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Businessmen held by US in plot to ship weapons

April 13, 2006

Four Asian businessmen created a threat to national security by plotting to buy hundreds of handguns, machine guns, sidewinder missiles and aviation radar equipment for export to Indonesia, US authorities said.

April 13, 2006

Decimal point gives Prodi victory over Berlusconi in Italy

April 11, 2006

Romano Prodi claimed victory over Premier Silvio Berlusconi in Italy’s parliamentary elections...

April 11, 2006

NASA gears up for sea change in manned space programme

April 11, 2006

As NASA celebrates the 25th anniversary of its first shuttle flight this week, the agency also steels itself for the biggest upheaval since the moon shot days of Apollo in the early 1970s.

April 11, 2006

US plays down talks of Iran strike

April 11, 2006

While stressing that diplomacy is the first course for dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the White House is not ruling out a military response and says ‘‘normal defense and intelligence planning’’ is under way.

April 11, 2006

Thousands take to street in support of illegal immigrants

April 11, 2006

Demonstrators took to the streets across the United States on Monday in support of an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants and legislation that could give them legal residence in the country.

April 11, 2006

29 killed, 70 injured in Karachi stamped

April 10, 2006

A stampede killed at least 29 women and children and injured more than 70 others in this southern Pakistani port city on Sunday as thousands filed out of a religious seminar to mark the birth of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, police and doctors said.

April 10, 2006

‘Bush should come clean on CIA leak’

April 10, 2006

President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened

April 10, 2006

Italians vote in election that may oust PM

April 10, 2006

Italians voted today in an election that could oust PM Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon who promised prosperity but failed to lift Italy’s flagging economy during five years in power.

April 10, 2006

‘UN Security Council cannot force us on enrichment U-turn’

April 10, 2006

Iran said on Sunday it was a ‘‘big mistake’’ for the US and its allies to think the UN Security Council will be able to force Tehran to give up uranium enrichment, but it insisted it was open to negotiations over its nuclear programme.

April 10, 2006

Melanie Griffith sued for not telling who dressed her to kill

April 9, 2006

A costume designer is suing Hollywood star Melanie Griffith for allegedly refusing to pay nearly $26,000...

April 9, 2006

IAEA inspectors visit nuclear facilities in Iran

April 8, 2006

Five inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog agency have arrived in Iran to visit uranium enrichment and reprocessing facilities, state-run television reported on Saturday.

April 8, 2006

Da Vinci Code publisher wins copyright case

April 8, 2006

A UK judge ruled today that the publisher of the best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code did not breach copyright laws, in a case that pitted novelist Dan Brown against two authors who claimed their ideas were stolen.

April 8, 2006

IAEA head to visit Iran next week

April 8, 2006

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency will to go to Iran next week to try and wrest concessions from Tehran on its atomic programme, diplomats and officials said on Friday.

April 8, 2006

US Senate hints at end to immigrant law row

April 7, 2006

In a last stab at compromise, Senate Republicans and Democrats reported progress on Thursday...

April 7, 2006

‘Bush okayed leak of intelligence data on Iraq’

April 7, 2006

Vice President Dick Cheney’s former top aide told prosecutors President George W Bush authorised the leak of intelligence information about Iraq...

April 7, 2006

First bird flu case in Britain

April 7, 2006

Tests have confirmed a swan found dead in Scotland had the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Britain's National Farming Union said on Thursday.

April 7, 2006

Olmert gets official nod to form Israeli government

April 7, 2006

Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received the formal nod on Thursday to form a government, which he pledged would set Israel’s permanent borders within four years with or without Palestinian agreement.

April 7, 2006

Indian doctor gets into snowshoes to run around North Pole

April 6, 2006

Apple Valley doctor Vir Nanda is a marathoner 10 times over, pounding over routes from Greece to Arizona.

April 6, 2006

Thai PM hands over power to deputy

April 6, 2006

Outgoing PM Thaksin Shinawatra said today he has handed over his responsibilities to Deputy PM Chitchai Wannasathit.

April 6, 2006

Iraq’s interim PM indicates he won’t succumb to pressure

April 6, 2006

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has indicated he will not yield to calls to step aside to let someone else to form the next government.

April 6, 2006

Iran willing to talk on uranium enrichment

April 5, 2006

Iran is prepared to negotiate on the large-scale enrichment of uranium but will never abandon its right to enrich uranium, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a press conference on Tuesday.

April 5, 2006

Saddam to face trial for genocide

April 5, 2006

The Iraq tribunal on Tuesday announced new criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and six others for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity in 1980s crackdown against the Kurds

April 5, 2006

Form govt soon: US, UK to Iraqis

April 4, 2006

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Monday that while it is up to the Iraqi people to chose their own leaders

April 4, 2006

Thaksin wins despite ‘no votes’

April 4, 2006

The Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, said on Monday his party won more than half of the popular vote in a weekend election boycotted by the opposition over corruption allegations, exceeding a threshold he had set before the balloting for staying in office.

April 4, 2006