November 25, 2005	Friday	Shawwal 22, 1426

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Guerillas be made ‘part of solution’: US general’s suggestion on Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 24: A top US military spokesman called on Wednesday for parts of Iraq’s raging resistance to be brought into the political process, while insisting that Al-Qaeda was being hit hard by ongoing offensives....		Toxic water nearing China’s city HARBIN, Nov 24: A toxic slick of polluted river water reached the outskirts of one of China’s biggest cities on Thursday, nearly two weeks after an explosion at a petrochemical plant upstream....
Washington’s Uzbekistan policy in tatters LONDON: It looks like Craig Murray was right all along. To the US’s annoyance, Britain’s former ambassador to Uzbekistan publicly criticised human rights abuses by President Islam Karimov’s government....		US may prevent military sales to Venezuela MEXICO CITY: In another sign of estrangement between the United States and Venezuela, Washington is holding up the sale of eight Spanish patrol boats and 12 military aircraft to the South American nation because they contain US-made technology....
Carbon dioxide levels highest in 650,000 years: study PARIS, Nov 24: Levels of carbon dioxide, the principal gas that drives global warming, are now 27 per cent higher than at any point in the last 650,000 years, according to research into Antarctic ice cores published on Thursday....		EU pressing US on CIA flights: official WASHINGTON, Nov 24: A top US official on Wednesday acknowledged mounting EU pressure for Washington to come clean about reports of secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe while stressing his country’s right to protect itself against terrorists....
UN not facing crisis: Akram UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24: As the United States threatened to delay the United Nations budget unless reforms are approved by the General Assembly by the end of the year, Pakistan’s UN...		3.8pc of Afghans addicted to drugs: survey UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24: The drug problem in Afghanistan could remain severe because of renewed insecurity, continued corruption and free opium seed distribution by traffickers, while the area of Afghanistan under...
G77, US at odds over UN reforms UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24: A confrontation between developing countries known as the G77 and the United States is brewing at the world body over a plan for management reforms, threatening to derail an effective functioning of the organization, according to diplomats....		Islamists give US food for thought CAIRO: The United States inadvertently helped Egypt’s Islamists make strong electoral gains this month and is now rethinking the wisdom of pressing rapid democratic change in a major Arab country, analysts say....
Hopes of reparations for victims of Japan atrocities HAGATNA (Guam): Can wartime suffering have a price? According to a bill making its way through the US Congress, losing a spouse or a parent is worth $25,000....		Olive oil improves circulation, says study NEW YORK: Certain micronutrients contained in olive oil and other foods could be responsible for the Mediterranean diet’s well known heart-healthy effects, Spanish researchers report....
Obasanjo may seek third term ABUJA: Only months ago it was unthinkable that Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo might try to stay in power beyond his constitutional departure date of 2007 because it would destroy his image as a champion of democracy....		Protest in ME against Al Jazeera ‘bomb plan’ DOHA, Nov 24: Journalists in several Arab capitals on Thursday staged protests over reports that US President George Bush wanted to attack Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera’s Doha headquarters....
Radio fined LONDON, Nov 24: British media regulators on Thursday imposed their biggest sanction ever against a radio broadcaster, fining Manchester’s Key 103 FM 125,000 pounds ($215,500) for comments made by a presenter....		UNSC praises Afghans for holding polls UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24: The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday congratulated the people of Afghanistan on the confirmation of the final results for parliamentary and provincial council elections as paving...