India to hold firm in Afghanistan

Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna vowed Sunday that security threats would not drive his country out of Afghanistan during a two-day visit to Kabul. Speaking after talks with Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul, Krishna said that threats to Indians working in Afghanistan were “real” but added his country was “not going to be cut down” by them.

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Nearly 77 killed in Iran air crash

Remaining 28 people injured:

Seventy-seven people, including 12 crew members, were killed when a passenger plane with 105 people on board crashed Sunday evening in northwest Iran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported early Monday morning.

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Obama, Hu will seek to re-set ties

President Barack Obama and China’s Hu Jintao will strive to put a rocky 2010 behind them and cast themselves as partners rather than rivals at a state visit this month between the world’s two biggest powers.

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