October 24, 2005	Monday	Ramzan 19, 1426

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Palestinians pitch tents to claim land in Gaza MORAG (Gaza Strip): Palestinian farmer Mitwalli al-Banna cannot prove he owns land on the outskirts of a former Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, but he has pitched a tent to claim it nonetheless....		‘Britons doing everything to help victims’ UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23: Expressing her extreme sorrow over the ‘horrible earthquake tragedy’ in Pakistan, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie Blair said that British people were doing everything they could for the victims....
Asia grapples with rural poverty despite high growth NEW DELHI: In a remote village in northern India, a group of women try to save just Rs10 each every month. Sometimes even that isn’t easy....		CIA men to escape punishment: Death of prisoners in Iraq NEW YORK, Oct 23: The CIA officials involved in the deaths of at least four prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan will escape criminal charges in all but one of the incidents,...
Hurricane Wilma aims at Florida CANCUN (Mexico), Oct 23: Hurricane Wilma bore down on Florida on Sunday after devastating Mexico’s Caribbean resorts with flood water and wild winds that smashed thousands of homes and killed at least seven people....		Britain urges Iraq to probe ‘death squad’ charges BAGHDAD, Oct 23: Britain’s envoy in Baghdad urged the Shia-led Iraqi government on Sunday to address accusations that its security forces are operating clandestine ‘death squads’ against minority Sunnis by mounting an inquiry....
Demand for punishment for ‘Taliban burning’ KABUL, Oct 23: The Afghan government on Sunday called for the United States to punish anyone found guilty over the ‘Taliban burning’ incident, which threatens to spark widespread public anger against occupying foreign forces....		Dying witness testifies against Saddam BAGHDAD, Oct 23: A key witness dying of cancer gave testimony on Sunday to the Iraqi court handling murder and torture charges against ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein....
LTTE concession for presidential candidates COLOMBO, Oct 23: The LTTE would permit presidential candidates to canvas for the upcoming elections in rebel-held north east areas but will not support any candidate, Tiger sources said....		Blasts halt Iraq oil exports BAGHDAD, Oct 23: Four sabotage blasts have brought oil exports from northern Iraq to a halt and repairs could take up to one month to carry out, an oil official said on Sunday....
Overseas cash reshapes Philippines countryside BILLOCA (Philippines); In this impoverished rural corner of the Philippines, traditional one-room thatch houses are giving way to modern brick homes with glass windows, tiled roofs and giant courtyards — the...		Afghan woman’s fight against heavy odds KABUL: In two minutes, two years ago, Malalai Joya secured her name in Afghanistan’s modern history. Only 25 years old and little known outside her home district in the far west...
Tanzania: witch-doctors cast spells for votes BAGAMOYO (Tanzania): The witch-doctors in the former slave port of Bagamoyo on Tanzania’s coast are busy concocting spells to help the east African country’s politicians win votes in this month’s elections....		Six die in Italy storms BARI (Italy), Oct 23: At least six people were killed as torrential rain battered southern Italy overnight, demolishing a bridge, sweeping away cars and derailing a Eurostar train, police said on Sunday....