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Jamali holds talks with Musharraf, PPP Islamabad, December 10 Jamali of the PML-Q held lengthy discussions with Musharraf last night over political developments in the country after he met a four-member delegation of the PPP, led by its leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim. During his talks with the PPP leaders, he discussed a host of issues, including the formation of the PPP government in southern Sindh province as well as the future political cooperation to help his government at the centre to get a comfortable majority. Jamali’s government is currently surviving on one-vote majority in the 342-member national assembly. Referring to the Jamali-Fahim meeting, PPP sources said issues pertaining to the formation of the government in Sindh remained the focus of the discussion, amid speculations that the Jamali government and the PPP were trying to reach an understanding to tide over the political crisis. Their meeting took place in the wake of a one-to-one meeting between Fahim and Musharraf on Sunday, local daily Dawn reported today. The PPP leaders presented fresh proposals to work out cooperation between their party and the PML-Q at the centre and the formation of its own government in Sindh, it said.
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Bank notes in Pak contaminated: study Karachi, December 10 Karachi University’s Microbiology Department determined that five- and 10-rupee bank notes, worth about nine and 18 US cents, carry pathogens of e-coli, the blood and kidney infection which can lead to death, and other bacteria which cause diarrhoea, skin infections and septicemia. It said almost all of the 450 rupee notes or coins collected from public places, including meat shops, restaurants, bus drivers and even hospital pharmacies showed alarming presence of bacterial and fungal species. “Contaminated notes may act as potential source of infections,” said the study, reported in Dawn newspaper.
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Carter accepts Nobel Peace Prize Oslo, December 10 In the solemn ceremony, with music and flowers, Mr Carter accepted a Nobel gold medal and diploma. The prize also includes a 10 million kronor ($1 million) cash prize. Mr Carter, smiling broadly, stayed only briefly on stage, displaying the gold Nobel medal and diploma to sustained applause. The 78-year-old former American President was honoured for his pursuit of peace, health and human rights that began with the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt that, but for a formality, would have won him the prize 24 years ago. Mr Carter accepted his prize in a world unnerved by the threat of terrorism, and uneasy that a new war in Iraq may erupt if it fails to obey the UN Security Council resolutions demanding that it prove it has no weapons of mass destruction. “Instead of entering a millennium of peace, the world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place. The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect,” he said. Mr Carter, a Democrat, has repeatedly urged US President George W. Bush to avoid a war in Iraq by working through the United Nations, and to support weapons inspections. Before he entered the Oslo City Hall, Mr Carter was greeted by nearly 2,000 Norwegian children having a peace celebration in the bright sunshine in the snow-covered Norwegian capital. In his Nobel speech, before Norway’s King Harald V, and hundreds of others, including his own children and grandchildren, the former President urged respect for the United Nations as the international forum for solving disputes.
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Indian Americans get pat from Bush PRESIDENT George W. Bush has commended the “numerous contributions” Indian Americans have made to their country of adoption and has said they continue to be an important part of “our cultural diversity.” In a message to the Indian American Forum for Political Education (IAFPE) on the occasion of the celebration of its 20th anniversary in New Jersey past weekend, President Bush congratulated the forum for encouraging Indian American participation in local and national politics. “The strength of our democracy relies on the participation of all our citizens, and by addressing critical issues that affect Indian American communities, the IAFPE is fostering civic awareness and promoting the ideals that make our country strong”, he said. New Jersey-based physician and community leader Dr Sudhir M. Parikh, who assumed the presidency of the forum, pledged to reinvigorate the organisation by actively involving the next generation and putting in place a framework to encourage the emergence of a well-defined Indian American political identity. According to a press note issued by Mr Narayan D. Keshavan, founding president of the New York city and Long Island Chapter of the forum, the speeches at the event highlighted the growing and strengthening of Indo-US relations. The American Ambassador to India, Mr Robert D. Blackwill, in a taped speech from New Delhi, outlined the strategic cooperation the two countries were forging in the areas of defence, diplomacy, law enforcement and scientific research, which, he said, clearly established the strongest possible foundation for the continuation of the upward ascent in Indo-US relations. In a reference to the visits to India of over 100 senior US policy-makers in the last 13 months, Mr Blackwill said, “There is this continual parade of very senior American policy-makers here, which is quite important because — as you all know better than most — one really has to be in India to feel what India is. I am absolutely delighted that this phenomenon has occurred.” The Indian Ambassador in Washington, Mr Lalit Mansingh, urged the Indian American community to move towards the mainstream and to nurture the next generation Indian Americans to be involved in the political process. |
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Violence during Sikh poll worries leaders Vancouver, December 10 As the gurdwara vote was being held at polling stations across the Lower Mainland, five young Indo-Canadians were shot in a conflict with a rival gang outside a Surrey pub. One of the five remains in a critical condition in hospital and may not survive. Mr Bhandal said the violence had reached epidemic proportions and all agencies, police forces and community leaders must work together to see what could be done, The Vancouver Sun reported. “We have to turn our attention to the youth,” the report quoted him as saying. He remarked: “This is the number one issue on our agenda. We were really shocked to hear of the latest shooting.”
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