Hizb should resume talks minus preconditions, says US
US on Thursday blamed the Hizbul Mujahideen for the breakdown of peace talks with India because of its insistence on involving Pakistan, and said the militant outfit should resume dialogue without imposing preconditions.



Greenpeace forms unit for `green' technology
The environmental group, Greenpeace, said on Thursday that it was forming a unit to spur the creation of `green' technologies.



Kuwait says forces on alert after Saddam `threats'
Kuwait has put a part of its armed-forces on alert in reaction to comments by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that are seen as threatening, the official Kuwait News Agency KUNA reported.



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