November 21, 2005	Monday	Shawwal 18, 1426

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Israel’s Labour quits coalition TEL AVIV, Nov 20: Israel’s Labour party voted on Sunday to quit Ariel Sharon’s coalition ahead of early elections as the prime minister weighed abandoning his own Likud in a move that could remake Israeli politics and peacemaking....		Egypt polls claim first victim ALEXANDRIA (Egypt), Nov 20: The second round of Egypt’s parliamentary election was marred by deadly violence and voter intimidation on Sunday as the regime appeared bent on curbing the surge of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood....
Bush’s bid to duck question thwarted BEIJING, Nov 20: Irked by a reporter who told him he seemed to be ‘off his game’ at a Beijing public appearance, President George W. Bush sought to make a hasty...		Boeing bags big orders in Dubai, Beijing PARIS, Nov 20: The Boeing aircraft company, locked in a bitter struggle with European rival Airbus, scored major sales victories in China and Dubai on Sunday by winning orders worth 13.7...
Quake bridges divide TEETWAL: Last month’s earthquake killed tens of thousands in Kashmir but, for divided families in the disputed region, it also opened up new routes to reunite with long-lost relatives across the Line of Control....		Al Qaeda, music CDs vie for Arab minds DUBAI: An Iraqi female would-be suicide bomber is paraded on television showing her explosives-laden belt. New Lebanese pop sensation Dominique flaunts her bikini-clad body under a waterfall in her latest video....
The roof of the world is changing: Global warming hits Himalayas NAWA Jigtar was working in the village of Ghat, in Nepal, when the sound of crashing sent him rushing out of his home. He emerged to see his herd of cattle being swept away by a wall of water....		Saddam’s lawyers reiterate demands AMMAN, Nov 20: Lawyers for Saddam Hussein and his aides said on Sunday they were willing to attend next week’s trial hearing, despite mounting threats to their lives, if the government met their demands for proper protection....
BD tightens security DHAKA, Nov 20: Everyone, including the ministers and secretaries, will have to produce their identity cards from now on, according to the stringent new security system which has been designed to...		The sword is mightier than the pen in BD DHAKA: Tipu Sultan’s hands are a patchwork of scars: thin tidy scars where surgeons have inserted metal pins to rebuild every bone in his hands and fingers....
Cuba’s war on corruption HAVANA: The Cuban government has launched a wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign that is aimed at curbing diversion of funds, theft and abuse of power in state-owned companies and businesses, but also threatens...		Muslim couple killed in Lanka BATTICALOA, Nov 20: A Muslim couple were killed early on Sunday morning by suspected LTTE gunmen. This is the latest incident in a series of what is called systematic targeting of Muslims in the volatile eastern district of Batticaloa....