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Vol. 5 Num 978

Thu. March 01, 2007


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Two Koreas raise aid, disarmament at talks
South Korea yesterday called for nuclear disarmament and North Korea stressed humanitarian projects as the two sides held their first high-level talks since the North tested an atomic weapon.

18 killed as land and sea battles erupt in Lanka
Sri Lanka escalated sea and land attacks against Tamil Tigers and killed at least 18 people yesterday, a day after the rebels shelled helicopters carrying diplomats and a minister, officials said.

Canada scraps post 9/11 anti-terrorism measures
The Canadian parliament scrapped Tuesday controversial anti-terrorism measures adopted after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, saying they breach civil rights.

Naked, chained and isolated for 2 years in secret CIA cell
Tale of a 'war on terror 'prisoner
Nude, chained and isolated in a tiny cell in an unknown place, Marwan al-Jabour survived over two years in a secret CIA jail as a US "war on terror" prisoner, Human Rights Watch reported.

Israel kills three Jihad men in West Bank raid
Israeli troops yesterday killed three gunmen from the radical Islamic Jihad militant group in Jenin as the army relaunched a crackdown on militants in the north of the occupied West Bank.

Militants behead another 'US spy' in Pakistan
Pakistani militants decapitated an Afghan cleric accused of spying for US forces and making recordings of anti-Taliban speeches, tribal officials said yesterday.