September 25, 2005	Sunday	Sha'aban 20, 1426

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US Army tortured prisoners in Fallujah: HRW WASHINGTON, Sept 24: Troops from the US Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division routinely beat and mistreated Iraqi prisoners at a base near Fallujah, central Iraq, with the approval of their superior officials, a New York-based human rights group said on Friday....		Main points of IAEA resolution on Iran VIENNA, Sept 24: Following are key points of Saturday’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution which supports an EU proposal for referring Iran to UN Security Council....
Judge orders arrest of two UK soldiers: Basra raid BASRA, Sept 24: An Iraqi judge has issued arrest warrants for two British soldiers freed after a British raid in Basra, an Iraqi lawyer said on Saturday, and thousands rallied in the southern city in support of a new constitution....		Asian workers face harsh relalities in Dubai DUBAI: Under a blistering sun, a Pakistani worker covered in dust peers at a luxurious tower block rising from the desert sands of Dubai, an eldorado for expatriates which can turn into a life of misery for Asian labourers....
US launches campaign to improve image in Muslim world WASHINGTON, Sept 24: Karen Hughes, a powerful confidante of President George Bush who has long helped shape his words and message, headed to the Middle East on Saturday as part of...		Schroeder’s party proposes job rotation BERLIN, Sept 24: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats (SPD) floated an unprecedented plan on Saturday to rotate the top job in a bid to break a political stalemate after last Sunday’s inconclusive election....
3 million Texans told not to return home: Rita spares oil industry AUSTIN (USA), Sept 24: The governor warned nearly three million Texans who fled Hurricane Rita not to head back home yet on Saturday as the state scrambled to avoid the traffic nightmare that marked the evacuation....		States must honour pledges: UN UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: Following the largest gathering of world leaders ever assembled on one platform and a week of general debate which ended on Friday, nations were challenged to turn their promises into concrete action plans....
Reciprocity needed in ME: UN envoy UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24: Despite Israel’s disengagement from Gaza, the only way forward to a comprehensive Middle East peace is for Israelis and Palestinians to take the mutually reinforcing steps outlined...		Special polling arrangements for LTTE areas COLOMBO, Sept 24: The Sri Lankan government will make special polling arrangements for the Nov 17 presidential elections in areas controlled by the Tamil Tigers (LTTE)....
Dick Cheney operated upon WASHINGTON, Sept 24: US Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering on Saturday after undergoing successful surgery to remove blood clots behind each of his knees, a hospital spokeswoman said....		Constitution-less EU fumbles for world voice UNITED NATIONS: Javier Solana has lost the spring in his step. Leaning on a barrier in the United Nations to ease his aching back after a week of intensive diplomacy, Europe’s...
Why Russia is backing Iran MOSCOW:Russia is defending Iran’s right to a civilian nuclear power programme because it has vital interests of its own in doing so, and Moscow will not reverse its position despite US and EU pressure to do so, analysts said Friday....		The ethnic cleansing of New Orleans OUTSIDE the 2,000-bed temporary shelter in Baton Rouge’s River Centre, a Church of Scientology band is performing a version of Bill Withers’s classic Use Me — a refreshingly honest choice....
Stan follows Rita in hurricane name game GENEVA: Hurricane Rita’s successor has not yet risen out of the waters of the Atlantic, but one thing is certain: when it does, it will be called Stan....		Nepalese wait for govt nod to peace TANSEN: No more deadly gunfights between Maoist rebels and soldiers, no late-night knocks on the door with orders to feed insurgents and fewer demands for travellers to pay ‘tax’—the villagers of...
Ice age infant skeletons found VIENNA: The 27,000 year old skeletons of two ice age infants have been found near Krems in northern Austria, the first discovery of its kind in Europe, the Austrian press reported on Saturday....		Community support key to kicking drugs PENANG: Looking at Abdullah Mohd Isa today, it is hard to imagine that he was hooked on drugs for 10 years, injecting himself with diluted opium in desperation....