June 26, 2005	Sunday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1426

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Pro-poor image helped Ahmadinejad TEHRAN: The backing of hardliners, a knack for drawing on the concerns of the poor and his opponent’s failure to shake off an unappealing image propelled Mahmood Ahmadinejad to the biggest...		Khamenei urges Rafsanjani to stay in politics TEHRAN, June 25: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged defeated presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to remain involved in politics. In his first comments since...
Iran’s election: reaction TEHRAN, June 25: The following are comments from officials, analysts and voters on the election result: White House: “We have expressed our clear concerns about the recent elections where over 1,000...		Rafsanjani lashes out at hardliners TEHRAN, June 25: Defeated presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani reacted furiously to his shock election loss, pointing the finger at a hardline institution and a vast ‘illegal’ operation aimed at turning voters against him....
Hardliner’s win shocks Iran’s reformists TEHRAN: The impeccable polish of northern Tehran’s plush shopping malls and bustling fast food restaurants could not mask the gasps of shock from chic young customers that Mahmood Ahmadinejad is their president elect....		Russia to continue N-ties with Iran MOSCOW, June 25: Russia is ready to continue cooperating with Iran in the atomic energy sector following the victory of hardliner Mahmood Ahmadinejad in presidential elections, but will meet obligations to...
Pakistani woman wins US award NEW YORK, June 25: Ms Sharmeen Obaid, a Pakistani documentary film maker, received a $10,000 Livingston Award for international reporting for her film ‘Reinventing Taliban’, which she made for Discovery Times Channel....		Govt-LTTE deal angers Lanka’s Muslims: Aid distribution COLOMBO, June 25: Sri Lanka’s main Muslim party said on Saturday it would boycott a landmark tsunami aid-sharing deal between the government and the Tamil Tigers that is seen as a...
Bulgarian Socialists claim poll victory SOFIA, June 25: Bulgaria’s opposition Socialists claimed victory over the ruling centrists in Saturday’s elections, but exit polls suggested they may struggle to form a government....		Iraqi president rules out Kurdish independence ANKARA, June 25: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani dismissed as ‘unrealistic’ aspirations by Iraqi Kurds for independence in their northern enclave and urged Turkey to set aside its doubts and give backing to Kurds in his country....
India cracks down on rebels from Myanmar GUWAHATI, June 25: Indian forces have destroyed one of the largest Mynamarese rebel bases in India, deep in the mountainous jungles of the remote northeast, police said on Saturday....		Indian police probe call centre fraud NEW DELHI, June 25: Indian police were investigating reports that details of 1,000 British bank customers were allegedly sold to an undercover reporter by an Indian call centre employee, a report said on Saturday....
Washington humiliated: Tehran TEHRAN, June 25: Iran’s supreme leader said on Saturday the United States had been ‘humiliated deep inside’ by the presidential election result. “You illustrated the secret of your solidity and power...		Graham’s ‘crusade’ NEW YORK, June 25: Billy Graham, the American evangelical preacher, kicked off what calls his final American Crusade at New York’s Flushing Meadows park on Friday night....
Afghanistan’s war on drugs penalizing poorest farmers KAMA DISTRICT (Afghanistan): Farmer Mohammed Agha squats on his haunches in the dust near his wheat fields and dreams of growing opium again, so that he can do more than just scrape by....		Blast hole in comet:Russian is suing Nasa MOSCOW: When Nasa’s Deep Impact spacecraft hurls a barrel-sized probe at the comet Tempel-1 millions of miles from Earth on July 4, Marina Bai of Moscow will take it very personally....
The Chinese way of eco-friendly living YANAN (China): While environmentalists in the West are still scratching their heads for answers to energy-efficient, eco-friendly living, some Chinese have had the solution for thousands of years - cave dwelling....		Tape scam becomes nuisance for Philippines president MANILA: Anyone unused to the wacky world of the Philippines’ celebrity-studded political landscape might wonder how an alleged recording of the president, Gloria Arroyo, purportedly attempting to rig last year’s presidential...