February 7, 2006	Tuesday	Muharram 8, 1427

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Tehran asks IAEA to remove cameras VIENNA, Feb 6: Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove surveillance cameras and agency seals from sites and nuclear equipment that go beyond minimal commitments to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by mid-February, the IAEA said on Monday....		No transfer of funds to Hamas govt: Israeli PM TEL AVIV, Feb 6: Israel will not transfer customs duties to a Palestinian government headed by the Hamas, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday....
Accused in 9/11 case ejected from US court ALEXANDRIA, Feb 6: Sept 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui was twice ordered out of his death penalty trial on Monday after branding US justice a ‘circus’ and pledging allegiance to Al Qaeda....		French woman eager for ‘normal life’ AMIENS (France), Feb 6: The French woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant, speaking with a heavy slur and obvious emotion, said at her first news conference on Monday...
Egyptians ransack ferry firm office SAFAGA, Feb 6: Angry Egyptians seeking news of relatives lost aboard the ferry which sank in the Red Sea last week ransacked the office of the vessel’s owners on Monday and set fire to the furniture, witnesses said....		Muslim states urged to protect Europeans VIENNA, Feb 6: The Austrian presidency of the EU on Monday called on Muslim countries to protect EU nationals from attack by protesters angry at the publication of cartoons....
Annan to discuss ME with Bush UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and US President George W. Bush will meet in Washington next week to discuss Iran, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, UN and US officials said here on Monday....		Visitor barred from museum after mishap LONDON, Feb 6: A hapless visitor who accidentally smashed a set of rare 300-year-old Chinese vases at a British museum after tripping up on his shoelaces said on Monday he had been banned from returning....
India’s left slams govt’s ‘brazenness’ NEW DELHI, Feb 6: With the government having had its way over Mumbai and Delhi airport modernisation, Left parties on Sunday expressed concern at the manner in which the United Progressive...		Al Gore: the second coming LONDON: Celebrity took an unusually nerdy form at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The man everyone wanted to meet, talk to and be seen with wasn’t a film star or daring new director....
Free trade, aid not enough for Africa LONDON: One Saturday last July, more than half the world’s population watched a bunch of ageing rock stars run through their back catalogues. At the behest of Bob Geldof, Pink Floyd agreed to a reunion; Paul McCartney sang Hey Jude....		Political numbers game LONDON: Lucky or sinister numbers are a feature of most cultures. But in modern societies the symbolic power of round numbers can take on a significance that would once have been the preserve of religious ritual or doctrine....
Berlusconi is not fit to hold high office LONDON: Some 15 months ago the global progressive community headed to America in a forlorn attempt to unseat President Bush. From Europe, Canada and Asia thousands of angry activists joined the Democrat campaign....		Saddam artwork banned BRUSSELS: The mayor of a Belgian town has banned the public showing of an artwork representing a handcuffed Saddam Hussein inside a liquid-filled tank, because it could shock tourists and Muslims....
Iran protesters enter Danish embassy TEHRAN: A small group of Iranian demonstrators managed to scale the gate of the Danish embassy in Tehran on Monday, as police fired teargas in a bid to prevent a full-scale storming of the compound....		11 policemen killed in Chattisgarh NEW DELHI: Eleven security personnel were killed and 17 injured in a series of attacks by suspected Maoists in the eastern Indian state of Chattisgarh on Monday....