|
|
|
|
|
North, South Korea move to end rupture in ties US collecting phone records of millions of citizens: Report |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Pak PM to progressively pursue normalcy in ties with India Indian held in US for stealing trade secrets Austria to quit Golan after Syria clashes
|
|
North, South Korea move to end rupture in ties
Seoul, June 6 The envisioned talks could help rebuild avenues of inter-Korean cooperation that were obliterated in recent years amid hardline stances by both countries, though the key issue isolating the North from the world community its nuclear program is not up for debate. The North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, in a statement carried by state media, said it is open to holding talks with Seoul on reopening the Kaesong complex just north of the Demilitarised Zone separating the countries. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk expressed hope that the talks could become an opportunity for the two Koreas to start building trust. He said Seoul will announce the time and agenda for the talks later, but didn't elaborate. The decade-old Kaesong complex, the product of an era of inter-Korean cooperation, shut down gradually this spring after Pyongyang cut border communications and access, then pulled the complex's 53,000 North Korean workers. The last of hundreds of South Korean managers at Kaesong left last month. The statement by the committee, which handles relations with Seoul, was the North's first public response to Seoul's proposal in April to hold government-level talks to discuss the factory complex. Over 120 South Korean companies had operations at Kaesong, which gave them access to cheap North Korean labour. — AP |
|
|
US collecting phone records of millions of citizens: Report
London/Washington, June 6 "The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April," The Guardian reported. The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the paper, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries, the report said. The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) granted the order to the FBI on April 25, giving the Obama administration unlimited authority to obtain the data for a specified three-month period ending on July 19, the report said. Under the terms of the four-page blanket order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversation itself are not covered. The disclosure is likely to reignite longstanding debates in the US over the proper extent of the government's domestic spying powers. CNN reported that Verizon spokesman Edward McFadden declined to comment on the report. — PTI |
|
|
Pak PM to progressively pursue normalcy in ties with India Islamabad, June 6 Listing his government's foreign policy priorities a day after assuming office, Nawaz in a message sent to the heads of all Pakistani missions, said neighbours will be the focus of "immediate attention". "Unless the region is peaceful, our efforts for growth and development will not meet success," he said. "With India, the Prime Minister stressed the need to progressively pursue normalcy in our bilateral relations, while actively seeking solutions for all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir," said a statement issued by the Foreign Office. Nawaz (63), who was sworn in for a record third term as premier yesterday, had signalled even before the May 11 general election that he intended to work on improving relations with India. — PTI Shahbaz Sharif is Punjab CM Musharraf to be tried at farmhouse |
|
|
Indian held in US for stealing trade secrets
Washington, June 6 Ketankumar Maniar (36), a resident of Mahwah township in New Jersey, allegedly stole trade secrets of products being developed by a global medical technology company named Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD). The Department of Justice, said Maniar was arrested from a hotel in Ramsey, New Jersey before his apparent plan to relocate to India with the stolen documents. — PTI |
|
|
Austria to quit Golan after Syria clashes Vienna, June 6 Austrians account for about 380 of the 1,000-strong UN force observing a decades-old ceasefire between Syria and Israel, and their departure after 39 years will deal a serious blow to the mission. "Our soldiers are not trained or deployed for a military operation between government troops and rebels," Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told a news conference, saying they were not safe in a buffer zone that was no longer respected. A UN spokeswoman said Austria had been a "backbone of the mission" and its withdrawal would affect the force's operational capacity. The decision came hours after Syrian rebels seized a UN-manned border crossing linking Syria and Israel. Israeli security sources later reported Syrian troops had retaken it after heavy fighting. Austrian Defence Minister Gerald Klug said the pullout would likely take place over two to four weeks, with the first troops perhaps coming out as part of a planned rotation next Tuesday. — Reuters
|
Russian Prez Putin, wife announce divorce
Terrorists at Turkey protests, says PM Erdogan Want to run for president: Suu
Kyi 124 Chinese held in Ghana for gold mining 84-yr-old woman wins $590m jackpot Curiosity Mars rover nears turning point |
|||||||
|
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | E-mail | |
