November 2, 2005	Wednesday	Ramzan 28, 1426

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UN officials refuse to visit Guantanamo UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1: Five UN human rights experts said on Monday they could not accept US invitation to visit Guantanamo Bay for interviewing detainees at the US detention camp....		China working for fair world order: Hu HANOI, Nov 1: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday tried to calm fears in Asia about Beijing’s growing might, but left no doubt that China intends to re-balance a unipolar world dominated by the United States....
Israeli attack kills two top militants GAZA, Nov 1: Israel killed two Palestinian militant commanders in a missile strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, triggering vows to ‘open the gates of hell’ for revenge attacks against the Jewish state....		Bush seeks $7.1bn for bird flu fight WASHINGTON, Nov 1: President George Bush asked the Congress on Tuesday for $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare the United States for a possible pandemic of avian influenza....
US is losing ‘war on terrorism’, say experts WASHINGTON, Nov 1: US terrorism experts Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the ‘war on terrorism’: the United States is losing....		Straw rules out ‘regime change’ in Iran LONDON, Nov 1: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday ruled out a policy of regime change against Iran amid mounting Western concern about Tehran’s development of nuclear weapons and its stance towards Israel....
US pullout to imperil Israel: Hadley WASHINGTON, Nov 1: US President George W. Bush’s national security adviser warned on Monday that a hasty US withdrawal from Iraq would embolden extremists who seek ‘the eventual destruction of Israel’....		Syrians protest UN resolution DAMASCUS, Nov 1: Syria vowed on Tuesday to cooperate with a UN inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri after a Security Council resolution demanded that Damascus help or face the consequences....
India assures BD of ‘restraint’ DHAKA, Nov 1: India has assured Bangladesh that its troops deployed along the Bangladesh border would exercise restraint in dealing with cross-border issues. Briefing newsmen about his talks in New Delhi...		US lost 94 soldiers in October BAGHDAD, Nov 1: The US military announced the death of another soldier in Iraq on Tuesday, bringing October losses to 94, the fourth biggest of the conflict, after a car bomb...
Saddam’s palace vacated TIKRIT (Iraq), Nov 1: US commanders on Tuesday moved out of a complex of palaces that once belonged to ousted president Saddam Hussein, a site Iraqi officials hope to turn into a tourist destination....		7 killed in Gujarat explosion NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Seven people were killed in the Indian state of Gujarat and an unkno-wn number of others were injured by an accidental explosion at a fireworks factory, police said on Tuesday....
Palestinians allowed to use Gaza crossing JERUSALEM, Nov 1: Top Israeli ministers on Tuesday approved a border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, to allow Palestinians to come and go freely after the Israeli withdrawal from the strip, Israeli officials said....		Arab TV dramas spark debate on roots of militancy DUBAI: Exploding buildings, booby-trapped cars and bloodied victims are making their debut on Arab satellite television in daring dramas that deal with Muslim extremists in Al Qaeda’s main breeding ground....
Ethnic strife rising in Thailand’s south BANGKOK: Prospects for peace in Thailand’s troubled south have dimmed because of escalating incidents of violence by shadowy, Muslim-Malay insurgent groups on the one hand and calls for tougher measures by Buddhist monks on the other....		Tragedy of Sabra, Shatila re-enacted BEIRUT: It was one of the most shocking massacres to scar the Middle East, the slaying of more than 2,000 Palestinians by Christian militiamen, backed by Israel, in the wretched Lebanese refugee camps....
Cellphones plug Africa’s poor into mobile banking SOWETO (South Africa): After years of stashing his cash under the mattress, Jeremiah Mpanza now transfers money with a flick of his thumb to his girlfriend in South Africa’s rural heartland....		Malaysian ulema object to feast after fast KUALA LUMPUR: It’s Ramazan in Malaysia and by day waiters are idle, office canteens deserted, and workers are sluggish. But as night falls, roadside food stalls and lavish hotel buffets explode into life as Muslims break their fast in style....
Senegal — an oasis of stability DAKAR: Unlike many of its neighbours, Senegal does not have large oil reserves or huge deposits of gold or minerals, but the semi-arid former French colony is fast becoming the economic success story of West Africa....		Firefighters capture python in shop PARIS: A dozen French firefighters were called in to cut their way to a 10-foot-long python hiding a shop just outside Paris. “We were alerted by someone who said he had...