29 April 2005	Friday	19 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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Parliament approves Iraqi cabinet: Six women included BAGHDAD, April 28: Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday approved Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari’s cabinet after weeks of a damaging deadlock...		Al Qaeda suspects deported PESHAWAR, April 28: Pakistan on Thursday deported two Tanzanian nationals arrested more than two years ago on suspicion of having links with Al-Qaeda, an official said...
Attorney general resigns in BD DHAKA: The attorney general of Bangladesh resigned on Thursday on health grounds, according to a statement. But sources in the ruling BNP and the higher judiciary said Hassan Arif had tendered...		Next UN head should be Asian: Annan NEW DELHI, April 28: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who retires next year, said on Thursday the next chief of the world body should come from Asia. The last UN Secretary General...
Airbus terms India’s deal with Boeing astonishing NEW DELHI, April 28: European Aircraft giant Airbus Industrie has cried foul over state-run Air India’s decision to buy 50 Boeing jets, saying it was denied a chance to show off...		Freelance operators pose a major terror threat: US WASHINGTON, April 28: Freelance operators are increasingly becoming a major threat, although Al Qaeda continues to be the driving force behind terrorism, the US State Department said...
Israel, Russia to fight ‘terror’ JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to set up a joint anti-terrorism system in which real-time information will be shared, public radio...		Italy not to ‘sign off’ on US report ROME, April 28: Italy said on Thursday it would not endorse a US report expected to exonerate the US soldiers who shot dead an Italian agent in Iraq if it was...
UN to set up money transfer outlets UNITED NATIONS, April 28: The United Nations Postal Agency and Europe-based Universal Postal Union announced a plan on Thursday to establish some 660,000 electronic money transfer outlets for migrant workers throughout...		Blair makes legal advice public LONDON, April 28: With a general election just a week away and his integrity on the line, British Prime Minister Tony Blair bowed...
Earth-penetrating N-arms could kill one million people: study WASHINGTON, April 28: Earth-penetrating nuclear weapons can destroy hard-to-reach underground facilities but could also kill more than a million people on the surface...		Fallujah is the US’s Guernica BAGHDAD: Robert Zoellick is the archetypal US government insider, a man with a brilliant technical mind but zero experience of any coalface or war front. Sliding effortlessly between ivy league academia...
Rafsanjani gets ready to contest presidency TEHRAN: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s statement that his decision to run in Iran’s presidential election was like having to swallow medicine belies a strong desire to stand and a deep confidence he...		Putin is no more unchallenged LONDON: Russia faces a summer of discontent as rival youth movements and disaffected voters respond on the streets to President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly autocratic rule and uncertainty about the country’s democratic...
Scientists identify sleep gene defect LONDON: A mutation in a gene in fruit flies may help scientists devise new therapies to ensure people get a good night’s sleep. American scientists said...		Bollywood trying to escape murky past MUMBAI: Bollywood — the world’s largest movie-making centre — has long been burdened by associations with Mumbai’s underworld, deriving much of its funding from gangsters....