28 April 2005	Thursday	18 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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50 killed in Lanka as train hits bus POLGAHAWELA (Sri Lanka), April 27: Fifty bus passengers were killed and dozens injured when a train rammed into the crowded vehicle at a level crossing in Sri Lanka on Wednesday...		Abu Ghraib abuse is tip of the iceberg: HRW NEW YORK, April 27: The crimes at Abu Ghraib are part of a larger pattern of abuses against Muslim detainees around the world, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday...
India-BD ties worsening, says body DHAKA, April 27: The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs at a camera meeting on Wednesday observed that Indo-Bangla relations have recently ‘reached near the lowest ebb...		World’s biggest plane makes first flight TOULOUSE (France), April 27: The world’s biggest airliner, the European Airbus A380, flew for the first time on Wednesday...
State Deptt suppressing figures, say US papers WASHINGTON, April 27: The number of serious international terrorist incidents more than tripled last year, US newspapers said on Wednesday, quoting an unpublished State Department report..		EU sacrificing HR in ‘terror war’: AI BRUSSELS, April 27: Amnesty International is warning of an increasingly “worrying” trend in Europe of sacrificing fundamental rights in the fight against terrorism....
Priest accused of spying on late pope WARSAW, April 27: The state agency overseeing Poland’s communist-era files on Wednesday accused a Polish priest at the Vatican of spying on the late Pope John Paul for his country’s secret...		Pakistani woman training Indian jail inmates AMRITSAR: The blustering bonhomie on both sides of the Radcliff line notwithstanding the friendly hand being extended by Ms Huma Parveen...
Congress faces dismal state of affairs: One year down the line NEW DELHI: The Congress party, set to celebrate its first anniversary in power, has not improved its prospects in either Uttar Pradesh or Bihar and is facing trouble in important states...		Left fails to change Nepal line NEW DELHI: The Manmohan Singh government has decided to support Nepal’s King Gyanendra unconditionally. No effort has been made to pin him down on the release of political prisoners, lifting of...
Vote on new term for IAEA chief put off VIENNA, April 27: The UN atomic agency has postponed until June a decision on whether to give current chief Mohamed ElBaradei a new term, diplomats said on Wednesday. The International Atomic...		Ex-BD FM dies DHAKA, April 27: Veteran Bangladeshi politician and Awami League presidium member Abdus Samad Azad died on Wednesday in Dhaka. Samad Azad, who was foreign minister in Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet...
Lebanon to hold elections next month BEIRUT, April 27: Lebanon’s new government said on Wednesday elections would be held next month, bolstered by a strong vote of confidence in parliament just a day after the last Syrian...		US defends study on ‘earth penetrator’ WASHINGTON, April 27: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday it makes “all the sense in the world” to study the feasibility of designing a nuclear weapon capable of penetrating...
Lankan coalition party fears island’s split COLOMBO: The government of President Chandrika Kumaratunge once again finds itself in a tangle with her coalition nationalistic party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)...		Nepal faces humanitarian crisis, says UN GENEVA: The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal could slide into a major humanitarian crisis unless outside powers help government and Maoist rebels put an end to their long civil conflict...