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October 13, 2006 Friday Ramazan 19, 1427 Tokyo warned of ‘strong measures’: N. Korea reacts after Japanese initiative SEOUL, Oct 12: North Korea threatened Japan on Thursday with ‘strong countermeasures’ if it goes ahead with tougher sanctions over Pyongyang''s reported nuclear test.... N-deal to go ahead, US assures India NEW DELHI, Oct 12: A top US official has given assurances that the United States wants to go ahead with a key civilian nuclear deal with India, easing fears for the agreement raised by North Korea''s atomic test.... Muslims, Christians, Jews should ‘improve dialogue’: Pope’s appeal to religious leaders VATICAN CITY, Oct 12: Pope Benedict said on Thursday Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders needed to work harder to improve dialogue among their faithful and to eliminate the use of religion to sow hate or violence.... American Al Qaeda militant charged with treason WASHINGTON, Oct 12: An American convert to Islam who appears in Al-Qaeda propaganda videos was indicted for treason Wednesday by a US grand jury, the first person hit with the charge since the World War II era.... S. Koreans now want N-arms, says survey SEOUL, Oct 12: A solid majority of South Koreans believe Seoul should respond to North Korea''s nuclear test announcement by starting its own nuclear weapons programme, a survey said on Thursday.... US draft: key proposals UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12: The United States has circulated a revised five-page text on UN sanctions against North Korea in response to Pyongyang''s claim it tested a nuclear weapon.... US troops to test translation device SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12: The US military may soon be able to communicate better with Iraqis in their own language, thanks to technology developed by IBM that quickly translates spoken English into Arabic.... Iran dossier sent to UN council WASHINGTON, Oct 12: Major powers failed on Wednesday to bridge differences over what sanctions to impose against Iran for its nuclear program and sent the dossier to the U.N.... Japanese police on alert TOKYO, Oct 12: Japanese police went on alert Thursday as North Korea threatened reprisals for wide-ranging bilateral sanctions imposed over its nuclear test.... 100 immigrants detained in Russia MOSCOW, Oct 12: Russian police rounded up more than 100 traders at a Moscow food market on Thursday in what authorities say is a campaign against illegal immigrants but critics say is ethnic cleansing.... EU blacklists more airlines LUXEMBOURG, Oct 12: The European Union added several airlines on Thursday to its blacklist of carriers that are not permitted to fly in the 25-nation bloc.... Online library SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12: Google said on Thursday that another US university would add its books to the Internet search titan''s controversial project to make the world''s written works available online.... N. Korea’s test may hit Indo-US N-deal NEW DELHI: How is North Korea''s atomic explosion, signifying the latest breakout from the global nuclear restraint regime, likely to affect the preceding two breakout cases, India and Pakistan?... Cash — the best way to help the hungry JOHANNESBURG: Several studies in Southern Africa show that the direct transfer of cash to people living on or below the breadline not only prevents hunger, but also further impoverishment.... Moscow’s amnesty for militants yields little fruit MOSCOW: The limited amnesty offered by Russian authorities to suspected militants has had little success so far.... Exceptional cases need unusual solutions LOS ANGELES: Lawyers say hard cases make for bad law. That''s because the hard cases tend to be hard because they''re exceptions, and making a general rule based on the exception is bound to create problems.... Hatred against US increasing in Iraqi schools KHALDIYA: The bomb went off just outside the school as the IPS correspondent stood speaking to children and teachers within.... Some Nobels for literature raise eyebrows PARIS: More than any of the Nobel Prizes, with the possible exception of the Peace award, the Literature prize is a highly subjective affair.... Georgia moves to block Russia’s WTO path GENEVA: Georgia has told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it may not allow any further meetings of the working party preparing Russia''s membership of the trade body until their bilateral problems are resolved....

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