July 16, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-us-Sani 8, 1426

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Five Hamas men killed in Israeli strike on Gaza: PA confronts militants GAZA CITY, July 15: At least five militants from the Hamas group were killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza City and the West Bank on Friday, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned that more strikes might be expected....		US advised to be cautious: N-technology for India WASHINGTON, July 15: As Washington prepares for the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a prominent Washington think-tank has urged the Bush administration not to rush into supplying civilian nuclear technology to New Delhi....
Muslim leaders must speak up LONDON: When Tony Blair describes the London bombings as a perversion of Islam, I agree. The shoddy theology that endorses the killing of innocent people must be challenged....		China ready to use N-arms: general BEIJING, July 15: A Chinese general has warned that China is ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States if Washington attacks his country over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Friday....
Suspected bomb material: some facts LONDON, July 15: The powerful explosive TATP, which is thought to have been used in last week’s London attacks, is both hard to detect and made from a mix of common household chemicals....		G4 to seek Africans’ support for UNSC bid UNITED NATIONS, July 15: Foreign Ministers of G4, Japan, Germany, India and Brazil, are expected to arrive in New York on Sunday in a last ditch effort to enlist support of...
US court upholds trial at Guantanamo WASHINGTON, July 15: A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a Guantanamo prisoner accused of being Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard could be tried by a military tribunal, reversing a lower...		Ostracizing Hamas will not help GAZA: It seemed bizarre at first, in the wake of the London attacks, to sit down with men whose organization has sent hundreds of suicide bombers into Israeli cities....
British troops are part of the problem LONDON: In the single week since the London bombings there have been 11 suicide attacks in Iraq. One car bomb this week wiped out 30 children, one as young as six,...		EU and the global economic race BRUSSELS: It’s been a challenging six months for the European Union — and the next half-year, with Britain at the helm, looks set to be even tougher....
Iraq constitution on track, but no end to violence BAGHDAD: In a month, Iraq should have a constitution, meeting a deadline set as part of a US-backed timetable for its transition from occupation to independence....		Alzheimer’s damage reversible, says study WASHINGTON: Tests on mice suggest the brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease may be at least partly reversible, researchers reported on Thursday. Their genetically altered mice regained the ability to navigate mazes after the genes that caused their dementia were de-activated....
‘Dinosaurs breathed like birds’ LONDON: Dinosaurs may have been fierce predators but they had a respiratory system similar to modern birds such as the sparrow, scientists said. Ancient beasts such as the mighty Tyrannosaurus...		Jamaican in UK attacks had US links: TV WASHINGTON, July 15: A Jamaican believed to have been one of the London suicide bombers had contacts in the United States who are now under investigation by US authorities, ABC television reported on Friday....
French minister vows to expel radical Muslims MADRID, July 15: French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he would call for the deportation from France of any Muslim religious figures who call for murder....		Muslims must fight terrorism: UK official LONDON: Britain’s Muslim communities must begin an ‘active engagement in counter-terrorism’ following last week’s London suicide bombings, the country’s most senior police officer said on Friday....