "moves forward" as soon
as possible and India gets an opportunity to work out "internal
political issues".
|
| B'desh
politicians hiding in India, claim officials
|
Dhaka,
March 4:
Nearly 100 high-profile Bangladeshi politicians have fled to
India and other countries to evade arrest under the military-backed
government's massive anti-graft drive, officials claimed here.
|
| UNSC
slaps new sanctions on Iran
|
New
York, Mar 4:
The UN Security Council has voted to impose additional sanctions
on Iran for its continued refusal to abandon nuclear activities.
|
| Saudi
arrests 28 Al-Qaida militants
|
Dubai,
Mar 4:
Twenty-eight Al-Qaida militants have been arrested by Saudi
security forces for allegedly funding the terror outfit's activities
in the country with donations collected in the garb of helping
the poor in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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