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January 23, 2007 Tuesday Muharram 03, 1428 Bush vows to avoid Vietnam-like defeat WASHINGTON, Jan 22: US President George W. Bush has vowed to avoid a Vietnam like defeat in the Middle East, declaring in an interview published on Monday that he is determined to win the war against terror.... Iran launches war games: 38 IAEA inspectors’ entry blocked TEHRAN, Jan 22: Iran launched a new series of war games on Monday and vowed to block UN nuclear inspectors from entering the country. Meanwhile, EU foreign ministers in Brussels deplored... North Korea talks should resume soon: US BEIJING, Jan 22: Six-nation talks on North Korea''s nuclear programme should resume as soon as possible, the chief US envoy to the negotiations said on Monday amid reports of a possible breakthrough.... Israel a nuclear state, says official JERUSALEM, Jan 22: A senior Israeli official said the Jewish state had been on the threshold of producing nuclear arms at least three decades ago, but he stopped short of confirming... 17 killed in Guinea police firing CONAKRY, Jan 22: Police shot dead 17 protesters across Guinea on Monday, raising to 27 the death toll in almost two weeks of a general strike and demonstrations against President Lansana Conte’s rule, medical and union officials said.... 10 die in Sri Lanka violence COLOMBO, Jan 22: Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead two soldiers and two policemen in Sri Lanka''s embattled northeast as security forces dug in at a town seized from the guerillas, the defence ministry said on Monday.... Nepal police kill two protesters KATHMANDU, Jan 22: At least two protesters were killed by police in southeastern Nepal on Monday as violence in the impoverished southeast of the Himalayan nation went into its third day, officials said.... Mogadishu troops kill three protesters MOGADISHU, Jan 22: Ethiopian troops and Somali police opened fire on Mogadishu demonstrators on Monday, killing at least three people, a witness said. Protesters hurled stones and some fired back with... Israel names new army chief JERUSALEM, Jan 22: Major General Gabi Ashkenazi has been appointed Israel''s army chief of staff after his predecessor quit over the handling of last summer''s war in Lebanon, military radio said on Monday.The... ‘Castro is dead’ infects computers MADRID, Jan 22: A spam e-mail with messages including “Fidel Castro dead” and “Saddam Hussein safe and sound” contains a virus which has infected thousands of computers, Spain’s Association of Internauts said on Monday.... Bird flu surged in 2006: WHO GENEVA, Jan 22: Global health chief Margaret Chan warned the world on Monday not to drop its guard against a possible flu pandemic, highlighting the fact that 2006 was a record year for human bird flu deaths.... Drunken captain runs ship aground RIGA, Jan 22: A second ship in as many weeks has run aground off the western coast of Latvia, but this time the accident was not due to bad weather but... Big firms urge Bush to tackle global warming WASHINGTON, Jan 22: Some of corporate America’s largest companies, including Alcoa, General Electric and DuPont, on Monday urged US President George Bush and the Congress to act swiftly to tackle global warming.... Stolen GPS lead police to thieves WASHINGTON, Jan 22: Thieves who stole global positioning systems (GPS) from a warehouse in New York state were apprehended after authorities activated the tracking devices to locate them, police said yesterday .... Sharon Stone tops the flops LOS ANGELES, Jan 22: Sharon Stone and “Basic Instinct 2” were top of the flops here on Monday as organisers of Hollywood’s annual Oscars parody – the Razzies – unveiled their nominations for 2006’s “worst of the worst”.... Selenium benefits Aids patients, says study CHICAGO, Jan 22: Aids patients who took selenium suppressed the deadly virus in their bodies and boosted their fragile immune systems, adding to evidence that the mineral has healing powers, researchers said on Monday.... India’s space capsule returns to Earth CHENNAI, Jan 22: India''s space agency said on Monday an orbiting capsule had been successfully returned to Earth, marking a major step towards the development of a highly-prized manned space programme.... Muslims urged to stop bloodshed in Iraq DOHA (Qatar), Jan 22: Islamic scholars called on all Muslims on Monday to unite to stop the sectarian bloodshed tearing Iraq apart. About 200 religious figures from more than 40 countries... Microwave zaps germs on sponges: study WASHINGTON, Jan 22: Two minutes in a microwave oven can sterilise most household sponges, US researchers reported on Monday. A team of engineering researchers at the University of Florida found that... Democracy is impossible with a Bush or Clinton LOS ANGELES: Having refused a third term as president, George Washington offered the nation a farewell address in 1796, urging Americans to cherish the Union and to avoid the “baneful effects” of political partisanship....

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