August 14, 2005	Sunday	Rajab 8, 1426

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US military moves court to block release: Abu Ghraib pictures NEW YORK, Aug 13: The Chairman of US Joint Chief of Staff, Gen Richard B. Myers, told a New York court on Saturday that releasing photos and videotapes of detainee abuse...		BD blames Canadian firm for gas field fire DHAKA, Aug 13: A Bangladesh inquiry has blamed Canadian firm Niko Resources for a major gas field fire and the company will be asked to pay compensation, a government official said on Saturday....
Blair criticized for not attending Cook’s funeral LONDON, Aug 13: A prominent friend of deceased former British foreign secretary Robin Cook defended his astonishing attack at the funeral on Prime Minister Tony Blair’s non-attendance, a newspaper reported on Saturday....		LTTE training COLOMBO, Aug 13: The Tamil Tigers has started self-defence training for Tamils living in areas of southern Sri Lanka controlled by the party. Sources in the LTTE said on Saturday the...
Kashmir groups reject call for truce SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Two militant groups in held Kashmir have rejected a call by the region’s woman politician for a truce, saying their “jihad” would continue until the region was wrested from India....		Rice urges Colombo to maintain ceasefire WASHINGTON, Aug 13: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Sri Lanka to ensure that the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar does not jeopardize the ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tigers (LTTE)....
Iraqis nearing consensus on oil revenue BAGHDAD, Aug 13: Iraqi leaders, under intense US pressure, have reached tentative agreement on oil wealth distribution, perhaps the most divisive issue for the country’s disparate ethnic and religious groups....		BA clearing backlog after strike LONDON, Aug 13: British Airways resumed more than 80 per cent of its scheduled flights from London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday while staff struggled to clear the backlog from a wildcat strike during the peak summer holiday season....
Lankan FM played vital role in getting LTTE outlawed COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, who was killed by a sniper late on Friday, was a hardliner who helped outlaw Tamil Tiger rebels internationally and was long seen as a prime target....		N-restart reflects Iran’s deep confidence TEHRAN: Iran’s bold move to restart atomic fuel work underlines a deep conviction in its right to nuclear technology and confidence that the West is reluctant to abandon talks and haul it before the UN Security Council....
Iraq’s constitution: bones of contention BAGHDAD: Following are the main points of dispute in talks over Iraq’s permanent constitution, which a 71 -member panel is aiming to complete by an Aug. 15 deadline....		Israel building checkpoints before pullout AL QUDS: White dust rises as a mechanised digger cuts into a hillside at a checkpoint on Al Quds’ outskirts where Israel is building a high-tech terminal Palestinians fear could one day be a permanent border....
Niger: don’t blame the locust “CRISIS? What crisis?” asks the leader of an African country in which children are starving. Juxtapose his words with a picture of a malnourished baby, and the story writes itself....		When meat is not murder IT is the ultimate conundrum for vegetarians who think that meat is murder: a revolution in processed food that will see fresh meat grown from animal cells without a single cow, sheep or pig being killed....
Washington likely to let Mahmood visit UN PRESIDENT Bush said on Friday that the United States is likely to grant a visa to Iran’s new president for the United Nations’ opening session next month, even though the administration...		Diseases kill 125 in Mumbai MUMBAI, Aug 13: The death toll from water-borne diseases following floods in Bombay and surrounding areas two weeks ago had risen to at least 125 by Saturday, officials said....
40 years on, Watts riot still haunts US blacks WATTS (California): Forty years after one of the worst riots in US history, the black community remains divided over the significance and consequences of the violence that exploded in the Los Angeles suburb of Watts....