September 10, 2005	Saturday	Sha’aban 5, 1426

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Bush govt removes relief chief amid political storm NEW ORLEANS, Sept 9: The Bush administration moved to quell a political storm on Friday by replacing the embattled head of emergency operations along the Gulf coast, as rescue workers in...		Hurricane lays bare gaping racial gulf WASHINGTON: The gaping racial divide in the United States was laid bare by Hurricane Katrina, but many social policy experts say the disaster is unlikely to prompt any sustained effort to combat black urban poverty....
Powell terms Iraq speech a blot on his record NEW YORK, Sept 9: Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a television interview on Friday that his 2003 speech to the United Nations, in which he gave a...		Congress criticizes India-US deal WASHINGTON, Sept 9: The Bush administration came under heavy fire from the US Congress for bypassing it and negotiating a significant civilian nuclear deal with India despite its known support for Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the US stand on the issue....
Poor turnout marks Mubarak’s victory CAIRO, Sept 9: Incumbent Hosni Mubarak has swept to victory in Egypt’s first contested presidential poll, with more than 88 per cent of the vote, but with less than one-quarter of voters turning out and opponents charging the results were rigged....		EU ready to call for Iran’s UN referral VIENNA, Sept 9: The European Union is ready to call for Iran to be brought before the UN Security Council as a ‘clear signal of concern’ over Tehran’s nuclear activities, according to a confidential document....
Iran objects to West’s ‘language of force’: Hectic lobbying at IAEA BERLIN: Iran is working hard to gather allies to defeat a joint effort by the European Union and Washington to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council because of their fears it may be developing nuclear weapons....		US Muslims prepare anti-terror ads WASHINGTON, Sept 9: The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a US-based non-profit civil liberties group, will broadcast anti-terror advertisements in Florida over the weekend to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks....
BD newsman among Magsaysay winners MANILA, Sept 9: A Bangladeshi journalist and an Indonesian government official are among the recipients of this year’s Magsaysay awards, according to a press release of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation....		Israel starts demolition of synagogues KHAN YUNIS, Sept 9: Loud explosions rattled the southern Gaza Strip’s Gush Katif settlement bloc on Friday morning as the Israeli army started to demolish the estimated 20 synagogues in the occupied territory....
Guantanamo: new scam brewing MORE than 200 detainees in Guantánamo Bay are in their fifth week of a hunger strike, the Guardian has been told. Statements from prisoners in the camp which were declassified by...		Internet is no-go zone for Japan’s politicians TOKYO: Were it not for the Internet, Takafumi Horie might not have become the richest, brashest Japanese entrepreneur of his generation. And were he not so rich and brash, he might...