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February 23 2005

President Bush arrives in Slovakia for the Slovakia Summit , becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit Slovakia. ( Reuters )

Three British Soldier s are found guilty of abusing Iraqi Prison ers; more British soldiers face the possibility of conviction. (Reuters) (Guardian) (CBC)

Bhutan bans Smoking in public places (Kerala Next) (BBC)

In Sri Lanka , Tamil Tigers warn that the truce with the government is under threat after the killing of one of their leaders, E Kaushalyan . The Ceasefire has lasted for four years. (Reuters Alertnet) (Bloomberg) (BBC)

Pakistan 's Supreme Court refuses a government request to withdraw a Corruption case against minister Faisal Saleh Hayat . (KeralaNext) (BBC)

Rasim Delić , former commander of the Bosnian army in Bosnia during the Yugoslav Wars , announces he will hand himself over to the UN Tribunal . He stands accused of War Crime s against ethnic Serb s (Reuters) (BBC)

In Italy , Andrea Volpe , leader of the Beasts Of Satan rock group, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for three Murder s. Another member Pietro Guerrieri receives 16 years, while a third member is acquitted (Reuters) (AGI) (BBC)

Exiled Cuba n writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante dies in London (Reuters) (BBC)

South Africa n archbishop Desmond Tutu launches a campaign to require governments to register all children at birth (Reuters) (BBC)

Interpol announces a stern warning that the threat of a bioterror attack still exists. (BBC) (Interpol)

WHO warns that there is a potential threat of a Bird Flu Pandemic (Reuters) (BBC) (CNN) (VOA)