September 28, 2005	Wednesday	Sha'aban 23, 1426

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Israel vows to continue targeted killings GAZA CITY, Sept 27: Israel vowed on Tuesday to continue targeting members of Palestinian groups and carried out more air raids in the Gaza Strip despite a pledge by the Islamic factions to cease their attacks....		Nato sets up academy for Iraqi officers’ training BAGHDAD, Sept 27: Nato inaugurated an officer academy on the outskirts of Baghdad on Tuesday, boosting its share in training Iraqi security forces....
‘Big baby’ galaxy detected WASHINGTON, Sept 27: Astronomers using two of Nasa’s most powerful telescopes said on Tuesday they have detected a “big baby” galaxy, vastly heavy for its young age and its location in the early universe....		HRW blasts Malaysia’s detention law KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27: Detainees in Malaysia have been beaten and humiliated under a notorious security law which is a “recipe for abuse”, Human Rights Watch said in a new report on Wednesday....
Bush lauds Saudi fight against terrorism WASHINGTON, Sept 27: US President George W. Bush has certified that Saudi Arabia is cooperating in the war on terrorism, clearing the way for aid that would otherwise have been blocked under US law....		Indian, US navies hold war-games GOA, Sept 27: The biggest joint naval exercises between India and the United States went into high gear on Tuesday but the war games in the Arabian Sea steered clear of thorny issues such as simulated nuclear combat, officials said....
Huge squid captured on camera LONDON, Sept 27: Japanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean — the giant squid. Until now the only information about...		BD apprises Saarc envoys on summit preparations DHAKA, Sept 27: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh on Tuesday apprised the ambassadors and high commissioners of Saarc countries, on government preparations for hosting the 13th summit of the South Asian forum on Nov 12-13....
Asean vows swift action on choking haze MANILA, Sept 27: Southeast Asian environment ministers on Tuesday promised swift action to help each other with the region’s recurrent problem of choking haze from forest fires and with other threats to biodiversity....		4 soldiers killed in Thailand YALA (Thailand), Sept 27: Four soldiers were shot dead on Tuesday when militants ambushed their patrol in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, the latest in a spate of deadly attacks on troops and police in the past week....
Global oil supplies It’s better to cry wolf now LONDON: Are global oil supplies about to peak? Are they, in other words, about to reach their maximum and then go into decline? There is a simple answer to this question: no one has the faintest idea....		‘Old Europe’ offers Poles profits and perils LONDON: Jan Mokrzycki sits in his office in west London, reaches for a cigarette and reflects on 17 hectic months. Ever since his native Poland joined the European Union on May...
Stuck in political impasse: Falkland Islands-Argentina STANLEY (Falkland Islands): The Argentine cemetery for soldiers who died on the Falkland Islands in the 1982 conflict with Britain is a desolate place, where freezing rain cracks the paint and thrashes the plastic rosaries on rows of white crosses....		The popularity of the Left BERLIN: In Britain, the result of the German election will prompt much gloating about ostrich-like German voters deferring an inevitable reckoning with grim reality. In fact, with most Germans in a...
Drama will let viewers choose the plot LONDON: A television drama set in Britain’s urban music scene aims to explore new territory in broadcasting by letting viewers choose how the plot develops. The six-part “Dubplate Drama”, to be...		Africa’s TB crisis may spur Aids treatment KHAYELITSHA (South Africa): Soon after Andile Madondile, 27, got the double diagnosis of tuberculosis and Aids last year, his boss fired him and his girlfriend moved out, leaving him with both their leaky shack and their young daughter....