May 17, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 8, 1426

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Tel Aviv reports plot to attack Al Aqsa JERUSALEM, May 16: Israeli authorities released without charge five Jews they had suspected of planning to fire an anti-tank missile at the Al Aqsa Mosque, the justice ministry said on Monday....		Israel bars Mahathir from Jerusalem RAMALLAH, May 16: Israel on Monday banned former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad, whose comments have in the past infuriated Jews, from entering Jerusalem while visiting the West Bank....
Confusion over rebels’ identity ANDIZHAN, May 16: There is confusion over the identity of the men who started an uprising in the eastern Uzbek town of Andizhan, which ended in a massacre when troops opened...		US calls for reform in Uzbekistan SHANNON, May 16: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday called for political reform in Uzbekistan. Ms Rice’s comments about Washington’s ally in its ‘war on Terrorism’ were the strongest...
Russians got 33pc of allocation: US Senate: Iraq’s oil-for-food programme WASHINGTON, May 16: Almost one-third of the oil allocations granted under the United Nations’ 1996-to-2003 Iraqi oil-for-food program went to Russian parties or individuals, according to a US Senate report released...		Seoul comes up with fresh offer for Pyongyang SEOUL, May 16: South Korea is prepared to make a new and serious proposal to advance six-country talks on North Korea’s nuclear programmes if Pyongyang returns to the stalled negotiations, a...
Sunnis for new body to draft constitution BAGHDAD, May 16: Sunni leaders called on Monday for an independent group — rather than parliament — to write Iraq’s new constitution, a day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...		Israeli FM, envoy in Madonna row JERUSALEM, May 16: An Israeli diplomatic row that features high-powered wives and guest-stars Madonna took a new twist on Monday that could cost the country’s leading ambassador his job. The soap-opera-like...
Italian worker kidnapped in Afghanistan ROME, May 16: An Italian aid worker with the group CARE International was kidnapped in Kabul on Monday. The woman was abducted by four armed men, security sources in Kabul said....		45 dead, 40 missing in BD tragedy DHAKA, May 16: At least 45 people died and over 40 others were missing after a twin-deck river ferry with more than 100 passengers sank in a storm in southern Bangladesh,...
Free trade crushes poor farmers: Aid group’s report LONDON: Free-trade development strategies designed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have devastated poor countries and left their farmers worse off, a British aid group said in...		Brutality, poverty fuel unrest in Uzbekistan MOSCOW: The tense hush that filled the empty back streets of Namangan spoke of the city’s tortured youth. One of the main cities in the Ferghana valley, the impoverished eastern side...
Egypt has long history of rigged elections CAIRO: The Mubarak regime’s resistance to scrutiny of the forthcoming presidential election shows how much Egypt has to learn about democracy. Two short sentences in a speech by the US president,...		Tunisian media not free, say HR bodies LONDON: A group of human rights organisations have expressed grave concern over continuing denial of freedom for media groups and civil society in Tunisia. The International Federation for Human Rights,...