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Washington: Ahead of his first trip to the US as Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani has praised as "positive and constructive" a letter written to him by his American counterpart Barack Obama and said he enjoys "full authority" to negotiate a nuclear deal with the West.

Kathmandu: Indian police earlier this week entering Nepali territory and raiding a house on the pretext of searching for criminals has enraged local political parties, government officials and people, media reports say.

Islamabad: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province hopes to combat the menace of dengue by releasing fish in water bodies where dengue mosquitoes breed.

LONDON: Tony Blair's daughter was held up at gunpoint in an attempted armed robbery in central London but a spokesman for the family said Thursday she escaped unhurt.

Beijing: Seemingly resigned to his fate ahead of a court verdict, disgraced Chinese Communist leader Bo Xilai remains defiant saying he is ready to "follow the footsteps of his father" who also suffered imprisonment during the Mao era.

WASHINGTON: A 61-year-old Indian American man is among 12 people who were killed by a gunman in a deadly mass shooting at a naval base in the heart of the US capital Monday
 Fourteen other people were injured, while the gunman,

BRASILIA: Brazil, China, India and South Africa have chided developed nations for not doing enough to curb greenhouse gases and fund efforts to confront climate change.

WASHINGTON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls’ education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.