May 5, 2005	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1426

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S. Arabian nationality: tough terms dampen fervour RIYADH, May 4: The number of people applying for Saudi citizenship has fallen considerably after the initial rush as most of the applicants realised that it was difficult for them to...		Rice urges Iran not to make N-arms WASHINGTON, May 4: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Iran ‘not to make nuclear weapons under the pretext of developing a peaceful nuclear program.’ “There needs to be a...
200 held after demo against Mubarak CAIRO, May 4: Egyptian riot police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators staging protests nationwide on Wednesday against President Hosni Mubarak’s “dictatorship”, arresting more than 200 people. Pro-reform activists have...		BD rejects ‘kind of hell’ tag from media DHAKA: Bangladesh condemned as unfounded on Tuesday a report by the Paris-based media watchdog Reporters without Borders which branded the country a “kind of hell” for journalists and the home minister...
Audits find flaws in US handling of Iraq funds WASHINGTON, May 4: The United States has carelessly, and possibly fraudulently, handled some Iraqi money used for reconstruction, according to US audits that found nearly 100 million dollars in cash unaccounted...		FBI charges analyst with spying for Israel WASHINGTON, May 4: The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested a senior Defence Department analyst on charges of disclosing top secret information about potential attacks on US forces in Iraq...
Kuwaiti women fail to get right to vote KUWAIT CITY, May 4: Kuwait’s all-male parliament on Tuesday failed to approve a bill that would have allowed women to vote and stand for election in time for forthcoming municipal polls,...		Dinosaur ‘missing link’ found WASHINGTON, May 4: Birdlike dinosaurs newly unearthed in Utah may be a missing link between primitive meat-eating creatures and more evolved vegetarians, US researchers reported on Wednesday. The 125-million-year-old fossils show...
Abu Ghraib suspect’s guilty plea thrown out FORT HOOD, May 4: A military judge on Wednesday ended the court martial of Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse suspect Lynndie England after throwing out her guilty plea for one of the...		Israel to set up university in West Bank AL QUDS, May 4: Israel’s decision to establish a university at a Jewish settlement deep inside the West Bank has sparked sharp criticism from Israeli academics, with many warning it will...
Violence against women rising in S. Asia: UN CHANGING laws is the easy part, changing attitudes is something else. Shameful stories in recent days of horrific rapes in Pakistan and India, murders in Afghanistan and an impoverished Bangladeshi mother...		Chandrika ignores opposition: Accord with LTTE COLOMBO: President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday vowed to go ahead with the joint mechanism with the LTTE, the first ever agreement with the Tamil Tiger rebels after they walked out of...
BJP plans to bring in new leadership SITAPUR (Uttar Pradesh): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that it would contest the next general elections in 2009 under a second-rung leader. Party Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters...		Nepal’s end to emergency termed a ‘ploy’ for arms KATHMANDU: International human rights groups said on Wednesday King Gyanendra’s lifting of emergency rule in Nepal could be a “tactical ploy” to persuade military donors to resume shipments to his ill-equipped...
Tsunami aid stranded at Lankan port COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday confirmed that tons of aid for stricken tsunami survivors had been stranded at the country’s main port here after import duties were reintroduced. About 200 shipping...		Muslim growth rate down in India: report NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Minorities last week came out with an in-depth analysis of the religion-based data in the Census 2001 report, saying though the growth rate of the...
Hospital to curtail use of heart drug CLEVELAND: Doctors at America’s top heart hospital, Cleveland Clinic, have voted unanimously to curtail or even ban the clinic’s use of Johnson & Johnson drug Natrecor. Widely used as a treatment...		Planes on alert for Bush visit MOSCOW: US spy planes are stepping up flights over Russia’s border along the Caucasus mountains before a visit to the region by President George Bush, but Moscow is unworried, the head...
Tel Aviv extends pullback freeze TEL AVIV: Israel indefinitely extended on Wednesday a freeze on handovers of West Bank cities to Palestinian security control, accusing the Palestinians of poor faith in peacemaking for failing to disarm...		Indians asked to declare dowry NEW DELHI: India’s highest court has asked the government to order all its male employees to declare the amount of dowry they received at the time of their marriage, a newspaper...