June 29, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1426

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US running secret camps on ships, says UN official VIENNA, June 28: The United Nations has learned of ‘very, very serious’ allegations that the United States is secretly detaining terrorism suspects in various locations around the world, notably aboard prison...		France to host world’s first nuclear fusion plant MOSCOW, June 28: Science’s quest to find a cheap and inexhaustible way to meet global energy needs took a major step forward on Tuesday when a 30-nation consortium chose France to...
Israeli army snipers killing children with impunity GAZA STRIP: It was the shooting of Asma Mughayar that swept away any lingering doubts I had about how it is the Israeli army kills so many Palestinian children...		Israel not fulfilling obligation: HRW NEW YORK, June 28: The Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Israel had not upheld its obligation under international law to provide an effective remedy to victims of human rights abuses in the territories....
US court rulings stoke up church-state debate WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed down two key rulings meant to clarify the law on the separation of church and state, but immediately fanned a fierce debate on God’s place in US society....		Futuristic Dubai – an architect’s paradise DUBAI: Wealthy Gulf Arab investors have only to snap their fingers and someone in Dubai’s burgeoning community of Western-trained architects will design the impossible — or the unthinkable....
India turns poachers into protectors PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE (India): India is turning poachers into gamekeepers in a bid to save its dwindling tiger population. The primitive Mannan tribespeople who once plundered the jungles...		Israel jails soldier for disobeying order JERUSALEM, June 28: A young Israeli soldier who disobeyed orders to take part in demolitions of deserted buildings in a Jewish settlement in Gaza was sentenced on Tuesday to 56 days in jail, the army said....
G8 leaders’ cars to use straw fuel OTTAWA, June 28: When leaders of the world’s major industrialized nations meet next week, their cars will run on a blend that contains a fuel made from straw, which its Canadian...		Congress allies lead protest over fuel price NEW DELHI, June 28: India’s powerful communists, who prop up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition government, hit the streets on Tuesday to lead a 24-hour nationwide transport strike in protest...
Baghdad has ‘no role in talks’ with guerillas: Oldest MP killed in blast MOSCOW, June 28: Science’s quest to find a cheap and inexhaustible way to meet global energy needs took a major step forward on Tuesday when a 30-nation consortium chose France...		Saudi govt issues list of wanted men RIYADH, June 28: The Saudi government on Tuesday released a fresh list of 36 ‘most wanted’ men suspected of involvement in planning acts of terror. “Security authorities have managed to uncover...
Fusion reactor to mimic the Sun LONDON: If scientists succeed in building an experimental nuclear fusion reactor and making it work it could solve the world’s energy problems for the next 1,000 years or more, a leading scientist...		SA jobless find solace in informal sector JOHANNESBURG: Margaret Magondo negotiates the busy streets of central Johannesburg with a drum of smouldering coals delicately balanced on a plank on her head as she makes her way to her trading spot....
Wal-Mart founder’s son killed in plane crash NEW YORK, June 28: Billionaire John Walton, the second son of Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton and a Wal-Mart board member, died on Monday when a small plane he was piloting...		Arroyo faces calls for resignation MANILA, June 28: Opponents of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have stepped up calls for her to resign after she admitted talking to an election official during vote-counting,...
Minister admits to taking bribes over arms deals AUGSBURG (Germany), June 28: A former German junior defence minister admitted in court on Tuesday to accepting kickbacks from major arms sales...		UK remembers Battle of Trafalgar LONDON, June 28: Britain celebrated an epic naval victory on Tuesday but a descendant of its hero Admiral Horatio Nelson said the Battle of Trafalgar bicentenary was trying too hard not...