March 10, 2006	Friday	Safar 9, 1427

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‘Iran forces in Iraq’ to be treated as enemy: US WASHINGTON, March 9: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday the United States had no plans to attack Iran, but warned that US forces would take ‘appropriate’ action to stop Iranian forces infiltrating Iraq....		SC begins deliberations on Iran UNITED NATIONS, March 9: The five permanent members of the UN Security Council met on Wednesday to chart a strategy to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue after its referral to the council by the IAEA’s board of directors....
US to wind up Abu Ghraib prison BAGHDAD, March 9: The US military will close Abu Ghraib prison, probably within three months, and transfer some 4,500 prisoners to other jails in Iraq, a military spokesman said on Thursday....		No compromise, says Khamenei TEHRAN, March 9: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Thursday his country will continue its nuclear drive and “stand against any pressure or conspiracy”, state television reported....
New group owns Varanasi blasts VARANASI (India), March 9: A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility on Thursday for blasts that killed 23 people here as relatives cremated the dead....		US House blocks port takeover by Dubai firm WASHINGTON, March 9: A powerful committee of the US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of six US port operations....
UN referral aimed at creating crisis: Diplomat’s comment on IAEA move VIENNA: An escalation in the Iranian nuclear crisis is certain now that the issue is before the UN Security Council, diplomats in Vienna said on Thursday....		Iran not bluffing in nuclear dispute TEHRAN: Iran’s leaders will not back down in a dispute over their nuclear programme, even if that means facing sanctions or a US attack, Iranian analysts and official sources said on Thursday....
Assembly session put off on Shia bloc’s call BAGHDAD, March 9: Iraq’s new parliament will hold its first meeting on March 19, just over three months after it was elected, a spokesman for President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday....		Operation transferred to US entity WASHINGTON, March 9: The state-owned Arab company Dubai Ports World pledged on Thursday to transfer operation of US ports it has acquired from the British company P&O to a US entity....
Rumsfeld, Rice heckled WASHINGTON, March 9: A protester shouting “This is an illegal and immoral war” interrupted the start of the Senate hearing on Thursday on Iraq with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice....		74 POWs in Pakistani jails: India NEW DELHI, March 9: India accused Pakistan on Thursday of not acknowledging the presence of Indian prisoners of war in its jails, but said recent trends indicated that more and more prisoners of other categories were being freed by both sides....
Israel to have permanent borders: PM JERUSALEM, March 9: Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has vowed to set Israel’s permanent borders within four years, fleshing out a key election promise ahead of polls on March 28....		US trying to foil Asia’s claim for top UN job UNITED NATIONS: The United States is calculatedly trying to undermine Asia’s claims for the job of UN secretary-general by promoting an Eastern European candidate for the post, which falls vacant by the end of this year....
N-waste: bury it and forget? SELLAFIELD: It is the regular beeping that grates. But if it stops, prepare to be scared. The signal audible every second in every corridor of the high-level toxic nuclear waste plant...		Woman applied make-up as she drove LONDON: North Wales police couldn’t believe their eyes when a camera at a notorious accident black spot caught a woman driver using both hands to put on her make-up....
Informer in terror probes disappears SAN FRANCISCO: An FBI informer in the Ohio terror case involving the Muslim charity, KindHearts, and three brothers has disappeared. Griffin, who was known to his fellow workers as Bilal and...		Overall blood pressure levels falling: study LONDON: Blood pressure levels in the general population fell on average in 21 countries between the 1980s and 1990s but the drop was not due to medicines, researchers said on Friday....