22 April 2005	Friday	12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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US call for change angers Russia: Rice terms Belarus true dictatorship VILNIUS, April 21: Russia and the United States clashed over Belarus on Thursday as Moscow’s foreign minister rebuffed a call by the US Secretary...		Pakistan on Canada’s aid list OTTAWA, April 21: Canada plans to come to the rescue of 25 of the world’s poorest countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, for special attention in its aid budget, it was officially...
China moves to allay Third World’s fears on summit eve JAKARTA, April 21: Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged on Thursday to adhere to peaceful development in a bid to allay regional fears in the wake of anti-Japanese protests at home and...		Europe in danger of de-Christianization: New Pope’s dilemma LONDON: Atheists should welcome the election of Pope Benedict XVI. For this aged, scholarly, conservative, uncharismatic Bavarian theologian will surely hasten precisely...
US using money to influence Muslim opinion: magazine WASHINGTON, April 21: Pakistan is high on a list of 24 Muslim countries where the United States is funding projects to discourage religious extremism, says a report in the latest issue...		Nato holds first meeting on ex-Soviet soil VILNIUS, April 21: NATO signed a landmark military cooperation accord with Russia on Thursday, highlighting progress in strengthening their ties at a first-ever ministerial meeting of the alliance on ex-Soviet soil....
US casts doubts on Annan’s future UNITED NATIONS, April 21: The Bush administration said on Thursday UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan may have been too hasty to claim he had been exonerated in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal and...		157 survive plane crash TEHRAN, April 21: An Iranian plane carrying 157 passengers crash landed and caught fire at Tehran’s main airport on Wednesday night causing some injuries but no deaths, Iran state television said....
Indiscretions at Vatican conclave ROME, April 21: A landslide majority but technical hitches hampering the joyful announcement — accounts and indiscretions emerged Thursday about the election...		Nine die as ’copter shot down in Iraq BAGHDAD, April 21: Guerillas in Iraq shot down a Bulgarian commercial helicopter on Thursday and all nine people aboard were killed in what was believed to be the first downing of...
Gorbachev, Turner accuse US of hypocrisy UNITED NATIONS, April 21: Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev blasted the United States on Wednesday for its “hypocrisy” over nuclear arms and called for cuts in its...		Plaque for Advani slammed NEW YORK, April 21: An organization of Indian Muslims in the United States on Thursday expressed their indignation over reports that a delegation of Pakistani doctors recently honoured BJP leader L....
Rice shows teeth in chilly Russia trip MOSCOW: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has put Russia on guard that the United States will not ignore any retreat by Moscow from democratic reforms. During a visit that sent...		Xinjiang’s mummies get new history URUMQI (China): After years of controversy and political intrigue, archaeologists using genetic testing have proven that Caucasians roamed China’s Tarim Basin 1,000 years before...
G-8 amuses Africa with hollow promises PARIS: AIDS and malaria alone will kill close to three-quarters of a million Africans before leaders of the world’s wealthy nations try in July to break a deadlock over debt relief...		Antibiotics do not reduce heart attack risk: study The bacteria can double the chance of developing subsequent heart attacks, and researchers thought antibiotics might help cut that risk....