July 12, 2005	Tuesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 4, 1426

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Bombers had access to military explosives: experts LONDON, July 11: Suspected Al Qaeda militants behind the London bombings may well have come from a previously unknown local cell and yet had access to military explosives, European security officials familiar with the probe said....		EU split over anti-terror phone data, logging rules BRUSSELS, July 11: The European Union is split over how to introduce a law requiring phone and Internet usage records to be stored to help fight terrorism in the wake of the London bombings, an EU official said on Monday....
Al Qaeda warning given in May: daily MADRID, July 11: The Al Qaeda ordered attacks on Europe in a May 29 Internet message that the Spanish secret service forwarded to their British counterparts at the weekend, a Spanish newspaper reported on Monday....		Israeli scared of blasts feared killed in London LONDON, July 11: A 39-year-old Israeli woman who had a fear of bus bombs in her home country got on the Number 30 bus in London on Thursday moments before it exploded and is feared dead, her fiance said....
London train driver ‘luckiest man alive’ LONDON, July 11: A London Underground train driver caught up in the terror bombings said on Monday he was ‘the luckiest man alive’ after surviving the attacks....		List of missing as diverse as London itself LONDON: Nazy Mozakka came from Iran. Slimane Ihab, from Tunisia, arrived by way of Paris. Gamze Gunoral, a Turk, moved to London just a few weeks ago....
US press in chains WASHINGTON: The editor of a leading US newspaper has admitted pulling two major investigative pieces on the advice of lawyers after a New York Times reporter was sent to jail for refusing to divulge the identity of a source....		Srebrenica’s scars may never fade OSMACE (Bosnia-Herzegovina): In late afternoon, the three women rest on a tattered blanket, tired from chores that are now theirs alone to bear in this village without men....
Nasa begins countdown to new shuttle flight CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): Nasa controllers last night set the countdown clock ticking to the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster. Crew safety has become the priority of the national space...		France faces worst drought PARIS: France is facing its worst water shortage since 1976, with rivers drying up, reservoirs struggling to meet demand, and rationing measures introduced in the most severely hit areas....
North Korea agrees to consider US plan: End to nuclear row PHUKET (Thailand), July 11: North Korea has agreed to give a detailed response to a US-led aid-for-disarmament proposal when it returns to nuclear talks later this month, senior US administration officials said....		Bush aide under attack over CIA leak charges WASHINGTON, July 11: The White House faced fierce questioning on Monday over top political aide Karl Rove’s involvement in a CIA leak scandal and Democratic calls mounted for President George Bush to sideline the adviser....
Hurricane leaves US coast unharmed PENSACOLA (USA), July 11: Relief crews fanned out over northwest Florida on Monday to gauge the misery and debris strewn anew by Hurricane Dennis on a region still recovering from a devastating hurricane last year....		Aquino urges Arroyo to resign MANILA, July 11: A respected former Philippine leader on Monday repeated calls for President Gloria Arroyo to resign over a political scandal but a defiant Arroyo was determined to ride out the crisis, according to aides....
39,000 Iraqis killed since 2003: study UNITED NATIONS, July 11: Some 39,000 Iraqis have been killed as a direct result of combat or armed violence since the US-led invasion, a figure considerably higher than previous estimates, a Swiss institute reported on Monday....		India hopeful of acquiring US nuclear reactors WASHINGTON, July 11: India hopes that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first state visit to Washington, which begins this weekend, will lead to the acquisition of civilian nuclear reactors from the US....
Israel seeks $2.2bn US aid for pullout JERUSALEM: Israel will ask the United States for $2.2 billion, one of the largest aid requests by the Jewish state, to pay for its planned withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip, Israeli political sources said on Monday....		UNGA debates SC enlargement UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly opened a key debate on Monday on a controversial draft resolution by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan to expand the powerful Security Council as part of a broader reform of the world body....
30 burned alive in DR Congo BUKAVU (DR Congo): An armed gang herded dozens of civilians into their huts in eastern Democratic Republic of Cong (DRC), lit the homes on fire and burned more than 30 of them alive, the UN mission in the DRC said Monday....		Small arms most deadly: survey UNITED NATIONS: Most victims of war die these days from small arms like machineguns, pistols and rifles, making them the true weapons of mass destruction in the world today, according to a new report released on Monday....