February 17, 2006	Friday	Muharram 18, 1427

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Experts fear N-arms race: India-US deal WASHINGTON, Feb 16: Non-proliferation experts have warned that the Indo-US civilian-nuclear deal will lead to New Delhi expanding its weapon production and encourage Pakistan and China to do likewise....		EU assembly rejects calls for new media limits STRASBOURG, Feb 16: European Union lawmakers rejected on Thursday calls for limits on media freedom in the wake of the row over cartoons, insisting current law on offensive material sufficed....
Iraqi govt urges US to hand over detainees BAGHDAD, Feb 16: Iraq’s human rights minister called on US-led forces on Thursday to hand over all Iraqi inmates at US-run prisons to the Iraqi government, a day after more damaging images of prisoner abuse emerged....		US House votes for stopping aid to PA WASHINGTON, Feb 16: The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Wednesday urging that direct aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) be stopped as long as Hamas, which is expected to form a new Palestinian government, calls for Israel’s destruction....
Hamas names Haniyeh as PM RAMALLAH, Feb 16: Hamas on Thursday chose Ismail Haniyeh, a leader widely viewed by Palestinians as a pragmatist, to be the next prime minister, a senior official said....		Israel may bar Palestinian workers OCCUPIED AL QUDS, Feb 16: Israel’s defence ministry recommended on Thursday barring all Palestinians from working in Israel and from travelling between Gaza and the West Bank once a Hamas-led parliament is sworn in, government officials said....
Saddam had warned US of terror attacks: tapes WASHINGTON, Feb 16: Saddam Hussein told aides he warned America before 1990 that terrorists would launch a huge strike on US soil, even raising the spectre of a nuclear attack, according to secret tapes obtained by ABC News....		Cartoons recall caricatures of Jews: Grass LISBON, Feb 16: German writer and Nobel winner Gunther Grass compared the anti-Islam cartoons to Nazi caricatures of Jews, in an interview published in Portugal on Thursday....
Iranian president visits N-plant TEHRAN, Feb 16: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad travelled on Wednesday to a nuclear plant south of the capital where uranium enrichment resumed this week in defiance of international protests....		Tehran is seeking N-arms, says Straw ALGIERS, Feb 16: British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said on Thursday there were strong suspicions that Iran was developing nuclear weapons....
‘Notice’ against Dawood likely: Indian paper NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Police forces around the world will soon turn on the heat against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. With Interpol now set to issue a ‘special notice’ (SN) against Dawood, his ability to travel will be curtailed....		IAEA favours limited enrichment VIENNA, Feb 16: UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has warned in quiet diplomacy that it will be hard to strike a compromise on Iran’s nuclear programme without letting it do...
Danish firms losing millions of dollars daily COPENHAGEN: Con-sumer boycotts of Danish goods in Muslim countries in protest against the publication of anti-Islam caricatures are costing Denmark’s companies millions, and has raised fears of irreparable damage to trade ties....		A case of double standards WASHINGTON: We recently learned that US immigration policy is, in fact, capable of fast action and flexibility. It just depends on who the immigrant is....
US friend is an architect of Darfur genocide WASHINGTON: It has been 18 months since the United States concluded that genocide was taking place in Darfur. Yet President Bush, the only president to declare an ongoing genocide since the...		Chirac’s move irks Indian workers MUMBAI: Indian workers plan days of protests and hunger strikes over France’s recall of the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau amid claims the decision will kill off the country’s shipbreaking industry....
Study links bad asthma with bad behaviour NEW YORK: Preschoolers with persistent asthma symptoms may be more likely to get into fights with their peers or otherwise have more behaviour problems than children with less severe asthma, a study finds....		Africa’s forgotten crises LONDON: In Africa everything is bigger. Since the second intifada began in 2000 approximately 4,480 Palestinians and Israelis have died — but that is equivalent to a long weekend in the...