Ex-Pres Announces News: Iran Has Enriched Uranium
April 11, 2006 -- IRAN NEWS?
Iran Has Enriched Uranium for First Time
Ex-Iranian President Says Country Has Enriched Uranium for the First Time; Part of Nuclear Process (AP)
Iran Expects Atomic News Tuesday Night
Iranians will hear "good news" on their country's atomic program on Tuesday night, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. (Reuters)
Europe Proposes Limited Sanctions To Halt Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, yesterday recommended limited sanctions against Iran, including visa bans on key figures, if Tehran continues to defy the United Nations over its disputed nuclear programme. (The Guardian)
PAKISTAN EXPLOSION
Karachi Park Explosion 'Kills 40'
At least 40 people have been killed in a bomb blast at a huge gathering to mark the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. (BBC)
LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
MADRID BOMBINGS
29 Charged in Madrid Train Bombings
A Spanish judge on Tuesday charged 29 people for their roles in the deadly 2004 Madrid train bombings, paving the way for one of Europe's biggest terrorism trials. (Reuters)
ITALIAN MAFIA
Italy Arrests Mafia Leader
Bernardo Provenzano, the undisputed chief of the Sicilian Mafia who had been on the run for more than four decades, was arrested while hiding in a farmhouse near Corleone in Sicily on Tuesday, officials said. (Reuters)
AIPAC LOBBYISTS
Lobbyists' Prosecutors Pointing to Spy Case
Precedent Set In 1940s, They Say (Washington Post)
GERMANY
Germany May Probe Rwanda Suspect
German prosecutors are considering whether to open an investigation into the alleged leader of a Rwandan rebel group, who was arrested last week. (BBC)
IRAQ NEWS
Al-Qaeda Arranges Most Suicide Blasts In Iraq, U.S. Says
More than 90 percent of the suicide attacks in Iraq are carried out by fighters recruited, trained and equipped by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday. (NY Times)
Iraqi Shia Undecided On PM's Fate
Shia leaders have failed to decide on Iraq's next prime minister after Sunni and Kurdish parties rejected proposals to drop their opposition to Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the interim prime minister and Shia nominee. (Al Jazeera)
Private Guards Detained In Iraq
Iraqi police have detained 31 private security guards in a raid the interior ministry said had netted sophisticated weaponry that was meant to be used for attacks. (AFP)
Analysis: Geopolitical Diary: Exploiting Sectarian Fault Lines
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said over the weekend that civil war "has almost started" in Iraq and warned against a U.S. withdrawal. (StratFor)
Analysis: More Dangerous than the Fall of Baghdad
Who fell on that day? Saddam Hussein, or Baghdad? The Iraqi regime, or Iraq? Civil strife is a weapon of mass destruction of Iraq and the region as well. What Iraqis are doing to Iraqis these days is more frightening than the scene of the fall of Baghdad. (Al Hayat)
Analysis: Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Has al-Zawahiri Reined in al-Zarqawi?
Media reports during the past week have announced that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi-al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq-has been "replaced" or "demoted" from the leadership of Iraq's Sunni resistance coalition (Jamestown.org)
U.N. SYRIA REPORT
U.N. Finds That 25% of Married Syrian Women Have Been Beaten
Syria's first comprehensive field study of violence against women has concluded that nearly one married woman in four surveyed had been beaten. (NY Times)
CHAD/SUDAN BORDER
Chad Rebels Attack Refugee Camp
Rebels have attacked a refugee camp in Chad, home to some 17,000 people from neighbouring Sudan, UN officials say. (BBC)
AFGHANISTAN
Rocket Blast in Afghanistan Kills 6 Kids
6 Children Killed in Rocket Explosion at Packed School in Eastern Afghanistan (ABC News)
AUSTRALIAN OIL-FOR-FOOD
Australian Kickback Inquiry Takes Toll
A scandal over Australia's involvement in the Iraq oil-for-food programme is putting increasing pressure on the conservative government of John Howard, with calls for some of his senior ministers to resign. (AP)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Why Mike Chertoff Can't Feed Indiana's Jones for Good Intelligence
Is it possible, at this point, to go backward in counterterror intelligence? Not drift, mind you, or tread water or make little progress over the past year, but to regress? (Congressional Quarterly)
EU Lexicon to Shun Term "Islamic Terrorism"
The European Union, tiptoeing through a minefield of religious and cultural sensitivities, is discreetly reviewing the language it uses to describe terrorists who claim to act in the name of Islam. (Reuters)
Terror on the High Seas
Piracy off the coast of Somalia is a growing concern, but Al Qaeda could make a big problem much bigger. (Newsweek)
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