印度巴基斯坦努力增加互信

The U.N. human rights office says at least 3,500 people have been killed in the Syrian government's eight Month crackdown on dissent, while activists say deadly assaults continued in the central city of Homs. A spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights ((Ravina Shamdasani)) said the total includes 19 people killed Sunday during the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. Activists said government security forces killed two people Tuesday in the Baba Amr district of Homs, Syria's third largest city that is at the center an uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Nearly a week of deadly assaults has killed more than 110 people, despite a deal struck with the Arab League to halt the violence. Syrian ambassador to the Arab League Youssef Ahmed said Monday Syria has taken significant steps toward fulfilling the deal, such as releasing 500 prisoners as part of a conditional amnesty.印度和巴基斯坦表示，這兩個擁有核武器的鄰國關係有所改善，但是這方面還有工作要作。印度外長卡爾和巴基斯坦外長克里希納星期三在馬爾代夫討論了雙邊關係問題。兩國正在制定和平進程。兩位外交官今年早些時候審議了這一進程。

卡爾表示，兩國間存在多年的“信任赤字”已經得到削減。卡爾和克里希納在星期四於馬爾代夫舉行的南亞峯會前還會見了其他國家的外長。印度和巴基斯坦總理也安排在這次峯會會外舉行會晤。峯會與會國包括孟加拉國、斯里蘭卡、尼泊爾、不丹、阿富汗和馬爾代夫。卡爾說，恐怖主義