International Reporter cites the following Monday highlights on world current affairs for its readers to have a bird's view on U.K., U.S., China, India, Canada, Israel, among others:

Blair denies offering deal on premiership - Downing Street moved last night to squash fresh claims that the epic struggle between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over Britain's policy on the euro reached a crisis point in 2003 at which the chancellor was challenged to "consider your position". Full Story: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,1391984,00.html

US frees 81 Afghan prisoners -The US military freed 81 prisoners held in Afghanistan yesterday, and the country's most senior judge said the government was pressing for the release of hundreds more from American custody. Full Story: http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/10663471.htm

Former Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang dies - The former leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Zhao Ziyang, has died in a Beijing hospital. He was 85 and had suffered a series of strokes. Full Story http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0117/china.html

India May Merge Oil Companies to Boost Exploration (Update2) - India's state oil companies, including Oil & Natural Gas Corp., may merge as part of a plan by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to boost overseas exploration and catch up with China in securing energy supplies. Full Story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aajIimxCvOyM&refer=asia

Scientists Make Chargers Wearable - In five to ten years time you may not need to ask around in office or at home for a mobile phone charger if you've misplaced yours. Full Story: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=57186&s=ln

Heathrow Spends to Host Super-Jumbo A380 - When passengers board the giant A380 aircraft at London's Heathrow for the first time next year they will be leaving a noticeably different airport. Full story : http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=418245

SRK's ghost looms over Bollywood - Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan plays a ghost in his forthcoming home production being directed by Amol Palekar. While everyone is wondering about the rather odd coming together of Shah Rukh and Amol, the star himself dismisses all speculation, saying, "Amol Palekar narrated the script. I liked it. It's a very sweet story." Full Story: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/991702.cms

Shakespeare never suffered from Syphilis, story challenged by Indian - Dublin - A shocking story has appeared in press that William Shakespeare was suffering from syphilis. Even earlier many authors attempted to malign him on some pretext or the other and gave a negative view of his early life. Some of them even went to the extent of doubting his credibility as a playwright. Their main purpose seems to be destructive. Full Story: http://www.internationalreporter.com/news/read.php?id=416

Israel vows total war on Gaza militants - Ariel Sharon, Israel's Prime Minister, yesterday ordered the armed forces to wage an unremitting war on Palestinian gunmen who killed six civilians working at a cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip last week. Full Story : http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=601488

Howard 'set to quit' as poll predicts Tory election rout - Tory leader Michael Howard yesterday hinted he was ready to quit in despair after a poll predicted his party would take a hammering at the next election.  Full story: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15084095&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=draculoser-name_page.html

350 years after its discovery, probe lands on Titan - New York - After a seven-year, four-million-kilometre journey, the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Huygens probe is now sitting on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Full Story:http://athens-olympics-2004.newkerala.com/?action=fullnews&id=60967