July 22, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 14, 1426

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Sunnis halt work on Iraq’s constitution: Protest against killings BAGHDAD, July 21: The Iraqi National Assembly’s rush to finish a new constitution by mid-August ran into more trouble on Wednesday when the drafting committee’s Sunni members halted their work after the assassination of a colleague....		London blasts: an attempted copy of July 7 attacks LONDON: The explosions on London’s transport system on Thursday look like an attempted carbon-copy of four attacks that killed 56 people two weeks ago and may be masterminded by the same group, security analysts said....
Underground rail network partly closed LONDON, July 21: Part of London’s Underground rail network and an overland train service north of the capital were closed on Thursday after the explosions. Thousands of commuters faced difficult journeys...		Blasts almost simultaneous: police chief LONDON, July 21: Thursday’s explosions on London’s transport system were “pretty close to simultaneous” but not all of the devices went off properly, the capital’s police chief Ian Blair said....
The Tube: key facts LONDON, July 21: Here are key facts about London’s underground train network, which is the biggest and the oldest in the world: The London Underground, known as The Tube, opened...		Man who fled Kabul died in UK tragedy LONDON, July 21: One of the people killed in the London bombings was an Afghan who tried to make a new life in Britain after his parents were killed by the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, a newspaper reported Thursday....
US intensifies lobbying against G4 proposal UNITED NATIONS, July 21: The United States on Wednesday stepped up lobbying in order to persuade UN member states not to vote for any proposal on the expansion of the 15-member UN Security Council....		US sees no imminent copycat bombing WASHINGTON, July 21: US officials said they did not believe the United States was in imminent danger of an attack similar to Thursday’s second wave of bombings on London’s transport system but were closely monitoring the London events....
US cautions Iraqis on women’s rights WASHINGTON, July 21: Iraqis would make ‘a terrible mistake’ in adopting any constitution that sharply curbs women’s rights, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday....		Scare at hospital LONDON, July 21: A hospital near the scene of one of Thursday’s explosions circulated a memo telling staff to look out for a possibly Asian man with wires protruding from his top....
12 killed in Yemen clashes SANAA, July 21: Twelve people were killed during clashes on Thursday between security forces and armed demonstrators in a second day of deadly protests against a government decision to hike fuel prices, witnesses said....		Palestinians to celebrate pullout, says Qorei RAMALLAH, July 21: Palestinians will celebrate ‘over every single metre of land’ that Israel withdraws from after its planned Gaza pullout in mid-August, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said on Thursday....
House poised to reauthorize Patriot Act WASHINGTON, July 21: The House of Representatives, ignoring protests from civil liberties groups and some conservatives, moved on Thursday to renew the USA Patriot Act giving the government unprecedented powers to investigate suspected terrorists....		Germany to go to the pollsin September BERLIN, July 21: President Horst Koehler agreed on Thursday to dissolve parliament and allow early elections, putting Germany on track for a Sept 18 vote that polls suggest will usher in a new reform-minded conservative government....
WB, IMF policies led to riots in Yemen SANA,A: The Yemeni government recently lifted subsidies on all oil products which led to a 100 per cent rise in the price of oil, a 200 per cent increase in diesel...		Aceh deal may serve as model for other conflicts KUPANG (Indonesia): Devastating though it was, the Asian tsunami brought the proverbial winds of change to Indonesia by focusing international attention on the festering conflict in Aceh province and creating conditions...
BD paper in trouble as brothers slug it out DHAKA: Thousands of newspaper readers across Bangladesh were surprised on Wednesday morning as they did not receive their copy of Ittefaq, one of the leading Bangla dailies published from Dhaka....		Afghanistan situation: a barely managed chaos WASHINGTON: On the day of the London bombings, President Bush proclaimed: “The war on terror goes on.” Through the 2004 campaign, his winning theme was terror....