* ZIM SANCTIONS – US President George W. Bush extended by one year a series of sanctions against Zimbabwe officials, including President Robert Mugabe, deemed to be undermining democracy.
* VIRUS SPREADS – Fears of bird flu infection ratcheted up a notch after a German cat died of the disease, marking the spread of the virus – which has killed more than 90 humans – to mammals in the European Union. * NUCLEAR TALKS – High-stakes talks between Russia and Iran on a plan aimed at calming fears that the Islamic republic wants to build nuclear weapons were to resume in Moscow with Tehran saying it has nothing to hide.* CRUCIAL EVIDENCE – The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven former cohorts on charges of crimes against humanity opened for the next hearing with prosecutors presenting crucial documents linking the deposed Iraqi dictator to the killing of 148 Shi’ites.* CAMP DESTROYED – Pakistani army troops backed by attack helicopters destroyed a suspected al Qaeda camp near the Afghan border, killing or wounding up to 30 mainly foreign militants, officials said.* SENTENCED – A leader of the banned Sunshine Uzbekistan opposition coalition was sentenced to 10 years in prison for economic crimes by a Tashkent court.* HOLOCAUST REALITY – Iran’s reformist former president Mohammad Khatami described the Holocaust as a “historical reality” in a direct attack on his controversial and revisionist successor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.* BUSH SUPPORT – President George W.Bush reaffirmed his support for letting a Dubai company control operations at key US ports despite a storm of political opposition.- Nampa-AFP* NUCLEAR TALKS – High-stakes talks between Russia and Iran on a plan aimed at calming fears that the Islamic republic wants to build nuclear weapons were to resume in Moscow with Tehran saying it has nothing to hide.* CRUCIAL EVIDENCE – The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven former cohorts on charges of crimes against humanity opened for the next hearing with prosecutors presenting crucial documents linking the deposed Iraqi dictator to the killing of 148 Shi’ites.* CAMP DESTROYED – Pakistani army troops backed by attack helicopters destroyed a suspected al Qaeda camp near the Afghan border, killing or wounding up to 30 mainly foreign militants, officials said.* SENTENCED – A leader of the banned Sunshine Uzbekistan opposition coalition was sentenced to 10 years in prison for economic crimes by a Tashkent court.* HOLOCAUST REALITY – Iran’s reformist former president Mohammad Khatami described the Holocaust as a “historical reality” in a direct attack on his controversial and revisionist successor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.* BUSH SUPPORT – President George W.Bush reaffirmed his support for letting a Dubai company control operations at key US ports despite a storm of political opposition.- Nampa-AFP
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