US threatens to cut aid to Pakistan

US parliament members have threatened to stop aid to Pakistan if not it releases an American under arrest over gunfire deaths of two Pakistani men. As the US increased heaviness on Pakistan on Tuesday, it had previously warned about the risk to high-level discussion if Pakistan released Raymond Davis, a US government employee.

Davis was arrested on January 27 after shooting two Pakistanis. He said he acted in self-defense fear they would rob him. A third Pakistani was run over and killed by a US consulate vehicle that had come to help Davis, according to police.

The event set off protests in Pakistan, where anti-US feeling has extended runs high. Shumaila Faheem, the widow of one of the two men who was shot dead by Davis, dedicated suicide on Sunday by taking poison. Many observers have question whether Davis was a normal civil servant.

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Pakistan judge blocks any move to hand over US gunman

A Pakistani moderator has blocked any move to hand over to US establishment an American government employee, beneath study for double murder, and place his name on the way out control list.

Tripping US congressmen on Monday asked President Asif Ali Zardari to free Raymond Davis, who was under arrest following killing two Pakistani motorcyclists in broad daylight in Lahore in what the American said, was an act of self-defence.

Excluding a lawyer petition the Lahore high court to block any move to hand Davis over to the United States, filing a implore under public awareness laws.

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Hillary Clinton 'frustrated' at Middle East deadlock

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken frustration at the latest setback to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but insist that the US would carry on to push for development.

She vowed to encourage indirect talks on "core issues" including borders, settlements, refugees and Jerusalem.

Direct talks were set up with great proclaim blast by President Barack Obama.

But earlier this week the US abandoned efforts to pressure Israel to stop new structure of Jewish resolution.

Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians resume in September after a break of more or less two years.

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Wikileaks: Australia FM says US to blame, not Assange

Australia's overseas minister has said the US is to blame for the let go of thousands of ambassadorial cables on Wikileaks, not its Australian founder, Julian Assange.

Kevin Rudd said the release hoist questions about US security.

Mr Rudd said he did not "give a damn" about criticize of him in the cables.

Mr Assange, under arrest in the UK over sex crime allegations in Sweden, has accuse the Australian direction of "outrageous pandering" to the US.

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US embassy cables: 'Reviewing our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy'

A number of teams of US Special Forces soldiers have been clandestinely fixed with Pakistani military forces in the ethnic belt, helping to hunt down Taliban and al-Qaida armed forces and co-ordinate drone strikes, the embassy cable reveal.

The numbers concerned are small – just 16 soldiers in October 2009 – but the deployment is of enormous political significance, described in a cable that provides an extraordinary glimpse into underground American operations in the world's most violent al-Qaida hotbed.

The first American Special Forces group of four soldiers was deployed to an old British colonial fort in the northern half of the tribal belt in September 2009, helping Frontier Corps paramilitaries to carry out armaments strikes on a rebellious base.

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US loses leverage in climate talks

A year gone President Barack Obama worked in my opinion to salvage the Copenhagen climate summit, a political shift vegetation the United States with far less power while China moves ahead.

US negotiators in the UN-led talks in Cancun, Mexico, face the tough task of persuade China and other emerging economy to agree to a binding treaty with no offering any concession that could face a backlash in Washington.

Obama's Democratic Party suffered a callous election defeat on November 2 to the Republican Party, which has vowed to go up against a nationwide plan to limit carbon emissions blamed for global warming.

"The United States has the power of any major country but its ability to promise much more is somewhat limited by the marital situation," said Alden Meyer, manager of strategy and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Harry Potter makes box-office magic with record weekend

The World News: The goblins at Gringotts bank are set for a busy week: the newest Harry Potter film has shattered the British box office record for an opening weekend, taking £18.3m in its first three days.

The figure eclipses the £15.3m raked in by the most current James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, in 2008. Figures at large this mealtime verify that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 has broken minutes for the best Friday, the greatest Saturday and the best for a single day.

The latter two records are at here held by the fourth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which took £5.7m on a Saturday in 2005. Deathly Hallows also top the US box office at the weekend, debuting with an anticipated $125m.

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Mideast press deems US proposal fragile

The media in the Middle East commented at length on the US proposal to offer Israel defense and security guarantee in return for renewing a partial freeze on the building of Jewish settlement on the West Bank.

Israeli response ranged from hopeful to sceptical. Arab commentators were flippant of the offer. The in general tone of comment was that the US proposal was no assurance of progress in the talks.

A congeals for three months is neither here nor there… The query is whether Prime Minister Netanyahu and his coalition... are prepared to sign an accord that would take Israel back to the 1967 borders... If so, we should tip our hats to them.

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