March, 29 2005 Tuesday 18 Safar 1426 Israeli MPs reject referendum proposal: Gaza pullout JERUSALEM, March 28: Israel’s parliament on Monday rejected a referendum bill on the planned Gaza Strip evacuation, removing the last obstacle to the pullout and dealing a severe blow to those... Kuomintang team in first-ever China visit BEIJING, March 28: China on Monday welcomed the first-ever delegation from Taiwan’s largest opposition party. Thirty members of the Kuomintang (KMT) arrived in the south Chinese city of Guangzhou, a stronghold... Boy’s foot, hands reattached SYDNEY, March 28: An operation to simultaneously reattach an Australian boy’s foot and both his hands after a freak basketball accident was a success with the boy’s fingers and toes alive... Big powers ignoring nuke trade: India NEW DELHI, March 28: Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh on Monday accused the world’s superpowers of turning a blind eye to nuclear commerce in South Asia, saying it was having an... Schiavo’s parents seek governor’s intervention PINELLAS PARK (USA), March 28: Terri Schiavo’s parents appealed desperately to Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Monday to intervene as their brain-damaged daughter slipped toward death 10 days after her artificial... Akayev is still president: speaker BISHKEK, March 28: Kyrghyzstan plunged deeper into confusion on Monday when a parliament, whose disputed election led to a coup ousting President Askar Akayev last week, assumed authority and the new... Pope skips Easter blessing VATICAN CITY, March 28: Pope John Paul failed to appear at a midday Easter on Monday blessing that traditionally marks the end of papal Holy Week celebrations, but there was no... Sony fined $90 million TOKYO, March 28: Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) said on Monday it has been fined 90 million dollars and ordered to halt sales of its blockbuster PlayStation consoles in the United States... Kathmandu accused of gagging media NEW DELHI, March 28: A group of South Asian journalists on Monday described their visit to Kathmandu recently where they saw the media persons were being “subjected to worse intimidation and... American Indians look to DNA tests to prove heritage SAN FRANCISCO: The United States has treated its indigenous people poorly for much of its history, yet today thousands of people are anxious to show their Native American heritage and are... GM crops harmful to wildlife, says study BROOKLIN (Canada): After completing the world’s biggest study on the potential ecological impacts of genetically engineered crops, British scientists have concluded that the technology harms wildlife. The fourth and final report... Demolition business thrives in E. Germany SCHWEDT (Germany): Demolition crews enjoy a thriving business in depressed Schwedt, where thousands of abandoned apartments are being torn down to prevent the shrinking eastern German city from looking like a... UK accused of shady deals in Africa NAIROBI: A trail of looted diamonds, greased palms and suspect arms deals suggests Britain is betraying its calls for action by other rich nations to stop shady corporate dealing in Africa,... ‘AIDS destroys immune cells’ WASHINGTON: Within days of infection, the AIDS virus destroys more than half of the immune cells that might recognize and help fight it — a finding that may force a re-evaluation... The forgotten holocaust IMAGINE a tsunami 10 times as destructive as the one we witnessed in southeast Asia. Imagine that nearly two million people have been wiped off the face of the earth. Surely... Police chief shot dead in Baghdad BAGHDAD: Unidentified men shot dead an Iraqi police colonel in Baghdad on Monday while at least 13 other people, many of them security force personnel, were killed in violence around the...

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