July 28, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 20, 1426

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Al Qaeda claims killing Algerians DUBAI, July 27: The group of Al Qaeda’s Iraq frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has executed two Algerian diplomats kidnapped last week, an internet statement said on Wednesday, in the latest killings of Arab envoys in Iraq....		Washingtonmay cut Iraq force, says general BAGHDAD, July 27: The United States hopes to sharply reduce its forces in Iraq by the middle of next year if all goes according to plan, its top commander on the ground said on Wednesday....
Suicide bomber kills 5 in hospital BAGHDAD, July 27: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a Baghdad hospital on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding 10, police sources said....		Turk forces kill 15 Kurdish rebels DIYARBAKIR, July 27: Turkish security forces have killed 15 guerillas from the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and seized a number of arms and documents, security officials said on Wednesday....
Conviction of Indian ‘super-cop’ upheld NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has upheld the conviction for sexual harassment of a policeman who became a national hero, says a BBC report. ‘Super-cop’ KPS Gill must pay more than...		US court jails ‘millennium bomber’ SEATTLE, July 27: A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Ahmed Ressam, the ‘millennium bomber’ convicted of plotting to blow up Los Angeles airport, to 22 years in prison for conspiracy to...
Warning had come before bombing, says Egypt CAIRO, July 27: Egyptian investigators have found connections between the deadly bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh and another wave of attacks last October on Sinai resorts, security sources said on Wednesday....		India’s view on UN vote disputed NEW DELHI, July 27: China on Wednesday rejected India’s claim that the African Union countries had reached a consensus on accepting a UN Security Council structure minus the veto right....
Ex-deputy PM convicted in Turkmenistan ASHGABAT, July 27: Turkmenistan’s former deputy prime minister Redjep Saparov was sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking bribes of up to $1 million and illegal possession of weapons, state television reported on Wednesday....		Saudi prince funds Islamic art gallery RIYADH, July 27: Billionaire Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has donated 17 million euros ($20.5 million) to fund the creation of an Islamic art gallery at the Louvre museum in Paris, his office said on Wednesday....
Man detained briefly under anti-terror laws LONDON, July 27: British police detained for several hours on Wednesday under anti-terrorism laws a man who was about to take a flight from London’s Luton airport to France....		Iran says will resume enrichment work TEHRAN, July 27: Iran will resume some key work on its nuclear fuel cycle regardless of what European diplomats propose to defuse a dispute over Tehran’s atomic ambitions, Iran’s president said on Wednesday....
American arms buzz over India NEW DELHI: The corridors of the defence establishment in New Delhi are abuzz with activity as India and the United States position themselves to enter a new era of cooperation....		Nepal parties reject Maoists offer of talks KATHMANDU: Nepal’s main political parties rejected on Monday an appeal by the country’s Maoist rebels for talks to plan joint opposition to King Gyanendra’s seizure of power, saying the guerrillas should stop killing civilians first....
BD plans merit-based salary structure DHAKA: The government has assured the International Monetary Fund that it will soon introduce merit-based salary structure in the civil service, linking pay with performance of public servants, according to sources in the finance ministry....		Triangular struggle threatens truce: LTTE-govt deal COLOMBO: As a triangular struggle for control of the island country’s restive East, among the Tamil Tigers, a renegade faction led by ‘Col. Karuna’ and the Sri Lankan army worsens, observers...
Delhi’s tech boom sparks recruitment rush BANGALORE: On a hot summer weekend in India’s technology capital, 28,000 young graduates converge on a suburban indoor stadium and create a stampede for jobs in the exploding software and business service industries....		Bhutanese yearn for an end to exile TIMAI REFUGEE CAMP (Nepal): In the dark silence of a bamboo and thatch hut in eastern Nepal an old woman is dying. Skeleton thin, mouth puffed open with cancer and eyes...
Israeli troops kill teenage Palestinian JENIN (West Bank), July 27: Israeli soldiers shot dead a teenage Palestinian stone-thrower on Wednesday during a West Bank raid in which they detained a wanted Islamic Jihad militant....		S.Lanka’s PM tipped to run for presidency COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s ruling party has chosen Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as its next presidential candidate when the country votes for a successor to Chandrika Kumaratunga, government sources said on Wednesday....