March 13, 2006	Monday	Safar 12, 1427

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Tehran threatens to quit NPT: Moscow’s proposal abandoned TEHRAN, March 12: Iran on Sunday upped the stakes in the standoff over its atomic programme, saying a Russian compromise proposal was no longer on the table and threatening to quit an international nuclear treaty....		Milosevic feared he’d be poisoned: lawyer: UN official speaks of suicide THE HAGUE, March 12: Slobodan Milosevic claimed a day before his death on Saturday that he risked being poisoned, his legal adviser said, fuelling swirling rumours over the demise of the former Yugoslav leader while on trial for war crimes....
US sought Iran’s help over Iraq, says paper BAGHDAD, March 12: The US ambassador in Baghdad denied on Sunday seeking Iran’s help to calm violence in Iraq and said there were still concerns about Tehran’s links with militias in Iraq....		US hints at closing Guantanamo jail LONDON, March 12: The United States is seeking ways to repatriate terrorism suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, a move that could eventually lead to the closure of the detention camp, a senior US official said on Sunday....
Italian PM storms out of interview ROME, March 12: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing parliamentary elections next month, stormed out of a television studio on Sunday when pressed in an interview about his relations with US President George Bush and conflicts of interest....		CIA employees’ data available on Internet: daily CHICAGO, March 12: The identities of 2,600 Central Intelligence Agency employees and the locations of two dozen of the agency’s covert workplaces in the United States can be found easily through Internet searches, according to an investigation by the Chicago Tribune....
Resolution to list ‘multiple failures’ UNITED NATIONS, March 12: The United Nations Security Council is considering a statement listing multiple failures by Iran to meet the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency over its nuclear...		Senator to propose censuring Bush WASHINGTON, March 12: A prominent Democrat said on Sunday he would introduce a resolution in the US Senate censuring President George Bush over his administration’s programme of domestic eavesdropping without court warrants....
Internal threats drove Saddam’s strategy: NYT NEW YORK, March 12: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was more preoccupied about the threat to his government from within the country than about advancing US forces, The New York Times said on Sunday....		Prosecutor for hanging Saddam if found guilty BAGHDAD, March 12: The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants resumed on Sunday with the chief prosecutor calling for the prompt hanging of any found guilty....
Ex-inspector WASHINGTON, March 12: A former top UN arms inspector said on Sunday it may be too late to stop a determined Iran, noting that there is no consensus on taking military action against Tehran....		Islamists gain with freedom agenda CAIRO: In elections from Jordan to Morocco, most recently in Egypt and the Palestinian territories, Islamists have moved closer to power by shifting to the centre and campaigning for clean government and political freedoms....
Justice for the rich infuriates Indians NEW DELHI: No one knows for certain why Jessica Lall refused to serve a drink to Manu Sharma, the playboy son of a rich Indian politician, some time after 2am in April 1999....		EU faces tough choices on Hamas aid cut-off SALZBURG (Austria): The European Union will face tough choices if it has to carry out its threat to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority over Hamas’ refusal to recognise Israel’s right to exist....
Afghans and Americans mingle in cafe culture KANDAHAR: Amid dark talk of foreign infiltration in Kandahar after a merciless run of suicide bombings, another, more benign, influence has already breached the city defences: the cafe latte....		US mly sees Islam with suspicion: ex-chaplain WEST ORANGE (USA): The former Muslim chaplain at the US Army base at Guantanamo Bay who was once suspected of espionage, says the military is discouraging American Muslims from helping more...