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    After Rice, top US commander to visit India

    New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Admiral Michael Glenn Mullen, the highest ranking official of the US Armed Forces, will visit India Thursday to extend US cooperation in beefing up the country’s coastal security in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.


    Suicide bomb attack kills four in Pakistan

    Islamabad, Dec 3 (Xinhua) Four people were killed Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, the private Express TV channel reported.

OPEC oil price plunges by more than $3.50

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Vienna, Dec 3 (DPA) The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Tuesday fell by $3.66, making a new record low for this year, the Vienna-based cartel announced Wednesday.



UAE firm acquires North Sea oil fields

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Abu Dhabi, Dec 3 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) has announced that its subsidiary, Taqa Bratani, has completed a deal to buy seven oil fields in the northern North Sea from Shell UK and Esso Exploration and Production Ltd, WAM reported Wednesday.



100 states sign cluster-bomb ban in Oslo

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Oslo, Dec 3 (DPA) Government leaders from more than 100 states Wednesday signed a global ban on the use of cluster bombs.



Afghan, coalition forces kill 13 Taliban fighters

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: World

Kabul, Dec 3 (DPA) Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed 13 militants and captured 15 others in separate clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan, military sources said Wednesday.



PCB, BCCI chief to discuss India tour

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) supremo Ijaz Butt will meet Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar in Colombo Friday to discuss the troubled India-Pakistan series scheduled in Jan-Feb.



Dasmunsi continues to be on life support system

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who suffered a second heart attack one-and-half month ago, continues to be on “life support” at a city hospital here.



Distribution of Indian food to start in Sri Lanka

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The distribution of nearly 1,700 tonnes of food and other relief material sent by India for civilians caught up in Sri Lanka’s war zone is set to begin despite heavy rains.



‘Commonwealth Games will not be shifted from Delhi’

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Wednesday rubbished reports that India’s hosting of the 2010 edition of Commonwealth Games is in danger due to frequent terror attacks in the country.