15 April 2005	Friday	05 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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China opposes Japan’s bid for UN seat BEIJING, April 14: China on Thursday backed a bigger role for Germany in the United Nations, but opposed Japan becoming a permanent member of an expandedUN Security Council as tension between...		Annan puts blame on US, Britain: Oil-for-food scandal UNITED NATIONS, April 14: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Thursday the United States and Britain bore part of the blame in the Iraq oil-for-food debacle....
US suspends Israel from plane project TEL AVIV, April 14: The United States has suspended Israel from joint efforts to produce a new warplane, in protest at the Jewish state’s defence dealings...		Tolerance for Islam has limits: queen COPENHAGEN, April 14: Denmark’s Queen Margrethe urged Muslim immigrants to learn Danish to help them feel more at home and said in an official...
65 Maoists killed in clash with Nepal army KATHMANDU, April 14: At least 65 Maoist rebels are believed to have been killed in a fresh clash with security forces in western Nepalthe Nepal Royal...		Israel has no plan to attack Iran: Sharon WASHINGTON, April 14: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, following talks with US officials on Iran’s nuclear program, said Israel was not planning...
Al Jazeera man says FBI planned his arrest MADRID, April 14: An Al Jazeera correspondent arrested in Spain and charged with being a member of Al Qaeda says the FBI requested his arrestsaid this...		Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian NABLUS, April 14: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian gunman in a raid in a West Bank refugee camp on Thursday and a leading militant group...
US needs more friends, says Clinton UNITED NATIONS, April 14: Former US president Bill Clinton said on Wednesday that the United States should try and build a world with more friends and more...		Next pope: Ratzinger faces stiff opposition VATICAN CITY, April 14: A German cardinal seen as a front-runner to be the next pope has run into opposition from his fellow prelates, leaving them split on Thursday...
Cardinals divided over Islam VATICAN CITY, April 13: Conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has gained strong support among Roman Catholic cardinals seeking a successor to Pope John Paul, but many of them...		Vatican takes steps to deter snoopers VATICAN CITY, April 14: When 115 cardinals meet in the Sistine Chapel next Monday to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, their eventual decision, which they believe...
The ricin ring that never was Note: Was removed on request from Guardian & PHPL on Apr , 2005 @ 16:30 p.m.....		Germany reclaims Einstein BERLIN: Suffering from an acute lack of heroes after losing two world wars, Germany has reclaimed Albert Einstein as one of its greatest national figure seven....
Koizumi unlikely to back down in row with China TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has a penchant for bold and risky moves, but experts question whether he’s willing to make a grand....		Putin reaps whirlwind of regional shake-up MOSCOW: A campaign by Russian President Vladimir Putin to tighten control over wayward provincial bosses has backfired, whipping up squalls of public protest in regions across the country, analysts...