September 11, 2005	Sunday	Sha’aban 6, 1426

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Rescuers collect dead in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Sept 10: Emergency workers collected the dead of New Orleans on Saturday and the official death toll rose slowly, boosting hopes Hurricane Katrina would claim far fewer lives than the many thousands once feared....		Mubarak’s opponents hold huge rally: Rigging in election alleged CAIRO, Sept 10: Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak joined forces on Saturday in protest at what they said was a rigged presidential vote that gave Mubarak a fifth six-year terms in office....
4 Bangladeshis shot dead DHAKA, Sept 10: Four Bangladeshis were shot dead in the Indian state of Tripura, bordering Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria district, on Friday. The brutal incident took place when the border guards of the...		Jordanian PM first Arab leader to visit Iraq BAGHDAD, Sept 10: Jordan’s prime minister flew to Baghdad on Saturday for first visit by an Arab leader since the fall of Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi counterpart urged others to follow suit to end his US-backed government’s isolation....
Mubarak wins vote, loses confidence CAIRO: Less than a fifth of the electorate voted for the incumbent Hosni Mubarak in Egypt’s presidential poll, curtailing the veteran leader’s legitimacy as he kicks off his last mandate....		Egypt starts forces’ deployment: Gaza border AL QUDS, Sept 10: Egypt began deploying guards along its border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday to replace Israeli troops set to withdraw from occupied territory that will become a testing ground for Palestinian statehood....
Kuwait, Iraq in contact over Saddam crimes KUWAIT, Sept 10: Kuwait said on Saturday it was discussing with Iraq handing over a long list of crimes committed by former occupier Saddam Hussein whose trial begins next month....		The high cost of the counter-revolution: Russians learning to fend for themselves MOSCOW: The ‘Westernization’ of Russia is proceeding fast. Here are three observations from a short visit. The country has 90 million mobiles, enough for almost two-thirds of the population, while in Moscow there are more phones than residents....
Crime writer has more than murder in mind GOTHENBURG (Sweden): Plagued by foul weather, stomach trouble, a drinking problem, a broken marriage and existential malaise, the fictional Swedish detective Kurt Wallander must be the world’s most miserable policeman....		Anti-terror strategy in doubt on 9/11 anniversary WASHINGTON: If US President George W. Bush was counting on Sunday’s ‘Freedom Walk’ and country music festival at the Pentagon to revive the patriotic spirit (and rally his sagging approval ratings) that followed the Sep....
Power proves elusive for political twins WARSAW: They were the stars of a popular movie as children but as adult conservative politicians, Poland’s identical twins Jaroslaw and Lech Kaczynski seem eternally condemned to supporting roles....		The remaking of the Left BERLIN: Fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, few would expect western Europe’s once-powerful communist parties and their various successor organizations to have anything more than the weakest of pulses....