February 12, 2006	Sunday	Muharram 13, 1427

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Denmark closes two embassies: Iran proposes OIC meeting COPENHAGEN, Feb 11: Denmark decided to close its embassies in Iran and Indonasia on Saturday as protests eased in favour of official pressure to prevent a repeat of the furore over the anti-Islam cartoons....		3 get life term for killing BD judges DHAKA, Feb 11: Three members of an outlawed Islamist organisation were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for their involvement in a bomb attack in Bangladesh that killed two judges on Nov 14....
Bird flu virus detected in Italy, Greece ROME, Feb 11: Greece and Italy said on Saturday they had found swans with the H5N1 bird flu virus — the first known cases in the European Union of wild birds with the deadly strain of the disease....		White House was told of Katrina impact: official WASHINGTON, Feb 11: The former director of the federal disaster agency testified on Friday that the White House was warned earlier than it admits about the rupture of New Orleans levees by Hurricane Katrina and the city’s flooding....
Saudi women advised to challenge ban on driving RIYADH, Feb 11: A Saudi minister sparked a controversy on Saturday by urging women to challenge the ban on driving in a court....		Sharon in ‘serious condition’ after surgery TEL AVIV, Feb 11: Israel’s coma-stricken Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was declared out of immediate danger after emergency surgery on Saturday to remove part of his intestines, but doctors warned his chances of survival are receding by the day....
US drops opposition to Russia-Hamas contacts WASHINGTON, Feb 11: The United States said on Friday it had accepted Russia’s move to meet the Palestinian group Hamas after Moscow gave assurances it would press the militants to renounce armed struggle against Israel....		Prisoners were strapped to chairs: paper NEW YORK, Feb 11: Military officials at the US-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, strapped hunger-striking prisoners to restraint chairs for hours to feed them through tubes, according to a report in Thursday’s New York Times....
Fossett sets record for long flight LONDON, Feb 11: Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett broke the record for long-distance flight without refuelling on Saturday, making an emergency landing in southern England after flying 42,450kms, his team said....		Bookstore owner jailed in NY NEW YORK, Feb 11: A bookstore owner in New York was jailed without bail on Friday for inciting Americans of foreign origin not to think of the United States as ‘our country’....
Muslims hold anti-cartoon demos in Lanka COLOMBO, Feb 11: Thous-ands of Muslims across Sri Lanka staged demonstrations against the anti-Islam caricatures after Friday prayers. The protesters came out of mosques after the prayers in Colombo and towns...		Danes asked to leave Indonesia The DANISH government on Saturday warned its nationals to leave Indonesia, saying it had ‘credible information’ they would be targeted by extremists seeking vengeance over the cartoons....
Sri Lanka’s tsunami victims take charge amid failed policies COLOMBO: A law-abiding citizen, Mohideen Ajmal is nevertheless happy to have violated a ‘no-build-buffer-zone’ on the beach to re-establish a business selling fish wholesale, wrecked by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which flattened three-quarters of this island country’s coasts....		Iraqi journalists caught in political crossfire BAGHDAD: Under Saddam Hussein, Iraqi journalists were threatened, detained, tortured and killed — victims of a system that tightly controlled what was written about the country’s Baathist leader....
Senegal prides on religious tolerance DAKAR: Maria Victoria Correa is a Catholic but she keeps a prayer mat in her house for Muslim visitors, one of the everyday kindnesses which underpin Senegal’s religious tolerance....		Iranians split on political role of plays TEHRAN: Taking the role of the villain in Iran’s passion plays used to be a dangerous business. As soon as you cut down the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Imam Hussein, you had to be ready to make a quick exit....
Africans risk lives to reach Europe DAKAR: Massaer Niang had been praying he would be caught when Spanish border guards dragged him, struggling for breath, out of the rough waters off North Africa....		US agencies, firms simulate internet attack WASHINGTON: US government agencies have staged a simulated cyber attack on the country’s power grid and other critical infrastructure to test internet security measures and emergency preparedness....