Tag: Deadlock

NATO is trying to lay the groundwork for an armed uprising inside the Libyan capital to oust Muammar Gaddafi because it has lost hope...

The controversial appointment of the Senate opposition leader continued to mar the debate on the federal budget of 2011-12 in the Upper House of...

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman arrives here today (Monday) to hold talks with Pakistani leaders on ways to end the...

KARACHI - Pakistan's first proposed 'Dazzle Park' for Gems and Jewellery, which was to be constructed in Karachi to improve exports of precious stones of the country, remains in limbo due to a land rent dispute. The important project, which is aimed at boosting the export of jewelry to the level of $1.0 billion per annum from its existing level of around $290 million, was placed in cold storage for the last two years after a dispute was erupted between Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

BRUSSELS - Belgium this week snatches Iraq's record as the country boasting the world's longest recent political crisis - an event celebrated tongue-in-cheek by a "chips revolution" honouring its favourite dish. After boycotts on sex and shaving, Thursday's bid to bring feuding politicians back to the negotiating table is the latest proving the country at least still has humour.
On Thursday, the nation of 11 million people, prestigious home to global institutions the EU and NATO,

TORONTO - Canada have pleaded with the International Cricket Council to help their three Pakistan-born players obtain visas to enter India for the World Cup which gets underway on February 19. Vice-captain Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan and Hamza Tariq are all still waiting for their India visas.
The delay has prompted Cricket Canada to demand that the schedule, which has the team playing four of their six group games in India, be altered so that matches are switched to co-hosts

ABUJA - Ivory Coast's political crisis was deadlocked Tuesday, African mediators said, after the latest diplomatic mission to the country failed to get strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down as president.
"There is still a stalemate," Nigerian president and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) head Goodluck Jonathan told reporters after talks with envoys who met Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Ouattara on Monday.
Three west African presidents and Kenyan Prime

NEW DELHI: India's veteran finance minister admitted on Thursday that the government did not know how to resolve a stand-off with the opposition over a telecom scandal that has paralysed the national parliament.
The lower and upper houses of the national assembly were adjourned for a 10th day as the opposition stormed the floor of both houses, shouting slogans and refusing to let anyone speak.
The protesters, led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are calling

NEW DELHI: India's government and opposition parties failed on Monday to break a deadlock in parliament over an investigation into a widening corruption scandal that has prevented economic reforms being approved.
The opposition has halted parliament sessions since early November over demands for a joint parliamentary investigation into the sale of telecoms licences and spectrum in the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.
The Congress party-led coalition government