July 21, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 13, 1426

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India-US nuke deal remains discreet NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his quest for nuclear civilian energy, has committed Indian nuclear...		Vajpayee slams accord NEW DELHI, July 20: Former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee led a chorus of protest on Wednesday against the India-US agreement envisaging opening up of New Delhi’s civilian nuclear facilities...
US-India N-deal may affect CBM talks: Diplomats’ apprehension NEW DELHI, July 20: A controversial nuclear cooperation deal for civilian projects between India and the United States may cast a shadow on the nuclear CBM talks between Islamabad and New...		Israeli MPs reject move to put off Gaza pullout TEL AVIV, July 20: The Israeli parliament overwhelmingly rejected a last-ditch move by right-wingers on Wednesday to delay the Gaza Strip pullout for up to a year as a rally to protest next month’s withdrawal fizzled out....
S. Arabia deports 600 BD workers DHAKA: As many as six hundred workers were deported from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The workers returned home after passing through what they called horrifying experiences in the Saudi deportation camps....		Arms cache found in Saudi Arabia: Militants planning attacks: US RIYADH, July 20: Saudi security forces have uncovered a militant hideout filled with bomb-making materials south of the capital Riyadh, the interior ministry said on Wednesday....
Lawmaker angers US Muslims WASHINGTON, July 20: A US congressman who suggested the United States might consider bombing Muslim holy sites, including Makkah, has drawn apology demands from US Muslim and Arab groups but rejected a request to meet one leading organization....		Aid pact salvageable, but damage done: LTTE-govt deal COLOMBO: Sri Lanka may be able to save a tsunami aid-sharing pact that donors hoped could jumpstart peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels, but a court freeze on the deal has further strained a ceasefire already on the brink of collapse....
West has designs on Sri Lanka, says book COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, an island, has a history of not being left to itself, as islands (generally) are supposed to be. A struggling third world country, which has seen a civil...		Advani back in control NEW DELHI: Indicating that BJP president L.K. Advani was back in control of the organization, the party is planning to take disciplinary action against senior leader Madan Lal Khurana for demanding a change of guard....
Pataudi declares his wildlife articles CHANDIGARH: Former Indian cricket team captain and accused in the black buck hunting case at Jhajjar, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, on Wednesday appeared before the Chief Wildlife Warden, Haryana, Mr K.L....		Maoist leaders patch up differences KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoist rebel leaders appeared to have patched up their differences on Monday as the party’s former deputy was reinstated to its high command after months out in the cold....
UK troops regret death of Iraqi prisoner LONDON, July 20: A British Army regiment said on Wednesday it ‘bitterly regrets’ the death of an Iraqi detainee in its custody, after three of its soldiers were charged with war crimes over alleged prisoner abuse....		UK to deport ‘hate preachers’ LONDON, July 20: Britain on Wednesday took a first step toward striking a deal with Jordan to enable British courts to deport Jordanians who are seen as a menace, one of...
Indian tea workers on strike NEW DELHI: India’s tea industry, the world’s largest, has suffered heavy losses because of a 10-day-old strike, but union leaders vowed on Wednesday to continue their indefinite action....		US to deploy riot control gun in Iraq LONDON, July 20: Scientists are questioning the safety of a Star Wars-style riot control ray gun due to be deployed in Iraq next year. The Active Denial System weapon, classified as...
Star Trek’s ‘Scotty’ dies at 85 LOS ANGELES, July 20: Actor James Doohan, best known as Scotty, the feisty, Scottish-accented chief engineer on television’s original Star Trek series, died on Wednesday at his home in Redmond, Washington, his manager said....		Annan calls for ‘new security consensus’ UNITED NATIONS, July 20: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday called for a “new security consensus,” built from the grassroots up, to respond to threats whenever and wherever they appear on the horizon....
US Republicans moot aliens’ expulsion WASHINGTON, July 20: All of the estimated 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens in the United States would have to leave the country under an immigration bill introduced on Tuesday by two conservative Republican senators....		Biggest demo against Mubarak CAIRO, July 20: Egyptian religious hardliners and leftist groups joined forces on Wednesday for the biggest demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak in the capital this year....