Volume 5 Number 72 Fri. August 06, 2004       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 World Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives World Musharraf keeps option open over Iraq troops Pak president warns of more violence President Pervez Musharraf left open the possibility of sending Pakistani troops to Iraq in the future, telling a newspaper yesterday that it would be "very undiplomatic" to rule it for good.   Marxists soften stand on self-rule talks with Tigers The key partner in Sri Lanka's coalition government yesterday climbed down from its hardline stand on negotiations with Tamil Tiger rebels and said it was ready to accept talks on self-rule for the minority.   Curfew clamped as Manipur erupts again Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, on his return from New Delhi, was greeted today with a series of agitation as students and protestors courted arrest at several places in Imphal East and West   Security Concern US embassy in Delhi shuts services The US embassy in New Delhi has shut down select departments, including visa immigration and library services yesterday due to security concerns, a TV report said.   al-Qaeda using Pak soil for terror plot: Analysts The recent arrests of high-profile al-Qaeda suspects have revealed the terrorist network is using Pakistan as a staging post for plotting attacks across the globe, analysts said Thursday.   Gujarat Flood Rescue Opezation Firefighters join troops The death toll from monsoon rains in India hit nearly 880 yesterday as firefighters were called in to join soldiers rescuing people marooned by floods in the western state of Gujarat.   Abu Ghraib Abu{e Witness terms England undisciplined Pfc.   13 killed in Pak army helicopter crash A Pakistani military helicopter crashed yesterday in a nor|hwestern mountainous region, killing all 13 people on board, military said.   US can't give safety guarantee to Indians in Iraq With efforts to secure release of three abducted Indians in Iraq still on, the US ha{ said it cannot guarantee the sifety of Indian and other South Asian workers against terrorists attack in the troubled US allies in Iraq 'won't yield' to kidnappers The US says all 32 countries in the multinational force in Iraq have agreed not to give in to the demands of hostage-takers.   Yemen army attack on rebels: 42 killed About 42 people were killed and 80 wounded in 24 hours as army forces battled their way thro}gh a key stronghold of a rebel Muslim preacher in northwest Yemen, military sources said yesterday.   Freed Britons allege 'systematic brutality' at Guantanamo Three British prisoners released from Guantanamo Bay levelled accusations of systematic abuse Wednesday in a lengthy report that civil rights groups said exposed the military facility as "a legal black Israel moves to expand settlement defying US Israel has begun work on a major expansion of its biggest West Bank settlement in a move certain to draw concern from a visiting White House envoy yesterday, officials said.   Russian chopper crash kills all 15 on board A Mi-8 transport helicopter crashed in Russia's Siberia yesterday killing all 15 people on board, Russia's emergency ministry said.   9 dead in riding school fire in France Seven teenagers and two adults were believed to have died yesterday when a fire swept through a riding school in the Savoie department of southeast France overnight, police said.     Advertisement