May 28, 2005	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 19, 1426

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Muslims vent rage on US over sacrilege BEIRUT, May 27: Waving copies of the Holy Quran and chanting anti-American slogans, Muslims across the world took to the streets on Friday to protest the desecration by US interrogators at...		Conference on NPT ends without deal UNITED NATIONS, May 27: After a month of bickering, the 188 signatories to the global pact against atomic weapons failed on Friday to agree on new steps to combat the danger...
2 US troops killed as ’copter downed BAGHDAD, May 27: Guerillas killed two US soldiers on Thursday night when they shot down their chopper near a militant stronghold. In Baghdad, the Iraqi government sealed off the capital on...		Inmate dies at Abu Ghraib The US military has launched an investigation into the death of an Iraqi inmate who was shot on Friday at the Abu Ghraib jail. A brief statement gave no information on...
UN group submits proposals on expansion UNITED NATIONS, May 27: Following a rebuttal of the G-4 proposal to increase permanent seats in the 15-member UN Security Council, the ‘Uniting for Consensus’ group on Friday unveiled a ‘consensus...		2 WWII soldiers hiding in jungle? GENERAL SANTOS (Philippines), May 27: Japan was checking on Friday if at least two elderly Japanese men found on a Philippine island plagued were soldiers left behind from World War II...
Abbas-Bush summit annoys Israelis JERUSALEM, May 27: Israel put on a brave face on Friday after President Mahmoud Abbas won crucial backing from Washington, but seethed beneath the surface, blaming the Palestinian leader for failing...		Australian woman jailed for 20 years DENPASAR, May 27: A young Australian woman was on Friday jailed for 20 years for smuggling drugs into Indonesia, prompting her country’s prime minister to appeal for calm among her outraged...
UN honours Pakistani peacekeepers UNITED NATIONS, May 27: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday paid tributes to 115 UN peacekeepers, both military and civilian, from 39 countries, including 20 from Pakistan, who lost their lives...		Pompeii tours on hot-air balloon ROME, May 27: Tourists will soon be offered a chance to see Pompeii, one of Italy’s most prized archeological sites, from the vantage point of a hot-air balloon,...
Judge disallows fifth marriage RIYADH, May 27: Officials at a government department in Jeddah were taken by surprise when an old man came to the office to register his new wife. The problem was that...		BD troops kill six near border DHAKA, May 27: Six gunmen were killed in a shootout with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and paramilitary troopers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in the country’s northeast...
US duplicity exposed by broken promises: NPT obligations mandatory for others, voluntary for America LONDON: Not a day goes by without a member of team Bush lecturing us on the threat from weapons of mass destruction and assuring us of the absolute primacy they give...		Main beneficiary of world aid are rich nations: Report exposes myth about donors LONDON: Well-heeled consultants and companies in the west are the beneficiaries of a global aid system which results in less than 40 per cent in every pound helping to eradicate poverty...
Language bias skewing aid to Africa: UN UNITED NATIONS: Jan Egeland, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, says he is livid that the international donor community has brushed aside his appeal for 16.2 million dollars in emergency food assistance...		Vietnam fast turning into a consumer society HANOI: A new middle class of young, tech-savvy consumers with money to buy mobile phones, home electronics and other luxury items is set to propel Vietnam’s economic growth for years to...
Rising rents threaten Dubai’s economic miracle DUBAI: Miriam’s landlord has given her an ultimatum — pay up or get out of your suburban Dubai villa. Miriam received an annual rent bill of 90,000 dirhams ($24,500), up almost...		Mubarak govt gets tough with pro-democracy activists CAIRO: Rabaa Fahmy, a slender woman in a black skirt and jacket, had already been beaten and dragged into the street by government-organized mobs. But as a lawyer, she was determined...
Zarqawi’s aides in power struggle BEIRUT: Al Qaeda’s top leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been badly wounded and his lieutenants are engaged in a power struggle over who would replace him if he dies,...		Zarqawi in ‘good health’ DUBAI, May 27: Al Qaeda in Iraq said its leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the country’s most wanted man, was ‘in good health’, in a statement posted on Friday on the...