World News Monday, 13 Mar. 2006

George Bush tries to sure-up the ranks of US troops in Iraq by planning a series of speeches outlining the governments plans. Bush says that tactics are being adjusted to meet the threat of car bombs and the like.

Iran states that it is no longer considering the Russian plan to enrich their uranium offshore, saying that “the situation has changed”. Russian proposes fresh talks in Vienna involving the US, China, France and Britain.

Condoleezza Rice says that the US wants to give Palestine financial aid and would like to find a way for it to happen. The US is considering giving funding to aid agencies instead of the Palestinian Authority and asks Indoneisia for help in discussions with the Palestinians.

It is revelaed that before announcing his plans of setting a definite border, acting Israeli PM Ehud Olmert consulted the USA for their opinion. The US “neither approved nor objected to it”.

Two bombs explode in a Shiite area of Baghdad killing 44.

Residents of the Japanese city of Iwakuni vote overwhelmingly against plans to expand the US military presence there. The vote isn’t binding, but acts as a gauge of public opinion towards US military stationed on Japanese soil. Tokyo is going ahead with the move regardless.

Venezula gets a new flag.