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March 11, 2008 Tuesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1429 Russia gets $1bn Indian contract for MiG-29s NEW DELHI, March 10: India has awarded Russia a $965 million contract to upgrade its MiG-29 warplanes, officials said on Monday.... Indian police covered up girl tourist murder NEW DELHI, March 10: Indian police deliberately covered up the murder of a 15-year-old British teenage girl who was found dead in Goa last month, the state’s tourism minister said on Monday.... Workers strike to disrupt 127 Indian airports NEW DELHI: Employees of India’s state-run airports will go on strike from midnight on Tuesday, a union leader said, demanding that the government continue to run those airports in addition to new ones under construction.... Five US soldiers killed in Iraq suicide attack BAGHDAD, March 10: A suicide bomber blew himself up among U.S. soldiers in central Baghdad on Monday, killing five and wounding three in the worst single attack on US forces in the Iraqi capital in nearly a year.... Storm paralyses life in UK LONDON, March 10: As a major storm pounded the UK on Monday, thousands of homes were left without power and ferry, rail, air and road passengers suffered delays and cancellations.... Clintons are teaming up against Obama WASHINGTON: Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama this time saying the first-term US lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate... Israeli army, Gaza militants in uneasy lull JERUSALEM, March 10: A lull in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip could turn into a ceasefire, an Israeli government official said on Monday.... ‘Torture-tainted evidence’ mars US legal image: Rights group report WASHINGTON: The use of torture to extract evidence from detainees held at the US military jail in Guantanamo Bay has tarnished the image of the US legal system and alienated allies... US to help upgrade Polish military WASHINGTON, March 10: US President George Bush promised on Monday to help Poland upgrade its military and vowed the US ally would not face “undue security risks” if it hosts components of a planned US missile shield.... Lebanon vote put off for 16th time BEIRUT, March 10: A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon’s president has been postponed from Tuesday to March 25 amid continued deadlock between rival political leaders, the speaker’s office announced on Monday.... UK Afghan, Iraq war cost doubled LONDON, March 10: At more than £3bn the expected cost of British military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq this year has almost doubled, according to the Commons defence committee.... Church publishes guide to sex, marriage LONDON: Faced with rising divorce rates and poor communication between couples, the Church of England says it is time to talk about sex.... Three migrant workers killed in Assam GUWAHATI: Separatist Assamese militants killed three migrant workers as they slept at a brick kiln where they worked in the northeast Indian state, police said on Monday.... Asma briefed on Gujarat pogrom NEW DELHI, March 10: A United Nations human rights team led by Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir, visited the Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday to... New York State governor involved in prostitution ring NEW YORK, March 10: The Governor of New York State Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, The New York Times reported on Monday on its website citing senior administration officials.... Magazine apologises for Prince Harry story SYDNEY, March 10: Australian women’s magazine New Idea on Monday apologised for breaking a global media blackout on Britain’s Prince Harry serving with the military in Afghanistan.... EU funds centre to help illegal migrants in Libya TRIPOLI, March 10: Migrants preparing to set out on perilous sea journeys in search of work in Europe will be warned of the dangers and offered help to return home at a centre due to open in Libya this week.... Indian police stop exiles from Tibet march DHARAMSHALA, March 10: Police late on Monday banned about 100 Tibetan exiles in India from going ahead with their plan to try and cross the border in a bid to reach their homeland, officials said.... Drugs problem contained, but not solved: UN VIENNA, March 10: While drugs are a serious global problem, the number of users worldwide is relatively small and drug-related deaths are only a fraction of those caused by alcohol, tobacco or AIDS, the UN said on Monday.... UN to accelerate work in Afghanistan KABUL, March 10: The United Nations said on Monday it would accelerate its work in support of the people of war-torn Afghanistan under the world body’s new special envoy, a Norwegian diplomat.... ‘Shining India’ losing lustre NEW DELHI: Booming India is reeling from a flurry of bad financial headlines, suggesting the outlook for the world’s second fastest-growing major economy is not as rosy as it was, analysts say.... New Spanish PM faces economic headache MADRID: One of the first tasks of re-elected prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will be to inject life into Spain’s faltering economy to prevent a crisis of confidence turning into something worse.... Malaysia’s ruling coalition loses more votes than seats KUALA LUMPUR: The ruling coalition’s dramatic losses in Malaysia’s general election are much worse than they appear.... Arab rivals see BBC as spur to coverage DUBAI: Fierce rivals in the Middle East, the two main pan-Arab news channels, Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, see Tuesday’s scheduled arrival of broadcasting by BBC Arabic Television as a spur to their own coverage of events.... Tide in UK outsourcing turns back onshore LONDON: British managers who offshored call centre work and IT services to cheaper locations like India earlier in the decade are now bringing the jobs back to the UK, a trend that could reshape the outsourcing industry....

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