November 23, 2005	Wednesday	Shawwal 20, 1426

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Congress ally loses polls in Bihar: Lalu Prasad’s reign ends PATNA, Nov 22: A major partner in India’s ruling coalition lost power in the key state of Bihar on Tuesday, a defeat analysts say may weaken the federal government and slow reforms....		Turbulent session awaits Singh govt NEW DELHI, Nov 22: The Indian parliament will open on Wednesday with a turbulent winter session for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) after it lost Bihar to the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in a major electoral upset....
Bush ‘planned to bomb’ Al Jazeera LONDON, Nov 22: A former British defence minister has joined the rally of those calling upon Downing Street to make public a secret memo which detailed the discussions of the US...		18 killed in Kirkuk blast KIRKUK, Nov 22: A suicide car bomb blast killed 18 people, including 10 police, and wounded 28 others in an attack in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, police and doctors at Kirkuk’s main hospital said....
Awami League threatens to boycott elections DHAKA, Nov 22: The Awami League-led opposition alliance on Tuesday said it would not take part in the next polls, due early next year, if the opposition’s demands for changes in...		‘Dirty bomb’ suspect indicted WASHINGTON, Nov 22: US authorities on Tuesday indicted Jose Padilla, an American held for more than three years on suspicion of planning a ‘dirty’ bomb attack, with terrorism charges....
Nestle withdraws baby milk ZURICH, Nov 22: Swiss-based food giant Nestle has withdrawn a type of baby milk from sale in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, following fears about chemical contamination, the company said on Tuesday....		How US funded books for Taliban WASHINGTON, Nov 22: The US State Department and the CIA funded an education programme in Afghanistan from 1994 to 1998 which also produced books for Taliban that encouraged schoolchildren to fight infidels, says a book, The Devil’s Game....
US general calls Iraq debate ‘disturbing’ WASHINGTON, Nov 22: A top US general said on Tuesday that the increasingly angry political debate over the US military presence in Iraq was ‘disturbing’ for soldiers....		Fake FBI, CIA e-mails spawn viruses WASHINGTON, Nov 22: A scam involving e-mails appearing to come from the FBI or CIA has unleashed a computer virus that is spreading rapidly worldwide, US officials and security experts said on Tuesday....
Japan to raise ‘military’ TOKYO, Nov 22: Japan would once again have a force described as the ‘military’ six decades after the United States stripped it of the right to keep armed forces, in the...		Cash transfer to Kurds comes into question IRBIL (Iraq): The $100 bills were all new. They came wrapped in plastic and loaded on wooden pallets. Altogether, the money weighed 15 tons, enough to fill three US military helicopters....
Tehran likely to get off the hook on nuclear issue NEW DELHI: As the fraught question of Iran’s nuclear activities comes up before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday, there are indications of a softening up of the stands of a number of countries on the issue....		Merkel joins select club BERLIN: On becoming Germany’s new chancellor on Tuesday, Angela Merkel joined a club of women leaders whose members can still literally be counted on the fingers of one hand....
Bush’s China visit fails to narrow differences BEIJING: President George W. Bush’s visit to Beijing, which ended on Monday, had the trappings of a whistle-stop campaign appearance intended to sell his message that the United States wants China...		Poor nations light their way without Kyoto caps ZANDSPRUIT (South Africa): Stanley Diphofa is happy to be hooked up to South Africa’s power grid. And he’s not worried by the fact that the massive coal-fired stations which power it emit large quantities of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change....
Harry Potter’s scare tactics work wonders LOS ANGELES: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” may be the scariest of the films about the teenaged wizard but it also had the most successful opening of any of the series....		Water supply to Chinese city cut BEIJING, Nov 22: Panic spread through one of China’s largest cities on Tuesday as residents hoarded water and food ahead of a four-day water stoppage due to fears that a chemical plant explosion had contaminated drinking supplies....