June 27, 2005	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 19, 1426

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Turkey warns EU against membership rule change ANKARA, June 26: Turkey will not tolerate any changes to the conditions attached to its bid to become a full member of the European Union and expects the bloc to honour...		Saddam aides grilled about Kurds’ killing BAGHDAD, June 26: The Iraqi court charged with trying ousted military dictator Saddam Hussein and his top aides on Sunday released footage of six of his lieutenants being interrogated about alleged crimes against Kurds....
Arabs hail Iran poll result DUBAI, June 26: Several Arab countries on Sunday welcomed Iranian president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad despite historically chilly relations with the Islamic republic,...		Ahmadinejad’s win alarms the West TEHRAN: His admirers hail him as Iran’s Robin Hood, his critics a religious extremist. But on Saturday Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became the president-elect of Iran, basking in an electoral landslide few had foreseen....
Worst-affected yet to get relief: Asian tsunami NAGAPATTINAM (India): Billions of dollars of aid was pledged after the tsunamis lashed the Asian shorelines but six months later most of it has yet to reach survivors due to corruption,...		US chooses stability over quick reform in Middle East LONDON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s just-completed trip to the Middle East has provided the best indication yet that the Bush administration is emphasizing stability over an aggressive pursuit of reform...
Brazilians suspect plot to steal away the Amazon BELEM (Brazil): Afghanistan was the first to fall. Iraq, with all that oil, was next. And Socorro Leite says she has a fair idea of what else lies in the sights of the American imperialists....		Juvenile crime is growing problem in Turkey DIYARBAKIR (Turkey): Deniz was 10 when he committed his first crime. “I stole a few candy bars; it was pretty easy,” recalled the gaunt teenager, his speech slurred by chronic drug abuse....
Lanka Muslim party threatens to quit over tsunami deal COLOMBO, June 26: A key Muslim party threatened on Sunday to resign from the Sri Lankan government over a controversial deal to share tsunami aid with Tamil Tiger rebels....		US media cautious about new Iran leader WASHINGTON, June 26: The US media responded cautiously to the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the new Iranian president, focusing mainly on how he would tackle the key issues of nuclear...
India calls flood alert in Himachal Pradesh SHIMLA, June 26: Thousands of people were evacuated on Sunday in India’s northern Himachal Pradesh state after a breach in an artificial lake in neighbouring Tibet threatened downstream villages, officials said....		Italians hunt CIA squad ROME, June 26: Italy and the United States were embroiled in a growing diplomatic row on Sunday over the CIA’s alleged kidnapping of a terror suspect, as other countries also began...