June 8, 2005	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 30, 1426

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UK has begun contacts with Hamas: Straw’s disclosure AL QUDS, June 7: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw opened talks on Tuesday with his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom after revealing in London that Britain had begun contacts with Palestinian Islamist...		Indian airline faces Al Qaeda charge MUMBAI, June 7: Jet Airways Ltd’s plans to fly to the United States have run into hurdles after a US company accused the Indian firm of having links with Al Qaeda,...
Indigenous people under threat: ‘War on terror’ SANTIAGO: The “war on terror”, identified in Amnesty International’s annual report as a new source of human rights abuses, is threatening to expand to Latin America, targeting indigenous movements that are...		Enthusiasts for Wright museum in France PAU (France): Aviation enthusiasts are pushing to set up a museum of early aviation in the southwestern French town of Pau, where the Wright brothers created the world’s first flying school...
Malaysia’s prosperity keeps extremists at bay KUALA LUMPUR: Protest organizers from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic party had predicted a big turnout. But on a sticky afternoon in central Kuala Lumpur, hopes of striking a telling blow against the...		Oman plans to develop tourism as alternative MUSCAT: Fearing that oil reserves may one day fail to support its economy and growing population, the Gulf sultanate of Oman is investing billions of dollars in a massive tourist resort...
G8 generous for only five nations, says report LONDON: Group of Eight finance ministers will consider a compromise debt relief plan to write off multilateral debts of only five countries, a copy of the proposal showed on Tuesday. Aid...		Protesters descend on Bolivian capital LA PAZ, June 7: Tens of thousands of Bolivian peasants and miners marched through La Paz on Tuesday despite President Carlos Mesa’s offer to resign as some opposition leaders urged early...
Four die in stranded Pakistanis’ camp DHAKA, June 7: Four people have died of heat exhaustion and dozens of others are ill at a camp for Pakistanis stranded in Bangladesh after the authorities cut off electricity there,...		Nepal rebels admit blast was ‘grave mistake’ KATHMANDU, June 7: Nepal’s Maoists admitted a ‘grave mistake’ and claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a bus bombing that killed 38 people as the government, politicians and rights groups in the...
Aga Khan honoured in Canada OTTAWA, June 7: Prince Karim Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, was honoured here Monday night with the “Companion of the Order of Canada”, the highest civilian honour. Canada’s...		Pakistan’s growth is ‘second fastest’ WASHINGTON, June 7: The world’s second fastest growing economy after China is no longer India. It’s Pakistan, says a commentary on Pakistan’s budget by US financial wire service Bloomberg. Another financial...
G-4 decides to delay UN move UNITED NATIONS, June 7: The G-4 group — Japan, Brazil, India and Germany — have decided to delay submission of their draft resolution on the UN Security Council expansion till at...		Military spending near Cold War peak: SIPRI STOCKHOLM, June 7: Massive US spending on the ‘war on terror’ pushed global military expenditure above one trillion dollars last year, the sixth successive year the total has risen, a leading...