August 2, 2005	Tuesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 25, 1426

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Fahd — ‘defender of Arab causes’ CAIRO, Aug 1: Arab leaders on Monday mourned the death of Saudi King Fahd as a major loss for the Muslim world, remembering him as a great monarch who will go down in history as a tireless defender of Arab causes....		Key dates in history of Saudi Arabia RIYADH, Aug 1: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd died on Monday, bringing to an end a 23-year reign that saw the kingdom confronted with the most tumultuous years of its existence....
King Abdullah unlikely to change Saudi direction LONDON: Monarch in all but name for 10 years already, Saudi Arabia’s new reformist King Abdullah can wield full authority after succeeding his half-brother Fahd but will not wrench the conservative kingdom onto a different path....		CIA withheld report on Iraq, says ex-official NEW YORK, Aug 1: A former CIA officer charged in a lawsuit that he had informed the spy agency that an informant in the spring of 2001 told him that Iraq...
Oil wealth divides Iraqis BAGHDAD: It is crunch time for the drafters of Iraq’s constitution, and one question above all has stymied them: whether Kurds and Shias should control their own regions and the oil money they generate....		Bush ignores Senate, appoints Bolton WASHINGTON, Aug 1: US President George Bush on Monday bypassed the Senate and installed a controversial neo-conservative, John Bolton, as ambassador to the UN. Appearing at White House’s Roosevelt Room, with...
Annan’s warning to new envoy UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1: Saying that he looked forward to working with new US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday warned him he would...		Mumbai residents advised to stay in MUMBAI, Aug 1: Monsoon rains lashed Mumbai again on Monday as rescuers pulled more bodies from the floodwaters and the city battled to recover from its worst-ever recorded deluge, with the death toll nearing 1,000....
Jackson buys home in Bahrain? NEW YORK, Aug 1: Pop superstar Michael Jackson has brought a luxury property in Bahrain, where he recuperated after his gruelling child molestation trial, the New York Post reported on Monday....		Three LTTE men arrested COLOMBO, Aug 1: Three persons with suspected LTTE links were arrested by police when they were caught videotaping the high security residence of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in Colombo....
A united Ireland is inevitable LONDON: Tony Blair was right to rejoice. There is a real prospect of permanent peace in Northern Ireland. But he was wrong to imply that the world, at least as seen from Belfast, changed last Thursday....		Bush govt uncertain over N-deal with India WASHINGTON: A recent US-India nuclear agreement was so hastily concluded the Bush administration is only now beginning to figure out how to implement it in the face of tough questions from the US Congress and non-proliferation experts....
Discovery astronauts embark on spacewalk HOUSTON: Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Discovery early on Monday embarked on their second space walk of the mission in a bid to replace a faulty gyroscope aboard the International Space Station....		Planet 10 won’t affect horoscope HYDERABAD (India): US astronomers have discovered the “tenth planet” in the solar system, but astrologers say it will in no way affect astrology. Experts point out that the new planet, 2003...
Russia seeks apology from Poland MOSCOW: Russia demanded a formal apology from Poland on Monday over the mugging of three teenage children of Russian diplomats and a Kazakh friend at the weekend, blaming Polish politicians for stirring up anti-Russian sentiment....		N. Korea talks progressing, say delegates BEIJING: Marathon six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons drive continued for a seventh day on Monday, with officials saying the process was edging forward despite differences on key disarmament issues....