September 27, 2005	Tuesday	Sha'aban 22, 1426

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Sharon stalls Netanyahu’s move to oust him TEL AVIV, Sept 26: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon narrowly won a vote of his ruling Likud on Monday against rival Binyamin Netanyahu trying to oust him as party leader as punishment for Israel’s Gaza pullout, an exit poll showed....		Israel strikes Gaza despite Hamas halt to attacks GAZA CITY, Sept 26: Israel launched more air strikes in Gaza on Monday despite Hamas saying it would halt rocket attacks. The Israeli air force conducted six overnight raids and bombed...
18 get prison terms in Spain over 9/11 plot: Al Jazeera reporter jailed for seven years MADRID, Sept 26: The Syrian head of an Al Qaeda cell based in Spain was jailed on Monday for his role in the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States,...		Anti-war mother held in Washington WASHINGTON, Sept 26: US military mother Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil outside President George Bush’s Texas ranch drew attention to the anti-war movement, was arrested on Monday at a White House sit-in after she refused to obey police orders to leave....
IRA has scrapped weapons: monitors BELFAST, Sept 26: The IRA has scrapped the weapons it used to wage war on British rule in Northern Ireland, monitors said on Monday, but the historic move appeared to do little to reconcile opponents in the bitterly divided province....		Egyptians ask US to focus on policy instead of image CAIRO, Sept 26: Prominent Egyptians told the Bush administration’s public relations guru on Monday that the United States can improve its image in the Middle East only by changing its policies....
No bidding for Katrina contracts, says NYT NEW YORK, Sept 26: More than 80 per cent of the $1.5 billion in contracts signed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to clean up after Hurricane Katrina were awarded without...		Constitution to worsen Iraq situation: ICG LONDON, Sept 26: Iraq’s rushed constitutional process has deepened ethnic and sectarian rifts and is likely to worsen the resistance and hasten the country’s violent break-up, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Monday....
BD ranked 4th among Asian democracies DHAKA, Sept 26: Bangladesh secured the fourth position out of 16 Asian countries in the Asia Democracy Index, prepared by the Singapore-based Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia....		EU initiates regime change in Turkey A week from today, barring a last-minute upset, there will be a small, quiet signing ceremony, probably in Strasbourg. Not even the UK Foreign Office seems entirely sure of the venue or its format....
US generals plan slow exit from Iraq DOHA: Posted on a bulletin board at Centcom headquarters here is a 1918 admonition from T.E. Lawrence explaining what he learned in training Arab soldiers: “It is better to let them do it themselves imperfectly than to do it yourself perfectly....		New conflict glitters in ashes of intifada NABLUS: In the Old City of Nablus, as elsewhere in the West Bank, the Palestinian uprising has simmered down as the kernels of fresh conflict glitter in the embers....
The Arab super heroine is here CAIRO: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Jalila, the new Arab super heroine, coursing across the sky, black hair flying, in her battle to right the wrongs and ensure that justice prevails in the Middle East....		A novel way of eternal rest STOCKHOLM: “There’s three things we can do with your mum. We can bury her, burn her, or dump her.” A fourth alternative — freeze-drying — could soon be added to British comedy group Monty Python’s catalogue of burial methods....
Millions of animals may face death in Australia SYDNEY: Millions of exotic animals — from camels to cane toads, horses and foxes — face extermination in Australia under recommendations by a parliamentary committee....		US soldier in leash photo found guilty FORT HOOD: US soldier Lynndie England was found guilty on Monday of abusing prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in a scandal that caused international outrage....
Biggest typhoon in China since ’73 BEIJING: The strongest typhoon to hit China’s southern tropical island of Hainan since 1973 swamped two villages on Monday after forcing the evacuation of thousands....		Conservatives win polls in Poland WARSAW: Poland veered to the right Monday after voters opted for change in weekend general elections and handed a conservative coalition a parliamentary majority and a ticket to reform the new EU member....
S. Arabia reviews drug laws RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has redefined its drug trafficking laws, giving discretionary power to judges and allowing them to award specified terms in prison instead of awarding the death penalty, the Jeddah based Saudi Gazette reported on Monday....		9 held in France PARIS: Armed French anti-terrorist police on Monday detained nine Muslims suspected of plotting attacks in France, a judicial source said. The dawn raids in the Yvelines and Eure regions outside Paris...