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Forex kitty up $899 m, touches $285 bn 23 Jan 2010, 0049 MUMBAI: Foreign exchange reserves rose $899 million to touch $285.1 billion during the week ended January 15, largely on account of revaluation of non-dollar assets in reserves. The latest figures released by the Reserve...

Don't underestimate India's consumers 22 Jan 2010, 1824 hrs IST, BusinessW By John Lee The scale of China has always fascinated merchants. In 19th century England, spinning-mill owners were convinced they would reap profits beyond their dreams if they could just get every Chinese to...

Rising inflation a big worry for Chinese govt 23 Jan 2010, 0018 hrs IST, REUTERS. BEIJING: Wang Zihua’s last pay rise was two years ago and the 56-year-old post office worker in the northern Chinese city of Harbin is concerned his 1,200 yuan monthly salary is being eaten away by...

Reuters Friday, January 22, 2010 20:37 IST Moscow: Russia on Friday cautioned world powers against rushing towards sanctions to punish Iran for spurning a UN-brokered proposal to send its uranium abroad for processing. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov called on Tehran to work...

PTI Friday, January 22, 2010 14:42 IST WASHINGTON: Weeks after US announced sending 30,000 new forces to Afghanistan, secretary of state Hillary Clinton today unveiled a long-term, non-military strategy to stabilise Afghanistan and Pakistan, that provides for sending more civilian experts to...

WASHINGTON: In a rare appearance before a powerful US Congressional committee, British foreign secretary David Miliband today warned that a nuclear-armed Pakistan risked slipping into radical hands as the country was home to al-Qaeda leadership "We know that Pakistan matters not just because...

U.S. pressures China over censorship By Nicholas Kralev The United States and China clashed Thursday on whether Internet freedom should become an official part of their diplomatic agenda, as the Obama administration stepped up pressure on Beijing to ease censorship rules and investigate...

China says missing lawyer 'is where he should be' Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer missing for almost a year, has been judged by legal authorities and 'is where he should be'. Published: 11:44AM GMT 22 Jan 2010 Mr Gao, one of China's most daring lawyers, has...

The US defence secretary Robert Gates apologised for America's "grave" mistakes in Pakistan and Afghanistan before the launch of the US 'war on terror' in 2001. Published: 11:33AM GMT 22 Jan 2010 Mr Gates was visiting Pakistan where he was seeking to bolster ties with Washington's key...

India has increased security at its airports and warned its domestic airlines about a possible hijack attempt by Islamic militant groups following Western intelligence reports. Published: 6:46AM GMT 22 Jan 2010 The alert to India's civil aviation ministry warned that flights of state-run...

By EDWARD WONG Published: January 22, 2010 BEIJING — The Chinese Foreign Ministry lashed out Friday against criticism of China in a speech on Internet censorship made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, calling on the United States government “to respect the truth and to stop using...

Balu yarn exports in rocovery mode, global demand picking up 21 Jan 2010, 2108 hrs IST, S Sujatha, ET Bureau COIMBATORE Threading its way up, cotton yarn exports are slowly on their path to regain lost glory. While the export turnover is still almost 20% lower to what it was two...

Indian economy may see faster eco growth than China after 2020 21 Jan 2010, 2218 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is likely to grow at a faster rate than neighbouring China's after 2020, with the country primarily benefitting from a significant younger population, says a...

Reuters Thursday, January 21, 2010 19:25 IST Moscow: Russia will start up the reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant this year, the chief of Russia's state nuclear corporation told reporters on Thursday. "2010 is the year of Bushehr," Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko told reporters...

PTI Thursday, January 21, 2010 20:56 IST ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government today beefed up security for disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan and other leading scientists of the country in view of recent incidents of "abduction and killing of scientists in neighbouring countries". The...

PTI Thursday, January 21, 2010 20:56 IST ISLAMABAD: Interior minister Rehman Malik today asked New Delhi and Washington to share any information they have about possible terrorist attacks in India by Pakistan-based militant groups. Malik made the remarks while responding to points of order...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence has directed law enforcement agencies to step up security across Punjab province to avert possible attacks by militants in retaliation of increased US drone strikes in Waziristan tribal belt The directive was issued as intelligence agencies feared there could...

NEW YORK: US secretary of state Hillary Clinton blasted China on Thursday, calling for consequences and condemnation for those who carry out cyber attacks, in a speech which addressed Google’s concerns about China. Clinton’s tough remarks were made in a speech at the Newseum in Washington...

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Telegraph View: Mixed signals from Whitehall on counter-terrorism may provide a boon for media-savvy enemies. Published: 7:41PM GMT 21 Jan 2010 If coherence is what one expects from governments fighting a war, it was sadly lacking yesterday. A Commons statement by the Prime Minister on...