Monday, September 25 06

Russia closing in on Chechnyan militant Khattab. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Gutteres begins six-day tour of North Caucasus today to raise UNHCHR's profile and promote long-term solutions. Discussions on the permanent ethnic partitioning of Iraq put off until 2008, as President Talabani asks for lengthier U.S. occupation. Warnings from Chad about destabilizing effects of conflict inside rival Sudan. Singh and Musharraf return from North American engagements issuing joint statement about resumption of India-Pakistan peace talks.