October 18, 2005	Tuesday	Ramzan 13, 1426

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Israel freezes contacts with PA after killings JERUSALEM, Oct 17: Israel decided on Monday to suspend all contacts with the Palestinian Authority and impose a series of restrictions on civilians in the West Bank following a shooting attack which killed three Jewish settlers....		Vote forecast by Rice angers Iraqi officials BAGHDAD, Oct 17: Comments by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have vexed Iraqi electoral officials who struggled Monday to produce an official tally a day after she suggested Iraq’s historic constitution had been approved....
US, India sign science pact WASHINGTON, Oct 17: The United States and India on Monday signed an umbrella science and technology agreement to boost cooperation in areas ranging from health to space technology....		US & Israel oppose accord on diversity PARIS, Oct 17: Over 150 of the 191 member states of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Monday to approve a convention to protect cultural diversity, with the United States and Israel among the few dissenting voices....
Riyadh allows public screening of films RIYADH, Oct 17: A major first step seems to have been taken. Public screening of cartoons - exclusively for women and children - will begin in Saudi Arabia after Eid-ul-Fitr....		LTTE issues dress code for Tamils JAFFNA, Oct 17: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers have imposed dress restrictions for Tamil youth, sources in Jaffna said. Posters put up by the LTTE have detailed separate dress codes for females and males....
Bird flu virus not mutating towards humans: experts LONDON, Oct 17: There is no evidence that the killer H5N1 bird flu virus is progressively mutating to leap the species barrier into humans, but that is no cause for complacency, British scientists said on Monday....		37 killed in Assam clashes GUWAHATI, Oct 17: Thirty-seven villagers were killed and dozens more wounded in three separate attacks by militants on members of a rival community in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Monday....
India sends 3rd consignment NEW DELHI, Oct 17: The third consignment of 182 tonnes of relief supplies comprising blankets, tents, plastic sheets, medicines and fortified biscuits was sent to Pakistan on Monday by train....		IHK removes official after aid complaint SRINAGAR, Oct 17: A senior official in charge of relief in quake-hit Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) has been removed after complaining that politicians were diverting vital aid to constituents....
Court orders sale of prime Mumbai land MUMBAI, Oct 17: The Mumbai high court on Monday ordered the sale of hundreds of acres of prime central city land owned by defunct textile mills in a decision that could lower property prices in India’s crowded financial hub....		Shias back charter, Sunnis vote ‘no’ BAGHDAD, Oct 17: Six Shia-dominated provinces in southern Iraq have voted by more than 90 per cent to approve the country’s draft constitution, initial figures provided on Monday by the independent electoral commission showed....
US govt urged to raise aid to $1 billion WASHINGTON, Oct 17: The US Congress has demanded raise in financial aid for quake victims in Pakistan from $50 million to $1 billion. US Congressman Joseph Crowley in a letter said...		Seven die in UP violence LUCKNOW, Oct 17: Seven people have died and 28 have been injured in four days of communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh. The clashes started on Friday night in Mau district, 300kms...
A lesson for Blair and Clarke: The rule of law LONDON: I wish Tony Blair and Charles Clarke (British Home Secretary) had been at the annual conference of the bar on Saturday. No one has yet been able to make them...		Less a victory than another chance: Iraq constitution vote WASHINGTON: For the Bush administration, the apparent approval of Iraq’s constitution is less of a victory than yet another chance to possibly fashion a political solution that does not result in the bloody division of Iraq....
‘Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!’ PYONGYANG: A crowd gathers in a dusty field in North Korea. They have come to see a trial but as the judge passes sentence they grow uneasy....		Qatar expat workforce feels pinch of rising costs DOHA: Construction engineer Abdulaziz Dhatri tearfully watched his family board a flight to India and recounted how he was forced to send them back home due to the spiralling cost of living in Qatar....
It’s the law that decides who comes to Britain LONDON: Logic, as well as the law, confounds the government’s policy on asylum seekers. The convention, which Britain still accepts, makes clear that sanctuary must be granted to everyone in genuine fear of death or persecution....		You are Germany, now cheer up! BERLIN: All you mutterers with knitted brows, listen: It’s time to get happy. We’re talking $35 million worth of feel-good, throw-your-shoulders-back giddiness. The future is yours, don’t despair, things may be...