August 5, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 28, 1426

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Kashmiri gets death for parliament attack NEW DELHI, Aug 4: A Kashmiri youth was sentenced to death, his cousin given a 10-year prison term while two others, including Delhi lecturer Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, were acquitted by...		New Delhi launches espionage probe NEW DELHI, Aug 4: Indian military sources said on Thursday an investigation has been launched into alleged espionage by a soldier at a major air base near China, in which documents on troop deployments and high-level strategy were stolen....
US will hand over Afghan prisoners to Kabul KABUL, Aug 4: Washington has agreed to transfer most of the several hundred Afghans held at US military bases in Cuba and Afghanistan to the custody of the Afghan government, a joint statement said on Thursday....		Bush sees no early pullout from Iraq GRAPEVINE (Texas), Aug 4: President George W. Bush, following the deadliest roadside bomb attack on US forces in Iraq, said on Wednesday the best way to honour the dead was to...
Police launch huge operation to protect London LONDON, Aug 4: Thousands of police mounted a huge operation on Thursday to protect London, exactly four weeks after suicide bombers brought carnage to the city, as Al Qaeda warned of more horrors....		How Britain gave Israel the nuclear bomb BRITAIN secretly supplied the 20 tons of heavy water to Israel nearly half a century ago which enabled it to make nuclear weapons, according to Whitehall documents which have been discovered at the Public Records Office....
Tribute paid to Arafat RAMALLAH (West Bank), Aug 4: Palestinians gathered at the graveside of Yasser Arafat on Thursday to mark what would have been the 76th birthday of their late patriarch, mourning his absence on the eve of Israel’s pullout from Gaza....		Astronauts see environmental damage on Earth HOUSTON, Aug 4: Commander Eileen Collins said astronauts on shuttle Discovery had seen widespread environmental destruction on Earth and warned on Thursday that greater care was needed to protect natural resources....
Sudanese bid farewell to Garang KHARTOUM, Aug 4: The death toll from days of rioting triggered by the death of John Garang hit 130 on Thursday as throngs of south Sudanese paid tribute to their revered...		Israeli settler kills 4 in Arab town SHFARAM (Israel), Aug 4: A soldier from a Jewish settlement shot dead four people on a bus in an Israeli Arab town on Thursday in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called...
Iraqis gear up to break constitution deadlock BAGHDAD, Aug 4: Iraqi leaders prepared on Thursday for a conference to try to break the deadlock on a draft constitution amid unabated violence that left at least 20 people dead, a day after 15 US marines were killed by rebels....		Relief, then fear, for passengers on Air France flight TORONTO: When the wheels of Air France flight 358 finally touched the runway at Pearson International Airport at 4:02pm on Tuesday, dozens of passengers burst into spontaneous applause....
Local people know better LONDON: I sold my first car in Maradi, Niger — epicentre of the current famine in the country. I was particularly proud of the car as it had just managed to...		A new credo for the hyperpower WASHINGTON: To improve its influence and image in the world, the US should refrain from building new nuclear weapons, scrap the Bush doctrine of preventive war and regime change, break its...
Coastal resort brings hard currency to North Korea ONJUNG-RI (North Korea): From his perch on a huge illuminated billboard, the founder of this communist state, Kim Il Sung, smiles down benevolently as, a few yards away, North Korean waitresses...		If George Orwell were alive LONDON: There is not much doubt now that the world has entered the age of surveillance — with the UK at the leading edge. Britain now has over four million CCTV cameras in operation....