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ISLAMABAD, June 13 (Reuters) – One Pakistani student has been killed and around 15 reportedly taken hostage in Kyrgyzstan’s riot-stricken city of Osh, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday.
“Our first priority is to ensure safety of our brethren stranded there. We are trying to establish contact with Kyrgyz authorities,” Qureshi told Reuters. (Reporting by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here)
A task force has been formed in Allora on Queensland’s southern Downs with the sole aim of luring a full-time GP to the town.
The town has been without a GP since Christmas and 600 people recently attended a meeting to discuss the issue.
Task force chairman John Constable says the first priority will be to improve existing medical facilities.
“First off our facilities here aren’t really designed for a modern medical practice,” he said.
“So what we’re trying to do, with the help of council, is upgrade the old shire offices into … a much more functional building than what we’ve got.”
Washington, June 23 (ANI): Actor David Duchovny and his wife Tea Leoni are reportedly determined to make their marriage work for the sake of their kids.
The couple, who parted ways for some time last year after Duchovny’s sex addiction treatment, were said to be bent on sorting out their problems and be together for their children, Madelaine, 10, and Kyd, 6.
“Their relationship has really improved. They’re still in love. They very much care for each other and whatever happens they are working it out for the kids,” Contactmusic quoted a source as saying.
“Their first priority through everything was staying close for their kids and making life as great as it can be for them. They’ll always be a family,” the source added.
David previously revealed he was glad to have dealt with his problems, saying: “Last year was a difficult year. And I can say that I personally, have never felt better. And I think the better I am, the better my family can be.” (ANI)
Ranchi, Apr 19 (ANI): Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s elder brother Narendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday joined Bharatiya Janata Party.
On the occasion, Narendra Singh Dhoni said that he would serve the interest of the BJP and Jharkhand.
“BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani is my idol and I follow his ideals. I want to serve the party and work for the betterment of the people of the state,” Narendra told reporters after joining the BJP.
When asked about why he joined politics, Narendra said after seeing thousands of deprived people around him, he felt like helping them out.
“With former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Advani in its ranks, I find the BJP to be the perfect platform from where I can work for the people,” Narendra added.
The 38-year-old Narendra said he would campaign for BJP’s Ranchi candidate Ram Tahal Chaudhary.
“I have not thought about fighting Assembly elections. Right now, I have joined BJP and my first priority is to serve the party in whatever capacity. I will now campaign for our party’s Ranchi candidate Ram Tahal Chaudhary,” he added. (ANI)
New York – With global economic misery escalating, the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday called for a global financial crisis meeting in June that it hopes will involve the leaders of all its members.
The General Assembly approved the plans by consensus in New York. Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann appealed to all leaders of the 192 member states to come in person instead of sending lower ranking representatives, according to his spokesman.
The first priority of the conference from June 1 to 3 is to discuss the effects of the global financial crisis on poor countries.
Leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) which just held a summit in London last week are slated to meet again in September, after the annual General Assembly session in New York normally attended by all leaders. (dpa)
Kuala Lumpur, Apr.4 (ANI): The wives of Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders R. Kengadharan and V. Ganabatirau are happy over the release of their husbands.
Kengadharan’s wife, Dr M. Kalaivani, 41, thanked Prime Minister Najib Razak for freeing him.
“I am elated. Our family is really grateful to the prime minister for this gesture. But I’m still sad for the families of the other three HINDRAF leaders who are still under detention,” the New Strait Times quoted her, as saying yesterday.
Ganabatirau’s wife, B. Buvaneswary, 33, said this was the news the family had been waiting for.
“We are surprised to hear about his release. All of us are extremely excited as this is the moment we have been waiting for,” she said.
She said her first priority was to get Ganabatirau to hospital to undergo surgery on his infected neck bone. (ANI)
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Pakistan’s Interior advisor Rehman Malik has called on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain in London and both discussed the present security scenario in the country.
Both held a press conference after their meeting here on Sunday.
Hussain on this occasion said that the country’s security is the first priority at the moment and we should take all the steps for the security and survival of the country.
He said that the political alliance is necessary for the security of the country at the moment.
Advisor interior Rehman Malik said that he had come to London to discuss important national and regional matters.
He said that the government executed full operation against terrorists and did not surrendered to them.
Rehman Malik said that the non-state actors and anti-country elements want to destabilize Pakistan.
He said that Pakistan and India do not want war, as it is not the solution and a third party wants them to go to war. (ANI)
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