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Airstrike on Iran
Israel in talks for use of Iraq airspace
Israel opened negotiations to fly through US controlled airspace in Iraq to carry out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a British newspaper reported yesterday.

Europe to resume aid, says Hamas
3 Palestinians killed
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday some European countries had decided to resume aid to the Palestinian government, which has been crippled by a Western funding freeze since Hamas rose to power.

White House warns against Iraq pullout
Brushing aside criticism from the White House, Senate Democrats said Friday their next challenge to President Bush's Iraq war policy would require the gradual withdrawal of US combat troops beginningwithin

Iranian forces kill 17 rebels in clashes
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Saturday killed 17 rebels described as "mercenary elements" opposing the Islamic republic in clashes in the northwest of the country, state media reported.

Maoists, ethnic groups clash in Nepali towns
Police arrested at least 14 people after violence broke out yesterday between Maoists and supporters of ethnic groups in southern Nepal, officials said.

Indians overrun barriers at burial of unknown train blast victims
Hundreds of Indian Muslims clambered across barricades Saturday to force their way into a mass funeral of 23 Pakistanis killed in a firebomb attack on a cross-border train.

Italy president asks Prodi to stay PM, face vote
Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority in parliament.

Muslim ministers in Pakistan for talks
The foreign ministers of seven key Muslim nations started arriving in Pakistan yesterday for talks on a collective push to end the turmoil in the Middle East.

All 63 BSP MLAs resign from UP assembly
In a pressure tactics that may actually help the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in the trust vote on February 26, all the 63 BSP MLAs along with some BJP and SP members are said to have resigned fromthe

India to seek extradition of arms scandal fugitive
India is to ask Argentina to extradite an Italian businessman wanted in a high-profile arms scandal and linked to the head of India's ruling party following his detention there this month, the Central

Lanka troops take Tiger bases
Sri Lankan troops overran three Tamil Tiger rebel bases this week, the defence ministry said yesterday after the guerrillas declared a five-year-old ceasefire all but dead.

Iraqis eke out living in Baghdad rubbish dump
Sitting amid mounds of rotting garbage in a rubbish dump in Baghdad, 13-year-old Huda Hamdan is the human face of a new UN report that says a third of war- torn Iraq's 26 million people live in poverty.

2 Russian tourists shot dead in Thai beach resort
Two female Russian tourists were shot dead Saturday while they were relaxing on the beach in the popular Thai seaside town of Pattaya, police said.

Indonesian president for equal rights for Chinese
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday there should be equal rights for his country's ethnic Chinese minority following decades of discrimination.