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January 25, 2008 Friday Muharram 15, 1429 US-led troops kill nine Afghan policemen GHAZNI, Jan 24: US-led soldiers killed nine Afghan policemen, including a district police chief, and a woman in an overnight raid aimed at Taliban fighters, Afghan officials said on Thursday.... Bomber kills north Iraq police chief BAGHDAD, Jan 24: A suicide bomber in police uniform killed a top police official in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday as he toured the site of a blast... Al Qaeda threatens Attacks on Blair, Brown DUBAI, Jan 24: The Al Qaeda has threatened suicide attacks on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and predecessor Tony Blair unless London withdraws its troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, a US-based monitoring service said on Thursday.... Prodi loses vote of confidence in Senate ROME, Jan 24: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi lost a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday and will have to resign after a turbulent 20 months in office.... Crisis looms for UN terrorism sanctions regime LONDON, Jan 24: A system of UN sanctions against suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban backers is facing a crisis as the likelihood grows that the top EU court will rule the bloc has violated basic rights by applying them.... Russia urges Nato not to ‘copy’ Kalashnikovs MOSCOW, Jan 24: Russia accused Nato on Thursday of turning a blind eye to factories in member states making Soviet-designed Kalashnikov rifles without proper licences and threatened to seek compensation.... BD SC gives green light for Hasina trial DHAKA, Jan 24: The Bangladesh Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a lower court could go ahead and prosecute detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for allegedly extorting more than $400,000 from a businessman, lawyers said.... Five die in raids on Al Qaeda cells in Turkey ANKARA, Jan 24: Four suspected Al Qaeda militants and a policeman were killed on Thursday as security forces raided alleged cells of the extremist network in south-eastern Turkey, officials said.... European Court fines Russia over police rapists STRASBOURG, Jan 24: Russia was ordered on Thursday to pay 70,000 euros ($100,000) to a woman repeatedly raped and tortured by four policemen, the European Court of Human Rights said.... 19 die in Poland air crash WARSAW, Jan 24: All 19 people on board a Polish EADS Casa military transport aircraft died when it crashed as it was coming in to land at Miroslawiec airport in northwest Poland, the Polish airforce said on Thursday.... Scientists claim reproducing synthetic DNA WASHINGTON, Jan 24: American scientists have taken a major step towards creating the first ever artificial life form by synthetically reproducing the DNA of a bacteria, according to a study.... Erdogan wins key party’s support on end to scarf ban ANKARA, Jan 24: Turkey’s Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party and a key opposition party agreed on today Thursday to cooperate to get lifted a ban on the wearing of the headscarf in universities, a move sure to anger the secular elite.... 2,300-year-old ship found off Cyprus NICOSIA, Jan 24: Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300 year-old cargo ship thought to have been ferrying wine from the Aegean island... Tight security in Delhi for national day parade NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Tight security has been clamped in New Delhi from Thursday ahead of the Jan 26 Republic Day military parade, news reports and officials said.... Afghanistan gets its first women only prison KABUL: The United Nations said it handed to the Afghanistan government on Thursday its first women only prison, with other female detention centres in the country attached to male facilities.... Iran sanctions will be ‘punitive’: US JERUSALEM: A top US official inisted on Thursday that a new UN sanctions resolution against Iran over its contested nuclear programme would be “punitive.” “This is a punitive resolution.... Sarkozy keen to confer award on Nasreen PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy would like to present Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, in hiding in India following death threats, with an award in Paris, a women’s rights group said on Thursday.... ‘Super Tuesday’ will not determine US presidential nominees WASHINGTON: Don''t look to crown any presidential nominees on Super Tuesday — the day on which 22 of the 50 states hold primary contests.... The language of elections US presidential politics has a language all its own. Here are some words that crop up regularly in the campaign:... Iran confident of no attack TEHRAN: Iran feels it has done enough to avert an imminent US attack and is confident its cushion of petrodollars will help it weather the impact of a third round of mild sanctions, Iranian analysts and politicians say.... Status quo hard to restore on Gaza-Egypt border CAIRO: The Islamist movement Hamas blew a hole in the Egyptian government''s policy on the border with the Gaza Strip when it knocked down the border wall and let tens of thousands of Palestinians pour into Egypt.... Power-sharing deal may end Kenya crisis: analysts NAIROBI: The only way out of the deadly crisis that has rocked Kenya for a month is a political deal, which analysts said on Thursday was likely to include creation of a prime minister position for the opposition.... Fears grow of Lebanon crisis spilling onto streets BEIRUT: Fears are mounting that Lebanon''s prolonged political crisis could spill out on to the streets after a spate of demonstrations over government paralysis and the escalating cost of living.... Snow brings wonder, misery for homeless Afghans KABUL: The “strange white stuff” falling from the sky was a revelation for Abdullah''s children but it only meant more misery.... Bleak searches continue for thousands of missing Iraqis BAGHDAD: Karim Faraj trudges to Baghdad''s morgue, just as he has done every day for the past year, hoping to find some clue about the fate of his kidnapped brother Ali....

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