October 28, 2005	Friday	Ramzan 23, 1426

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Seven killed in Israeli strike on Gaza GAZA, Oct 27: Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the car of an Islamic Jihad militant in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Among the dead were Jihad’s top...		Many detainees died during interrogation: US body’s report on Iraq, Afghanistan SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27: The American Civil Liberties Union has said that 44 autopsies and death reports of detainees held in US facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq indicate that many of them died while being interrogated....
US troop strength in Iraq rises to 161,000 WASHINGTON, Oct 27: The United States has increased its forces in Iraq to the highest total of the invasion at 161,000 troops, and the Pentagon said on Thursday it expected a similar number in place for the December elections....		India seeks Russia’s help to make weapons MOSCOW, Oct 27: India wants to collaborate with Russia in developing new weapons, Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Thursday during a visit to Moscow....
Iran be expelled from UN: Israel WASHINGTON/LONDON, Oct 27: Israel on Thursday called for Iran’s expulsion from the United Nations after its president said the Jewish state should be ‘wiped off the map’....		Detroit building renamed after Rosa Parks WASHINGTON, Oct 27: The US House and Senate have endorsed a measure to name a Detroit federal building after civil rights pioneer Rosa Lee Parks. The black woman who refused to...
Flu virus moving to Indonesia’s cities JAKARTA, Oct 27: Indonesia’s agriculture minister said on Thursday bird flu was spreading to residential areas and that the country was enlisting students to help locate sick chickens....		India opposes action against Iran MOSCOW, Oct 27: India opposes ‘aggressive action’ against Iran over its nuclear program, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said during a visit to Moscow on Thursday, quoted in Russian by the ITAR-TASS news agency....
Bail granted to Lodi suspect’s father SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27: A federal judge granted bail on Wednesday to a Pakistani-born Californian charged with lying to investigators about his son’s travels to Pakistan, where prosecutors allege he trained in terrorist camps....		BD court stays probe against Hasina DHAKA, Oct 27: The High Court of Bangladesh on Thursday stayed the operation of an order of the anti-corruption commission regarding investigation in three corruption cases filed against the Leader of the Opposition, Sheikh Hasina....
A ‘perfect storm’ for Democrats: Plamegate LONDON: Now America has its own David Kelly affair. There is no corpse — unless you count the US troops killed in Iraq, whose number is now 2,000 — but all the other elements are in place....		The end of history or the loss of utopia? LONDON: Ever since Plato, western thinkers have dreamed of ideal societies, utopias that could perhaps never be fully realized, but which at least gave us something to aspire to — noble, beautiful visions of what society might one day be like....
Knowing Blairs by the company they keep LONDON: The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera recently shed another little shaft of light onto British prime minister’s personality — and that of his wife. Cherie Blair is now under attack...		Son’s mission brings countess to Kolkata KOLKATA: In Pondicherry, people address her as the mother. Back in her home in Paris, she is a countess who has produced 16 big budget films in French, including Forth Saganne which had Grard Depardieu in the lead....
US visit: a test case for Camilla LONDON: Are Americans ready for a possible Queen Camilla? That’s the question Prince Charles and his new bride may be hoping to answer next week as they embark on an eight-day...		Man-made islands may tamper with ecosystem DUBAI: Billion-dollar islands being built off the coast of Dubai offer wealthy tourists a chance to leave the world behind, but environmentalists say the Gulf’s delicate marine ecosystem is paying the price for this perfect escape....