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Yemen issues list of wanted al-Qaeda suspects

Yemen issues list of wanted al-Qaeda suspects Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen's Interior Ministry on Monday issued a list of 154 most wanted al-Qaeda suspects as police forces launched a nationwide manhunt campaign for the fugitive suspects.

The ministry said in a statement that the list, which includes 85 Saudis, was circulated to police stations, checkpoints, airports as well as sea and land outposts.

Security sources said police forces, backed by helicopters, began a fierce manhunt for al-Qaeda fugitives, mainly in eastern and southern desert provinces of the Arab country.

Mexico to build space port

Mexico to build space portMexico City  - Mexico plans to begin construction this yea

Pakistan lifts federal rule in Punjab to ease political tensions

Pakistan lifts federal rule in Punjab to ease political tensions Islamabad - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari Monday lifted a more than one-month-long federal rule in eastern province Punjab in a bid to further ease political tensions that threatened the stability of the nuclear-armed country early this month.

The official notification for the undoing of the federal rule, known locally as governor rule, was issued by the government with the approval of President Asif Ali Zardari.

NEWS FEATURE: Luksic: No doomsday in sight, Montenegro is stable

 Luksic: No doomsday in sight, Montenegro is stablePodgorica - Apart from corruption allegations thrown at Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's cabinet, the Montenegrin opposition also based its campaign for yesterday's snap poll on the prophecy of an economic meltdown.

The electorate did not buy the message and Djukanovic's bloc annihilated the opposition by winning an absolute majority to extend its administration into a third decade.

"The claims of imminent bankruptcy are utter nonsense," Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Igor Luksic told the German Press Agency dpa in Podgorica on Monday.

Sharif ready to work with Zardari

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz SharifLahore, Mar. 30: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has expressed willingness to have a working relationship with President Asif Ali Zardari, who has fulfilled most of the PML-N’s demands.

Zardari agreed to restore the deposed judiciary in Pakistan, and has now he has accepted a proposal to lift the Governor’s Rule in Punjab.

In an interview to the Wall Street Journal, Sharif said the reconciliation process allows them to work together with the government.

New Zealand minister reprimanded over conflict of interest

New Zealand minister reprimanded over conflict of interest Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key reprimanded one of his ministers on Monday and forced him to abandon some business ties over a perceived conflict of interest on a recent private trip to India.

Key told a news conference that Minister of Internal Affairs Richard Worth had resigned his connections with a company that is trying to attract Indian student pilots to train in New Zealand.

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