Issue 20130619
The Himalayan Times Thursday 17th May, 2012
This file photo, from the US Embassy Beijing Press office, taken on May 2, shows Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng (C), being accompanied by US ambassador to China Gary Locke (2nd R), in Beijing. Chen said on Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the US, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington.
At least five people were missing and 65 families rendered homeless after floods and landslides, triggered by incessant rainfall over three days, hit the remote far western part of Nepal, ...
Should tax havens be forced to lift their shroud of secrecy?
Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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