September 29, 2005	Thursday	Sha'aban 24, 1426

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Israeli attack leaves Gaza without power: Summit postponed GAZA, Sept 28: Israel fired more missiles into Gaza and knocked out power to thousands of Palestinians on Wednesday in an offensive against cross-border rocket volleys by militants two weeks after its withdrawal from the territory....		Egypt proposes N-free zone in Middle East VIENNA, Sept 28: Egypt on Wednesday proposed the creation of a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East and blasted Israel for standing in the way, at a meeting in Vienna of the UN atomic watchdog....
Family seeks arrest of British soldiers LONDON, Sept 28: Distraught relatives of an innocent Brazilian man shot dead by London anti-terror police retraced his last moments on Wednesday and demanded the arrest of officers they said killed him like a ‘mad dog’....		Turkey hints at boycotting talks with EU ANKARA, Sept 28: Turkey hinted on Wednesday that it may shun the start of EU membership talks next week as political tensions rose over the country’s place in Europe, leading Britain...
Heckler ejected from UK congress BRIGHTON, Sept 28: Stewards ejected an 82-year-old man from the Labour Party’s conference on Wednesday after he heckled Foreign Secretary Jack Straw over the Iraq war....		First photos of giant squid taken TOKYO, Sept 28: The first photographs of a live giant squid — one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean — suggest it is a more active creature than previously thought, a Japanese scientist said on Wednesday....
US calls for ending regional blocs in UN WASHINGTON, Sept 28: US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, on Wednesday called for dismantling the system that allows regional groups to influence the proceedings of the world body....		State airlines face dogfight for Indian skies NEW DELHI: Air India and its domestic counterpart, Indian Airlines, are buying more than 100 planes to revamp ageing fleets but still face a bruising battle to win back market share, analysts say....
BD’s refusal strains ties with EU states: Conference on election DHAKA: Relations between the government of Bangladesh and an influential group of foreign missions in Dhaka have become frosty after the government’s refusal to permit the group to hold an international conference on the country’s next general elections here....		Spotlight on ‘holy warriors’ after several bomb blasts in Bangladesh RAJSHAHI: Their calling card was a bomb and a written declaration of war on Bangladesh’s constitution and democracy....
Tsunami report a wake-up call MIAMI: The unprecedented global relief effort for the Indian Ocean tsunami, just 60 per cent of those affected in India and Sri Lanka said they got timely and adequate aid in the first 60 days, according to a survey recently released....		Division and disgust over elections in Sri Lanka COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s future rests precariously on the outcome of the Nov. 17 presidential election, the nation’s fourth political contest within five years....
CPI-led front defeats Congress, allies THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Continuing its winning streak in Kerala that began with last Lok Sabha polls, the CPI(M)-led LDF on Tuesday put up an impressive performance in the local body elections, handing down a crushing defeat to ruling Congress-led UDF....		Nepal jails 3 army officers KATHMANDU: Nepal has jailed three army officers for six months each after a court martial found them guilty of torturing a 15-year-old girl suspected of being a Maoist rebel, a military officer said on Wednesday....
US soldiers obstruct work: agency LONDON, Sept 28: The conduct of US troops in Iraq, including increasing detention and accidental shootings of journalists, is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the American public, Reuters said on Wednesday....		US House majority leader indicted WASHINGTON, Sept 28: A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Republican Party Congressman Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post....
6 die in blast near Sadr guard’s house NAJAF, Sept 28: A bomb exploded outside the house of a bodyguard of Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr in Najaf on Wednesday, killing at least six people, an aide to Sadr said....		Asians, Africans disappear after Japan Expo TOKYO, Sept 28: Nearly 30 Asians and Africans who worked at the World Exposition in Japan have disappeared since it closed down last Sunday....
Indian team to Nepal greeted with protests KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Supporters of Nepal’s king hurled stones at the vehicle of a seven-member delegation of Indian politicians as they arrived in the Himalayan kingdom on Wednesday on a fact-finding mission, witnesses said....		BD, Myanmar fail to sign deal on road DHAKA, Sept 28: Bangladesh and Myanmar have failed to sign a deal for building a ‘Friendship Road’ as the two sides needed more consultations on the project....