October 9, 2005	Sunday	Ramzan 4, 1426

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Screams follow huge quake SRINAGAR, Oct 8: Screams and wails of mourning filled the air as panicked residents ran for their lives when a massive earthquake hit occupied Kashmir on Saturday....		UK identifies 350 firms in nuclear trade LONDON, Oct 8: British intelligence has identified more than 350 companies, university departments and government organizations in eight countries seeking to acquire technology or materials for weapons of mass destruction, a newspaper report said on Saturday....
Iraqis urged to vote against constitution: 21 Sunni bodies’ appeal BAGHDAD, Oct 8: The campaign for Iraq’s draft constitution suffered a blow on Saturday when Sunni groups urged voters in the Oct 15 referendum to reject the charter, which they warned would lead to the country’s break-up....		1,400 killed in Guatemala mudslide PANABAJ (Guatemala), Oct 8: Some 1,400 people were killed by a mudslide in the Guatemalan highland village of Panabaj that had been triggered by torrential rains from Hurricane Stan....
British police arrest 10 in terrorist probe LONDON, Oct 8: British police arrested 10 men suspected of involvement in international terrorism in early morning raids on Saturday in three cities, a police statement said....		CDU proposes sharing of cabinet posts BERLIN, Oct 8: German conservatives want a post-election deal under which their leader Angela Merkel becomes chancellor and they share half the posts in a 16-member cabinet with the Social Democrats....
Arrest of two BD ministers sought DHAKA, Oct 8: The Bangladesh opposition on Saturday called for expulsion of two ministers from the cabinet for ‘counselling and providing shelter’ to Mufti Hannan, a leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad....		Bush’s aide again called to testify in CIA probe WASHINGTON, Oct 8: President George Bush’s top adviser, Karl Rove, remains under a cloud of speculation after being called to testify yet again in an investigation into the leaked identity of a CIA agent....
NY subway could be hit today, say officials NEW YORK, Oct 8: New York City is bracing for a possible subway attack on its extensive subway network since two of the dates mentioned in intelligence about possible subway attacks...		Bush pick for Justice Dept quits WASHINGTON, Oct 8: A corporate lawyer, who was involved in controversial 2002 White House debates on narrowing the definition of torture, on Friday suddenly withdrew his bid to become the second-ranking...
Satellite crashes into Arctic MOSCOW, Oct 8: A European satellite designed to measure how fast the polar ice caps are melting crashed into the Arctic Ocean on Saturday after its launch went wrong....		Bush meets flu vaccine makers WASHINGTON, Oct 8: US President George Bush on Friday met bosses of giant drugs firms summoned to the White House to discuss how to speed up production of a bird flu...
Annan calls for action to save 500 immigrants MADRID, Oct 8: A leading aid group on Friday decried the apparent abandoning of some 500 immigrants in the Moroccan desert after trying to reach Spanish soil as UN Secretary General...		Thai Muslims flee troubled areas in search of security SUNGAI KOLOK (Thailand): Along with the ubiquitous cans of soda and packets of pot noodles, the mom-and-pop stores of violence-plagued southern Thailand are selling tickets to a new life....
EU entry prospect speeds up change in Balkans OLLI Rehn, the European Union’s commissioner for enlargement, is a professorial-looking Finn with the cool wit and understated manner of his native land. So he could hardly be suspected of exaggerating...		World youth joblessness hits all-time high UNITED NATIONS: With nearly half the world’s population of six billion people under 25 years old, the UN warned this week that poverty and lack of education is creating a new generation of marginalised youth....
Iraq turmoil: US officials losing faith in democracy’s power WASHINGTON: Senior US officials have begun to question a key presumption of American strategy in Iraq: that establishing democracy there can erode and ultimately eradicate the insurgency gripping the country....		Saddam: psychic seeks $25m reward RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian court will consider a psychic’s claim that the US government owes him a $25 million reward for information he says he provided on the hiding place of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein....
An island favoured by tourists and terrorists KUTA (Indonesia): The island of Bali, with miles of beaches and perfect waves, has long been marketed as a premier destination for tourists. Now this surfer’s paradise has a new distinction: the favourite resort island of terrorists....		Myth of slave-free New York broken NEW YORK: Slavery was something that took place “down South,” most New Yorkers would say, but a museum exhibit that opened on Friday shows that Manhattan was slave territory too....