October 2, 2005	Sunday	Sha’aban 27, 1426

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Israeli MPs urge US to use force against Iran WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The United States and its allies must act to stop Iran’s nuclear program — by force if necessary because conventional diplomacy will not work, three senior Israeli lawmakers told reporters in Washington....		Bush govt involved in ‘covert propaganda’: inquiry WASHINGTON, Oct 1: The administration of President George Bush broke the law as it resorted to illegal ‘covert propaganda’ in trying to sell its key education initiative to the public, US congressional investigators have found....
Boeing, Bell apologize for offensive ad WASHINGTON, Oct 1: America’s two industrial giants — Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter Textron — and a prominent US magazine, National Journal, have apologized for a print advertisement depicting US troops attacking a mosque....		‘Ambitious agenda’ set for UNGA UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1: Calling for a consensus among member states, the President of the UN General Assembly on Friday announced ‘an ambitious agenda’ to move the organization forward in a...
Fatah wins municipal elections RAMALLAH, Oct 1: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party far outstripped militant group Hamas in a round of West Bank municipal elections seen as a test of political clout before next year’s parliamentary polls....		NYT reporter discloses source in CIA case WASHINGTON, Oct 1: After 85 days in jail for refusing to name her source, New York Times reporter Judith Miller testified on Friday about conversations with a top aide to Vice...
Obesity a major problem in Gulf: study RIYADH, Oct 1: Obesity has become a major health problem in the Gulf due to a rapid transformation in lifestyle. According to a study presented in Doha, Qatar, 70 per cent...		Soyuz blasts off with ‘space tourist’ BAIKONUR, Oct 1: A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan early on Saturday, taking American ‘space tourist’ Greg Olsen and his fellow astronauts, a Russian and another American, off towards the International Space Station....
2 Indian towns under curfew after shooting GUWAHATI, Oct 1: Security forces enforced an indefinite curfew in two restive towns in northeastern India on Saturday, a day after police firing killed 12 stone-throwing students protesting a government decision...		Sectarian attacks reshaping Iraq BAGHDAD: The merchants were silent, their shops closed. A hush had fallen on the Jamiyat Shurta market. Earlier that morning, three bakers had been slain, shot silently as they prepared khubz, the popular pancake-like bread....
Uzbekistan govt scraps assistance to US: Fight against Al Qaeda WASHINGTON: After cutting off US access to a key military base, Uzbekistan has also quietly terminated cooperation with Washington on counterterrorism, a move that could affect both countries’ ability to deal...		Spain’s ETA unlikely to follow IRA’s example MADRID: The IRA’s decision to scrap its weapons will put psychological pressure on ETA to call a truce with Spain but is unlikely to draw meaningful concessions from the armed Basque separatist group, analysts said....
Cooperatives successfully combat unemployment in Argentina BUENOS AIRES: Cooperatives in Argentina have successfully taken on the daunting task of drawing chronically unemployed men and impoverished women who have never worked outside the home into the world of work....		No place to hide for Serb war criminals BELGRADE: Serb war criminals are figuring that they might run, but they cannot hide forever. Ten years after the wars in Croatia and Bosnia ended and six years after Serb security...