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March 07, 2007 Wednesday Safar 17, 1428 US admits it commits rights violations WASHINGTON, March 6: The United States included a rare mea culpa in issuing its annual report on global human rights on Tuesday, acknowledging missteps in its treatment of terrorist suspects since Sept 11, 2001.... China top intelligence threat, says US official WASHINGTON, March 6: China''s intelligence services are the most active in the world in spying on the United States and are aggressively targeting advanced technology, a senior US intelligence official said in remarks published on Tuesday.... Bangladesh fire claims 21 lives CHITTAGONG, March 6: Ten children among 21 were killed on Tuesday when a fire swept through a slum here, police said.... Militants storm Iraq jail: 140 freed MOSUL, March 6: Dozens of Al Qaeda-led militants stormed an Iraqi jail in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday and freed up to 140 prisoners in one of the biggest prison breaks since the US-led invasion in 2003, police said.... Cheney’s former aide convicted WASHINGTON, March 6: Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former top aide to US Vice-president Dick Cheney, was convicted on Tuesday of four counts of obstructing justice, lying and perjury during probe tied to the Iraq war.... EU targets Iran N-plan VIENNA, March 6: The European Union plans to tell a UN nuclear meeting that Iran''s expansion of efforts to enrich uranium, a possible path to atom bombs, is deplorable but a negotiated solution remains possible.... EU toughens Iran stand VIENNA, March 6: The European Union plans to tell a UN nuclear meeting that Iran''s expansion of efforts to enrich uranium, a possible path to atom bombs, is deplorable but a negotiated solution remains possible.... Civilian deaths turning Afghans towards Taliban KABUL: Civilian casualties caused by Nato and US-led soldiers in Afghanistan -- almost 20 killed in the past few days -- are driving its war-weary populace into the hands of the Taliban, analysts and officials say.... Syria holds the key to Iraq’s stability DAMASCUS: When Syria takes a seat along the United States at a meeting to discuss Iraq this week, it will have something to offer to stop the chaos, but Damascus has set a price for its cooperation.... Gambling with death in Lebanon’s fields AIN BAAL (Lebanon): For weeks Ali Nasser waited for the bomb disposal team. But the arrival of spring left him no choice but to go to his fields, sown last year by the Isreali military with hundreds of unexploded cluster bombs.... Violence tests Denmark’s traditional tolerance for rebellion COPENHAGEN: Three days of violent clashes between youths and police in Denmark’s capital have left public sympathy for the protesters in tatters, even among those who have long lived outside the law.... Over 1,100 newsmen killed in a decade LONDON: More than 1,100 journalists and support staff have been killed carrying out their work in the past decade and the annual toll has jumped since 2003, the year of the US-led invasion of Iraq, a report said on Tuesday.... Bhatt’s film to highlight abuses in Kashmir MUMBAI: A well-known Bollywood filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt, hopes to prick the conscience of viewers about human right abuses in occupied Kashmir with a movie on killings of innocent people by police in staged gun battles to win rewards.... China is source of bird flu virus: study WASHINGTON: China’s southern Guangdong Province is the source of the dangerous H5N1 avian flu virus, according to a genetic analysis of the virus published on Monday.... Twin power WARSAW: Poland’s presidency and premiership are a twin affair these days — President Lech Kaczynski and identical twin, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, hold the country’s two top positions.... Iranian official missing in Turkey ANKARA: Mystery swirled on Tuesday over the disappearance of a senior Iranian official in Turkey, with accusations in Tehran he was snatched by Western spy agencies and even the Israeli media... LTTE’s radio service COLOMBO: The LTTE on Tuesday said it had started transmitting radio programmes via satellite to audiences in “South Asia”.... World’s top Internet users WASHINGTON: The number of Internet users worldwide increased 10 per cent over the past year amid a surge in India, China and Russia, a survey showed on Tuesday.... Indians’ jail term cut WARSAW: A Polish appeal court on Tuesday reduced by half the jail terms for six Indians found guilty of killing an Iranian who smuggled them into the country.... Iran denies halt to N-plan TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister denied on Tuesday the remark of the UN nuclear chief that his country had temporarily slowed its nuclear programme, insisting that Iran’s enrichment of uranium was continuing unabated....

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