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February 22, 2008 Friday Safar 14, 1429 Sri Lankan troops kill 92 Tigers in fresh offensive COLOMBO, Feb 21: Sri Lankan troops have killed 92 rebels in the latest offensive into their northern stronghold, the island’s defence ministry said on Thursday.... Kabul claims killing 32 Taliban KABUL, Feb 21: Clashes in southern Afghanistan in recent days have killed 32 militants, including two Taliban commanders, officials said on Thursday.... UK sought to keep criticism of Israel secret: paper LONDON, Feb 21: A secret document revealed by the Guardian on Thursday shows how the Foreign Office successfully fought to keep secret a remark that Israel has flouted the UN authority... Obama bags 11th victory WASHINGTON, Feb 21: Barack Obama won the Democrats Abroad global primary in results announced on Thursday, giving him 11 straight victories in the race for the US Democratic presidential nomination.... Britain admits US rendition flights used its territory LONDON/ MONROVIA, Feb 21: Britain said for the first time on Thursday that the United States had used British territory to transfer terrorism suspects, in an embarrassing apology that corrected previous denials.... Politicians say Diana inquest a pointless ‘farce’ LONDON, Feb 21: The inquest into the death of Princess Diana is a “farce and a circus” that should be halted on national security and cost grounds, senior British politicians said on Thursday.... Jordanian jailed for founding terror group BERLIN, Feb 21: A Jordanian man was convicted on Thursday of founding a terrorist organisation and sentenced to two years in prison as part of a plea deal with German prosecutors.... Turkey shells Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq SULAIMANIYA, Feb 21: The Turkish military shelled several Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq on Thursday, an Iraqi security official said.... German takes lover’s head into death crash BERLIN, Feb 21: A German decapitated his lover with a machete, sped off with the severed head and drove straight into a truck, killing himself.... Tens of thousands camp out after Indonesian quake: official JAKARTA, Feb 21: Tens of thousands of people camped outside their homes on the Indonesian island of Simeulue after a 7.5-magnitude quake that killed three, an official said on Thursday.... East Timor president regains consciousness SYDNEY, Feb 21: East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has regained consciousness and spoken to family members after being in an induced coma since he was shot 10 days ago, his spokesman said on Thursday.... McCain had ‘relationship’ with lobbyist, says NYT TOLEDO, Feb 21: Republican presidential front-runner John McCain on Thursday dismissed as “untrue” a New York Times report suggesting he had a close and possibly romantic relationship with a female lobbyist nine years ago in conflict with his high ethical stances.... 14 picnickers electrocuted in Bangladesh DHAKA, Feb 21: Fourteen people were electrocuted in a freak accident on Thursday after a bus carrying factory workers to a seaside picnic smashed into an electricity pole, an official said.... EU urges Israel to end Gaza blockade JERUSALEM, Feb 21: The European Union is increasing pressure on Israel to end its nine-month old blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to prevent a humanitarian crisis, an Israeli official said on Thursday.... MP’s bugging broke no law, says UK govt LONDON, Feb 21: British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Thursday that the bugging of a lawmaker as he twice visited a friend in prison suspected of terror offences broke no laws or codes of practice.... Cut salt to keep children thin, suggests study WASHINGTON, Feb 21: Reducing the amount of salt that children eat could provide a short-cut to keeping them slim, British researchers reported on Wednesday.... Microsoft increases ‘openness’ of its software SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 21: Micro-soft on Thursday announced it is increasing the openness of its software to make it easier for outside developers to customise applications for its products.... Philippines floods leave 12 dead, 100,000 displaced MANILA, Feb 21: At least 12 people have been killed and over 100,000 displaced by flash floods and landslides as heavy rain lashed the central Philippines, relief workers said on Thursday.... Eight rebels Arrested in Bhutan GAUHATI, Feb 21: Troops in the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan captured at least eight communist rebels over a series of bombings that were apparently intended to disrupt coming elections, an official said on Thursday.... Saudi-Syria discord on Lebanon a threat to Arab summit RIYADH: Lebanon’s political crisis has damaged relations between Syria and Saudi Arabia, putting at risk next month’s Arab summit in Damascus, Arab officials in Riyadh warned on Thursday.... Hillary must win next two fights to get out of the hole WASHINGTON: Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton still is fighting, but it is very hard to find encouraging news for her in the Democratic home stretch to the party’s nominating convention in August.... Cubans hope for a better life after change at the top HAVANA: Fidel Castro spent nearly five decades railing against even the tiniest of capitalist reforms in the Western Hemisphere’s only communist country.... British media under attack over wave of young suicides LONDON: The British media is under the spotlight, accused of encouraging a flurry of apparent suicides by impressionable teenagers in and around the small town of Bridgend in the south Wales valleys.... Russia, Iran ignore US warnings on energy ties DUBAI/MOSCOW: As the United States warns the world away from business with Tehran, Moscow’s tightening ties to Iran’s energy sector underline Russia’s differences with Washington over Iranian nuclear plans and Kosovo’s independence.... Scientists probe theory of ‘a world with only 5 computers’ Boston: In the early 1940s, IBM’s president, Thomas J Watson, reputedly said: “I think there is a world market for about five computers.” Watson’s legendary misjudgement did not prove fatal to his company....

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