Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is in Jerusalem as part of the latest efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.He intends to lay the groundwork ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders starting on Saturday.A key sticking point is Israel's refusal to freeze settlement building on the occupied West Bank.Mr Mitchell is holding preparatory...
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Dr Manmohan Singh today said a sustained and dynamic India-US partnership was essential to meet the global challenges of the 21st century.In his departure statement, before leaving on a 10-day visit to the US and Trinidad and Tobago, the Prime Minister said India looked forward to building upon the strategic dialogue by adding greater substance to co-operation with the US in areas like trade and investment,...
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Dr Manmohan Singh today said a sustained and dynamic India-US partnership was essential to meet the global challenges of the 21st century.In his departure statement, before leaving on a 10-day visit to the US and Trinidad and Tobago, the Prime Minister said India looked forward to building upon the strategic dialogue by adding greater substance to co-operation with the US in areas like trade and investment,...
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Learning at the Summit During the session Internet is Social. Now What? with President, Global Sales Operations and Business Development, Nikesh Arora, several new quirky terms cropped up. For instance, BG, which refers to those who were born ‘Before Google’; ‘Crowd Sourcing’, which means using the internet to gather crowds, as in the case of US President Barak Obama’s use of Facebook to attract voters...
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Copenhagen summit on climate change scheduled next month, will seeIndia playing a crucial role towards promoting development ofenvironment-friendly production techniques and control of carbon emissions, saida senior official from the US commerce services department. The US also expectsto collaborate with India in producing energy-efficientproducts.Speaking to ET, Rick C Wade, deputy chief of staff...
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India has completed a 1.1 billion dollar deal with Israel to purchase an upgraded Barak missile defence system to be used aboard ships, the Iranian Press TV reported. The deal was signed during the high profile visit of India's Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor for talks with Israeli officials including Defence Minister Ehud Barak. Israel has recently overtaken Russia as India's biggest defence supplier.The...
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picture taken at the Israeli port of Ashdod shows a cargo ship the Israeli navy intercepted.-- The Israeli Navy detained a ship loaded with weapons that was traveling about 100 miles west of the country's coast and headed to Syria, Israeli officials said Wednesday.Among the arms on board were missiles of various ranges, including long range, an Israeli government official said.Defense Minister Ehud...
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Tel Aviv - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak Thursday welcomed a statement by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Damascus was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel.Barak said although Syria continued its support for radical Islamist movements in the region, he believed Assad's call for resuming peace talks was genuine."Syria is a cornerstone within any possible stable regional peace agreement,"...
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India and Israel move to deepen their military ties, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor arrived in Jerusalem on a key visit where he is scheduled to hold talks with top military officials.General Kapoor will hold discussions with senior defence officials as 'part of regular ongoing exchanges' to tighten bilateral defence ties. The three-day visit will also allay fears that the CBI enquiry into controversial...
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India and Israel move to deepen their military ties, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor arrived here on a key visit where he is scheduled to hold talks with top military officials.General Kapoor will hold discussions with senior defence officials as 'part of regular ongoing exchanges' to tighten bilateral defence ties. The three-day visit will also allay fears that the CBI enquiry into controversial...
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