June 3, 2005	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 25, 1426

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Indian plan sold to Pakistan was ‘fake’ WASHINGTON, June 2: A report published on some US websites on Thursday claims that India might have deliberately sold a bogus plan to Pakistan in 1965 to mislead the Pakistani military The report, by Dr. Anil Athale, a former joint director of war history....		Dutch urge EU to lower ambition: Second blow to constitution THE HAGUE, June 2: The Dutch government called on Thursday for the European Union to scale back its ambitions after voters in the Netherlands and France triggered an unprecedented political crisis...
China supports UFC formula UNITED NATIONS, June 2: China’s Ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday expressed support for the expansion formula submitted by the “Uniting for Consensus” group (UFC) for the proposed...		Maldives parties allowed to contest polls COLOMBO, June 2: The Maldivian parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to allow multi-party democracy for the first time in the tiny atoll nation ruled by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom since 1978,...
Crisis talks planned BRUSSELS: The leaders of France and Germany planned crisis talks to seek a way out of the impasse in the wake of the double blow to European integration. Jacques Chirac and...		Journalist killed in Beirut explosion BEIRUT, June 2: Prominent anti-Syrian journalist Samir Kassir was killed on Thursday when a bomb exploded under his car in Beirut. Lebanese opposition figures blamed the blast on the government and...
Booker prize for Albanian writer LONDON, June 2: Albanian writer Ismail Kadare won the inaugural Man Booker International literary prize on Thursday, and said he hoped the award showed the Balkans was not just about civil...		Thwarted by a surge of democracy LONDON: There is one tiny problem with most of the analysis of last Sunday’s vote in France. Those who probe the motivations of the large majority who voted no (54.87 per...
Watergate under the bridge WASHINGTON: So it was Mark Felt who checked the position of the flowerpot with the red flag on Bob Woodward’s balcony — a sign that the reporter wanted to speak to...		Germany electrified by early election call BERLIN: It may not return him to office, but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s decision to call an election a year early has jolted German politics out of a trance. Schroeder electrified the...
Kashmir searches for its lost Sufi music KRALPORA (India): Amid the daily roar of gunfire and grenades, there’s something new in Kashmiri villages these days: music classes. A dozen teenagers, cradling ancient Kashmiri string instruments...		Investors count the cost of Yukos affair MOSCOW: The trial and imprisonment of oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky has scarred Russia’s business community and confidence may take years fully to recover, bankers and economists said on Wednesday...
Nato on watch for terrorists ABOARD HS THEMISTOKLIS: The bewildered crew hoist their arms in the air as Greek commandos storm the ship and begin body searches. A US Skyhawk helicopter with a gunman ready to...		Arms challenge awaits Hezbollah after Lebanon poll BEIRUT: Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is arguably Lebanon’s most powerful leader and the prowess of his Hezbollah fighters gives him prestige far beyond its borders....