Sharif calls for end to US drone strikes
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called
Wednesday for an end to US drone strikes in the country’s northwest,
as he took office for an unprecedented third term.Some 13 years
after he was deposed in a coup and sent into exile,
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North, South Korea agree to official talks
North and South Korea agreed in principle
Thursday to hold their first official talks for years, signalling a
possible breakthrough in cross-border ties after months of escalated
military tensions. A surprise offer from Pyongyang proposed talks on
a range of commercial and humanitarian issues from reopening a joint
industrial complex to resuming cross-border family reunions.
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Aung San Suu Kyi wants to run for President
Myanmar Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi on
Thursday declared her intention to run for the presidency as she
sets her sights on elections due to be held in 2015. Addressing
world leaders and heads of business at a major forum in the capital
Naypyidaw,
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