July 1, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1426

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Israel seals off Jewish settlements SHIRAT HAYAM (Gaza Strip), June 30: Police carried out a lightning raid on a bastion of opposition to the Gaza Strip pullout on Thursday after Israel sealed off its settlements in...		OIC avoids mention of Iraq resistance SANAA, June 30: Muslim states promised more assistance for Iraq on Thursday, but baulked at the outright condemnation of ‘terrorism’ requested by its under-fire government....
Mahmood was among captors: ’79 hostages WASHINGTON, June 30: Several Americans held hostage in the 1979 US Embassy takeover in Tehran generated a new controversy on Thursday when they claimed that Iran’s president-elect was a leader of the hostage-takers....		60pc of all international aid is ‘phantom’: NGO NEW DELHI, June 30: Some 60 per cent of all announced international aid does not exist, global pressure group ActionAid said on Thursday, singling out the United States and France as...
Congress terms Nixon, Kissinger comments distasteful NEW DELHI, June 30: The ruling Congress party on Thursday attacked comments made by former US president Richard Nixon describing ex-Indian premier Indira Gandhi as an ‘old witch’ and said his...		Time agrees to hand over reporter’s notes to jury NEW YORK, June 30: Time magazine warned of ‘chilling’ new limits on US press freedom as it reluctantly agreed on Thursday to hand over a reporter’s notes to a grand jury...
Rice remarks irk Riyadh RIYADH, June 30: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has no right to speak about the case of three jailed activists whose cause she took up during a recent visit here,...		Bodies of 16 US troops found in Afghanistan KABUL, June 30: The bodies of 16 US troops have been recovered from the crash of a US helicopter in eastern Afghanistan, but four more soldiers are unaccounted for and some...
US Capitol evacuated, Bush moved after scare WASHINGTON, June 30: Police ordered the evacuation of the US Capitol, which houses the US Senate and House of Representatives, on Wednesday, and President George Bush was moved to a secure...		Fatwa on rape sparks storm in India MUZAFFARNAGAR, June 30: About 200 women protested outside a court in India on Thursday against a fatwa prohibiting a rape victim from living with her husband after she was raped by her father-in-law....
One in six countries facing food shortage: Climate change main reason: UN LONDON: One in six countries in the world face food shortages this year because of severe droughts that could become semi-permanent under climate change, UN scientists have warned....		Muslim states doing little to stem AIDS tide WASHINGTON: An Aids crisis is threatening to overwhelm many predominantly Muslim countries but their leaders remain in a state of denial and are doing little to stem the deadly problem, a pioneering study says....
Afghanistan on the brink of chaos again KABUL: A wave of Taliban violence culminating in the crash of a US helicopter probably hit by ground fire has brought Afghanistan to the verge of chaos and could compromise American operations in Iraq, analysts say....		Nasa scientists preparing to study building blocks of life LOS ANGELES: Nasa scientists are preparing to slam a coffee table-sized spacecraft into a comet half the size of Manhattan on July 4 in a cosmic smashup aimed at discovering the...
Man is not alone in universe, says Tom Cruise BERLIN: Hollywood actor Tom Cruise not only battles creatures from outer space in his latest film “War of the Worlds”, he also believes aliens exist, he told a German newspaper on Wednesday....		Fire at Japan’s nuclear plant TOKYO, June 30: Firefighters put out a fire late Thursday at a low-level nuclear waste processing facility at a plant in central Japan, a trade ministry official said, adding there were no injuries....