18 April 2005	Monday	08 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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No reason to apologize, China tells Japan BEIJING/TOKYO, April 17: China told Japan bluntly on Sunday it had no reason to apologize after weeks of anti-Japanese protests, some violent...		Sale of F-16s boosts US aircraft industry NEW YORK, April 17: The US decision to sell 24 F-16s jet fighters to Pakistan has given a big boost to the American aircraft manufacturers...
Four killed in BD-India border clash DHAKA, April 17: Four people were killed in an exchange of fire between Indian and Bangladeshi border troops while their top officials were wrapping up a meeting in Dhaka, security officials...		Rich nations fail to reach deal on debt relief: African countries WASHINGTON, April 17: The world’s richest nations failed once again on Saturday to agree on how to free Africa from debt and poverty. Aid...
Iraqi, US forces search for hostages NEAR MADAEN, April 17: Iraqi troops backed by US forces mounted fresh raids in a town south of Baghdad on Sunday but failed to find...		Turk Cypriots elect pro-unity president NICOSIA, April 17: Turkish Cypriots reiterated their support on Sunday for moves to reunite the ethnically divided island, electing pro-settlement...
Thousands hold anti-Israel rally JAKARTA, April 17: More than 10,000 members of a conservative Indonesian Muslim party staged peaceful anti-Israel protests in several cities on Sunday, including a major one in Jakarta outside the US...		Lebanon leaders unite to break impasse BEIRUT, April 17: Hopes rose on Sunday that Lebanon’s newly named prime minister Nagib Miqati could break six weeks of political deadlock by forming a government after he obtained support from...
12 die in Swiss bus accident ORSIERES (Switzerland), April 17: At least 12 people were killed and 15 seriously injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in southwestern Switzerland on Sunday....		Israel faces signs of civil war TEL AVIV: Anti-pullout protesters blocked a major highway near Tel Aviv, disrupted an Israeli army graduation ceremony for new officers, and...
South demands more say in IMF, WB WASHINGTON: Developing nations have issued a statement strongly condemning the “democracy deficit” in two of the most powerful wardens of the current global economic system...		Russian regions vote on merger MOSCOW: Three Siberian provinces held referendums on Sunday on whether to merge to become Russia’s vastest region in a move which could give the Kremlin a pattern for reducing the number...
Mass graves help build case against Saddam BAGHDAD: Two mass graves that appear to contain the remains of as many as 7,000 people killed by Saddam Hussein’s government have...		Cambodia seeks justice after 30 years PHNOM PENH: Thirty years after Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, 64-year-old Cambodian Bou Meing takes a trip down memory lane....