July 8, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1426

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Senior Afghan officials involved in war crimes: HRW WASHINGTON: As an unexpected resurgence of fighting by Taliban and allied forces against the US-backed government of President Hamid Karzai is raising new concerns over Afghanistan’s stability, Human Rights Watch (HRW)...		Londoners go from ecstasy to agony LONDON: On Wednesday, jubilant Londoners celebrated their city landing the 2012 Olympics. Less than 24 hours later, they faced carnage. Rarely in peacetime can a city have gone through such extremes of emotion as London has this week....
Victims recount horror LONDON: Thousands of shocked Londoners have been giving their accounts of the blasts in the capital. “I came out of the bank and walked 20 metres and I saw the bus, then it just blew up....		A timeline of how attacks unfolded THE following is a timeline of the Series of explosions (all times GMT): 0751: Seven people are killed in an explosion on a Circle or Central line train 100 metres from Liverpool Street Underground station....
200 rescued from blazing ferry: Massive operation off Philippines ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), July 7: More than 200 people were rescued from a blazing ferry off the southern Philippines on Thursday with officials refusing to rule out a militant attack....		Security tightened in Europe ROME, July 7: Countries in Europe tightened security on Thursday after four deadly bombings in London, fearing more attacks across the continent. Italian Interior Minister Guiseppe Pisanu said all of Europe had raised its alert level....
G8 terms explosions strike on civilized world BERLIN, July 7: Leaders from around the world expressed shock and anger over the deadly blasts in the heart of London and voiced determination to crush the terrorist threat....		Accidents on London Underground LONDON, July 7: The explosions on underground trains and buses in central London are the latest in a series of terrorist attacks and accidents to hit the British capital’s public transport system since the 1970s....
Attacks since 9/11 LONDON, July 7: The wave of explosions in London is the latest in a line of attacks since the Sept 11 strikes in the United States in 2001....		Rice not to attend Asean meeting WASHINGTON, July 7: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will not attend a key Southeast Asian meeting this month, officials said on Wednesday amid warnings that the move could be viewed as a slight by the region’s leaders....
Arroyo asks cabinet to resign MANILA, July 7: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, facing a political crisis over allegations of vote fraud, said on Thursday she has asked her cabinet members to step down but will not herself resign....		UNSC calls for collective action UNITED NATIONS, July 7: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday deplored ‘the atrocious bombings’ that rocked London as ‘an attack on humanity itself’, urging that such violence not be allowed...
What if they disagree to disagree: G-8 summit GLENEAGLES: Every now and then helicopters have been flying towards the Gleneagles Hotel, carrying one or another of the G8 leaders whose three-day summit started on Thursday....		‘Polynesians came from Taiwan’ WASHINGTON: A genetic study helps confirm the theory that Polynesians, who settled islands across a vast swathe of ocean, started out in Taiwan, researchers reported on Monday....
Halliburton gets more Iraq work WASHINGTON: The US military has hired Halliburton Co. for nearly $5 billion in new work in Iraq under a logistics contract that has so far earned the Texas firm $9.1...		Anti-depression drugs stop heart attack: study CHICAGO: Heart attack patients who suffer from depression, something that happens in one of every five cases, can cut their risk of suffering another heart attack by taking antidepressant drugs, a study said on Monday....
Police force: only hope for jobless Iraqis HAMYYA (Iraq): Tawfiq Jamil hasn’t worked since Saddam Hussein’s government fell more than two years ago. A former taxi driver, the 28-year-old was forced to sell his car after the...		Uzbekistan to reassess use of base by US TASHKENT, July 7: Uzbekistan intends to reassess Washington’s use of Khanabad airbase, close to its border with Afghanistan, due to the changed situation in Afghanistan and payment problems relating to the base, the Uzbek foreign ministry said on Thursday....
Budapest malls evacuated after bomb threat BUDAPEST, July 7: Two of Budapest’s largest shopping centres were evacuated on Thursday due to bomb threats just hours after suspected terror attacks in London, officials said....		Business as usual International banks in London’s famous Square Mile were battling to house and transport key staff after the explosions disrupted bus and train services. The deadly blasts left banks scrambling to implement...