March 23, 2006	Thursday	Safar 22, 1427

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India ‘singularly important’: Burns WASHINGTON, March 22: Washington’s landmark nuclear agreement with India reflects the flourishing US economic and political relationship with New Delhi, a senior US official said on Wednesday....		Pakistan shouldn’t worry, says US WASHINGTON, March 22: As the Bush administration sent two assistant secretaries of state on Wednesday to Vienna to garner support for the Indo-US nuclear agreement, a senior official said in Washington...
Afghan FM disputes US charges against Iran WASHINGTON, March 22: Afghanistan’s outgoing foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah said on Tuesday that his country did not share Washington’s concerns about Iran as a terrorist threat, saying Kabul has benefited from Tehran’s aid....		Russia says no to ‘ultimatum’ BEIJING, March 22: Russia remains opposed to issuing Iran an “ultimatum” on its nuclear ambitions that involves sanctions, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Wednesday....
Tokyo opposes accord TOKYO, March 22: Japan’s foreign minister voiced concern on Wednesday that a landmark nuclear deal between India and the United States set a ‘double standard’ that could hurt diplomacy over Iran and North Korea....		Singh keen to open new chapter in ties with BD: Khaleda’s visit NEW DELHI: The three-day state visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is the first major step in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new policy of lifting relations with Dhaka over and above personalities and institutionalise these at a government-to-government level....
Poverty making surrogacy popular in India NEW DELHI: Daksha, a shy Gujarati woman in her early 30s, wants a child — but not for herself. The baby is for the “Britishers”, the couple seated in the lobby of the Indian fertility clinic....		Athlete’s jump from penury to glory POLONNARUWA: When 25-year-old Chinthana Vithanage lifted himself to the top place in the 62 kg weight lifting category at the Commonwealth Games in Australia on March 17, his mother in a...
Maruti rules India’s car market MUMBAI/TOKYO: Last month, India’s top car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd. hosted 2,400 dealers from Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp., who arrived on 16 chartered planes to visit the Taj Mahal and see first-hand how Maruti dealers operate....		Coca-Cola’s abuse of water resources NEW DELHI: Coca-Cola has been heavily criticised for causing extreme water shortages in developing countries where supplies are scarce. New evidence from campaign group War on Want appears to show that...
A real life Veer Zaara HOSHIARPUR: On the cracked wall behind is a black-and-white picture that shows a fresh-faced bride just of her teens. She looks a bit startled, surprised by the camera’s whirr....		Harvard to have India as a subject soon DELHI: America’s oldest institution of higher learning, Harvard University, will soon have India as a subject. And teachers will include visiting faculty members like Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, Gardiner professor of...
Muslim outfits to unite to protect interests LUCKNOW: The Ulema Mushavrat (advisory) Board — the newly constituted body comprising clerics and scholars from both Shia and Sunni communities in UP, will call upon all politically active Muslim organisations...		First Saudi film to be released soon DUBAI, March 22: A trailblazing Saudi film featuring the country’s first silver screen actress will be shown this summer everywhere in the Middle East — except Saudi Arabia where cinemas are banned....
Mahathir warns against trade pact with US KUALA LUMPUR, March 22: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday warned that a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the United States may harm the economy and constrain government policy....		US launches probe into Iraq killing BAGHDAD, March 22: The US military has ordered an investigation the killing of Iraqi civilians last week, the latest in a series of allegations of abuse and indiscriminate shootings that has mired its three-year occupation of Iraq....
Thai police nab Indian, Pakistani BANGKOK, March 22: Thai police said on Wednesday they had busted a major passport forging gang in Bangkok, a major Asian centre for fake documents, and arrested an Indian and a Pakistani....		UK military to try doctor LONDON: A British Royal Air Force doctor who refused to return for a tour of duty in Iraq because he believes military action there is illegal will face a court martial, a judge ruled on Wednesday....