Volume 5 Number 32 Sun. June 27, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives International   US, EU offer strong Nato support in Iraq The United States and the European Union offered strong support yesterday for Iraq's urgent request for Nato help in training security forces to deal with rampant violence and foreign terrorists.   Iran risks int'l ire over push for uranium enrichment Iran has thrown down the gauntlet by telling Britain, France and Germany it intends to resume work towards uranium enrichment, retaliating for a resolution they sponsored that criticised Tehran for failing   3 UN polls workers killed in Afghanistan Three people working on Afghanistan's elections were killed yesterday in a bomb attack in the country's east, the first deaths of UN voter registration workers since the process began, the United Nations   US, North Korea emerge from talks poles apart The United States and North Korea emerged yesterday from four days of nuclear crisis talks as far apart as ever, with Washington insisting Pyongyang disclose its uranium enrichment programme.   Power Transfer on June 30 US troops to enjoy immunity in Iraq Troops in the US-led coalition in Iraq will remain immune from prosecution by Iraqi courts after the handover of power to an interim government on June 30, officials said Friday.   Tigers won't attend talks to review truce LTTE steps up child soldiers recruitment: UNICEF Tamil Tiger rebels told Scandinavian monitors they will pull out of a meeting to review Sri Lanka's truce after the government admitted military elements supported a renegade guerrilla, an official said   UN experts call for int'l force in Palestinian territories UN human rights experts called on Friday for the Security Council to approve an international protection force to bring an end to Israeli rights violations in the Palestinian occupied territories.   Jaya Bachchan, Anil Ambani elected to Rajya Sabha All eleven candidates in the fray, including Anil Ambani, Jaya Bachchan and Lalit Suri, were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in the biennial elections yesterday.   India blacklists 21 NGOs The minister of social justice and empowerment, Ms Meira Kumar, Friday said that 21 of the 1,050 NGOs working in different fields had been blacklisted by the ministry for non-utilisation of funds sanctioned     Advertisement