August 21, 2005	Sunday	Rajab 15, 1426

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Hamas vows to attack Israelis in West Bank GAZA, Aug 20: The Hamas said on Saturday it would fight to drive Israel out of the West Bank and Jerusalem after the Jewish state completes its withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip this year....		Iraqi official warns of civil war on federalism BAGHDAD, Aug 20: Iraq’s national security adviser said on Friday the country would descend into civil war if federalism were not entrenched in the constitution....
Palestinian polls in January GAZA CITY, Aug 20: Mahmud Abbas confirmed on Saturday that the second-ever Palestinian legislative elections are to be held in January next year, paving the way for an electoral showdown between his mainstream Fatah movement and the Hamas....		Church not perfect, Pope tells vigil COLOGNE, Aug 20: Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic young people singing religious songs and dancing feted Pope Benedict on Saturday night at a prayer vigil where he told them that there was much to criticize in the Church....
Govt backs London police chief over shooting probe LONDON, Aug 20: The British government expressed confidence on Saturday in London police chief Ian Blair, under pressure over the police killing of a Brazilian electrician mistaken for a would-be suicide bomber....		Sino-Russian war games move onto Chinese soil BEIJING, Aug 20: The first ever large-scale Sino-Russian war games moved onto Chinese soil on Saturday with elite troops from the two former adversaries taking part, state media reported....
Qadhafi invites Bush, Rice to Libya TRIPOLI, Aug 20: Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, keen to improve ties with the West, has invited US President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to visit his country, a visiting US senator said on Saturday....		Sudan to send plane’s black boxes to Russia KAMPALA, Aug 20: Black boxes that were recovered from the crashed Ugandan presidential helicopter that killed ex-Sudanese rebel chief and vice president John Garang will be taken to Russia for analysis, investigators have said....
Manipuris seek end to law on shoot-on-sight GUWAHATI, Aug 20: Demonstrators poured into the streets on Saturday in India’s revolt-hit northeast, demanding the lifting of a law giving soldiers unlimited powers to shoot on sight....		Einstein paper found in Netherlands THE HAGUE, Aug 20: A handwritten account by German physics genius Albert Einstein of his last major theory has turned up in the Netherlands, the University of Leyden, near The Hague, said Saturday....
US concedes ground to Shia hardliners: Iraqi constitution BAGHDAD, Aug 20: US diplomats have conceded ground to Islamists on the role of religion in Iraq, negotiators said on Saturday as they raced to meet a 48-hour deadline to draft a constitution under intense US pressure....		Cypriot plane crash: blood from cockpit matched to steward ATHENS, Aug 20: Six days after the worst air crash to occur on Greek soil, Greek investigators have taken a step closer to piecing together the tragic Cypriot plane’s final moments...
Gaza pullout far from enough for peace: Abbas GAZA CITY, Aug 20: Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urged Israel to stop all its settlement activity in the West Bank if it was serious about peace as the evacuation of settlers...		Family allowed to meet Tariq Aziz BAGHDAD, Aug 20: The family of former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz saw him in prison for the first time on Saturday, his sister said....
Saudi women keeping up bizarre tradition RIYADH: Ever heard of husband and wife, son and mother, brother and sister, not seeing or even recognizing each other after having lived together for decades? Imagine a husband and wife...		Wealth of West was built on Africa’s exploitation BRITAIN was the principal slaving nation of the modern world. In The Empire Pays Back, a documentary broadcast by Channel 4 on Monday, Robert Beckford called on the British to take stock of this past....
Iraq’s Sunnis determined to regain clout BAGHDAD: Suhail Najim spent Iraq’s last election day holed up at home, watching television and joining other Sunni Arabs who boycotted the polls to protest the presence of US troops in his country....		British police to review shoot-to-kill policy BRITAIN’S top police officers are reviewing the controversial shoot to kill policy after its first use ended in the gunning down of an innocent man, the Guardian has learned....
Indonesia’s leader steps in where others can’t BANGKOK: The surprise visit by former Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas to Burma has turned the spotlight on the South-east Asian statesman considered best qualified to bring political change to the military-ruled country....		Turkey, PKK reach truce deal ATHENS: Kurdish rebels in Turkey have announced a one-month truce after the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made the rare admission that Ankara had mistreated their community....