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     Updated: ( 1:25:33 GMT) July 02 , 2009
PM Manmohan Singh shakes hands with Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Yoser Thinley before their meeting in New Delhi

Pak, India diplomats to meet on 14th

NEW DELHI: With the two sides failing to agree on a common date or venue, the much-vaunted ‘preparatory’ meeting on terrorism between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will now take place during the NAM summit later this month, only hours before the proposed interaction between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart that it was meant to precede. Senior officials told The Hindu that given the bulging datebooks of Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Salman Bashir of Pakistan, the two sides are now zeroing in on a meeting in Sharm-el-Shaikh late on July 14.

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WASHINGTON: Brushing aside Indian concerns on American assistance for Pakistan, United States said Indians should not worry about Washington’s support for Islamabad and rather back effort to ratchet up its neighbour’s ability to overcome economic and militancy challenges. Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, rejected reported.
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CHENNAI: Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday expressed hope that a government led by Tamils would be formed soon in Sri Lanka. He also said that the ailing Tamils in island nation could at present get respite only through the Mahinda Rajapakse government. Replying to a special call attention motion in the Assembly over the plight of Tamils.
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DHAKA: Foreign minister Dipu Moni said Wednesday that Indian high commissioner may have breached diplomatic norms when he spoke about controversial Tipaimukh dam issue and Bangladesh's internal affairs last month. She also rejected high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty's view and said Dhaka could resolve contention over build of Tipaimukh dam.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan handed over on Wednesday list of Indian prisoners in Pakistani prisons to Indian government through Indian High Commission here. The two sides are supposed to exchange lists of each other’s nationals in their custody twice a year, as per May 2008 consular access agreement aimed at facilitating early release of these prisoners.
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Bhutanese PM meets Manmohan in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley held meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday evening at Hyderabad House here. Both leaders believed to have discussed about ways and means to take bilateral relations to new heights. The focus of discussions was to look for ways and means to strengthen special bilateral relations.
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