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US journalist Seymour Myron claims that Pakistani 'ignorance' about Osama is laughable and added that a lot of people in the bureaucracy knew about it.

Sharif also said that the National Security Advisor level talks between the two countries could not take place as "India was not ready to talk Kashmir issue".

"We curse and condemn this atrocious attack taking aim at our democracy and our country's peace," the statement said.

Like her Mexican peer Frida Kahlo, with whom she shares Hungarian heritage, Sher-Gil was a rebellious and adventurous spirit who broke barriers in art and life.

Nepal's economy was hit by a massive earthquake early this year and is facing unrest and disruptions to economic activity owing to protests by minority groups over the new Constitution.

Ban expressed his concern over the obstruction of essential supplies and the difficulties resulting from it, they said.

Strikes ordered by Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, have hit several provinces since Wednesday, including Aleppo in the north, Idlib in the northwest and Hama in central Syria.

Pakistan alleged that India was using the "terrorism bogey" to stall dialogue.

Benazir Bhutto was killed in December 2007 as she was coming out of a park in Rawalpindi after addressing an election rally.

Afghan forces, hamstrung by a slow arrival of reinforcements but backed by US air support, struggled to regain control of the city after three days of heavy fighting.

China made one of the biggest commitments by pledging to set up a "permanent peacekeeping police squad and building a standby force of 8,000 troops."

PM regretted that nations contributing to peacekeeping operations have no say in decision-making, and that success of such mission depends ultimately on the "moral force" of the world body.

Astrophysicists have long hypothesised that the seasonal streaks, dubbed "recurring slope lineae" (RSL), may be formed by brine flows on the Red Planet.

PM Modi, who earlier on Monday arrived from San Jose on the last-leg of his US visit, first met Cameron to begin a day of hectic parleys and discussions.

Modi said that what is different now is that the digital age has created a fertile new environment for Startups. The idea of startups, he said, is close to his heart.