Gen Fonseka was defeated by incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa last month by six million votes to four million.
Gen Fonseka rejected the results and vowed to challenge them in court.
The government has been seeking legal advice to bring a court martial against the general on charges of plotting to overthrow the administration.
India willing to Take up Balochistan Issue With Pakistan, India has set February 18 and 25 for Secretary-level talks, while terrorism would top the dialogue agenda between the two countries. Talking to media in New Delhi, Indian Home Minister Chidambaram has said that India extended talks offers to Pakistan. He sought immediate arrest of Hafiz Saeed, saying that terrorism would be the main focus during the dialogue
MUNICH: Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul said ties were improving with Pakistan and curbing terrorism and militancy is a difficult task. In an interview with foreign news agency, improving ties with neighboring countries is top priority of Afghan government
Hailing Pakistan for its all-out support to Kashmir cause, leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has called upon the Indian government to review its stance regarding the dispute and do away with its traditional stubbornness. Kashmir Solidarity Day, Mirwaiz thanked Pakistan on behalf of Kashmiris for taking up the dispute at all levels, adding that the said issue was both political and public and urged the Indian government to fulfil the commitments it made to the Kashmiris.
PORT-AU-PRINCE : More than 200,000 people were killed in the earthquake that shook Haiti on Jan.
TEHRAN: Iran said that it was ready to send its uranium abroad for further enrichment as requested by the UN. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the decision in an interview with state Iranian television. He said Iran will have “no problem” giving the West its low-enriched uranium and taking it back several months later when it is enriched by 20 percent
BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance will never abandon Afghanistan into hands of Taliban. Nato troops to continue their operations until Afghan security forces gain ability to defend their country, he said in an interview
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE: The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because of radar problems. A statement posted on the Vandenberg Air Force Base Web site says the target missile was launched from the Kwajale in Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Sunday at about 3:40 p.m.
KABUL: Afghanistan’s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency. President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more comprehensive program to bring Taliban insurgents over to the government’s side in order to reduce violence that has raged in recent years.
KABUL: The Taliban denied Saturday that leaders of the group fighting to overthrow the Afghan government had met with UN representatives to discuss bringing peace to Afghanistan. The Taliban issued a statement branding reports of a meeting with the UN’s outgoing special representative to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, in Dubai this month as “rumours” and “propaganda”.
