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Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 2:28 AM IST

Dhaka: Bangladesh and India ink strip maps to demarcate over 4,000-kilometre international border between the two neighbours in a bid to settle the long-standing frontier- related discord ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the country next month.

Islamabad: The American raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May has left a "very deep imprint" on Pakistan and its armed forces, which had never considered the US as a "direct threat", Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali says.

Dubai: An Indian expatriate in the UAE has been arrested here for organising a march in support of the anti-corruption movement launched by social activist Anna Hazare, who is on an indefinite fast in New Delhi.

Tripoli: A beleaguered Muammar Gaddafi urges supporters to "march by the millions" and quash a months-long uprising, as strong explosions rock Tripoli amid fighting between rebels and regime supporters.

Karachi: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik and a senior Sindh minister got into a bitter verbal clash over the spiraling violence here during a meeting of the provincial cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, a media report says.

Beijing: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will arrive here on her maiden visit in the backdrop of China blaming terror camps in the country for attacks in Xinjiang.

New York: A US judge drops all sex crime charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a move that could bolster his plans to contest the next French Presidential elections in 2012.

Washington/New York: A major earthquake measuring about 6.0 rattles offices in the US capital Washington and leads to panicked evacuations at the Indian Embassy and in as far away as New York.

New York:
Internet search giant Google agrees to pay $500 million to settle charges that it allowed Canadian pharmacies to place ads on its website that resulted in prescription drugs being imported from Canada to the US unlawfully.

Kathmandu: The 10-day deadline given by President Ram Baran Yadav to Nepal's political parties for forming a national consensus government expires, prompting him to ask Parliament to launch the process of electing a new Prime Minister through majority vote.

New York: In a stunning announcement that took the technology world by surprise, Apple says Steve Jobs resigned as its CEO and named Tim Cook as his successor.

Colombo: Sri Lanka announces the lifting of the state of emergency imposed nearly 30 years ago to confront the threat from the Tamil Tigers.

Islamabad: Pakistan says it was a "welcome realisation" on the part of India that the talks between the two countries should not be held hostage to the 2008 terrorist attack of Mumbai.

Kathmandu: A direct contest for Nepal's premiership will take place between leftist candidate Dr Baburam Bhattarai and democratic candidate Ram Chandra Poudyal after they file their nomination papers.

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First Published: Aug 27 2011 | 12:09 PM IST

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