March 21, 2006	Tuesday	Safar 20, 1427

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8 policemen killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, March 20: Suspected insurgents marked the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq on Monday with roadside bombings that killed at least eight policemen, and authorities reported finding 15...		Democrats urge Bush to seek help over Iraq WASHINGTON, March 20: Leading Democrats on Monday called on US President George Bush to seek international help to contain the surging violence in Iraq that one prominent Democrat depicted as a ‘low-grade civil war’....
US pressured groups to shun Hamas: Meshaal: Gunmen attack ministries SANAA, March 20: The Hamas group accused the United States on Monday of putting pressure on rival Palestinian factions to shun a Hamas-led government, leaving the militant group to govern alone....		Hamas stands at a crossroads: EU BRUSSELS, March 20: The European Union warned Hamas on Monday that it stood at a crossroads after the militant group, which figures on the EU’s terror list, named a new Palestinian cabinet dominated by its members....
Bounty offer: Indian minister let off NEW DELHI, March 20: An Indian court on Monday rejected demands for action against a minister who put a bounty of 11.5 million dollars on the heads of Danish cartoonists who drew the controversial images of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)....		Kissinger says his ‘heart goes out’ to Bush WASHINGTON, March 20: Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Sunday offered words of sympathetic support to President George Bush, as the administration encounters eroding public support for US military involvement in Iraq....
Imams, rabbis meet in Spain SEVILLE (Spain), March 20: Rabbis and imams from around the globe gathered in this southern Spanish city on Monday to discuss how to achieve mutual understanding and peace....		West, Moscow at odds after Belarus election MINSK, March 20: European ministers on Monday condemned Belarus’s presidential election as illegitimate and threatened further sanctions as authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko claimed landslide re-election....
FBI agent claims his warnings were ignored ALEXANDRIA (USA), March 20: An FBI agent testified on Monday that he warned his bosses about Zacarias Moussaoui 70 times before the Sept 11 attacks and raised fears he may have planned to hijack an airliner....		Democracy emerging in Iraq: Bush WASHINGTON, March 20: President George W. Bush, confronted with a flagging support for the war in Iraq, urged Americans on Monday to see a developing democracy beyond the frequent images of violence....
US imposes democracy, says Russia MOSCOW, March 20: A White House white paper on national security shows that the United States ‘imposes’ democracy on other nations in pursuit of its own political interests, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday....		French unions call general strike for 28th PARIS, March 20: French trade unions and student organisations called on Monday for a one-day general strike on March 28 to pressure the conservative government to withdraw a new youth employment law they say undermines French labour law....
Refugees’ body ordered out of Uzbekistan GENEVA, March 20: The United Nations refugee agency said on Monday it had been ordered out of Uzbekistan amid rising diplomatic furore over a crackdown on dissent in the Central Asian state....		Iraq misadventure has left Bush alone in the world LONDON: Shortly before the first Gulf war the recently retired chairman of the United States joint chiefs of staff, Admiral William Crowe, went for lunch with his successor, Colin Powell....
UK guns fall into Al Qaeda hands ROME: Thousands of weapons supplied to Iraq by British arms companies have fallen into the hands of Al Qaeda militants targeting UK troops, an Observer investigation reveals....		Overeating killing wildlife in Kenya NAIVASHA: East Africa’s long-running drought has devastated livestock and wildlife in Kenya, but now a spurt of rains is killing animals too. Wardens at the Hell’s Gate National Park, in Kenya’s...
UK, US lock horns over plane tech issue LONDON: Senior US aerospace and defence executives are pressing the Bush administration to rescind its decision to deny Britain, America’s loyal ally, access to top-secret stealth technology in the new F-35, the joint strike fighter that is the world’s costliest aircraft....		Settlers face a battle for survival MAALEH MICHMASH (West Bank): For many Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s March 28 election is a do-or-die battle for their future....