August 23, 2005	Tuesday	Rajab 17, 1426

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Israel ends occupation of Gaza: WB evacuation begins today NETZARIM SETTLEMENT (Gaza Strip), Aug 22: The last remaining Jewish settlers were pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Monday as Israel brought down the curtain on its 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory....		Abbas-Sharon meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday to say he hoped the Gaza pullout would open a new page in relations, and the two agreed to meet soon.—Reuters...
Islamic Foundation chief, 16 others held: Crackdown after BD blasts DHAKA, Aug 22: A former director general of the Islamic Foundation of Bangladesh, Maulana Fariduddin Masud, was detained at the Zia International Airport on Monday for his alleged involvement in the...		Pentagon disputes claim about Atta WASHINGTON, Aug 22: A Pentagon review has so far found no evidence that a secret intelligence operation identified Mohammad Atta as a member of a US-based Al Qaeda cell before the September 11, 2001 attacks, a spokesman said on Monday....
Embryonic cells from skin cell WASHINGTON, Aug 22: Scientists have created a new human embryonic stem cell from an ordinary skin cell, US researchers said on Monday. They hope their method, which fuses an embryonic stem...		UN needs 150 years to meet child health target: WHO GENEVA, Aug 22: UN targets to improve children’s health in poor countries within 10 years will take at least 150 years to achieve despite a concerted international effort to tackle mortality and malnutrition, the UN health agency said on Monday....
Aircraft grounded after Putin hiccup MOSCOW, Aug 22: Russia grounded all long-distance Ilyushin 96-300 passenger aircraft on Monday due to safety problems similar to one that disrupted a trip by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, transport officials said....		EU states send planes to fight Portugal fire LISBON, Aug 22: Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal on Monday as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year amid rising temperatures....
Cloned wildcats prove ability to reproduce WASHINGTON, Aug 22: And then there were eight... In what is seen here as another breakthrough for bio-engineering, three cloned African wildcats living in the United States have produced two healthy...		Bush rejects pullout from Iraq WASHINGTON, Aug 22: US President George W. Bush declared on Monday that US troops will stay in Iraq for as long as it took them to complete their mission, asserting that...
Mayawati’s trial sought in Taj case NEW DELHI, Aug 22: A national watchdog on Monday asked India’s Supreme Court to prosecute a former top politician for approving a project to build a garish shopping mall near the 17th-century Taj Mahal....		US, DPRK in direct talks WASHINGTON, Aug 22: The United States and North Korea held direct talks on Monday for the third time during a recess in multilateral negotiations to end the latter’s nuclear weapons program, the State Department said....
Washington relents on Islamic law for accord in Iraq BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: The United States has eased its opposition to an Islamic Iraqi state to help clinch a deal on a draft constitution before Monday’s deadline. American diplomats backed religious conservatives who...		Arabs see Israeli move as a small step: Gaza withdrawal CAIRO: The cartoon in Al Ahram, Egypt’s government-run newspaper, may sum up the Arab view. In the drawing, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon nonchalantly tosses a picked-clean bone onto the outstretched plate of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas....
Climate change transforming Alaska landscape LOS ANGELES: The four distinguished visitors looked on in awe at the sight before them. Exit Glacier in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords national park is one of continental America’s most imposing monuments,...		Bombs test London’s strength in diversity LONDON: Lost among the fruit stalls and colourful chaos of London’s Brixton market is a small bronze plaque which serves as a reminder that last month’s bombings were by no means the first in the British capital....
True peace still eludes Burundi BUJUMBURA: Burundi’s election of a president marks an important milestone on its long road out of war, but extreme poverty, lingering ethnic divisions and a still-active insurgency remain barriers to lasting peace....		Tourism in Kenya picking up NAIROBI: George Simiyu was driving for a Kenyan minister when he was laid off in 2004, leaving his family without a reliable source of income. A year later, he picked up...
Chandrika’s brother appointed FM COLOMBO: Anura Bandaranaike, the brother of Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, was sworn in as the country’s new foreign minister on Monday. Mr Bandaranaike succeeds Lakshman Kadirgamar who was assassinated by LTTE gunmen a week ago....		Blair’s holiday spot disclosed LONDON: Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office on Monday lifted a ban on reporting the British leader’s summer holiday destination — revealing that he and his family are staying for the third straight year on the Caribbean island of Barbados....