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Veteran Senator John Kerry, who favours strong ties with India, is sworn in as the US Secretary of State, replacing Hillary Clinton as America's top diplomat

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Last Updated : Feb 09 2013 | 3:16 PM IST
Saturday

Lahore: Forensic experts exhume the body of a Pakistani anti-graft investigator who died in mysterious circumstances last month while probing corruption charges against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other politicians.

Washington: Veteran Senator John Kerry, who favours strong ties with India, is sworn in as the US Secretary of State, replacing Hillary Clinton as America's top diplomat.

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Sunday

Munich: Iran responds positively to US Vice President Joe Biden's offer to hold direct negotiations with the authorities in Teheran over the country's contested nuclear programme, but demanded the West to stop building up pressure on the country.

Islamabad: Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf keeps such a tight lid on intrusions by Pakistani troops into Indian territory in Kargil in 1999 that the ISI learnt of the development when it intercepted Indian Army communications, a retired general says in his new book.

Monday

London: Afghan and Pakistani Presidents Hamid Karzai and Asif Ali Zardari sets a six-month time-frame to achieve a peace settlement for Afghanistan following trilateral talks with UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

Beijing: Maintaining that its move to build three more dams on Brahmaputra river in Tibet will not affect the flows to down stream areas, China says, it is in "communication and cooperation" with India over cross-border river issues.

Islamabad: The Jamaat-e-Islami rejects Pakistani Taliban's call to act as a guarantor for any talks between the banned militant group and the government, with a top leader questioning the administration's stance on such issues.

Tuesday

Dhaka: A top leader of Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami is sentenced to life by a special tribunal for "crime against humanity" committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan, sparking riots that claimed at least one life.

Beijing: Amidst military tensions with its neighbours, a top Chinese General has warned countries in conflict with China
not to underestimate its will to safeguard its sovereignty or its  "military's staunch power" to protect Beijing's core
national interests.

Wednesday

Lahore: Pakistan Peoples Party is a "private organistion" and does not indulge in politics. This is the line that a
government lawyer took while arguing against a petition challenging the holding of a political office by the President Asif
Ali Zardari.

Thursday

Islamabad: Backing Pakistan, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation asked India to allow a OIC fact-finding mission,
international rights groups and humanitarian organisations to visit Jammu and Kashmir to assess the rights situation.

Beijing: Defending its takeover of Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port as part of friendly cooperation, China kept mum on
whether it has any plans to build a naval base there and concerns expressed by India.

Friday

Kathmandu: Prachanda, the powerful Maoist leader who became prime minister after toppling the 239-year-old monarchy in
Nepal, is re-elected as president of the ruling UCPN-Maoist party.

Dhaka: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi youngsters stage a nationwide protest demanding death penalty to 1971 war criminals
and a ban on fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party as their mass sit-in continued for the fourth consecutive day.

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First Published: Feb 09 2013 | 3:08 PM IST

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