Sri lanka asks EU to help stop lTTE funding
Colombo: Sri lanka on Saturday asked for sustained vigilance on the part of the European Union to stop funding of the lTTE by the outfit’s front organisations. Sri lankan External Affairs Minister Gl Peiris stressed on the issue during talks with a six-member EU parliamentarian team which is on a tour of the country, the Ministry said.
Shahbaz Sharif may contest Pak Prez poll
lahore: The ruling PMl-N is considering Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as a candidate for the post of Pakistan’s President. The presidential election is scheduled for August 6.
Syrian army bombs north rebel town, kills 5
Beirut: Activists say Syrian government forces are bombing a strategic rebel-held town in the country’s north with heavy artillery and airstrikes for the third straight day, killing at least five people.
Emergency rule lifted in central Myanmar
Yangon: Myanmar lifted a state of emergency imposed in a riot-hit area in March where dozens of people were killed in religious violence, State media said. The order was revoked “as peace and stability has already been restored” in the town of Meiktila and surrounding areas, according to a notice in the New light of Myanmar newspaper.
Indian-American doctor gets 2 yrs jail in US
Washington: An Indian-American doctor, who owned weight loss clinics in the US, has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally dispensing millions of pills containing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients. The court in Indiana also sentenced his wife for federal income tax evasion relating to their operation of the clinics.
Russian lawyer: Snowden will keep his pledge
Moscow: A Russian lawyer advising Edward Snowden says the National Security Agency leaker has agreed to fulfill his pledge not to hurt the US interests if he is granted asylum in Russia. Anatoly Kucherena said that on Saturday, three days after meeting with Snowden in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to discuss the condition that Russian President Vladimir Putin has set for Snowden to be granted asylum in Russia.
22 militants, 6 soldiers killed in Pak clashes
Peshawar: At least 22 militants and six soldiers were killed in clashes between security forces and Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber tribal region, officials said on Saturday. The fighting started last night when army and paramilitary forces launched an operation in Zao Kharamtang area of Khyber Agency.