U.N. Receives New Draft Decree for Tougher Nuclear Sanctions on Iran
March 16, 2007 -- IRAN
U.N. Council Gets New Draft Decree on Iran Nuclear Sanctions
The Security Council received on Thursday a draft of a new resolution to impose sanctions on Iran for its defiance of demands that it suspend its nuclear enrichment activities and return to negotiations over its nuclear program. (NY Times)
Text: Draft UN resolution on Iran (BBC)
Iran Condemns UN Draft Sanctions
Iran's leader vows to continue his country's nuclear work as the UN drafts new sanctions over the programme. (BBC)
U.S. Says It Will Approve Visa Request By Ahmadinejad
The U.S. will approve Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request for a visa so he can visit the U.N. as the Security Council moves to impose additional sanctions against his country for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. (AP)
Iranians Sought for B Aires Bombing
Interpol says it is planning to seek the arrest of six Iranian former officials whom Argentina blames for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre. (BBC)
PAKISTAN
Confrontation in Pakistan Deepens
Protesters defy security forces to rally for Pakistan's suspended top judge as police storm a TV station. (BBC)
Musharraf Vows To Stay Out of Top Judge's Trial
Pervez Musharraf has promised not to interfere with the disciplinary case against Pakistan's top judge. (The Guardian)
IRAQ NEWS
Soldier's Friendly Fire Death 'Unlawful'
Coroner hits out at US military over death of British soldier killed in 'assault' on convoy. (The Guardian)
U.S. Officer Defends Haditha Shootings
US marine charged with killing 18 civilians 'followed procedures'. (The Guardian)
Escape from UK-Run Prison in Iraq
Eleven detainees escape from a UK military prison in Basra, most of them by "swapping" with visitors, the army says. (BBC)
Mayor of Baghdad Shi'ite Bastion Wounded By Gunmen
The mayor of Sadr City, a Shi'ite militia stronghold in Baghdad, was wounded when gunmen opened fire on his car and a senior police officer was killed, Iraqi and U.S. officials said on Friday. (Reuters)
AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Troops Kill Five Afghan Policemen
US forces mistakenly killed five Afghan policemen in a clash in the south of the country yesterday, Afghanistan's government said today. (Agencies)
AL HARIRI ASSASSINATION
Brammertz Links Hariri Killing To Election Law, 2005 Polls
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza received the latest report of the UN International Independent Investigating Commission into the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri late Thursday. The head of the probe, Serge Brammertz, submitted his report to the UN secretary general earlier in the day. (The Daily Star)
Read the Report (Third Report of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission)
SOMALIA
Bomb Kills 7 On Mogadishu Outskirts: Police
A bomb killed seven civilians on Friday near Somalia's capital Mogadishu in the chaotic Horn of Africa country's latest violence, police said. (Reuters)
JAPAN
Livedoor Founder Gets Prison Sentence
Takafumi Horie, the 34-year- old Internet tycoon once heralded as a symbol of a muscular new Japanese capitalism, was found guilty Friday by the Tokyo District Court of violating securities laws at his company, Livedoor. He was sentenced to two years and six months in prison. (International Herald Tribune)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Washington is Learning That Not Every Problem Is Like a Nail
By Joseph S. Nye
What comes after Iraq? If President George W. Bush's current troop "surge" fails to produce an outcome that can be called "victory," what lessons will the United States draw for its future foreign policy? Will it turn inward, as it did after its defeat in Vietnam three decades ago? Will it turn from promoting democracy to a narrow realist view of its interests? (The Daily Star)
News Analysis: 9/11 Plotter's Confession May Aid Other Defendants
By Adam Liptak
The admissions made by the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks illuminated and transformed the cases against him and the 13 other Qaeda leaders transferred last year from CIA prisons to the navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. (International Herald Tribune)
Five Errors That Turned an Air Strike into A Disaster
Cockpit transcript reveals how reservist pilots convinced themselves that British convoy was an Iraqi rocket unit. (The Guardian)
A Huge Hole in Airport Security
While enormous effort is focused on screening airline passengers for explosives or weapons before they can board a commercial flight, it remains shockingly easy for airport employees to sneak into secure areas and carry dangerous materials onto a plane without detection. That frightening truth was underscored by a flagrant breach of security at the Orlando Airport in Florida last week that was detected only because of an anonymous tip. (NY Times)
Burying Democracy Further In Egypt
By Amr Hamzawy and Dina Bishara
The Mubarak regime in Egypt is staging a major crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's main Islamist opposition movement and largest opposition group. About 300 Brotherhood members have been detained over the last three months under accusations of money laundering and terrorism, in addition to the usual charge of belonging to a banned organization. (DailyStar)
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