Lifer

Early wins for Croatia, Germany

by Reuters

Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 whereas Germany, playing without any recognised strikers, triumphed 3-0 in Kazakhstan. ...

05:33 AM, Mar 23, 2013

Growing China-Pakistan nuke ties worries West

by Reuters

Vienna: Western states pressured China at closed-door talks last week to address concerns about its plans to expand a nuclear power plant in Pakistan and provide more information, but were rebuffed, two diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. Beijing's atomic relations with Islamabad have caused unease in Washington, Delhi and other capitals due to Pakistan's history of spreading nuclear arms technology and fears about the integrity of international non-proliferation rules. "A...

09:46 AM, Jun 28, 2012

Japan says no change in its stand on India joining NPT

by Press Trust of India

New Delhi: Notwithstanding India and Japan deciding to move forward with discussions on civil nuclear co-operation, Tokyo on Monday maintained that there was no change in its stand that New Delhi has to join the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, though it is not a pre-condition for the atomic deal. "We have reminded India time and again that it has to join the NPT. This message has been repeatedly conveyed to India....

01:49 AM, May 01, 2012

'US lauds India closing missile gap with China'

by IANS

Washington: The lack of US condemnation of India's latest missile test demonstrates that the Washington appreciates India's need to meet the emerging strategic challenge posed by rising China, according to two US scholars. It also shows "US is comfortable with Indian progress in the nuclear and missile fields", Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow for South Asia, and Baker Spring, research fellow in National Security Policy, at The Heritage Foundation, a...

12:39 PM, Apr 24, 2012

After India fires missile, China calls for N-security

by IANS

New York: China has called on the international community to work together in promoting international nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and nuclear security. The statement came Thursday, a day when India successfully test-fired a long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile. Li Baodong, the Chinese permanent representative to the UN, who took the floor at an open meeting of the UN Security Council on nuclear non-proliferation, said: "The international community needs to enhance its...

12:27 PM, Apr 20, 2012

Dangerous prisoners to become hairdressers

by IANS

London: Dangerous convicts in Britain's 'most notorious' lifers-only jail will now be allowed to use scissors and razors so that they can become hairdressers. Prison officials at the Kingston Prison in Portsmouth are hoping it will lessen the risk of the inmates committing an offence again. Lessons in the prison's barber shop are training the prisoners on how to shave a customer and do a short back and sides, the...

05:33 PM, Jan 27, 2011

Nuclear-armed Pak becomes chair of IAEA board

by Reuters

Vienna: Pakistan became the new chair of the UN nuclear watchdog's governing body on Monday, despite being outside a global anti-nuclear arms pact and home to a nuclear smuggler who supplied Iran and North Korea. Western diplomats have suggested they do not see the choice as ideal because -- like India, North Korea and Israel -- Pakistan has shunned the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that is at the heart of the...

05:57 PM, Sep 27, 2010