Australia works with Indonesia on boat people
Australia is working “constructively” with
Indonesia to stop boatloads of asylum-seekers travelling by sea,
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said Saturday after another vessel
sank and more than 22 drowned.
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Pakistan calls for end to US deadly drone strikes
Pakistan has called for an immediate end to
Washington deadly drone strikes on the Pakistani soil.Sartaj Aziz,
chief adviser to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on national
security and foreign affairs, said in his speech at the United
Nations Security Council in New York that the strikes violated
international law including international humanitarian law.
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Indian PM tones down hopes for Pakistani premier talks
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh toned down
expectations for his planned meeting with Premier Nawaz Sharif at
the UN, saying Pakistan remained an “epicenter of terrorism.” Singh,
making what will likely be a farewell visit to the White House after
a decade in power, told President Barack Obama that India still
faced “difficulties” because of the activities of its neighbor and
bitter rival.
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