In view of the persisting differences, negotiators of the two sides have said a political push would be required to break the logjam.
The text of US President George W Bush's final State of the Union address delivered to Congress on Monday.
The United States has a moral and national interest in helping poor and struggling countries transform themselves into free and hopeful societies, Bush said.
The nomination of Patterson will have to be approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee headed by Joseph Biden.
The issue figured in the talks between External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited India recently.
"He will not want to leave it unresolved for his successor," the sources were quoted as saying to The Times.
A trial date has been set for June 26.
An Indian student in the United States has been arrested for posting violent messages on an Internet bulletin board urging readers to kill President George W Bush and his family.
He said Musharraf brought up the issue of Pakistan's energy needs during their talks and added the US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman would be visiting Pakistan soon for discussions
The transition team of United States president-elect Donald Trump is fuming over with the Pakistan government's version of his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
US President George W Bush on Friday acknowleged the role of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in the ongoing war against terrorism saying Musharraf's decision to fight terror was made at "great personal risk".
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United States President George W Bush has hailed the selection of Alaska's little-known female governor Sarah Palin as the running mate of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, calling her a 'proven reformer who is a wise steward' of taxpayers' dollars."I applaud Senator McCain for selecting Governor Palin. This decision is yet another example of why the American people can trust him to make wise decisions and to confidently lead this country," he said.
US will fight war on terror as long as I'm president: Bush
United States President Barrack Obama will not be less sensitive than his predecessor George W Bush towards India. That is the impression Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh got while interacting with Obama in the last two days at L'Aquila in Italy during the G-8 summit.
A web site released the tape on Thursday.
"The Guantanamo issue is a sensitive issue for people. I very much would like to end Guantanamo. I very much would like to get people to a court," he told German TV station ARD.
A United States delegation led by Vice President Dick Cheney visited Saudi Arabia to meet newly installed King Abdullah and pay condolences on the death of his half brother, King Fahd.
According to charges brought in against Ahmed Omar Abu Ali on Tuesday, he discussed his plan with an unidentified Al Qaeda member while in Saudi Arabia.
"I have seen the press reports about this particular reaction. And certainly nobody in the US is trying to single out the government or is expressing the sentiment that it is not a good thing that there's greater calorie intake among more people around the world than ever before. That is a positive thing," McCormack said in his briefing.
Ahluwalia is not a great fan of the Uber model.
'The reprocessing issue requires a political decision, and not a technical one,' says an Indian diplomat.
The president said the US would stay in Iraq until it was 'free and democratic' and 'enemy forces bent on destroying the new government' are stopped.
Only four US presidents, in the last 100 years, failed to win re-elections.
>The formal signing ceremony, originally expected to take place on Monday December 11 in the Rose Garden at the White House, has been postponed to later in the week.
Meanwhile, the prime minister's media adviser Sanjaya Baru described as "incorrect" reports that Manmohan Singh has appealed to Left parties not to boycott Bush's visit to India.
The United States India League has told Bush that his presence would send the right signals.
"Their plot was derailed in early 2002 when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al Qaeda operative," Bush said without disclosing the name of the country or the operative.