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BEIJING, Feb 20 (APP): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Beijing on Friday evening, kicking off her visit to China. During her stay in China, Clinton is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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WUHAN, (China) Feb 20 (APP): China’s ambassador in Pakistan Lou Zhao on Friday expressed the hope that President Zardari’s visit here will start the process to transform the agreements between the two countries into reality. “The agreements that have been signed between the two countries are on fast track,” the ambassador said talking to Pakistani media here.
HTML clipboard NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (APP): More than two hundred people on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the of the office of New York Post, a right‑wing tabloid full of gossip and scandal, protesting a controversial cartoon published in the newspaper’s Wednesday edition.
HTML clipboard UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 20 (APP): The severe drought and searing heat will oppress wide swathes of the earth with increasing frequency this century, according to a forecast by scientists who met this week in Beijing, the UN weather agency said today. “The combination of record heat and widespread drought during the past five to ten years over large parts of southern and eastern Australia is without historical precedent and is, at least partly, a result of climate change,” according to a statement endorsed by the scientists at the meeting co‑sponsored by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Last Friday, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist, was freed from detention. Khan was detained under house arrest since 2004, he made a televised confession of selling nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran and North Korea. He is widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, and most famous as a national hero. 

Dr. Qadeer filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court against the government, to address his detention and house arrest. He was freed and now lives as a "free citizen," but the terms upon which he and the government agreed remain secret.

He sent his regards to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, and the Interior Adviser, and thanked them for their stance opposing his detention. 

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was "very much concerned" about Khan's release. One of the spokesmen, Gordon Duguid, said Khan "remains a serious proliferation risk" and releasing him would be "extremely regrettable". Gillani has rejected such remarks, saying that Dr. Qadeer's network has been dismantled and said that he has been released under Court orders.

On Monday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi tried to calm international worries. He reiterated that Khan's network had been broken up and said that the government reserves the right to appeal the court's ruling.

Khan, who is now 72 years old and has received treatment for prostate cancer, told reporters that he was finished with nuclear work and plans to devote himself to education.