March 11, 2006	Saturday	Safar 10, 1427

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US rejects Russia’s proposal for talks: Iran issue WASHINGTON, March 10: The UNited States rejected a Russian proposal on Friday for international crisis talks before any UN Security CoUNcil action to resolve the Iranian nuclear impasse....		US expects violent Afghan spring: Admiral briefs House body WASHINGTON, March 10: US forces in Afghanistan expect violent clashes with Al Qaeda-linked guerillas in coming months before security improves later in the year, a senior military official said on Thursday....
EU warns Hamas over Palestinian funding SALZBURG, March 10: The European Union warned on Friday it would cut funding to a new Hamas-led Palestinian government if it failed to ‘renounce violence’ and recognise Israel....		Islam-West dialogue suggested COPENHAGEN, March 10: Muslim and Christian scholars and clerics agreed at a conference on Friday that the West and Islam must use dialogue to repair ties frayed by the crisis over the blasphemous cartoons....
Patriot Act revalidated by Bush WASHINGTON, March 10: US President George Bush has signed into law a controversial act that critics say violates basic human rights such as individual privacy and the right to seek legal aid....		Madrid blast: link to Al Qaeda ruled out MADRID, March 10: A two-year probe into the Madrid train bombings concludes the Islamic terrorists who carried out the blasts were homegrown radicals acting on their own rather than at the...
UN chief for ‘inclusive’ govt in Iraq UNITED NATIONS, March 10: Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a fully inclusive government in Iraq and an end to mass detention, torture and extra-judicial killings, pledging full United Nations support...		Failed UAE bid worries Bush WASHINGTON, March 10: US President George W. Bush said on Friday that he was concerned about the ‘broader message’ that the failed port operation deal with a United Arab Emirates company...
Israel can hit Iran N-sites: ex-general TEL AVIV, March 10: Former Israeli armed forces chief Moshe Yaalon told a Washington think tank on Thursday that Israel has the capacity to strike Iran and delay its nuclear program by several years, Israel TV reported....		UN staff’s no-trust in Annan UNITED NATIONS, March 10: The 5,000-member United Nations Staff Union on Thursday adopted a resolution expressing ‘no confidence in Secretary General Kofi Annan and his top management team after he unveiled plans to overhaul the world body....
NY imam suspended NEW YORK, March 10: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has suspended the head chaplain of the city’s jails, pending a probe into alleged remarks he made about the world’s top terrorists living in the White House....		Khaleda to raise water issues with India DHAKA, Mar 10: Bangladesh Prime minister Khaleda Zia is set to raise with Indian officials the sharing of Ganges waters and India’s plans to interlink rivers during her three-day official visit to India, which begins on March 20....
Omar Sharif to direct Indian film MUMBAI, March 10: Actor-turned director Omar Sharif will become the first Pakistani to direct an Indian film this month. Omar Sharif will shoot a comedy, ‘Tum Mere Ho’, to make history...		US convenes meeting on Iraq govt BAGHDAD, March 10: The US ambassador to Iraq has called for a special conference of Iraqi politicians to break a stalemate on forming a coalition government, as top US officials warned of the civil war threat posed by sectarian violence....
Iraqi assembly to meet on 19th BAGHDAD, March 10: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Friday summoned parliament to meet on March 19 for its first session since December elections amid dire warnings the protracted stalemate in forming a new governing coalition was fanning unrest....		‘Burning allies — and ourselves’ DUBAI: Officials here heard late on Thursday that Karl Rove had decided to pull the plug. President Bush’s political adviser was said to have conveyed to a top manager of Dubai...
The terrorist who wasn’t LONDON: Operation Kratos, the highly controversial policy put in place by the Metropolitan Police to deal with suicide bombers, is not for the faint-hearted. The word comes from the ancient Greek meaning might, power or strength....		Europe, US decide the winner LONDON: Would you expect a European leader who has presided over a continual increase in real wages for several years, culminating in a 24 per cent rise over the past 12...
Bush foreign policy doctrine likely to depart with him WASHINGTON: After three difficult years in Iraq, many Republicans have grown weary of US President George Bush’s idealistic foreign policy doctrine and long for a return to a more pragmatic, cautious conduct of international affairs....		Fined for anti-Jewish remark PARIS: Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, a black comedian in France known for his polemic and often political humour, was on Friday fined 5,000 euros (6,000 dollars) for comparing Jews to slave-traders in a newspaper interview two years ago....