July 9, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-us-Sani 1, 1426

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Don’t link Islam with attacks: UK envoy WASHINGTON, July 8: British ambassador to the US, David Manning, has said that it would be a mistake to associate Islam with the terrorist attacks that killed at least 50 people in London on Thursday....		OIC slams London blasts JEDDAH, July 8: The Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference expressed his condolences on Friday for the bombings in London that killed at least 50 people and injured hundreds....
Blasts result of US policies, says Iran TEHRAN, July 8: Iran on Friday unanimously condemned the bomb attacks in London as “unacceptable and inhumane”, but a top cleric nevertheless said the blasts were direct result of US policies....		World’s press calls for unity after blasts PARIS, July 8: The world’s press called for global unity on Friday in the wake of the deadly bombings in London, warning that no country was safe from terrorism and urging a more coordinated international response....
G8 summit outcome disappoints aid activists GLENEAGLES (Scotland), July 8: Initial reaction to the Group of Eight summit here on Friday suggested that the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations had failed to meet the hopes...		Should Blair be held responsible?: London bombing “IF YOU bomb our cities”, Osama bin Laden said in one of his recent video tapes, “We will bomb yours.” It was crystal clear Britain would be a target ever since Tony Blair decided to join George W....
Dagestan: a new front in Caucasus war MOSCOW: Take Chechnya’s embattled police force, corrupt government, poor population and violent Islamists, then add dozens of feuding ethnic groups. Welcome to Dagestan, the new front in Russia’s spreading Caucasus war....		Nuclear security rules tightened VIENNA, July 8: Nearly 90 countries including the the world’s largest nuclear powers agreed on Friday to close loopholes in an international pact on the protection of atomic materials against terrorists and saboteurs....
Bangladesh women toil for crumbs SHAHABAZPUR (Bangladesh): Shefali Begum goes to bed many nights hungry because there is nothing left after feeding her four children and husband. But the frail mother, one of millions of poor...		Ageing Asia braces new dynamics TOKYO: East Asia’s dynamic economies which built themselves into mass exporters through innovation and hard work could be heading into the twilight era unless they urgently find a way to have more children....
Gulf Arab economies still rely on imported labour DUBAI: Record high oil prices have fed an economic boom in the Gulf Arab region, but the goal of energy-rich countries like Saudi Arabia to replace an army of migrant workers with their own citizens is as elusive as ever....		Troops at US base placed under curfew TOKYO, July 8: The US military in Japan on Friday put troops at the biggest US base in Asia under a night curfew after outrage on the southern island of Okinawa over a serviceman’s sexual assault of a young girl....
Taliban vow to kill American soldier KABUL, July 8: The US military searched for an eleventh day on Friday for an American commando missing in eastern Afghanistan, while the Taliban said their guerillas were interrogating the man and would kill him within days....		Africa hails summit aid pledge JOHANNESBURG, July 8: Africa welcomed the Group of Eight’s $25 billion boost in annual aid on Friday, but worried the rich world’s latest promise may fizzle in the face of Africa’s desperate needs....
US troops likely to protect diplomats WASHINGTON, July 8: The US military and Iraqi government are discussing plans under which American and other troops might begin helping protect foreign diplomats in Baghdad, a senior US general said on Friday....		Al Quds imam criticizes Blair AL QUDS, July 8: An imam who led Friday prayers at the Al Quds Al-Aqsa mosque criticised comments made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair over the London bombings....
Israelis kill Palestinian AL QUDS, July 8: An Israeli guard killed a Palestinian teenager on Friday while shooting to disperse stone-throwing protesters at a barrier being built near the Israeli-West Bank boundary, Israeli police said....		Saudi mufti condemns bombing RIYADH, July 8: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti on Friday strongly condemned the deadly blasts that rocked London and are believed to be the work of Al Qaeda, saying Islam strictly prohibits the slaughter of innocent people....