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Cartagena (Colombia), April 16: US President Barack Obama said there would be more sanctions imposed on Iran if there is no breakthrough in nuclear talks with global powers in the coming months, responding to Israeli accusations that Tehran has been given a “freebie.” At a news conference in Cartagena, Colombia, where he was attending the Summit of the Americas, Obama said negotiations between

Kabul, April 16: Loud explosions and intense gunfire erupted at dawn in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday after heavy fighting overnight between security forces and militants holed up in the central diplomatic area. NATO helicopters launched strafing attack runs on gunmen hidden in a construction site overlooking the NATO headquarters and several embassies, including the British and German

Kabul, April 15: Heavily-armed Taliban suicide bombers today unleashed a wave of coordinated attacks in Afghanistan with several explosions and gunfire rocking the diplomatic area and Parliament in Kabul and three other cities but no Indian target was attacked. According to India's ambassador to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhyay, all Indians were safe. ITBP director general Ranjit Sinha said there

Kabul, April 15: Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, with blasts and gunfire erupting in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the Afghan parliament in the west, witnesses and officials said. Gunfire appeared to be coming from various directions in the barricaded diplomatic area of the city, close to both the US and British embassies, while smoke

Dera Ismail Khan, April 15: Nearly 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades, a senior police official said. Some of those who fled the jail in the town of Bannu, near unruly ethnic Pahstun tribal areas close to the Afghan border, were militants, an intelligence official said

Madrid, April 15: Until recently, the Prado's copy of the Mona Lisa - one of dozens made over the centuries - was not much of a draw. Then, Ana Gonzalez Mozo took an interest. It turns out that the Prado's Mona Lisa is not just any 500-year-old copy. It was most likely painted by someone who was sitting right next to Leonardo da Vinci, trying to duplicate his every brush stroke, as he produced his

Cartagena (colombia), April 15: A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for president Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty over alleged misconduct. A caller who said he had knowledge of the situation claimed the misconduct involved prostitutes in Cartagena, site of the Summit of the Americas. A Secret Service spokesman did not dispute the

Jeddah, April 14: The Kingdom and other new members of G20 should ask for more voting power at key global groupings such as the International Monetary Fund, a top Saudi economic analyst said yesterday as reports emerged that the world's 20 biggest economies are likely to agree to increase the resources of the IMF by between $400 and $500 billion.G20 finance ministers are set to meet in Washington

Washington, April 14: Minister of Defense Prince Salman expressed thanks and appreciation for the reception he was accorded in the United States in a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America are friendly countries that share many common interests,” Prince Salman said. The prince added that his current US visit is

Washington, April 13: A Congressional bill that bars the US companies outsourcing call center jobs from receiving federal grants and loans now has over 100 co-sponsors, its promoter has said. The US Call Center and Consumer Protection Act (HR 3596), introduced in the US House of Representatives by Congressman Tim Bishop now has as many as 106 lawmakers as its co-sponsors. In a statement, Bishop