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October 03, 2007 Wednesday Ramazan 20, 1428 1,000 troops to leave Iraq by Christmas: Brown BASRA, Oct 2: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Tuesday during a visit to Iraq that 1,000 British troops could be home by Christmas as he aims to hand control of Basra province back to the Iraqis within two months.... Blackwater has strong ties to Bush administration: report WASHINGTON, Oct 2: Blackwater, the company which is accused of opening fire on Iraqi citizens on 156 occasions, has strong ties to the Bush administration, the US media reported on Tuesday.... Democrats want war funds linked to pullout date WASHINGTON, Oct 2: President George W. Bush’s request for nearly $200 billion more to fund the Iraq war will not be approved unless it is linked to a plan to bring... Gulf states oppose partition of Iraq RIYADH, Oct 2: The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council said on Tuesday Gulf Arabs were strongly opposed to any partition of Iraq.... UN envoy meets Myanmar junta chief, Suu Kyi YANGON, Oct 2: A UN special envoy on Tuesday met with Myanmar’s top general Than Shwe and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, wrapping up a mission aimed at halting a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests.... Greek migrant centre violates rights: UN ATHENS, Oct 2: A Greek detention centre for illegal migrants is an insult to human dignity and cholera could break out there at any time, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.... Suicide attack in Kabul kills 13 KABUL, Oct 2: A suicide bomber blew up a police bus in Kabul on Tuesday, killing 13 people, including a mother and her two children, in a new Taliban attack just days after another claimed 30 lives here.... India touts nuclear deal with US NEW YORK, Oct 2: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the US-India nuclear deal will lead to the lifting of technology restrictions and similar cooperation with several other countries.... Leaders of divided Koreas meet in Pyongyang SEOUL, Oct 2: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il gave visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun an unscheduled welcome on Tuesday, raising hopes for a summit aimed at ending half a century of hostility.... Israel admits attack on Syria JERUSALEM, Oct 2: Israel lifted its official veil of silence over last month’s strike in Syria on Tuesday as army radio said that the Jewish state carried out the attack deep inside its arch foe’s territory.... Moscow fire kills seven MOSCOW, Oct 2: At least seven people were killed and 35 injured on Tuesday in a fire at a public building southeast of Moscow, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.... Another Bosnian suspect bomber held VIENNA, Oct 2: Austrian authorities said on Tuesday they arrested a second Bosnian suspect in an apparent plot to bomb the US Embassy in Vienna, and that the would-be bomber had contacted the embassy before the attempt.... Bahrain plans restriction on expats RIYADH, Oct 2: The Gulf state of Bahrain wants a six-year residency cap on the millions of expatriates working in the region, Bahrain’s Labour Minister Majeed Al-Alawi told the Dubai-based English newspaper, Gulf News, in an interview.... Climate change to influence travel habits DAVOS, Oct 2: Climate change may trigger “very large” changes in tourism habits within 50 years, as European travellers desert fraught hotspots and stay closer to home, an international conference heard Tuesday.... A truck that drives itself OSHKOSH (USA), Oct 2: Sitting high in the cab of the hulking lime-green TerraMax truck, a driver can be excused for instinctively grabbing the steering wheel.... US dismisses Iranian invitation to Bush WASHINGTON, Oct 2: The White House scoffed on Tuesday at an Iranian university’s invitation to US President George W. Bush to address its campus, saying he was “not taking it too seriously.”... US, Venezuela hold rare diplomatic meeting CARACAS, Oct 2: Senior officials from antagonists Venezuela and the United States held a rare meeting on Monday and laid the groundwork for a possible visit by Washington’s top diplomat for Latin America, Venezuela said.... Mufti warns youths against going abroad for Jihad RIYADH, Oct 2: Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh has warned the Saudi youths against travelling abroad to take part in Jihad since ‘the situation there is troubled, ambiguous and not clear’.... Clinton trumps Obama in fund-raising stakes WASHINGTON, Oct 2: Pacesetting Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on Tuesday trumped top rival Senator Barack Obama, piling up $27 million in the latest round of the 2008 fundraising stakes.... China’s southwest a safe haven for Myanmar’s Muslims RUILI (China), Oct 2: Myanmar democratic activist Sirajul Islam pulled out a pile of letters that describe his plight as an 18-year refugee of his country’s ruthless military regime.... Putin to stay in power, but risks remain MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has clearly signalled he will keep a grip on power after his term ends next year but to do so he will need to overturn long-held conventions on how power is exercised in Russia.... Sharp fall in Iraq civilian deaths BAGHDAD: The number of US soldiers and Iraqi civilians reported killed across the country last month fell to their lowest levels in more than a year, a sharp decrease in violent... Popularity of French leaders falling PARIS: Five months after taking power, the political honeymoon of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Francois Fillon has ended, tarnished by concerns over the economy and the pace of their reforms.... Revolutionary Guards’ role in Iran govt growing TEHRAN: They own car factories and construction firms, operate newspaper groups and oil fields and increasingly, serve in parliament or become provincial governors. To supporters, the Revolutionary Guards are the cream of the country’s talent.... Jury selected as Diana inquest opens LONDON: The father of Princess Diana’s Egyptian boyfriend reiterated on Tuesday his claim that the couple were murdered by the British royal family, as an inquest into their deaths got underway.... Summit on ME may fail, Bush govt warned WASHINGTON: The Bush administration was warned on Monday by former senior US diplomats that it is setting itself up for the failure of its Middle East peace summit by neglecting to... Nepal king’s images still seen on notes KATHMANDU: Efforts in Nepal to phase out images of unpopular King Gyanendra from coins and banknotes have hit a snag with the release of new bills which still feature the monarch in the watermark.... In search of the definition of an Iraqi state BAGHDAD: Seventy-five years ago, on Oct 3, 1932, the British were forced to accept that one of their more valuable creations, Iraq, was escaping their clutches to become a nation in its own right....

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