August 18, 2005	Thursday	Rajab 12, 1426

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Israeli troops begin forced evacuation NEVE DEKALIM, Aug 17: Israeli troops dragged settlers screaming and sobbing from homes and synagogues on Wednesday, beginning a forced evacuation of Gaza settlements after nearly four decades of occupation....		‘Blame me’: Sharon Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appealed on Wednesday to Gaza settlers and their supporters resisting evacuation not to attack troops sent to remove them and to blame him alone for the pullout....
Kalam’s call for linking rivers stokes BD’s suspicions DHAKA, Aug 17: Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam’s recent call to urgently implement the controversial river-linking project has aroused Dhaka’s suspicion about Delhi’s actual standpoint on the issue....		Sino-Russian war games alarm US WASHINGTON, Aug 17: Officials in Washington see the joint Chinese and Russian military exercise that began on Wednesday as a political signal to the United States, in addition to helping Moscow showcase its weapons for sale to China....
State Dept warned Clinton on Osama move: NYT NEW YORK, Aug 17: US State Department had warned the Clinton administration that Osama Bin Laden’s relocation from Sudan to Afghanistan in 1996 would give him an even more dangerous haven,...		Israel, US resolve row over China arms deal JERUSALEM, Aug 17: Israel’s defence ministry and the Pentagon announced in a joint statement on Tuesday that they had resolved a crisis sparked by an arms contract between Israel and China....
Police errors caused Brazilian’s death: papers LONDON, Aug 17: British police faced acute embarrassment Wednesday after leaked documents showed that a Brazilian killed on suspicion of being a suicide bomber was not trying to flee and was...		Moscow opposes force against Tehran MOSCOW, Aug 17: Russia opposes using force to stop Iran’s nuclear programme, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “We favour further dialogue and consider the use of force in Iran counterproductive...
Sharon slams ‘Jewish terror’ JERUSALEM, Aug 17: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday condemned the killings of three Palestinian workers by a Jewish settler in the West Bank as an act of ‘Jewish terrorism’ that would not halt his Gaza Strip pullout....		Extradition ROME, Aug 17: An Italian court on Wednesday ordered the extradition to Britain within 35 days of one of the suspected bombers in attacks on London’s transportation network on July 21....
Sri Lankan assassins picked perfect spot COLOMBO: The elderly couple beset with health problems had no idea that two assassins lived upstairs in a room that had the only possible clear shot into the high-walled compound of slain foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar....		Harsh summer for Indian PM NEW DELHI: It’s been a harsh summer for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who heads the Congress Party-led coalition government. He has faced stalled economic reforms, televised police beatings of factory...
Indo-US deal may face tough time in Congress WASHINGTON: Congressional battles over the Indo-US nuclear deal will begin in September when lawmakers return to Washington after a month-long recess but the opening shots have already been fired....		Modi distorts social sciences NEW DELHI: Social sciences have been given a new twist by Mr Narendra Modi’s government in Gujarat. A Class 9 social science text book cleared by the state education department has...
Maldives to implement sweeping reforms COLOMBO: The Indian Ocean state of the Maldives will press ahead with reforms despite political protests that have seen the arrest of more than 100 anti-government activists, Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed told AFP....		Indian state bans Maoist group HYDERABAD: India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh banned a violent Maoist rebel group on Wednesday, two days after rebels killed 10 people, including a lawmaker and bureaucrat....
India to buy Russian plane engines MOSCOW: India and Russia on Tuesday signed a multi-million dollar deal for supply of engines for the Intermediate Jet Trainers (IJTs) developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)....		Unilever closes Nepal plant KATHMANDU: Consumer goods maker Unilever has shut its plant in Nepal following a threat from Maoist rebels waging a deadly revolt in the Himalayan kingdom against the Hindu monarchy, officials said on Wednesday....