July 27, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 19, 1426

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Nasa sends shuttle back into space CAPE CANAVERAL, July 26: Nasa successfully launched space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday after a 2-1/2 year struggle to rebuild the shuttle programme following the fatal Columbia accident....		Egypt names Sinai man as suspect bomber SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), July 26: Egyptian investigators said on Tuesday they had identified a man suspected to be one of the bombers who died in the Sharm el-Sheikh attacks as Cairo denied the involvement of Pakistani nationals....
Germany deports Muslim cleric BERLIN, July 26: Authorities in the German state of Bavaria said on Tuesday they had deported a Muslim cleric to Egypt who they accused of being a “dangerous hate preacher” who urged followers to mount a holy war against “unbelievers”....		US wins assurances on access to air bases BISHKEK, July 26: Kyrgyzstan’s newly elected leaders on Tuesday assured US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of continued US access to an air base here as long as Afghanistan remains unstable....
Blair vows to give ‘not one inch’ to terrorists LONDON, July 26: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday much of the world had dropped its guard after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks and vowed to give ‘not one inch’ to terrorists....		Bomb attack derails train in Turkey DIYARBAKIR (Turkey), July 26: A bomb derailed a train in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, but no one was injured, the third attack on a train in the troubled region this month, officials said....
Assault on workers tests Manmohan alliance NEW DELHI, July 26: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s troubled coalition waded into a fresh crisis on Tuesday after a savage police assault on striking workers at a major Japanese firm near...		Ex-Nepal PM jailed for two years KATHMANDU, July 26: Sacked Nepali prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was jailed for two years on corruption charges on Tuesday by a powerful anti-corruption body. Deuba and his government were sacked...
Landslides kill 22 in India MUMBAI, July 26: At least 22 people have died and some 120 are feared trapped beneath two separate landslides in India’s western state of Maharashtra following flash floods caused by monsoon rains, police and an official said on Tuesday....		‘Lawrence of Arabia’ train faces quiet demise ABOARD THE HEJAZ RAILWAY: Early last century, the biggest threat to the Hejaz Railway was Britain’s T.E. Lawrence and his camel-mounted Arab rebels, who sabotaged the desert track to attack trains packed with Turkish soldiers....
Blair has appeased and prevaricated LONDON: Two weeks on, London is stricken once more. The death cult strikes again, unstoppable in its deranged religious mania. This time no deaths but a savage reminder of the unknown...		Bitterly divided Asia marks end of war anniversary: 60 years down the lane TOKYO: Asia marks 60 years after the defeat of the Japanese empire with memories of the conflict still haunting it, a sharp contrast to the display of unity on the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe....
Civil war spectre spurs new Iraq exit plans WASHINGTON: Growing pessimism about averting civil war in Iraq, as well as mounting concerns that the US military presence there may itself be fuelling the insurgency and Islamist extremism worldwide, has...		Flu viruses can swap genes, says study WASHINGTON: Strains of the influenza virus are constantly swapping genes among themselves and giving rise to new, dangerous strains at a rate faster than previously believed, US researchers reported on Monday....