October 4, 2005	Tuesday	Sha’aban 29, 1426

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EU, Turkey clinch accord over talks on membership LUXEMBOURG, Oct 3: The European Union clinched an 11th-hour accord with Turkey on Monday to clear the way for landmark talks to go ahead, after marathon negotiations overcame Austrian objections....		‘Worse things’ going on at Abu Ghraib: Convicted soldier’s interview WASHINGTON, Oct 3: A US soldier convicted of abusing Iraqi prisoners said, in remarks made public on Sunday, she knew of ‘worse things’ happening at Abu Ghraib and insisted military commanders...
Two Australians win Nobel prize for ulcer research STOCKHOLM, Oct 3: Two Australians won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for showing that a bacterium rather than stress causes stomach inflammation and ulcers, after one of them drank a witches’ brew of bacteria to prove the point....		Saddam’s trial to begin on 19th BAGHDAD, Oct 3: Iraq’s Special Tribunal announced on Monday that Saddam Hussein will go on trial on Oct 19. The court also unveiled the names of those to be tried alongside...
Illegal immigrants storm Spanish enclave MELILLA (Spain), Oct 3: Scores of people were injured on Monday when around 650 would-be illegal immigrants stormed the Spanish enclave of Melilla in Morocco, humanitarian workers and officials said....		Blasts in BD courts claim two lives DHAKA, Oct 3: Several explosions rocked three southeastern districts of Bangladesh on Monday, killing two persons and wounding 20 others, including two judges. Police alleged that Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh was behind the explosions in courtrooms of Chittagong, Chandpur and Lakshmipur districts....
5m face starvation in Malawi: Aid agencies’ apprehension NSANGE (Malawi): Famine is once again stalking Africa’s poorest nations as new figures released on Friday show that the food crisis in Malawi is much worse than anticipated....		Bush choice for supreme court outrages conservatives WASHINGTON, Oct 3: President George Bush’s decision on Monday to nominate White House insider Harriet Miers for a Supreme Court vacancy triggered outrage from conservatives who questioned whether she would uphold their political views....
Schroeder signals readiness to quit BERLIN, Oct 3: Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder signalled on Monday he may be ready to give up power two weeks after Germany’s most inconclusive post-war election, saying he would accept whatever his party decides....		MP speaks of plot to remove Arroyo MANILA, Oct 3: Philippine politicians argued on Monday about an alleged plot to kill President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, with the opposition claiming it was an attempt to divert attention from allegations of cheating and corruption....
US expert to examine India’s Siamese twins NEW DELHI, Oct 3: US neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson, an expert on separating Siamese twins, has arrived in New Delhi to see if he can operate on a pair of 10-year-old Indian girls joined at the head, a hospital official said....		MPs ask Abbas to form new cabinet RAMALLAH, Oct 3: The Palestinian parliament on Monday ordered leader Mahmud Abbas to appoint a new government because of the current regime’s failure to impose order on spiralling chaos in the West Bank and Gaza Strip....
US calls on Russia to freeze Iran N-project UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3: The United States, in a message aimed at Russia, called on governments involved in nuclear projects in Iran to immediately freeze those projects....		Nuclear tunes blast on to Iran’s airwaves TEHRAN, Oct 3: Nuclear science may not be considered ideal subject matter for a popular song, but the musical experts in Iran’s state media apparatus think differently....
18 killed as train jumps the track in India BHOPAL, Oct 3: A crowded train sped through a railway station in central India, jumped the tracks and crashed into a signal cabin on Monday, killing 18 passengers and injuring about 100, authorities said....		Delhi tests Akash missile BHUBANESHWAR (India), Oct 3: India on Monday successfully tested a homemade surface-to-air missile three times at a coastal range in the eastern state of Orissa, a government official said....
59 go missing as typhoon lashes China BEIJING, Oct 3: Nearly 60 Chinese police trainees were missing on Monday after mountain torrents swelled by Typhoon Longwang swept away two buildings at their academy, state media reported as the storm churned through southeastern China....		Sushmita Sen looking for Hollywood role MUMBAI, Oct 3: Hollywood actor Richard Gere and former Miss Universe and Bollywood star Sushmita Sen are set to act together in a major Hollywood film, Sen’s secretary said on Monday....
How not to win the ‘war on terror’ “IRAQI and coalition forces tracked down and killed Abu Azzam, the second-most-wanted Al Qaeda leader in Iraq. This guy is a brutal killer. He was one of Zarqawi’s top lieutenants....		Paris immigrants hit by housing crisis PARIS: The night has been cold but Rama Kanoute and her family will sleep outside again, crouched on a pile of mattresses, their belongings beside them....