January 26, 2006	Thursday	Zilhaj 25, 1426

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Iran blames Britain for Ahvaz bombings TEHRAN, Jan 25: Iran on Wednesday directly accused Britain of equipping and directing those behind a twin bomb attack in the oil city of Ahvaz that killed eight people and wounded dozens more....		Israel must quit more occupied land: PM HERZLIYA, Jan 25: Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel had to give up parts of the occupied West Bank and quickly set a border with the Palestinians in his first policy speech since taking Ariel Sharon’s powers....
Paper loses plea against Galloway LONDON, Jan 25: The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday lost its libel appeal against flamboyant British anti-Iraq war lawmaker George Galloway over its report that he accepted large sums of money from Saddam Hussein’s government....		Castro offers free eye care to Americans HAVANA, Jan 25: Cuban President Fidel Castro has offered free eye operations to impoverished Americans and asked the US government to let them travel to the island for treatment....
Iran ready to send officials to Nazi camps TEHRAN, Jan 25: Iran said on Wednesday it was willing to send a team of ‘independent investigators’ to visit former Nazi deaths camps across Europe — but not President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has described the Holocaust as a ‘myth’....		US may opt for ‘limited strikes’ on Iran WASHINGTON, Jan 25: The United States has military options to use against Iran even though it is concentrating now on a diplomatic campaign to head off any Iranian move to develop a nuclear bomb....
2005 was warmest year: Nasa WASHINGTON, Jan 25: Last year was the warmest recorded on Earth’s surface, and it was unusually hot in the Arctic, US space agency Nasa said on Tuesday....		Prince Harry could be sent to Iraq LONDON, Jan 25: Britain’s Prince Harry, completing his army officer training, has chosen to join a regiment which could be deployed in Iraq, officials confirmed on Wednesday....
Lankan govt, LTTE to meet in Geneva KILLINOCHCHI, Jan 25: The Tamil Tigers on Wednesday agreed to hold talks with the Sri Lankan government in Geneva next month, saying the party had decided to give the newly elected...		Plutonium monitor being tested PARIS, Jan 25: Scientists in the United States are testing a prototype device that could help detect whether a country is secretly harvesting plutonium from its civilian nuclear programme with the goal of making a nuclear bomb, a magazine says....
Eight killed in Nepal attacks KATHMANDU, Jan 25: At least three security personnel, four Maoists and an Indian civilian were killed in simultaneous attacks on multiple targets by rebels in western Nepal....		India braces for complex diplomacy on Iran NEW DELHI: India is getting ready to play a complex diplomatic manoeuvre on Iran yet again, with the IAEA governing board scheduled to meet in Vienna on February 2....
N-scientists battle PMO on deal with US NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office and the department of atomic energy differ on several aspects of the US-India civilian nuclear deal, with top nuclear scientists determined not to allow the...		US promises aid to Lanka govt against Tigers UNITED NATIONS: As the four-year-old ceasefire in Sri Lanka is on the verge of crumbling, the United States has offered to strengthen its military assistance programmes and increase training for government...
French boat row may doom shipbreaking ALANG (India): India’s struggling shipbreakers fear doom for their industry if tighter environmental laws are introduced in the wake of a controversy over an asbestos-laden French aircraft carrier....		Pressure mounts on Nepal king KATHMANDU: Maoist rebels raided a major commercial town in west Nepal, setting off a string of explosions at government buildings and police posts in an attack that killed eight people, officials and residents said on Wednesday....
Welcome to LTTE’s ‘de facto state’ OMANTHAI (Sri Lanka): The guards at the checkpoint into Tamil rebel-held territory in northern Sri Lanka do not ask to see your passport, but they might just as well....		India’s popular programme halted MUMBAI: India’s version of the international hit television show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” has been cut short because its Bollywood star is recovering after surgery, a network official said on Wednesday....