Indian PM: Kashmir vital to ties with Pakistan

INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the issue of Kashmir was vital to better relations with nuclear rival Pakistan. "We are committed to working with Pakistan to create an environment in which India and Pakistan can have the friendliest possible relations," he said in an annual media conference.

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UN watchdog set to send Iran to Security Council

AN international standoff over Iran's nuclear aims reaches a crossroads when U.N. atomic overseers meet to consider reporting Tehran to the U.N. Security Council amid Iranian threats to hit back if they do so.

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