June 11, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 3, 1426

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Sunnis reject compromise offer on constitution BAGHDAD, June 10: Political leaders of Iraq’s Sunni community on Friday rejected a compromise offer on giving them more say in the drafting of a constitution. It was not clear how the Shia-dominated ...		Iran has frozen work at N-site: UN experts VIENNA, June 10: Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog have inspected an underground uranium enrichment plant in Iran and verified that Tehran has kept its word by freezing all sensitive nuclear...
Pakistani unfairly treated: lawyer SAN FRANCISCO, June 10: A Californian accused of lying about his son’s links to a Pakistani Al Qaeda training camp was unfairly tarred by talk of terrorism even though charged with...		Pakistani found murdered in NY NEW YORK, June 10: Two men were charged on Thursday with the murder of a Pakistan-origin doorman in New York after his body was found near a subway station near his...
US holding secret talks with Iraqi guerillas BAGHDAD: American diplomats and army commanders have held indirect secret talks with insurgents in Iraq, the first officially sanctioned contact between the two sides in two years of violence....		Globalization threatens Mauritius economy PORT LOUIS: Mauritius symbolises the challenge globalisation poses across Africa: succumb to the whims of a world trade system dictated in faraway capitals or transform crisis into opportunity....
Saudis take a fresh look at ban on women drivers RIYADH: Mohammed al-Zulfa’s mobile telephone has buzzed non-stop since he suggested Saudi Arabia lift a decades-old ban against women driving — the only prohibition of its kind in the world....		Reforms will not ease US pressure on Syria DAMASCUS: Syria’s Baath Party congress dashed domestic hopes for sweeping reform and diplomats said it was a missed opportunity to deflect growing international pressure on Damascus....
ElBaradei faces Iran challenge in new term VIENNA: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has won the support of Washington but now faces the greater challenge of dealing with an Iranian atomic programme that the...		Balloons chase Indian monsoon MUMBAI: S.S. Samant stands in long grass holding an off-white balloon the size of a baby elephant, ready to release it to the laps of the rain gods....
India-Lanka defence pact likely COLOMBO, June 10: India and Sri Lanka hinted on Friday that a defence pact was on the cards, and one Lankan official confirmed news reports that his government had requested New...		Saudi body flooded with HR complaints RIYADH, June 10: Saudi Arabia’s National Human Rights Association (NHRA), set up in March last year, has received a barrage of complaints from jail inmates – both nationals and expatriates....
Syria has agents in Lebanon, says Bush WASHINGTON, June 10: US President George Bush delivered Syria a fresh warning on Friday, calling for Damascus to pull its intelligence services out of Lebanon....		2 Australians face terrorism charges SYDNEY, June 10: Two Australian men, one a former Qantas baggage handler and the other a Sydney architect, were ordered to stand trial on separate terrorism charges on Friday, court officials...
US, UK agree on debt relief WASHINGTON, June 10: The United States and Britain have agreed on the details of a proposal to wipe out the debts owed by 18 of the world’s poorest countries, the White...		FBI lacked urgency, says 9/11 report WASHINGTON, June 10: The FBI failed at least five times to detain two of the Sept 11 hijackers who took part in the attacks on the United States in 2001, according...
Jackson jurors hold sixth day of deliberations SANTA MARIA, June 10: Jurors in Michael Jackson’s trial held a sixth day of deliberations on Friday in a shroud of secrecy that provided no clue as to when they might...		US, S. Korea united on DPRK: Bush WASHINGTON, June 10: The United States and South Korea ‘speak with one voice’ on the issue of North Korea, US President George Bush said on Friday after summit talks aimed at...