September 13, 2005	Tuesday	Sha’aban 8, 1426

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Egyptians open fire as Palestinians storm border: One shot dead RAFAH, Sept 12: A Palestinian was shot dead and another wounded on Monday as hundreds stormed the buffer zone on the Gaza border with Egypt amid scenes of mayhem just hours after Israeli troops pulled out....		Former Israeli general evades arrest in Britain JERUSALEM, Sept 12: A retired Israeli army general said on Monday he narrowly escaped an attempt to have him arrested while on holiday in Britain and prosecuted over allegations of a war crime against Palestinians....
Canadian award for Pakistani ONTARIO, Sept 12: Mr Azhar Ali Khan, a Canadian of Pakistan origin, is among the 29 who have been awarded Ontario’s highest award, the Order of Ontario....		US activist’s arrest angers Australians SYDNEY, Sept 12: The arrest and planned deportation of a peace activist from the United States sparked a political row in Australia on Monday, with an opposition leader accusing the government of pandering to Washington....
UK bans ‘Poverty History’ message LONDON, Sept 12: The coalition at the forefront of a British campaign to fight poverty in Africa has been banned from advertising on radio and television after the nation’s media watchdog decided it was a ‘political’ organization....		Protestant demos bring Belfast to a halt BELFAST, Sept 12: Belfast ground to a halt on Monday evening after Protestant demonstrators blocked roads and commuters, fearing a resumption of the weekend’s rioting, scrambled to leave the city early....
28 disqualified for links to Afghan warlords: Parliamentary elections KABUL, Sept 12: Afghanistan’s electoral watchdog on Monday barred 28 more candidates from this week’s elections, mostly for links to armed groups, but said the vote remained on track despite security concerns....		Bush gets close-up view of devastation NEW ORLEANS, Sept 12: President George Bush got his first close-up view of storm-wrecked New Orleans on Monday — two weeks after Hurricane Katrina turned one of America’s proudest cities into a swamp....
US relief agency’s chief resigns WASHINGTON, Sept 12: The heavily-criticized head of the US agency overseeing disaster relief in hurricane-hit areas resigned on Monday. President Bush appeared not to know about the resignation....		Airliner stopped after scare NICOSIA, Sept 12: Frightened British tourists stopped an airliner taking off from Cyprus on Sunday night after a Muslim passenger triggered a security scare by spending too long in the toilet....
Heavy rigging feared in Lanka COLOMBO, Sept 12: Election observers getting ready to monitor the November Presidential polls have warned of heavy rigging and impersonation in tsunami-affected areas. The loss of documents and relocation of thousands...		Mullah Zaeef freed from Guantanamo KABUL, Sept 12: The former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has been released from a US military prison in Cuba under an Afghan government reconciliation programme, Afghan state television said on Monday....
US, India begin naval exercises NEW DELHI, Sept 12: The 12-day joint exercises of Indo-US Navies, called ‘SALVEX’, began off Kochi on Monday with the commencement of the harbour phase of exercises....		‘You must do better,’ Africa tells UN KUMASI (Ghana): In the streets of his hometown Kumasi in central Ghana, Kofi Annan is known by the accolade Busumuru — ‘the best of the best’....
Germany’s ex-communists find allies DRESDEN (Germany) Sixteen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, ex-communists from the former East Germany are making a political comeback, drawing on savvy campaign tactics and public frustration with...		Palestinians face reality of new Gaza SHAHTI REFUGEE CAMP (Gaza Strip): When Said Abu Aklen turns on the water tap at his home in one of the Gaza Strip’s most squalid refugee camps, only a thin, brackish trickle emerges....
WHO aims to prepare world for flu outbreak GENEVA: Margaret Chan, responsible for helping defend the world against an influenza pandemic that could kill millions, says an outbreak of bird flu among humans may be imminent, but there is still time to act....		Dubai plans city of replicas DUBAI: The Gulf emirate of Dubai will build a city of life-size replicas of seven wonders of the world at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion to house offices, shops and flats, a developer said....
No chance of ‘velvet revolution’ in Nigeria LAGOS: Trade unions in Nigeria hope unpopular free-market reforms may have created the conditions for a credible popular opposition challenge to the government. But analysts said corruption and the fact that...		Divisive issues before the UN UNITED NATIONS: The largest gathering of world leaders in history begins on Sept. 14 with 191 UN member nations still divided on the issues. The summit is to map out new...