March 25, 2006	Saturday	Safar 24, 1427

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Dubai to prosecute protesters DUBAI, March 24: Authorities in the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai promised to prosecute Asian workers who took part in violent protests this week at the construction site of the world’s tallest skyscraper....		EU agrees to impose sanctions on Belarus BRUSSELS, March 24: European Union leaders agreed on Friday to impose sanctions on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko over last weekend’s widely-condemned elections and the arrest of opposition protesters overnight....
Libya feels ‘cheated’ over US terror list WASHINGTON, March 24: Libya feels ‘cheated’ that it will remain on the US State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism this year even though it has made security concessions, the North African country’s top envoy to Washington said on Friday....		No risk of civil war in Iraq, says US general ANKARA, March 24: Iraq does not face the danger of civil war as Iraqis move towards a national unity government and prepare to take on more responsibility for their country, the...
Chirac walks out of summit over English BRUSSELS, March 24: French President Jacques Chirac walked out of the first working session of the EU summit in protest on Thursday after the head of Europe’s employers’ association, a Frenchman, spoke in English....		Russia says ‘no’ to any Iran deal sidelining it MOSCOW, March 24: Russia said on Friday that it would not accept any decision on Iran reached by western powers without Moscow being previously consulted. “I doubt we would accept (a...
No progress in talks on French job law PARIS, March 24: Talks between French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and trade unions ended in deadlock on Friday after Mr Villepin refused to withdraw his contested youth jobs contract, opening the way for more protests next week....		EU launches common energy policy BRUSSELS, March 24: European Union leaders laid the foundations of a common energy policy on Friday, but failed to end a row over mutual allegations of state meddling to stymie cross-border mergers in the sector....
Iraqis to run borders by July: general WASHINGTON, March 24: Iraqi security forces will assume responsibility for securing the country’s borders by July as part of a shift in the US military role, a senior commander said on Friday....		US to set up bases in Bulgaria SOFIA, March 24: Bulgaria and the United States have reached agreement on setting up military bases in the former communist country, the Bulgarian negotiator and US ambassador said on Friday....
BD to host Saarc meet DHAKA, Mar 24: Bangladesh will host a two-day meeting in May of interior ministers from the Saarc countries, said an official at the foreign ministry here....		Murder of academics rings alarm bells: Iraq’s growing insecurity AMMAN: Still ashen-faced six days after escaping death, Dr Ali Faraj pulls his hair aside to display a scar above his left ear. One of Iraq’s top cardiologists, he was seeing...
Globalisation — a threat to American jobs WASHINGTON: In case Americans have been worrying about how the war in Iraq will end or the coming of avian flu, well, relax. Here’s something they should really fret about: the future of the US economy in the age of globalisation....		Water with strings attached LONDON: Recently, in a remote rural Tanzanian village, Joyce Mbwilo, a 35-year-old mother, explained to Tearfund colleagues how it was that she came to walk 5,200 miles in search of water for her family....
Japan-Taiwan ties blossom as regional rivalry grows TAIPEI: Early rising seniors have gathered for years to exercise among the yellow lotus blossoms and fuchsia rhododendrons of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park, the sprawling gardens in this island’s capital....		Lanka sees Pakistan as ally COLOMBO: With India keeping a non-committal stance on matters related to the Tamil ethnic question, Sri Lanka has begun to see Pakistan as an ally which can be counted upon if the LTTE provokes another war....
N. Korean risks life for love of music SEOUL: It’s not every day that a jazz-inspired pianist has to make a life or death decision about his art, and it is not every day a gifted musician flees North Korea....		Bush sounds like someone losing control WASHINGTON: Is President Bush the leader of the US government, or is he just a right-wing talk-show host? The question comes to mind after Bush’s news conference this week in which...