Bonn: More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations climate talks on Friday, breaking a deadlock over procedure, but mistrust remains that could threaten progress for the rest of the year. "(The workplan) was not an easy issue to agree (on)," UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told reporters after the negotiations held at Bonn in Germany. "All parties...
10:17 PM, May 25, 2012
Los Angeles: Hosting Oscar organizers' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress Milla Jovovich, a veteran of effects-driven movies like the 'Resident Evil' franchise, confessed she knew little about what actually goes on behind the cameras. "I'm not an expert in technology. However I will say that as an actor, I certainly benefited from the many innovations you bring to filmmaking," she told a packed ballroom of technical wizards...
10:59 AM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: In a veiled reference to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said that terrorism emanating from outside Afghanistan borders posed potent threat to many countries. These statements coming in the context of the ongoing summit in Bonn to discuss the future of Afghanistan. Indian Foreign Minister made the statement and reiterated India's stand against terrorism. "Well I think my speech today was mainly focused on the terrorist activities...
07:47 AM, Dec 06, 2011
Bonn: India on Monday joined the rest of the world in pledging a long-term engagement with Afghanistan for its transformation into a peaceful and prosperous country so that international terrorism does not again find a sanctuary there. A communique issued at the end of an international conference on Afghanistan, chaired by Germany and attended by more than 100 countries including India to chart the future course for the restive-nation, said...
05:12 AM, Dec 06, 2011
Bonn: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he was still prepared to work with Pakistan despite its boycott of an international conference on Afghanistan and urged Islamabad to stop giving sanctuary to Taliban insurgents. Karzai told reporters Pakistan had missed a good opportunity to discuss its own issues and the future of Afghanistan by not attending the Bonn conference. "But it will not stop us from cooperating together," he...
02:28 AM, Dec 06, 2011
Bonn: As global talks kick-off in Bonn to chart the future course for Afghanistan, India on Monday said it would 'fully' support an Afghanistan-led and owned peace process. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna arrived in Bonn for the conference attended by Foreign Ministers of 64 nations and senior officials from nearly 50 other countries except Pakistan. "We totally support the people of Afghanistan in their path of peace and condemn...
04:41 PM, Dec 05, 2011
United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has termed as "regrettable" Pakistan's decision to boycott the Bonn conference on Afghanistan and said that its participation was required as the country has a role to play in its war-torn neighbour's peace and stability. Ban is in Germany for the international conference, where he also met Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Addressing the media, Ban said Pakistan not attending the crucial meet was "their...
10:01 AM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Bonn Conference on Afghanistan opens on Monday with 90 delegations and nearly 1000 participants in attendance. The focus is squarely on security, reconciliation and long term help for Afghanistan. However, Pakistan's decision to boycott after the NATO airstrike on its army camps means there's no voice for the Taliban. The conference is also slated to underscore the strained nature of the Kabul-Islamabad relationship. Earlier, Afghanistan President Hamid...
08:09 AM, Dec 05, 2011
Washington: The White House has asked Pakistan to attend the crucial international meet on Afghanistan in Bonn early next month. Pakistan had on Tuesday announced not to participate in the conference in Bonn in Germany in protest against the killing of its 24 soldiers by NATO forces in a cross-border fire on the Af-Pak border over the weekend. "We certainly urge Pakistan to participate in this conference. It's very important...
07:21 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Washington: The US has asked Pakistan to attend the international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn early next month as it was reviewing its participation in protest against NATO attack on its border posts in which its 24 soldiers were killed. The State Department spokesman, Mark Toner, told reporters that Pakistan is reviewing its participation in the conference, but has not taken a decision yet. He was responding to questions about...
08:52 AM, Nov 29, 2011
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