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US President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Saturday that his administration would pursue dialogue with Iran over its nuclear issue. ‘Our offer of comprehensive diplomatic contacts and dialogue (with Iran)stands’, said Obama in a videotaped address to Iranians to mark an ancient Iranian festival celebrating Nauroz. However, he warned that the US government is working with the international community to ‘hold the Iranian government accountable because they refuse to live up to their international obligations’, according to excerpts of the address released by the White House

GHALANAI : Three security men were injured Saturday when three mortar shells landed at FC camp in Mohammed Gatt area of Mohmand tribal region. In the late night attack at F.C

Holloway Remains Body Found, A Pennsylvania couple believes an underwater snapshot they took off the coast of Aruba reveals human remains on the ocean floor that could be those of Natalee Holloway. The photo taken by John and Patti Muldowney of Manheim last fall was turned over to the FBI, because John Muldowney says he has a gut feeling it’s the missing Alabama honor student who disappeared in Aruba nearly five years ago

MOSCOW : The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators is calling on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denouncing Israel’s aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon read a joint statement by the members — Russia, the United States, the U.N

Rejecting American pressure, Russia announced the planned launch this summer of Iran’s first, Russian-built nuclear power plant. Russian Premier Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow would start up Tehran’s first and only nuclear power plant this summer. Moscow has been helping Iran build the Bushehr facility since 1995, but work has been delayed several times

The head of CIA, director Leon Edward Panetta claimed that aggressive attacks against Al-Qaeda in Pakistan’s tribal region have driven Osama bin Laden and his top deputies deeper into hiding and disrupted their ability to plan sophisticated operations. Panetta was speaking during an interview to American Newspaper “The Washington Post”, where he added that al-Qaeda’s is in disarray to an extent that one of its commanders, in a recently intercepted message, pleaded with Bin Laden to come to the group’s rescue.

NEW DELHI INDIA : India on Wednesday said 42 militant training camps were operating in Pakistan and accused the country’s government of making little effort to close them. The accusation came after the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met last month for the first official talks since the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, which India blames on Pakistani militants. “There are 42 terror camps in Pakistan (and) all the terrorist camps are active,” Defence Minister A.K

KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) officials said Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) would start receiving oil only if it began to pay its dues, Geo News reported Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, rebuking Interior Ministry over rising interdepartmental corruption, has ordered DG FIA and Interior Secretary to carry out inquiry into case of fake weapon license. Also, CJ Chaudhry has set a deadline for five days for submission of inquiry report on case.