• Annan Accuses US of Prisoners Torture
  United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan released a report which characterized the US’s policy of detaining thousands of Iraqis without trial as “de facto arbitrary detention.” The report further said, “The extent of such practices is not consistent with the provisions of international law governing internment of imperative reasons of security.”<More>

• Hamas Ploy to Derail Abbas
  Hamas is trying to enact legislation that will strip Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas of some of the powers granted during the previous regime.<More>

• IPCC Warns Global Warming
  Chairman of United Nation’s (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri said that there is mounting evidence that humans are causing global warming but Governments are doing too little to counter the threat.<More>

• Kalam to Iron out Myanmar Gas Deal
  President Abdul Kalam is traveling to Myanmar and would try to further the natural gas deal with that country now stalled because of unsure transport mechanism.<More>

• Varanasi Police Has Sketches
  Police unraveling the terror blasts in Varanasi have found striking parallels between this incident and that in Delhi last October. The bombs were placed in pressure cookers and left in a crowded place to go off one after another.<More>

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