June 30, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1426

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Hezbollah rockets Israeli bases: Tel Aviv carries out raids RASHAYA (Lebanon), June 29: Hezbollah militia bombarded an Israeli army post in the disputed Shebaa Farms border area with Lebanon on Wednesday, wounding at least two people and prompting retaliatory artillery fire and air raids....		Israeli army ejects Jews from Gaza outpost AL-MAWASI (Gaza Strip), June 29: Israeli troops smashed their way into a Gaza building on Wednesday and ejected about 30 ultranationalist Jews who seized it as an outpost of resistance to...
Bush links Iraq attack to 9/11 tragedy WASHINGTON, June 29: In an attempt to link the war in Iraq to the attacks on the US on Sept. 11, 2001, President George Bush has told Americans they have to...		Rice opposes SC expansion UNITED NATIONS, June 29: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her first visit to the United Nations after becoming top US diplomat had reportedly told UN officials that expanding the...
US delays shipment of M-16 rifles to Nepal KATHMANDU: The United States has suspended a shipment of M-16 rifles to Nepal to protest at King Gyanendra’s takeover in February. Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald Camp says...		Afghanistan undoing opium efforts: UN BANGKOK, June 29: Major eradication efforts which could see Southeast Asia declared virtually opium-free in coming years have been offset by rising production in top heroin source Afghanistan, the United Nations...
‘Diamond’ rush on Mumbai beach MUMBAI, June 29: Thousands of people have been flocking to a beach in India’s financial hub in a manic diamond rush, but police said on Wednesday the stones were fakes and...		2 members of Muslim panel back fatwa on rape victim LUCKNOW: Two senior members of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) have endorsed the fatwa issued by the Darul-Uloom Deoband declaring a young housewife “unfit” for her husband after she...
Rome under pressure to clarify role in kidnap ROME, June 29: Italians are demanding their government say if it secretly authorized the alleged kidnapping by CIA-linked agents of a terrorism suspect, grabbed off a Milan street and flown to...		Mahmood hails victory as ‘new Islamic revolution’ TEHRAN, June 29: Iran’s president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad hailed his election triumph as a new Islamic revolution that could spread throughout the world, in a shift away from previously moderate post-vote rhetoric....
Tourism returns as fighting ebbs in Kashmir SRINAGAR: Rajni Patil waited 16 years to see what poets have described as “paradise on earth”. “It is a dream come true,” gushed the 45-year-old housewife from central India, standing on...		Arroyo’s husband to leave Philippines MANILA, June 29: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo moved dramatically on Wednesday to reduce pressure on her government from graft allegations, saying her scandal-prone husband had agreed to leave the country....
Shrinking habitat a threat to Sri Lanka’s frogs COLOMBO: Conservationists in Sri Lanka, the world’s top spot for frogs, have discovered 35 new species of the amphibians — only to find that another 19 species have died out....		MP sees unrequited love behind Rice fury TEHRAN, June 29: Perplexed by the vitriol of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s attacks on Iran, one lawmaker believes he has uncovered the secret of her enmity — that she...
Theatre chain offers to return money LOS ANGELES, June 29: America’s second largest cinema chain is trying to boost lacklustre ticket sales for Russell Crowe’s new film, ‘Cinderella Man’, by offering to give moviegoers their money back...		Nagas set new terms for truce NEW DELHI: A rebel group in India’s northeast said it was willing to renew a seven-year ceasefire with the government, but only if New Delhi reined in its security forces, whom...
Lankan party withdraws ultimatum COLOMBO: A key Muslim party in Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition has withdrawn an ultimatum to the government that it drop a controversial deal to share tsunami aid with Tamil Tiger rebels....		Cargo vessel hits three BD navy ships CHITTAGONG: A cargo ship that developed mechanical problems in Bangladesh’s Chittagong port channel struck and damaged three navy vessels, officials said on Tuesday....