End-use agreement part of fulfilment of n-deal: US

September 23rd, 2009 RI gov, unions in tentative deal to stop shutdownPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state of Rhode Island may avoid a shutdown of government services and massive layoffs thanks to a tentative deal struck between Gov.

September 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's disclosure regarding a 'guaranteed' deal which facilitated his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf's ouster from the Presidency has created ripples in the country's political fraternity. While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has denied its involvement in the deal, the Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q) has criticized PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for being a part of the negotiation.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Justice secretary Jack Straw has admitted for the first time that trade and oil deals with Libya played a very big part in the handling of the Lockerbie bomber's case. He said trade was a major influence on his decision to include Abdelbaset Al Megrahi in a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya signed two years ago, just as BP was seeking a multi-billion pound deal there.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Switzerland Thursday signed a social security agreement to encourage the movement of professionals between the two countries. The social security agreement was signed in the presence of Doris Leuthard, the visiting vice president of the Swiss Confederation who is also minister of economic affairs.

August 12th, 2009 Council OKs funding to keep USOC in Colo. SpringsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

July 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Saturday said she was "optimistic" about concluding a defence pact that will enable the US to monitor the end use of the arms and sensitive technologies sold to India and ensure that they are not diverted to other countries. "We are working very hard to finalise a number of agreements.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Wednesday assured India that it should have no apprehension that the G-8 decision to put a bar on helping non-NPT countries to reprocess uranium would throw the India-US civil nuclear deal off track. "I don't think there should be any apprehension about the future of the civil nuclear agreement," Assistant Secretary for South Central Asian Affairs Robert O.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid reports of differences over nuclear issues, the US Thursday said it was committed to its civil nuclear deal with India and would begin negotiations on a crucial repreocessing agreement before the end of July. We are determined ro follow our obligations.

June 9th, 2009 TORONTO - Without specifying any date for its signing, both Canada and India have said that they are on track to ink a nuclear deal soon. Though the two countries have exchanged the drafts, no date for signing the deal could be specified, Canadian International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said here at the weekend gala of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC).

June 7th, 2009 TORONTO - India and Canada are close to inking a civil nuclear deal, India's High Commissioner to Canada Shashishekhar M Gavai, said Gavai said officials of both sides had already exchanged the draft agreement regarding the deal, which would pave the way for Canada to sell its nuclear technology and uranium for civilian use for the first time in more than 30 years. He said the deal would be signed soon.

May 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Steel has reached an agreement with lenders of Tata Steel UK for resetting the covenants on the 3.7 billion pound loan raised for the acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus. This comes two days after group company Tata Motors announced a revision in the maturity deadline on the bridge loan for its acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).

May 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has signed off on an agreement authorising the United States to help the United Arab Emirates (UAE) develop nuclear power, the White House announced Wednesday. The deal was originally agreed in the final days of former president George W.

April 28th, 2009 Government, major Chrysler debtholders reach dealWASHINGTON — A person familiar with the talks says the Treasury Department has reached a tentative agreement with four of Chrysler's major debtholders as the automaker races to stave off bankruptcy. Under the agreement, the four banks will forgo claims to their portion of Chrysler's $6.9 billion debt in exchange for $2 billion in cash when the deal closes.

April 22nd, 2009 SKorean parliamentary committee approves US FTASEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean lawmaker says a parliamentary committee has approved a free trade agreement with the United States, paving the way for the deal to be voted on by the entire legislature. The approval was announced Wednesday by Park Jin, the chairman of the National Assembly's trade committee.

January 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and Israel signed a bilateral deal Friday to help curb arms smuggling to Gaza as part of an effort to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the memorandum of understanding would improve information sharing between the two countries to prevent the weapons from reaching Hamas in Gaza, one of Israel's chief goals in its three-week incursion into the Gaza Strip.