| UK
keen on UNSC seat for India |
London,
Mar 27:
Britain is trying to break the long-standing deadlock over United
Nations reform with a permanent seat for India in the expanded
Security Council, a senior British Minister has said.
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| Hu
Jintao to talk to Dalai Lama |
Washington/Beijing,
Mar 27:
Joining others, US President George W Bush has asked his Chinese
counterpart Hu Jintao to talk to the Dalai Lama's side on the
Tibet issue but the latter said they would do so only if the
Tibetan spiritual leader "truly" abandoned...
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| Indian
literary works to be translated into Arabic
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Abu
Dhabi, Mar 27:
A project to translate major Indian literary works into Arabic
is on the anvil as part of India's efforts to project its soft
power in the Gulf.
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| N
Korea expels South's officials from factory zone
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Seoul,
Mar 27:
North Korea on Thursday expelled South Koreans from a joint
factory park north of the border in retaliation for the new
government's tough tone towards Pyongyang, a move Seoul warned
could chill once warming ties.
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| `Asia
could suffer from US slowdown' |
Beijing,
Mar 27:
Asia's economic growth will slow this year as the US credit
crisis hurts demand for exports but robust expansion in China
and India should help the region avoid a major slump, a UN commission
said on Thursday.
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