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| January 14, 2006 | Saturday | Zilhaj 13, 1426 |
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US warns of reducing aid if Hamas gains power
JERUSALEM, Jan 13: US aid to the Palestinian Authority would be reviewed and possibly reduced if it gave Hamas a role in government after this month’s Palestinian election, US diplomatic sources said on Friday.... 
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Merkel, Bush to coordinate on Iran
WASHINGTON, Jan 13: US President George Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday differed on Guantanamo Bay, but vowed to seek a common approach on Iran as they opened a new, improved chapter in US-German relations....
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Spain rejects US call to cancel deal: Planes for Venezuela
MADRID, Jan 13: Spain protested on Friday that its sale of 12 military planes to Venezuela must go ahead despite being blocked by the United States because of Washington’s concerns about President Hugo Chavez....
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Germany admits it ‘passed on information’ to US
BERLIN, Jan 13: German intelligence agents gathered information in Iraq in 2003 and shared it with their US counterparts, a government spokesman said on Friday amid a furore over reports that Berlin secretly helped the war effort....
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China opposes Iran referral
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 13: Beijing fears that referring Tehran’s nuclear program to the UN Security Council ‘might complicate the issue’ and could harden the positions of some parties, China’s UN ambassador said on Friday....
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Lawyers clash over trials in Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY, Jan 13: Lawyers sparred at US ‘war on terror’ trials at the Guantanamo detention camp on Thursday, as Washington asked the US Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge to the legality of the special hearings....
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Looting followed handover of Tikrit palaces
BAGHDAD: On November 22, the top US military and civilian leaders in Iraq handed over Saddam Hussein’s most lavish palace compound to the safekeeping and control of the new Iraqi army...
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Chinese generals pledge to beef up police
BEIJING: In a sign of the government’s growing concern over unrest at home and the rise of hostile forces “surrounding China,” two senior generals pledged on Thursday to boost the combat effectiveness of the nation’s one-million strong paramilitary police....
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Romania struggles with adoption dilemmas
BUCHAREST: Theodor’s mother abandoned him in hospital soon after giving birth. Three years later, the dark-haired boy with a shy smile is living with a foster mother in a bare apartment in Bucharest, still waiting to be adopted....
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Merkel’s visit to US promises a fresh start
LONDON: White House summit between Angela Merkel and George Bush on Friday did not require an armistice. Tensions between the US president and Ms Merkel’s predecessor as German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, never quite descended to the level of all-out war....
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The best tools to unmask art fakes
PARIS: Despite a barrage of sophisticated techniques, the simple magnifying glass and gut instinct remain the best tools for unmasking a fake Rembrandt or van Gogh, experts told a seminar here....
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Americans training Japanese soldiers
CORONADO (US): On a US Navy base where the streets are named for bloody World War II battles on Pacific islands, American sailors and Marines are now teaching Japanese soldiers the basics of mounting an amphibious assault....
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Militia roadblocks keep food from hungry in Somalia
WAJID (Somalia): When Habiba Hassan’s food ran out, she fed her four children on boiled bones and aran, a bitter leaf that grows in Somalia. She blamed her husband for the family’s plight, and not just because he abandoned her....
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Of diamonds & con men
LONDON, Jan 13: Two of the world’s leading jewellery firms were conned into handing over diamonds worth an estimated 500,000 pounds (885,000 dollars) in total for bogus fashion shoots in London, police said on Friday....
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Uzbekistan suspends NGO
TASHKENT, Jan 13: Uzbek authorities have suspended the activities of a US non-governmental organization (NGO) for six months for breaking Uzbek law, the head of the group’s Tashkent office said on Friday....
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Mutation suspected in Turkey’s bird flu virus
ANKARA, Jan 13: Turkey raced on Friday to stem the spread of a bird flu outbreak that has killed three people and infected 15, while experts reported a mutation in the...
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