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May 13, 2006 Saturday Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1427 EU links incentives for Iran with halt to enrichment work BRUSSELS, May 12: A package of incentives for Iran to defuse suspicions it seeks atomic bombs will insist it shelve uranium enrichment work, according to an EU draft leaked on Friday, even though Tehran has ruled this out in advance.... Bigger threats than Cold War looming: Russia MOSCOW, May 12: Russia faces security threats that make the Cold War look like ‘child’s play’, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday in the second high-level call this week for a military build-up.... US-India deal lacks support in Congress: legislator WASHINGTON, May 12: The Indo-US nuclear deal lacks the support necessary to pass Congress, says a senior congressman and has offered a compromise to boost its chances of approval.... Traces of HEU found: officials VIENNA, May 12: Nuclear inspectors have found traces of highly enriched uranium at a site where Iran has denied such sensitive atomic work, diplomats said on Friday.... Kabul lacks ‘resources to fight Taliban’ .WASHINGTON, May 12: Taliban strength in Afghanistan is on the rise and even with a growing NATO security force the country’s defences against explosive devices and suicide bombings are severely strained, the Afghan ambassador said on Friday.... Ahmadinejad says attack unlikely JAKARTA, May 12: Iran’s nuclear standoff with Western powers is just “psychological propaganda”, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday and dismissed the chances of military action against his country as unlikely.... China protests to Indonesia over Taiwan leader’s visit BEIJING, May 12: China on Friday protested to Indonesia for letting Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian stop in the country on his way back from a visit to Latin America.... US may send troops to Mexico border WASHINGTON, May 12: The Pentagon has begun drawing up plans to send troops and equipment to the US border with Mexico, where hundreds of thousands of migrants enter the country illegally each year, a defence official said on Friday.... Shia party pulls out of talks on Iraqi govt BAGHDAD, May 12: Backroom rows over key economic jobs in a new Iraqi government broke into the open on Friday when a small Shia party said it pulled out of negotiations altogether and accused the US ambassador of interfering.... Warning to cable stations SRINAGAR, May 12: Militants have threatened to mount suicide attacks on cable television stations who ignore a ban on “obscene” broadcasts.... Cheney has Turkey in his sights LONDON: Dick Cheney, the US vice-president who famously peppered a 78-year-old lawyer in a quail hunting accident, shot wildly again last week.... Palestinians run out of money, not resources: Turning to each other to get by BEIT IKSA (West Bank): At the end of last month, a crowd gathered in the town hall here to take part in an unusual act. About 75 people, all employees of the Palestinian Authority, were getting paid.... West banks on developing world to plug nursing gap CHICAGO: The Filipino teachers who trained Fe Sunga to be a nurse fined her $1 each time she was caught speaking her native tongue rather than English.... Lying about spying WASHINGTON: At least now we know that the Bush administration’s name for spying on Americans without first seeking court approval — the ‘terrorist surveillance programme’ — isn’t an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak after all.... China’s paper requirement consuming forests HONG KONG/JAKARTA: China’s huge appetite for paper is fuelling pulp mill expansions and accelerating the loss of forests in countries such as Indonesia, a global research institute said.... CIA official’s house searched WASHINGTON: Law enforcement officials with warrants on Friday searched the house and office of the CIA’s outgoing executive director, the FBI said.... Bush rating falls to 29 per cent WASHINGTON: Only 29 per cent of Americans now believe President George W. Bush is doing a good job, according to a Wall Street Journal poll released on Friday.... Five ex-ministers held in Nepal KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday detained five ministers in the former royalist government, the state television said, bowing to demands of pro-democracy activists to act against those responsible for a crackdown on popular anti-king protests.... ‘Human bomb’ NEW DELHI: A “human bomb” could attempt to hijack a plane in India, intelligence agencies have warned, prompting security forces to seek state-of-the-art body scanners, an official said on Friday.... Saddam novel TOKYO: A novel penned by Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the 2003 invasion will be released for the first time abroad in a Japanese translation, the publisher said on Friday....

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