The Daily Star: Internet Edition Thu. July 19, 2007

Vol. 5 Num 1114

Thu. July 19, 2007


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N Korea willing to disable all nuclear facilities
North Korea is willing to disable all nuclear facilities this year, disarmament negotiators said yesterday, just hours after UN experts confirmed its main reactor site had been shut down.

Controversy on as India elects president today
More controversy hit the favourite to win India's increasingly bitter presidential race yesterday, a day before votes are cast.

Muslim charity accused of terror funding in US court
An organisation which was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States has gone on trial for funding terrorism in a case set to test the administration's legal weapons in the "war on terror.

Musharraf vows war on militants, rules out declaring emergency
President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday Pakistan was now in open battle with Islamic militants who have launched a spate of suicide attacks, but ruled out declaring a state of emergency.

Libya finally commutes death sentence of 6 foreign medics
Bulgaria said yesterday it had begun steps to secure the transfer from Libya of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor reprieved from death sentences over the infection of children with the AIDS

British fighters intercept Russian bombers
The Times reports
Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers heading for British airspace, The Times said yesterday, prompting fierce denials of brinkmanship from Moscow.

US arrests top al-Qaeda man in Iraq
US forces have arrested the most senior Iraqi member of al-Qaeda in Iraq and believe he is a go-between between the group's foreign leaders and Osama bin Laden, a military spokesman said yesterday.

Thailand lifts ban on new parties
Thailand lifted a ban yesterday on forming new political parties, but it remains unclear whether ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's party can regroup in time to contest polls expected by year's end.