November 20, 2005	Sunday	Shawwal 17, 1426

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Students learn hard lessons as school reopens BALAKOT: Naseeb Alam arrived over the weekend for the first session of classes since the 7.6-magnitude earthquake devastated this town last month, levelling his school and killing 200 fellow classmates....		Apec pledges to stop spread of WMDs: N. Korea urged to give up N-arms BUSAN (South Korea), Nov 19: Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday pledged to break up terrorist groups and prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction....
US House votes down pullout from Iraq WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly rejected a resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after an acrimonious debate that brought out bitter divisions over the invasion....		Rajapakse favours talks with Tigers COLOMBO, Nov 19: New Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was sworn in on Saturday, saying that he would talk to Tamil Tiger rebels, but that he wanted to review a three-year-old ceasefire agreement and that militant killings must stop....
Bush in China for talks on security BEIJING, Nov 19: US President George Bush arrived in Beijing on Saturday for talks with Chinese leaders expected to touch on thorny issues, from human rights to economic and trade rows....		Bickering mars Iraq conference CAIRO, Nov 19: Bickering marred the first day of Iraqi reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, amid confessional tensions heightened by a strain of bloody sectarian attacks in the country....
East beats West in troubled Germany POTSDAM (Germany): After the fall of the Berlin Wall 16 years ago, it was the West Germans who brought democracy and a market economy to the country’s communist East....		Cossacks force Russia’s Muslim group to seek refuge in US KRASNODAR (Russia): Thousands of Muslims from a small ethnic group known as the Meskhetian Turks are fleeing this Black Sea region for the United States. The exodus is caused by what...
Can technology ease Africa’s woes? DIPICHI (South Africa): It is hard to believe that 19 shiny flat screen computers can cure the ills of this tiny community in South Africa’s arid north where people battle every day against poverty, Aids, illiteracy and hunger....		Jordan turns its back on Zarqawi LONDON: Amman is a boring city. The buildings are uniform; white stone decorated with post-modern ornaments. The city has no landmarks, and the only monuments on the skyline are the western hotels....
Once again, innocent pay the price LOS ANGELES: Amid havoc of Iraq, news organizations in Baghdad have hunkered down, putting their offices into one or another hotel and paying to build defences....		US frustrated over Japan’s strained Asian ties BUSAN (South Korea): A top US diplomat voiced frustration with Japan’s strained relationship with its Asian neighbours, saying Tokyo’s spats over history with China and South Korea could undercut American interests in Asia....
UN seeks more funds for HQ renovation UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19: The United Nations would ask the General Assembly to approve an increase of $ 300 million a year in total contribution from its 191 member states for...		Rally calls for ouster of Azeri govt BAKU, Nov 19: Up to 30,000 protesters flooded a square in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Saturday demanding regime change and fresh parliamentary elections amid a simmering political crisis and calls for a Ukraine-style peaceful revolution....
Expansion was ‘most debated’ issue at UN UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19: Expansion of the UN Security Council was the most contentious and debated issue at the world body this year as it proposed multifaceted reforms to reflect the...		Albert crowned Monaco ruler MONACO, Nov 19: Prince Albert II of Monaco was enthroned on Saturday, completing the formal succession in a process that began in July. Prince Albert, the 47-year-old son of Prince Rainier...