Iran free trade pact top EU-India summit agenda
Aiming to bring Iran back to the negotiating
table:
India: The European Union looks set to push India
at a summit Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to
try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table over its disputed
nuclear programme. India has a good relationship with Iran, which is
the South Asian nation's second-largest oil supplier after Saudi
Arabia, providing 12 percent of India's crude needs at an annual
cost of around $12.7 billion.
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Pakistan court throws out PM contempt appeal
Pakistan : Pakistan's top court threw out a
last-ditch appeal from embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
on Friday, ordering him to appear in court on Monday to face
indictment for contempt.
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NATO airstrike killed eight children - Karzai
Afghaniastan: A NATO airstrike killed eight
children in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, President Hamid Karzai
said Thursday. The president “strongly condemned the aerial bombing
by foreign troops that killed a number of children in Nejrab
district” northeast of Kabul on Wednesday, said a statement from his
office.
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