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Danish govt refuses to apologise over cartoons: PM meets moderate group COPENHAGEN, Feb 13: Denmark’s foreign minister said on Monday a government apology for the cartoons would be pointless. “First, you cannot apologise for something you have not done,” Per Stig Moeller told The Associated Press in a phone interview....		Saddam alleges he was forced to attend trial BAGHDAD, Feb 13: Ousted Iraqi presaident Saddam Hussein angrily sparred with the judge during his trial on charges of crimes against humanity Monday, saying he had been dragged back to court against his wishes after boycotting the last hearings....
Muslims urged to ‘move on’ COPENHAGEN, Feb 13: A senior member of Denmark’s Muslim community urged followers on Monday to ‘move on’ in the row over the cartoons after holding crisis talks with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen....		Iran opens Holocaust cartoon contest TEHRAN, Feb 13: A controversial contest for cartoons of the Holocaust was launched in Iran on Monday in a tit-for-tat move over the anti-Islam caricatures that have enflamed Muslims worldwide....
Fury could get out of control: Rice WASHINGTON, Feb 13: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that anger sparked by the sacrilegious cartoons could spin out of control and urged governments, especially Iran and Syria, to ‘act responsibly’....		Dawood ready to stand trial, says aide MUMBAI, Feb 13: India’s most-wanted man, Dawood Ibrahim, blamed for a series of blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993, is prepared to stand trial, an aide to the fugitive was quoted as saying on Monday....
17 killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, Feb 13: At least 17 people were killed on a bloody day of bombings and attacks on Monday, including four Iraqi policemen gunned down on their way home from work in the northern oil refinery town of Baiji....		Moderates, too, were hurt by sacrilegious cartoons BAGHDAD: Zied Mhrisi went to Beirut, Lebanon, to get a masters in public health. Instead the 28-year-old Tunisian found himself drafted as a diplomat in the culture war that has erupted...
Egyptians flock to see ‘divine messenger’ calf CAIRO, Feb 13: Thousands of people flocked to southern Egypt on Monday to seek blessing from a calf they believe was born as God’s reply to the publication in Europe of the irreverent cartoons....		Cheney accidentally shoots companion WASHINGTON, Feb 13: US Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally wounded a companion with shotgun pellets on a weekend quail hunt in Texas, his office said on Sunday....
European body censures France over human rights PARIS/BRUSSELS, Feb 13: France’s record on human rights has been condemned in a leaked report exposing police brutality, chronically overcrowded prisons and the jailing of children with adults....		Israel to have permanent borders, says Olmert JERUSALEM, Feb 13: The next Israeli government will make determining the Jewish state’s final borders its top priority, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday....
Hamas opposes more powers for Abbas RAMALLAH, Feb 13: The outgoing Palestinian parliament boosted President Mahmoud Abbas’s powers on Monday in what Hamas said was a last-minute bid to keep the group in check after its sweeping election win....		Man held over Iraq video LONDON, Feb 13: British military police have made an arrest in connection with a probe into video footage apparently showing British troops abusing civilians in Iraq, the defence ministry said on Monday....
Questions raised over Cheney incident WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Some US newspapers on Monday took potshots at US Vice President Dick Cheney over a weekend hunting accident in which he shot a 78-year-old Texas lawyer while stalking quail....		Brutality tarnishes UK army’s image LONDON/SULAYMANIYA: The first British troops to arrive in southern Iraq in March 2003 may not have been sure what kind of reception awaited them, but they were left in no doubt as to how to treat the city’s residents....
Britain’s love with roses is Kenya’s thorn NAIVASHA: Clasping a bouquet of roses, Paul Nyaga smiled shyly. “Yes,” he said, “there is someone I want to give flowers to on Valentine’s Day, but the flowers won’t be from here — I’ll get them from the field.”...		Freedoms in Morocco under scrutiny SALE (Morocco): The monarchy in this North African country dates back 1,200 years and has survived foreign invaders, civil wars and communist plots. Now it is confronted by a new threat: a grandmother who preaches non-violence and democracy....
Foreigners live in fear of Russian skinheads MOSCOW: Russia’s small Cameroonian community was shocked and saddened, but not surprised, when fellow citizen Kanhem Leon was murdered by racists. They know the danger of violence is ever present....		US strikes will kill thousands in Iran, says study LONDOAN: A surprise American or Israeli air strike on Iranian nuclear sites could cause a large number of civilian as well as military casualties, says a report published today....