August 27, 2005	Saturday	Rajab 21, 1426

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India hires lobbyist for debate on nuclear deal: US Congress session WASHINGTON, Aug 26: India has hired a Washington lobbying heavyweight, Barbour Griffith & Rogers International, days before the fall session of the US Congress which is expected to debate the Indo-US nuclear deal, diplomatic sources told Dawn....		Finland detects bird flu in seagulls HELSINKI, Aug 26: Finland’s Agriculture Ministry said on Friday it had found a possible outbreak of bird flu in seagulls in the northern town of Oulu, but probably not the highly pathogenic strain that has caused deaths in Asia....
‘Gap’ in Iraq views alarms Myers WASHINGTON, Aug 26: Gen Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed concern on Friday about a ‘growing gap’ between the US public’s perception of the war on Iraq and that of the troops fighting it....		Sweden rejects US proposal: UN reform STOCKHOLM, Aug 26: Sweden, which is to chair a United Nations summit on sweeping reform of the world body next month, on Friday called a US proposal to scrap ambitious goals to reduce world poverty ‘not acceptable’....
Uzbek MPs ratify US mly eviction TASHKENT, Aug 26: The Uzbekistan Senate gave final approval on Friday to an order evicting US military forces from the country and many lawmakers demanded financial compensation from Washington for alleged...		Court dismisses Chandrika’s plea to put off election COLOMBO, Aug 26: Sri Lanka’s supreme court on Friday ruled that a presidential election was due this year, setting the stage for a vote before Nov 22....
Chechens spark manhunt in Germany HAMBURG, Aug 26: Three Chechen men who sparked a massive police search in the northern German city of Hamburg after being overheard allegedly planning an attack are in custody, authorities said on Friday....		Yasin proposesconference on Kashmir SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Eight people were killed in the latest violence in Kashmir, officials said on Friday as a senior separatist said he planned to call a conference of leaders from both sides of the divided state....
Poland’s Solidarity returns to roots POZNAN (Poland): Pawel Pawlak, who was seven when Poland’s Solidarity trade union was born, now spends his time doing what the movement’s founders did 25 years ago — telling fellow workers not to be afraid and to get organized....		Pro-Saddam march BAGHDAD, Aug 26: Thousands marched in adoring praise of Iraq’s deposed leader Saddam Hussein on Friday, offering a stark display of the loss of power and leadership felt by some of Iraq’s Sunnis....
Iraqis denounce British plans to send them home LONDON: Failed Iraqi asylum seekers accused the British government of recklessness on Friday for threatening to send them back to their homeland despite its admission that the country is dangerous....		Ethnic Poles in Belarus at centre of diplomatic row GRODNO (Belarus): The two armed policemen were relaxed. They had thrown their caps on nearby chairs and chatted loudly, ignoring the crackle from a walkie-talkie. But their position right inside the...
Chinese move to burnish their image BEIJING: China has gone on a publicity push in recent days with a message meant to counter American critics: We’re not an economic or military threat, we’re trying to improve our system, work with us....		London’s minority communities complain of increased scrutiny LONDON: Albert Siriboe is a black man in his 20s who lives south of the Thames River, which means, he said, he is liable to be stopped by police at any time for no reason....
New stove clears air, cuts chores in Eritrea BIMBILNA (Eritrea): Grandmother Lemlem Ghilazgi used to spend hours every day hunting for scarce firewood around her small village in southwest Eritrea. The Horn of Africa nation has lost 95 per...		Treasure hunter leaves trail KEY WEST (USA): Hundreds of millions of dollars in silver bars, emeralds and gold chains have already been recovered from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, sunk during a Florida Keys hurricane in 1622....