| Lebanese
presidential elections postponed 17th time
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Beirut,
March 25:
Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri has postponed the country's
presidential elections to April 22, after rival parties failed
to reached a compromise.
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| US
to work closely with new Pak govt
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Washington,
Mar 25:
The Bush administration has said it is looking forward to work
closely with the new Pakistan government to be headed by Prime
Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, who seemed certain to challenge
embattled US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
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| No
'problem' in Indo-US relations: Rice
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Washington,
Mar 25:
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brushed aside the notion
that there was any "problem" in Indo-US ties pertaining
to the recent visit of Nancy Pelosi to India and her stand on
the Chinese crackdown on Tibet unrest.
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| US,
Bahrain sign nuclear energy sharing agreement
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Washington,
Mar 25:
The US and Bahrain have signed an agreement to cooperate in
the development and sharing of nuclear energy technology, the
US State Department said.
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| US
engineer gets 24 yrs jail
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Los
Angeles, Mar 25:
A Chinese-born US engineer convicted of conspiring to smuggle
sensitive technology about US Navy submarines to China has been
sentenced to 24 years in jail, justice officials said.
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