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Ban talks nuke issue with Ahmadinejad
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US pastor gets £100,000 security bill
London, September 20 The US pastor, who hogged the limelight after vowing to burn the Koran, is hit with a 100000-pound bill to cover cost of the police security for his 9/11 stunt, a British media report said.
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Ban talks nuke issue with Ahmadinejad
United Nations, September 20 Ban asked the Iranian leader to work towards “a mutually acceptable agreement in conformity with relevant Security Council resolutions”, a statement from his office released after the meeting on the sidelines of the opening week of the General Assembly said. “He (Ban) hoped that Iran will engage constructively in negotiations” with the ‘E3+3,’ which is made up of the United Kingdom, United States, China, France, Germany and Russia, it said. Last week, Ban expressed “concern” at the findings in the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which said Tehran was still not providing sufficient information about its nuclear programme. Describing the report of the UN nuclear watchdog as a “source of concern”, Ban said, “that clearly says that the Iranian government has not given full cooperation.” The rebuke came only a few months after the UN Security Council passed the fourth and toughest round of sanctions against Tehran. The IAEA has complained that Tehran had blocked two of its most experienced inspectors from the country, only a few days after the sanctions resolution was passed. Iran argues that it is enriching uranium up to 20 per cent for a research reactor to make radioisotopes for medical purposes, but the US along with many other countries are suspicious that the end goal is a nuclear weapon.
— PTI
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India, UAE discuss security, prisoner accords
Dubai, September 20 According to consulate sources, both sides have almost finalised the two agreements — one about security co-operation between the two nations, and the other for the transfer of prisoners, under which Indian convicts in the UAE would be able to serve their sentences in their home country. Discussions to this effect were held at the India-UAE Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) yesterday in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi where the status proposed agreements was also reviewed. The Indian delegation was headed by Vijayalatha Reddy, Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs while Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, led the UAE delegation during the talks. The proposed security co-operation agreement has been designed to ensure the exchange of information on security matters. The agreement on those who have been sentenced would allow the transfer of prisoners between the two countries. Indian Ambassador to UAE M K Lokesh said there were about 1,300 Indians in UAE jails. A few were convicted and the others were on trial or in detention, Gulf News reported. The Indian ambassador said negotiations were continuing on a proposed agreement on mutual assistance in customs matters. A delegation from UAE Customs was currently visiting India as part of the negotiations, he said. The agreements would be signed at the ministerial level, the ambassador said. — PTI
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US pastor gets £100,000 security bill
London, September 20 More than 200 police officers were on duty at the church in Florida where 58-year-old Terry Jones planned a burning of the holy book of Islam. The huge security operation was put into place even though the pastor had called off the protest, which was condemned by the US President Barack Obama. The police bill in Gainesville comes to more than 50,000 pounds and the Sheriff's office spent a similar amount after putting almost all its officers on duty, the 'Daily Express' reported. But Jones, and members of his Dove World Outreach Centre who planned to throw 200 copies of the Islamic book on a bonfire on the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US, has said he will not pay the police bill. However, the event, which sparked an international crisis, was cancelled after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates called Jones and told him soldiers in Afghanistan would be put at greater risk by the stunt. With 48 hours until the planned burning, Jones scrapped the event saying he had secured a promise from the backers of a mosque at Ground Zero that it would be moved to a new site. He flew to New York for talks with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, but he was snubbed.
— PTI
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