August 9, 2005	Tuesday	Rajab 3, 1426

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Pakistanis in France under surveillance PARIS, Aug 8: The Pakistani community in France and elsewhere in Europe is now, more than ever, being watched by intelligence services concerned that cities on the Continent could face attacks like those in London last month, French experts say....		3 Muslim leaders to face treason charge: UK to start process soon LONDON, Aug 8: The formal process will begin this week of “examining the potential for charging” three prominent Muslim religious leader for existing offences including solicitation to murder and incitement to treason...
Proposal to ‘rebrand’ minorities rejected LONDON, Aug 8: Britain played down proposals on Monday that ethnic minorities be “rebranded” in a bid to facilitate their integration. In an interview with the Times newspaper, Home Office Minister...		US readies plan to fight terrorists WASHINGTON, Aug 8: The US military has devised its first-ever war plans for responding to terrorist attacks that envision 15 potential crisis scenarios, including simultaneous strikes around the country, The Washington Post reported on Monday....
US likely to put off Iraq pullout plan WASHINGTON, Aug 8: A growing number of US lawmakers, even in the ruling Republican Party, believe that the US plan to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq by next spring cannot be...		101 trapped in China mine BEIJING, Aug 8: Hopes faded on Monday for 101 workers trapped deep underground in a flooded coal mine in southern China with water levels rapidly rising....
Embattled UN official resigns NEW YORK, Aug 8: The former head of Iraq’s Oil-for-Food programme, Benon Sevan, resigned on Sunday a day ahead of an inquiry committee report which accused him of getting kickbacks from the $67 billion operation....		Indian minister incited attacks on Sikhs: body NEW DELHI, Aug 8: An Indian minister was officially blamed on Monday for helping to fuel the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi and left more than 2,700 people dead....
Lethality of attacks on US troops rising BAGHDAD: As US and Iraqi leaders opened talks this week to discuss an American troop withdrawal, one of the biggest one-week death tolls for US forces in Iraq and a continuing...		Aceh peace deal likely to collapse again JAKARTA: Optimistic talk that a decades-long simmering civil war in Indonesia’s Aceh province is about to end. A peace pact brokered in Europe. International monitors set to make sure the warring sides follow through....
Iraqi Kurdistan makes a point of being different ARBIL (Iraq): It may not be an independent state and is unlikely to gain that status any time soon. But land at the airport of its “capital” and you could be forgiven for thinking that Kurdistan was a country....		Britain’s ‘balti belt’ still reeling from tornado LONDON: A freak tornado that wrought a trail of destruction across Britain’s second city Birmingham has left its famous balti industry reeling, restauranteurs said on Monday....
Saudi king offers few clues to succession RIYADH: Despite the advanced age of both King Abdullah and his new crown prince, the new Saudi ruler may break with precedent and avoid naming a second-in-line rather than appoint a conservative opposed to his planned reforms....		Military rule brings devastation to Myanmar BANGKOK: Military-run Myanmar is headed for devastation and the UN Security Council should address the crisis there, activists and exiled politicians have warned. Repression and poverty were now prevalent in the...
N-restart a source of pride in Iran ISFAHAN: The resumption of Iran’s uranium conversion work at its Isfahan plant brings to an end almost nine months of frustration for technicians and the country, despite the serious risks it brings to the Islamic republic....		Three suspects remanded in custody LONDON: Three suspects behind a failed copycat bombing in London last month were remanded in custody on Monday. Mukhtar Said Ibrahim, 27, Ramzi Mohammed, 23, and Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, have...