March 4, 2006	Saturday	Safar 3, 1427

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Iran-EU bid for accord before IAEA meeting fails VIENNA, March 3: Iran and top EU powers failed on Friday to resolve a standoff over its nuclear work before a UN atomic watchdog meeting next week that may lead to Security Council action over fears Tehran secretly seeks nuclear bombs....		Russia urges Hamas to respect pacts with Israel: Palestinian group in Moscow MOSCOW, March 3: Russia on Friday urged Hamas to respect all accords with Israel as the head of the Palestinian radical group, holding his first talks with a major power, insisted...
Afghanistan’s opium crop likely to rise this year: UN KABUL, March 3: Afghanistan’s illicit opium crop, by far the biggest in the world, is likely to increase sharply this year with villagers planting more opium poppies in defiance of a ban, the UN drugs office said....		Fire that sparked Gujarat riot was accident: judge NEW DELHI, March 3: A judicial panel probing a 2002 train fire blamed for sparking the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat said the blaze was an accident, rejecting claims by right wing Hindus that it was deliberately set....
US not to discontinue planting of stories WASHINGTON, march 3: The top US commander in Iraq said on Friday he does not intend to end the military’s practice of paying to place favourable stories in the Iraqi press....		US admits it wants to isolate Hamas WASHINGTON, March 3: The United States wants to isolate Hamas financially and politically to make it ‘enormously difficult’ for the radical Palestinian group to govern, the US envoy for the Middle East said on Thursday....
Democrat to fight India deal WASHINGTON, March 3: A leading Democratic lawmaker has vowed to torpedo the US-India nuclear deal, saying it has ‘blown a hole’ in the world’s nuclear rules, while Republican lawmakers provisionally welcomed the agreement....		Russian FM unaware of agreement MOSCOW, March 3: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday he was unaware of an agreement on Iran’s suspect nuclear programme. “I have not heard of it....
Dubai firm’s bid for P&O LONDON, March 3: A London High Court judge ruled on Thursday that Dubai Ports World’s $6.85 billion proposed takeover of P&O can go ahead, despite objections from one of the British firm’s partners in the United States....		Kites, balloons banned for Bush visit HYDERABAD: Police in this southern Indian city banned the flying of kites and balloons after Muslims said they would use them as part of their protest against US President George Bush, who visited the city on Friday....
Bush to face hard time in Congress: experts NEW DELHI: President George Bush will face a far harder sell than India’s prime minister to win the support of US lawmakers for their historic nuclear deal, analysts said on Friday....		Muslims in Athens wait for city’s first mosque ATHENS: In a small, cold and decrepit apartment in central Athens, scores of Muslims trip over each other to find a space to pray as rain drips onto their heads from the leaky roof....
Dubai firm’s bid to run US military irks Congressmen WASHINGTON: Lawmakers already outraged over a pending sale of port operations to a Dubai-owned firm erupted with fresh fury on Thursday over the news that another company in the United Arab...		US neglecting Pacific region, Australia: Armitage SYDNEY: The United States has neglected Asia-Pacific and Australia since Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took office, former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage said in an interview with The Australian newspaper on Friday....
When a dome is worth a thousand lives THIS morning I went to Samarra town ... It’s a wonderfully picturesque little walled town with the huge golden dome of the shrine closing the vista, incongruously enough, in the narrow tumble down streets....		Chen Shui-bien’s move is aimed at Taiwan’s independence: China: Ceasing function of the National Unification Council KARACHI: The following is the text of a statement by the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the...