Miliband Urges End To Violence In Karachi
Four days of violence had killed more than 50 political party workers in Karachi, as Britain's David Miliband urged
an end to violence in the country.
"It is the handiwork of those who want to undermine the PPP-MQM coalition government in Sindh and also wish to destabilise Pakistan," he said.
On a visit to Karachi recently, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed his concern.
"I want to add my voice to that of many others who said they want to see an end to political violence immediately," Miliband told reporters. "The future of Pakistan and in fact the future of the whole of South Asia depends on political solutions, and that is what I am determined to continue to discuss and advocate," Miliband added.
Miliband arrived in Pakistan on Saturday for talks about security and cooperation on Afghanistan ahead of a January 28 summit in London.
No Plan To Send Troops To Yemen, Says Obama
President Barack Obama says he has "no intention" of sending US troops to fight militants in Yemen and Somalia, despite growing concern over the presence of militant cells there. Obama made a fresh push for international cooperation to confront militants in Yemen, where the top US military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, said sending troops was "not a possibility."
"I never rule out any possibility in a world that is this complex... In countries like Yemen, in countries like Somalia, I think working with international partners is most effective at this point," Obama said in an interview.
