Breaking News: Pak PM paves way for reopening of graft cases against President Zardari

Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday informed Pakistan's Supreme Court that the government would revoke a former attorney general's letter to Swiss authorities for the closure of graft casesagainst President Asif Ali Zardari. 

Appearing before a five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa to face a contempt charge for failing to reopen the cases against the President, Ashraf said he had instructed law minister Farooq Naek to revoke the letter that was written by former attorney general Malik Qayyum in late 2007. 

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With the revocation of the letter written during the regime of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, it will be up to the Swiss authorities to decide whether the cases against Zardari should be reopened, legal experts said. 

read details: Times of India

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Antonis Samaras swoen in as new Greek PM

Antonis Samaras, a US-educated economist with a business degree from Harvard, was sworn in as Greece's new prime minister Wednesday, three days after his conservative New Democracy party won a nail-biting parliamentary election.

Samaras will head a new power-sharing government that will encompass the left and right, according to a leader of one of the parties that will participate in the coalition.

The oath taking was held in a brief candlelight ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the presidential palace in Athens in front of Greek Orthodox clergy members.

Read more: LA Times

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Indicted for Corruption

[ via Huffington Post ] 5 Jan

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted Thursday on new corruption charges for allegedly seeking bribes in a wide-ranging real estate scandal that dwarfs the other cases in which he's accused.

According to the indictment, millions of dollars illegally changed hands to promote a series of real estate projects, including a controversial housing development in Jerusalem that required a radical change in zoning laws and earned the developers tax breaks and other benefits.

Read more: Huffington Post

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David Cameron to face MPs over EU Veto

[ BBC News / UK Politics ] 12 Dec

David Cameron will face MPs later to explain his decision to veto EU treaty changes, the day after his deputy PM said the move was "bad for Britain".

Labour leader Ed Miliband is "likely to accuse" Mr Cameron of failing in his objective of protecting the UK financial sector.

And the PM is expected to say why he felt his approach was in the UK's interest.

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Putin accepts to be the Russian President again

Full Story: Yahoo News 27 Nov

Vladimir Putin accepted his ruling party's nomination on Sunday to return to Russian presidency, reports Yahoo News quoting Reuters.

Putin: The man who who could be the president again

Putin, president from 2000-2008 and now prime minister, is expected to easily recapture the presidency in an election in March. But opinion polls indicate a parliamentary vote in a week could loosen his United Russia party's domination of politics.

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India and Pakistan PMs pledge a new beginning

Full Story: BBC Asia 10 November 2011

Pakistan's prime minister and his Indian counterpart have met in the Maldives, pledging to open a "new chapter" between the two nations, reports BBC.

Pakistan's Yusuf Raza Gilani said after meeting Manmohan Singh the next full round of talks would be "more constructive", while India's Singh said he welcomed the "positive movement" from the meeting.

The two prime ministers are in Maldives to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) meeting.

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