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Leader Pervez Musharraf dismiss reports about his resignation and his differences with the army, saying they were part of a ”malicious campaign” to create unrest in Pakistan.Musharraf said he was trying to create an atmosphere of reconciliation but certain rudiments were dispersal rumours about political issues that were affecting business and the investment climate. Such an atmosphere could harm the country,he said.Musharraf’s comments came in the backdrop of speculations among political circles that he might opt to step down.assert that he believed in reconciliation and not confrontation, Musharraf told a congregation at a dinner he hosted for former Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool that he fully supported Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in his endeavours for running the dealings of the kingdom smoothly.

He said there were rudiments and people” spoil in ”rumour-mongering and spreading of unnecessary fabricated stories” about difference between him and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The rudiments dispersal the rumours wanted ”to create a gulf and doubts in our environment”, he said.Political circles in Islamabad were abuzz with information about Musharraf’s resignation following a meeting on Wednesday night between the leader and the army chief.Media reports optional Musharraf and Kayani had discuss his resignation but a presidential orator said Musharraf had no plans to quit and would total his five-year word.

Nepal is due to suit a state and end 240 years of royal rule.A newly-elected assembly is to meet in the capital, Kathmandu, with the tasks of abolishing the realm and prepare a new national creation.As the school assembly was being sworn in on Tuesday a bomb explosion in the capital injured two people.Meanwhile thousands of people gathered on the streets of the city and near the assembly to celebrate “republic day” and press for abolition.”Let’s celebrate the dawn of a republic in a grand manner,” believed one loudspeaker quoted by Reuters hearsay bureau.The assembly is huge and the ceremony, performed by an older member of the newly-elected body, saw 575 men and women being sworn in.

Many wore conventional clothing and second-hand their mother tongue for the occasion in this ethnically mixed country.Just 26 more members have yet to be nominated by the biggest parties.Leave the palaceNepal stands on the brink of huge change, says the BBC’s Charles Haviland in the capital Kathmandu.The congress has been known the initial task of rubber-stamp the abolition of the monarchy.gossip thought King Gyanendra and Queen Komal were seen driving out of the royal palace on Tuesday day, but it was not clear where they were going or for how long they would be gone.Officials say they will be given 15 days to vacate the palace.”He has no choice, but if he refuses to leave the citadel we will use the law to force him out of there,” said Baburam Bhattarai, the deputy leader of the Maoists, Nepal’s former rebels.”Once a republic is stated the king will by design lose his point and place in the bastion,” he told the Associated Press

precisely how a state will be selected in is still not clear.Nepal’s progress towards becoming the world’s newest republic has been blemished by bullets being planted in the assets for two days organization this week.

crisis crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China’s devastating tremor, the administration said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides.Officials precariously balanced their efforts to clean up and rebuild with attempts to house, feed and treat the displaced and injured and search for survivors.One senior official said China faces “a daunting face” to prevent environmental contamination from other sources.

He said 50 sources of radiation were hidden by debris from the May 12 earthquake in central China, 35 of which had been safe. The rest lay buried or located but unreachable under collapsed buildings. He gave no essentials about the radiation sources.The number of unsecured radiation sources was far higher than the two the administration reported earlier this week. Foreign experts say the radioactive source likely came from materials used in hospitals, factories or in research, not for weapons.

Wu caution that a number of other “hidden” sources of pollution are likely to be encountered as workers begin digging into the rubble, which includes many factories and refineries.The worst-hit areas in Sichuan province include many high-risk petrochemical and chemical companies, he said. Around three-fourths of the more than 100 chemical plants in the disaster zone were forced to stop production because of damage, he said.As the government uncontrollably to bring relief to the shocked areas of Sichuan, it was evacuating thousands downstream from rivers that were blocked by landslides.

The administration was shifting focus to reconstruction and away from the search for survivors and bodies among the wreckage.Chinese banks were told Friday to forgive debts owed by survivors in an effort to revive the economy, and the government warned it was cracking down on price-gouging by merchants in the disaster area.In the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu, a Dutch rescue and recovery team with sniffer dogs complained that soldiers repeatedly prevented it from entering disaster areas, abandoning the search for survivors and bodies to focus on transformation.Six pandas were moved Friday from a damaged panda-breeding base in Wolong near the epicenter because of food shortages, the administrator Xinhua News Agency whispered. They were taken to another safeguard in Sichuan, next to a city call Ya’an.

Pakistan today released 96 Indian fishermen here coinciding with the recommencement of the composite dialogue process.The fishermen, who were arrested in the last one year for allegedly fishing in its waters and were kept in the Landhi jail, will be hand over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border tomorrow, officials thought.There are still 370 Indian fishermen present in the jails in Karachi, Landhi jail administrator Abdul Majeed Siddiqui said.

The Indians were on the rampage in the eastern port urban and sent in two coaches to Lahore with the assistance of an NGO.”We have deputed special branch and court police with these fishermen till they are handed over to the Indian authorities,” an official told PTI.Islamabad had announce the release of fishermen as a goodwill gesture to mark the visit of External Affairs Minsiters Pranab Mukherjee for the resumption of composite dialogue process after a six-month gap.In talks this week held in Islamabad, the two sides agreed to allow consular access to prisoners still in jails in both country.

The administration cancelled the first two expedition of the Kailash-Mansarovar yatra on Tuesday after China refused to accept pilgrims until June 21.The shortened yatra this time will have only one batch of pilgrims who will go away Delhi on June 13.While China cited “domestic reasons” for the delay, the real reason is the fact that it wants to keep the Tibet region free of foreigners until the Olympic torch has passed through the area — it’s scheduled to be in Tibet between June 19 and June 21.China is paranoid about letting nation into Tibet before the torch goes through, for fear of unrest or any incident. Both Mount Kailash and Mansarovar are positioned in the Tibet Autonomous Region, hence the Chinese reaction, said superior government sources.

In a statement, the MEA said, “The government of the People’s Republic of China conveyed to the ministry of external affairs that on explanation of domestic reasons they would not be in a position to receiv pilgrims before June 21, 2008.”The Chinese decision was made suddenly, because until May 7, India and China were get ready for the yatra starting on June 1. This was clarify by the MEA spokesperson on that day as well.But soon after, China started to say no visas to pilgrims which sparked speculation. This crystallised over the weekend, when India had to cancel the yatra.

The Chinese have been hit very poorly with Tibetan unrest during the Olympic torch relay and have taken the path of “abundant caution” in their dealings on Tibet.They have even told Nepal to stop treks to Mount Everest from their realm, which is also on a temporary stop. A Nepalese pass through which pilgrims can go to Tibet is also out of bounds this year, said government officials.While these actions actually rebound on China in terms of popular perception, but China believes — and it’s been stated by none less than Hu Jintao — that the Tibet unrest has become a sovereignty issue. Between bad PR and maintaining manage of Tibet, it’s a no-brainer about what is more important to the Chinese state.

The MEA spokesperson said India was trying to accommodate pilgrims in the earlier batches, but sources said this may not really be possible, given the huge demand for this trip.This year, 960 pilgrims were scheduled to go in 16 batches on the highly prized 26-day Kailash-Mansarovar yatra — the last batch is expected to go back on September 24. China has also told India to cut these batches down to eight from 16.The yearly yatra, which is arduous in nature, has been organised by MEA since 1981 under a bilateral arrangement between India and China. While the pilgrims are India’s responsibility, China has been facilitate them over the years, with message cover, etc.