In Brief

* ALERT – Indian security forces were on high alert at religious shrines and key installations across the country, a day after an attack on a holy site sacred to both Hindus and Muslims.

* CLIMATE – The United States is ready to admit at the Group of Eight summit this week that humans play a role in global warming, a top White House official said. * COALITION – British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that the coalition forces in Iraq would leave the country “immediately” if asked by the Iraqi government and that he had no problems “in principle” with UN forces operating there.* INQUIRY – Philippines military intelligence officials will appear before an inquiry to shed light on a bugging scandal that has rocked Gloria Arroyo’s presidency.* IMMIGRATION – A German-born Australian resident who spent almost a year behind bars in an immigration department bungle will seek compensation and an apology from the government, her legal guardian said.* WOUNDED – Bahrain’s top diplomat in Iraq was wounded in an ambush and the Pakistani ambassador narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, as insurgents targeted Muslim envoys in an apparent new tactic.* NUCLEAR – The European Union will never accept a resumption of any nuclear arms activity by Iran, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said after talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.* JUSTICE – The largest al Qaeda trial to take place in Europe so far drew to a close as a Madrid court gave the 24 accused a final opportunity to defend themselves on charges of links to the organisation, an opportunity most seized to protest their innocence.* VIRUS – A German teenager confessed on the first day of his trial to creating the Internet Sasser worm that waylaid millions of computers around the globe last year, a court official said.- Nampa-AFP* COALITION – British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that the coalition forces in Iraq would leave the country “immediately” if asked by the Iraqi government and that he had no problems “in principle” with UN forces operating there.* INQUIRY – Philippines military intelligence officials will appear before an inquiry to shed light on a bugging scandal that has rocked Gloria Arroyo’s presidency.* IMMIGRATION – A German-born Australian resident who spent almost a year behind bars in an immigration department bungle will seek compensation and an apology from the government, her legal guardian said.* WOUNDED – Bahrain’s top diplomat in Iraq was wounded in an ambush and the Pakistani ambassador narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, as insurgents targeted Muslim envoys in an apparent new tactic.* NUCLEAR – The European Union will never accept a resumption of any nuclear arms activity by Iran, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said after talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.* JUSTICE – The largest al Qaeda trial to take place in Europe so far drew to a close as a Madrid court gave the 24 accused a final opportunity to defend themselves on charges of links to the organisation, an opportunity most seized to protest their innocence.* VIRUS – A German teenager confessed on the first day of his trial to creating the Internet Sasser worm that waylaid millions of computers around the globe last year, a court official said.- Nampa-AFP