February 11, 2006	Saturday	Muharram 12, 1427

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Nato firm on deployment in southern Afghanistan : Defence ministers meet in Italy TAORMINA (Italy), Feb 10: The defence ministers of countries belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) on Thursday pledged to keep their plans for expansion into southern Afghanistan on track despite attacks against peacekeepers over the caricatures....		US opposes Putin move to invite Hamas MOSCOW, Feb 10: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has built his reputation on talking tough on terrorism, came under international pressure on Friday for his invitation to leaders of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas for talks in Moscow....
Bush reveals ‘Al Qaeda plot’ to attack LA building WASHINGTON, Feb 10: US President George Bush on Thursday disclosed details of a thwarted Al Qaeda plot to use shoe bombs to hijack a plane and fly it into a Los...		Danes point fingers at imams COPENHAGEN, Feb 10: Danes are pointing fingers at a shadowy group of Muslim leaders, accusing them of instigating the firestorm over anti-Islam cartoons during their recent trips to the Middle East....
Jailbreak in Yemen alarms US, S. Arabia RIYADH, Feb 10: The escape last week of 23 Al Qaeda suspects, including the suspected mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the destroyer, USS Cole, from a jail in Yemen has...		Cheney approved leak: Libby WASHINGTON, Feb 10: Indicted former top White House aide I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby will argue that Vice President Dick Cheney authorised him to leak classified information in 2003 to bolster the case for the invasion of Iraq, newspapers said on Thursday....
Protest in Delhi over cartoons NEW DELHI, Feb 10: The first major Indian protest over the cartoon isssue erupted on the streets of the capital New Delhi on Friday as thousands of Muslims chanted ‘Denmark Die,...		Malaysia warns of ‘chasm’ with West KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10: Thousands of Muslims protested in Malaysia on Friday over the controversial cartoons as the prime minister warned of a ‘huge chasm’ between the West and Islam....
Church offers apology for slave trade LONDON, Feb 10: The Church of England on Thursday apologised for its historical role in the slave trade, accepting it was directly implicated in it....		Editor forced to go on leave COPENHAGEN, Feb 10: The Jyllands-Posten editor who commissioned controversial cartoons has been sent on holiday after suggesting he would print Iranian cartoons of the Holocaust....
Indian CM’s remarks on Bush irk envoy NEW DELHI, Feb 10: The US envoy to India was embroiled in a new row after he objected to a communist leader calling President George W....		Putin tries to restore Russia’s role in Middle East MOSCOW: By inviting Hamas for talks, Vladimir Putin has taken a bold but risky plunge into the Middle East peace process that he hopes will restore Russia’s role as a player on the world stage, experts say....
Koizumi’s grip on Japanese politics weakening TOKYO: It should be no surprise that a backlash has materialized against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s plan to allow females to ascend to Japan’s imperial throne....		That’ll be all for now, Jeeves   LONDON: For a decade he has faithfully served millions of internet users. But in a few days’ time Jeeves the butler — the distinctive face of the Ask Jeeves search engine — will be heading for the dole queue....
Balancing life and work in Norway OSLO: While many European workers are fighting to keep working hours from rising and benefits from falling, Norwegians are debating a cut to a 30-hour week and the finance minister’s make-or-break goal is to build more kindergartens....		Siniyah: an Iraqi town that is now a prison SINIYAH (Iraq): Twice now, an IPS correspondent has been refused entry to this town that has become a prison for its inhabitants. Contact with residents of the town came only at the checkpoint....
Indonesians fear media curbs signal return to Suharto era JAKARTA: Civil society activists are warning that a series of amendments effected on Indonesia’s broadcasting laws, this week, are a step backward into Suharto-era media censorship....		Venezuela for ‘mature’ ties with US WASHINGTON: After an especially ugly week in the hostile relationship between the Bush administration and the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s envoy here tried on Thursday to salvage some...