October 22, 2005	Saturday	Ramzan 17, 1426

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US calls for action against Syria UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21: The United States said on Friday that Damascus be held to account after a UN investigation implicated senior Syrian officials in the bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri....		Assad govt faces battle for survival: Hariri report BEIRUT: Implicated by a UN inquiry into the killing of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, Baathist Syria is isolated and fighting for survival. “This is another nail in the coffin...
Thousands trapped as Wilma lashes Mexico PLAYA DEL CARMEN (Mexico), Oct 21: Hurricane Wilma’s ferocious winds battered Mexico’s famed Caribbean beach resorts on Friday, knocking over trees and signposts and trapping thousands of nervous tourists in cramped shelters....		‘Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal’ hijacked US policy: ex-Powell aide WASHINGTON, Oct 21: Former secretary of state Colin Powell’s top aide has accused Vice President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of creating a “cabal” that has hijacked US foreign policy....
US lawmakers oppose ceding control of Internet WASHINGTON, Oct 21: Three lawmakers in the US House of Representatives called on Friday for the Internet’s core infrastructure to remain under US control, echoing similar language introduced in the Senate earlier this week....		Pro-Bush legislator goes on trial AUSTIN, Oct 21: Representative Tom DeLay appeared in court on Friday to face campaign-finance charges, but the session was cut short by his lawyer’s argument that the judge is a Democrat...
Challenge to UK PM’s war power fails LONDON, Oct 21: A former British minister failed on Friday in her bid to challenge the power of the prime minister to declare war without the approval of parliament....		Saudi actors get death threats RIYADH, Oct 21: Saudi actors who recently appeared in a popular but controversial MBC TV series dealing with terrorism have been receiving death threats on their cell phones....
Saudi govt outlines HR body’s duties RIYADH, Oct 21: The Saudi government on Thursday defined the duties and responsibilities of the recently established Human Rights Commission. The structure of the commission was recently approved by King Abdullah....		Scare near US Capitol WASHINGTON, Oct 21: Police arrested two young men and destroyed a package in their rental car in an incident that closed several streets around the US Capitol building for about two hours on Friday....
Brazil’s poverty fight breeds hope, votes VILLA DAS FLORES (Brazil): Marlucia da Conceicao plans to vote for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next year after he helped alleviate her family’s poverty in the scrub and cacti of Brazil’s northeast badlands....		Russian film a reminder of US experience in Vietnam MOSCOW: The young soldiers, unsure what they’re fighting for or even where, are abandoned on a lonely plateau that is eventually overrun by a faceless enemy....
Scotland — the ‘most violent country in the developed world’ LONDON: Several years back, I attended an event that was to resonate strongly with me. I was sitting in a crematorium with a sobbing family, mourning another youth who went to town on a night out and didn’t come back....		California’s latest political hopeful LOS ANGELES: Only in California can the ‘Terminator’ fight a ‘Girlie-Man’ over the future political direction of the state while ‘Meathead’ waits in the wings. Celebrity once again is making itself...
US lawyer trades courtroom for kitchen WASHINGTON: A New Year’s resolution a few years ago drove US government litigator Warren Brown to trade the courtroom for the kitchen, reinventing his career and grabbing attention across the United States as the guy who can really bake cakes....		US on the attack over Taiwan’s defence LONDON: Concerned by China’s rapid military build-up but anxious for closer strategic ties with Beijing, the Bush administration is insisting that Taiwan — the most likely future military flashpoint between the...