February 25, 2006	Saturday	Muharram 26, 1427

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London mayor suspended over Nazi gibe LONDON, Feb 24: London Mayor Ken Livingstone was suspended from office for four weeks on Friday for bringing his office into disrepute by comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard....		UN sends inspector to Iran for last-minute talks VIENNA, Feb 24: A senior UN nuclear inspector heads to Tehran for talks on Saturday days before a report that could spark UN Security Council action, diplomats said, adding that Tehran had promised key information....
Resolution on UN HR body introduced NEW YORK, Feb 24: United Nations General Assembly President Jan Eliasson on Thursday unveiled a draft resolution on the creation of a human rights council in a bid to smooth differences between the developed and developing countries....		Bush hopes to finalize nuclear deal during visit to India WASHINGTON, Feb 24: US President George W. Bush has said that he believes he will have a civilian nuclear agreement with India in hand to take to Congress when he returns next week from his visit to South Asia....
Emergency declared in Philippines MANILA, Feb 24: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared emergency rule in the Philippines on Friday after the military said it foiled a coup attempt, but analysts criticised the move as unwarranted and potentially damaging to the economy....		Germany admits its spies helped US BERLIN, Feb 24: The German government released a report that said two German spies in Iraq provided the United States with intelligence, but rejected allegations it aided the US bombing campaign during the 2003 invasion....
Muslim bodies oppose US president’s visit HYDERABAD (India), Feb 24: Several Muslim religious organisations on Friday launched a signature campaign at nearly 100 mosques, opposing US President George Bush’s scheduled visit to this southern Indian city early next month....		Indian Rly earns record surplus NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Indian Railways, which five years ago was on track to bankruptcy, announced a record financial surplus on Friday, fare cuts and massive spending on new lines in a populist budget....
US, Britain conduct N-experiment LAS VEGAS, Feb 24: British and US government scientists performed an underground nuclear experiment, short of a nuclear blast, at the Nevada test site this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration said on Friday....		Mozart takes the lead at Vienna Ball VIENNA, Feb 24: Vienna’s Opera Ball, Austria’s society event of the year, celebrated its 50th anniversary on Thursday to the sound of Mozart and with the presence of curvaceous Hollywood starlet Carmen Electra....
UN acting on complaints, says official UNITED NATIONS, Feb 24: ‘Significant progress’ has been made in dealing with incidences of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations peacekeepers, but much more needs to be done, a top UN official said on Thursday....		India seems eager for US embrace NEW DELHI: Next week George Bush goes to the ‘new India’. A decade of rapid economic growth has alerted the world to a new giant of Asia, helped on by a feverish campaign by the country’s image-makers....
NY looks to turn Governors Island into leisure spot NEW YORK: With acres of greenery and a view of the Manhattan skyline, Governors Island is an oasis of calm just a few minutes from New York’s teeming financial district....		Bush’s ‘did-not-know strategy’ on ports WASHINGTON: What didn’t the president know and when didn’t he know it? Faced with a rebellion in his own Republican party over an Arab company’s planned takeover of operations at six US ports, the White House says President George W....
In search of justice and enlightenment NAGANO (Japan): Junshin Hosono says he never thought of himself as a worker, at least not the way Karl Marx or Jimmy Hoffa ever thought of workers....		Sudanese officials could face sanctions UNITED NATIONS: Three top Sudanese officials, including one regarded as a key US ally in the war on terrorism, are under consideration for sanctions over the conflict in Darfur, according to a confidential UN document....