May 26, 2005	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 17, 1426

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Amnesty deplores impunity to HR violators in India NEW DELHI, May 25: Perpetrators of human rights violations in India continued to enjoy impunity in many cases, most notably in Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat, the Amnesty International report said...		US leading attack on HR, says Amnesty: Guantanamo described as ‘gulag of our times’ LONDON, May 25: The United States has undermined respect for human rights across the world with its efforts to weaken absolute opposition to torture, Amnesty International charged on Wednesday in its...
US-backed pipeline for Caspian oil opened BAKU, May 25: Oil started to flow into a US-backed pipeline on Wednesday which will carry Caspian oil to the West and loosen Russia’s stranglehold on exports from the region. The...		US troops search homes in Iraqi town BAGHDAD, May 25: Around 1,000 US and Iraqi troops swept through the western town of Haditha on Wednesday, searching homes and seizing suspects in an anti-guerilla raid that comes after a...
US can’t win ‘war on terror’ by itself: Rumsfeld WASHINGTON, May 25: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday the United States cannot win the ‘war on terrorism’ by military means alone or without the support of other countries....		Filmmaker Ismail Merchant dies LONDON, May 25: Indian-born international filmmaker Ismail Merchant died suddenly on Wednesday in a London hospital, a spokesman for his London office said. “Unfortunately I can confirm that he died suddenly...
Bush threatens to veto stem cell bill WASHINGTON, May 25: The US House of Representatives has voted to increase federal funding for embryonic stem cell research but President George Bush has vowed to veto the bill if it...		LTTE trying to improve its image COLOMBO: The 19-year-old war between the government and the LTTE is over. It is now the battle by the Tamil Tigers for the best possible global position, not as terrorists, but...
BD opposition resents CEC appointment DHAKA: The recent appointment of a new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in Bangladesh has angered the opposition which has been trying for the last several months to get the composition of...		Civil society in Nepal faces tough time KATHMANDU: It isn’t easy working for Nepal’s civil society these days. Groups pushing for the return of constitutional democracy after the Feb. 1 royal takeover are being harassed by state security...
Govt action upsets book lovers MUMBAI: First they targeted scantily clad women dancers, now officials are evicting Mumbai’s famous roadside booksellers. India’s financial capital, renowned for its vibrant street activity and nightlife, has cleared out dozens...		Disappearances rising: AI NEW DELHI: Deaths and disappearances surged in South Asia in 2004 fuelled by separatist conflicts and corruption, London-based Amnesty International said in its annual human rights report released on Wednesday....
Beatings, arrests mar Egypt vote CAIRO, May 25: Plainclothes supporters of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak beat up activists protesting against a referendum on Wednesday on a new presidential election system that allows opposition candidates but sets...		BD court’s order to EC DHAKA, May 25: The High Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday directed the government and the Election Commission (EC) to make it mandatory for parliamentary candidates to provide their personal information about...
Women take brunt of rights abuse: AI LONDON, May 25: Women and girls faced ‘horrific’ levels of abuse in worldwide, the Amnesty report said, blaming widespread rape and violence on a mix of ‘indifference, apathy and impunity’. From...		McNamara for no-war pact with N. Korea UNITED NATIONS, May 25: Robert McNamara, who was US defence secretary during the Vietnam war, on Tuesday called on the Bush administration to give ‘negative security assurances’ to North Korea and...