Tag: Threat

SEOUL - South and North Korea held more talks Tuesday about a potential volcanic threat from the peninsula's highest mountain, in a rare example of cooperation after months of confrontation. Four South Korean experts met their North Korean counterparts at the North's border town of Kaesong for a second round of talks on ways to deal with any eruption at Mount Paektu, the South's unification ministry said.
After a day of discussions they agreed to hold an experts' meeting next

MANILA - Some of Asia's emerging economies are showing signs of overheating, underscoring the need for further policy tightening and more flexible foreign exchange rates to tackle growing inflationary pressures, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday. Developing Asia, a diverse group of economies including China, India, Azerbaijan, Thailand and Fiji, is expected to grow 7.8 percent in 2011 and 7.7 percent in 2012, robust rates albeit slower than the nine percent seen in 2010,

PESHAWAR - The bands tribesmen fighting the Taliban-are threatening to give up their struggle in the face of a string of attacks and a perceived lack of government help. Armed with the Kalashnikov rifles that swill around this lawless region and dressed in traditional tribal garb, the militia or 'lashkar' members patrol their villages daily to ward off home-grown militants and protect communities.
Set up from late 2006 to support the armed forces' battle, the role of lashkars has

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed a unanimous resolution, expressing displeasure at National Assembly opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar, who had filed a petition against Justice (retd) Deedar Hussain Shah's appointment as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The resolution stated that Nisar's double standards and biased attitude could harm provincial harmony and pose a threat to democracy. The house appreciated the role of Shah, who had served as

PALLEKELE - Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura has pinpointed Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga as a double danger when they meet Sri Lanka in the World Cup on Wednesday. The African nation, who have never beaten Sri Lanka in four previous World Cup matches, need a win to stay in hunt for a quarter-final place from Group A which is topped by New Zealand ahead of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia. Zimbabwe have two points from their win over Canada while they lost to New Zeaaland

BEIJING - China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday the nation had to tame inflation that threatened social stability as the government seeks to steer the world's second-biggest economy towards more balanced and greener growth. In China's version of a "State of the Union" address to be presented later to the annual parliament session, Wen said the government aims to contain inflation to within four percent this year. Failure to rein in price rises for food, housing and other goods

SEOUL - US and South Korean troops on Monday launched major annual land, sea and air exercises, amid North Korean threats to turn Seoul into a "sea of flames" in the event of any provocation. The Key Resolve/Foal Eagle drills are the first of their type since the communist state's deadly shelling of a South Korean border island last November.
The US and South Korea said the exercises are defensive in nature while training their forces "to respond to any provocation". North Korea

COLOMBO - Some almost comical fielding not to mention hilarious batting mix-ups could not disguise the very serious threat Pakistan are starting to pose at the World Cup after silencing a Sri Lankan crowd on Saturday.
In their skipper Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan attack has a potent weapon which proved just as deadly to Sri Lanka's classy batting line-up as it did to the less gifted Kenyans.
This time the leg spinner grabbed four valuable wickets (4-34) to stop Sri Lanka in

ISLAMABAD - Private security guards hired by citizens on the advice of capital police are ill-equipped and untrained, and have clear instructions from their employers not to use their guns in any circumstances. In the wake of rising terrorists activities and street crimes, one can see security guards on almost every street, outside hotels, markets and offices, with the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration having registered around 150 security companies so far.
"The

COLOMBO - Pakistan coach Waqar Younis played down the threat from Muttiah Muralitharan ahead of their crucial World Cup clash with Sri Lanka on Saturday, saying their batsmen had coped with him in the past.
A capacity 35,000-crowd is expected to fill the Premadasa stadium in Colombo for the Group A match -- the first big test for both teams after Sri Lanka easily rolled over Canada and Pakistan crushed Kenya. "In the past if Muralitharan had plans for us, we have played really

FAISALABAD - Food and agriculture experts are unanimous on the point that world food security can be threatened if wild relative plants' species of the crops grown by mankind are not conserved. Some of them think that climate change will bring great environmental changes, food insecurity, water shortage, terrorism, refugees, natural, economic, and social disaster and loss of biodiversity in a more dangerous fashion.
In this perspective, it is important to note that Pakistan is a

WASHINGTON - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned on Wednesday that the threat of terrorism against the United States was in some ways 'at its most heightened state' since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.
In addition to the threats by al Qaeda, Napolitano said the country faced new threats from those inspired by the group and those already inside the United States.
"The threat continues to evolve and in some ways the threat today may be at its most heightened

NEW DELHI - India's Prime Minster Manmohan Singh said on Friday that high headline inflation is beginning to pose a serious threat to India's high growth plans, in one of his strongest warnings over the risk of rising prices.
Singh added that farm supply chains needed to be boosted with organised retail chains, a statement seen pushing for the entry of modern supermarkets despite strong political opposition for foreign-owned multi-brand retail from within his Congress party.