March 16, 2006	Thursday	Safar 15, 1427

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US tipped Israel about monitors’ departure: Officials’ disclosure JERUSALEM, March 15: Israel had received advance word from the United States that foreign monitors were preparing to withdraw from a West Bank prison which Israeli forces raided on Tuesday to seize Palestinian militants, US officials said....		UN Council to hold first session tomorrow: Iran’s N-programme UNITED NATIONS, March 15: The UN Security Council on Tuesday agreed to hold a first formal meeting on the Iranian nuclear crisis on Friday amid continuing wrangling over a draft statement urging Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment....
India rejects US opposition: Russian uranium NEW DELHI, March 15: India on Wednesday rejected opposition by the United States to a proposed sale of uranium by Russia for the controversial Tarapur nuclear plant near Mumbai....		Deal with India: US hopes termed optimistic WASHINGTON, March 15: The Bush administration’s argument that anticipated geo-strategic gains of the Indo-US nuclear deal outweigh prospective proliferation risks is wrong, argues a prominent scholar, Michael Krepon....
Rumsfeld unwittingly contradicts president WASHINGTON, March 15: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged on Tuesday the United States cannot prove the Iranian government is behind the movement of Revolutionary Guard forces and bomb-making equipment into Iraq....		Saddam’s trial: media barred from court BAGHDAD, March 15: A combative Saddam Hussein formally took the stand at his trial on Wednesday and urged Iraqis to fight invaders, prompting the judge to bar reporters from the court the former president denounced as a ‘comedy’....
Zawahri didn’t visit US in 1998: experts WASHINGTON, March 15: US officials and terrorism experts have rejected the claim of an FBI informant that Al Qaeda’s No. 2 was frequently seen in a California mosque in 1998 and 1999....		Thai PM hints at stepping aside BANGKOK, March 15: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday he may consider stepping aside temporarily to end Thailand’s political crisis, as the top election official warned that snap polls called for next month could be delayed....
Six seriously ill as drug trial goes wrong in UK LONDON, March 15: Six men were in a London hospital’s intensive care unit on Wednesday after participating in trials of a new drug that were immediately suspended as Britain’s health watchdog launched an investigation....		Milosevic’s body arrives in Serbia BELGRADE, March 15: The body of Slobodan Milosevic arrived in Serbia on Wednesday for private burial in his home town, after two days of behind-the-scenes wrangling by remaining loyalists for a higher-profile funeral in the capital....
800 troops to strengthen US forces in Iraq WASHINGTON, March 15: The US military has called a battalion-size force of 700 to 800 troops from Kuwait into Iraq to help beef up security during Arbaiin, which marks the end...		NGO suspends operations in Bangladesh DHAKA, March 15: The US Peace Corps has suspended operations in Bangladesh fearing reprisals from militants after the arrest of their top leaders, a government statement said on Wednesday....
Muslims, Hindus seek to rise above conflict NEW DELHI: Starting bloody riots between India’s majority Hindus and minority, but large, Muslim population usually doesn’t take much doing. A desecrated temple or mosque, a motorcycle rider of one group...		LTTE still holding child soldiers: UN COLOMBO: Despite repeated pledges by LTTE guerrillas to free all its underage combatants, the UN children’s agency stated last week that Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels still hold as many as 1,358 child soldiers....
Indian tribe takes up bows to fight Maoists DORNAPAL: Clutching their bows and arrows, a group of tribesmen and young boys mill around outside a crude refugee camp in the forests of central India....		Ancient fort city discovered in Bangladesh WARI: Archaeologists in Bangladesh say they have uncovered part of a fortified citadel dating back to 450 B.C. that could have been a stopping off point along an ancient trade route....
‘Buddha boy’ vanishes KATHMANDU: In the remote jungle of southern Nepal Buddhist monks in burgundy-coloured robes and Hindu priests pray together for the safe return of Nepal’s missing “Buddha Boy”....		Blockade paralyses transport in Nepal KATHMANDU: A road blockade called by Nepal’s Maoist rebels seeking to topple King Gyanendra’s royal government paralysed the transport of vital supplies as it entered its second day Wednesday....
BD blames India for water shortage DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Tuesday it had protested to India about falling water levels in the Ganges river, despite a treaty meant to regulate the downstream flow into the delta nation....		Tribal women to fight exploitation AHMEDABAD: A quiet revolution is brewing up in the tribal belt. Women, who were exploited in the bride-for-a-price custom here, are now earning between Rs10,000 and 15,000 per month as lawyers....