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PM, Obama to meet in Bali next week
India to move towards Preferential Trade Agreement with Pak
11 held in Pak for murder of 3 Hindus
Khamenei warns against attack on nuke sites
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Phone hacking probe London, November 10 In a second questioning by British parliamentarians, Murdoch, who is fighting to keep his place in his father Rupert's media empire, said he was ill-informed by the then editor, Colin Myler, and should have been told more when he approved a large payoff to a hacking victim. "This was the job of the new editor who had come in... to clean things up, to make me aware of those things," said Murdoch, appearing confident under interrogation by lawmakers. News Corp long maintained that the hacking was the work of a lone, "rogue" reporter and a private detective who both went to jail for the offence in 2007. Murdoch approved the payoff to hacking victim and soccer boss Gordon Taylor in 2008. Myler and Tom Crone, the former legal chief of the News of the World, have contended that they did made Murdoch aware in 2008 that Taylor had in his possession transcripts of hacked phone conversations that seemed to implicate other journalists. Murdoch reiterated today that Myler and Crone had not shown him the transcripts, contained in an email dubbed the "For Neville" email, and said Crone had misled parliament. Opposition Labour Party MP asked Murdoch: "Do you think Mr Crone misled us?" Murdoch answered: "It follows that I do, yes." Murdoch denied that he himself had misled the parliamentary select committee, although he did express some regret, in contrast to his July appearance before the committee. "At various times, and I am sorry for this, the company moved into an aggressive defence too quickly," he said. James Murdoch was brought into News International after the date of the last known phone-hacking, but has been accused of failing to ask the right questions at least, and possibly of participating in a huge corporate cover-up. He is currently deputy chief operating officer of News Corp with responsibility for all its non-US business, and was until recently expected to take over sooner or later from his father, Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch. He is also still chairman of News International, News Corp's British newspaper arm. — Reuters
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Protests erupt in Turkey after 12 killed in another quake
Van (Turkey), November 10 Rescue teams searched for survivors after the 5.7 magnitude tremor on Wednesday night heaped misery on the predominantly Kurdish region where more than 600 people died following a major quake on October 23. "How can you fire pepper spray on people who have already suffered so much?" said Abdulrahim Kaplan, 32. He had gone to the crisis centre for a tent when police began firing tear gas, he said. "Our people are freezing. We are sleeping outside - all seven of my family ... Some people take five tents, some 10 and others get nothing. This is wrong." Thousands of families are living in makeshift camps with temperatures falling to freezing with the onset of winter. The government says there are enough tents for anyone who needs them. About 200 demonstrators called for the resignation of the provincial governor in a rally close to two city centre hotels that collapsed during the latest quake. The owner of the flattened five-storey Bayram Hotel, Aslan Bayram, told broadcasters that building experts had given his 47-year-old building the all-clear after last month's quake.At the time of the quake, some 15 guests were believed to be in the hotel and some were pulled out today morning. Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay, who visited the Bayram Hotel, said 25 buildings had collapsed in Van, of which 22 were empty.
— Reuters
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PM, Obama to meet in Bali next week Washington, November 10 The two leaders are expected to review the progress in bilateral ties since Obama's visit to India last November, besides discussing a wide range of issues including economic ties, Afghanistan and security relationship, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes told reporters during an off-camera briefing at the White House. "India, as a rapidly growing economy, a strong democracy and an important security partner and counter-terrorism partner in South Asia, has a very important relationship with the US," he said. "He (Obama) and PM Singh have not had the chance to meet in some time. They could be discussing regional developments, Afghanistan, our deepening economic and commercial ties with India, as also the East Asia Summit," Rhodes said. Observing that the Obama Administration values its relationship with India, the White House official said New Delhi plays an important role in the Asia-Pacific region. Rhodes said the US "has essentially been an anchor of security in Asia-Pacific since World War II". He said the "core of that is our alliances with Australia, Korea, Japan and several other countries", but "from the beginning of this administration, it has engaged emerging powers in Asia-Pacific, China, India, Indonesia and others, and engaged regional institutions". — PTI
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India to move towards Preferential Trade Agreement with Pak Addu (Maldives), November 10 The decision to move towards a Preferential Trade Agreement with Pakistan under SAFTA that will lead to zero customs duty on all traded goods by 2016 came as Manmohan Singh met his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani on the margins of the SAARC summit here. The two leaders also agreed that bilateral trade will be conducted on Most Favoured Nation basis.
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11 held in Pak for murder of 3 Hindus
The police arrested 11 out of 15 persons who were allegedly involved in the killing of three Hindus in Shikarpur town in Sindh province on Wednesday.
The police is searching for the remaining four accused in the case.
The incident occurred earlier on Monday in Chak town and the dead were identified as Dr Ajit Kumar, while the two businessmen were identified as Naresh Kumar and Ashok Kumar. The relatives of the deceased had filed a case against Salim Bhayo, Naeem, Adbdullah, Abdul Latif, Abdul Ghani and other suspects. The Hindu community in Shikarpur had been in conflict with the Muslim Bhayo community over an alleged case of sexual assault. Various nationalist parties in Sindh have endorsed denials by the Hindu community. They had demanded the arrest of the gunmen within 72 hours.
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Khamenei warns against attack on nuke sites
Tehran, November 10 "Our enemies, particularly Israel, America and its allies, should know that any kind of threat and attack or even thinking about any (military) action will be firmly responded to," the television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying. “The Revolutionary Guards will answer attacks with strong slaps and iron fists,” he said.
— Reuters
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Pak arrests 27 Indian fishermen Jackson's deathbed up for auction
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