By Craig Whitlock in The Washington Post, June 3, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates departed for Asia on Wednesday but had to drop a big country from his itinerary after China, still smarting over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, gave him the cold shoulder. Gates had been hoping for months to visit Beijing this summer, a destination that took on added importance at the Pentagon after North Korea — which sees China as its…
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By Tariq Naqash in Dawn MUZAFFARABAD, June 5: An official body dealing with the reconstruction of Muzaffarabad has taken exception to the alleged dumping of earth into River Neelum by a Chinese construction company, something which is being committed with impunity by many other contractors for long notwithstanding its hazardous impact on environment on the one hand and life of Mangla Dam on the other. When contacted by Dawn on Wednesday, Brig (retired) Shiraz Baig,…