December 4, 2005	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 1, 1426

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CIA accused of operating 437 flights in Germany BERLIN, Dec 3: The German government has a list of at least 437 flights operated by the US Central Intelligence Agency in German airspace, the news magazine Der Spiegel claimed in its edition to be published on Monday....		Africans, France agree to tackle immigration BAMAKO, Dec 3: African and French leaders on Saturday opened a summit here, urging action to fight illegal immigration and to pull Africa out of the poverty that drives people to flee the continent....
US watchdog to sue CIA WASHINGTON, Dec 3: A US civil liberties group says it plans to sue the CIA in the case of a man who alleges he was kidnapped and sent to Afghanistan to be interrogated as a terrorism suspect....		Abbas invites Pope to Jerusalem VATICAN CITY, Dec 3: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday invited Pope Benedict to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and visit the Holy Land....
Napoleonic war re-enacted TVAROZNA (Czech Republic), Dec 3: An estimated 30,000 spectators and 3,500 participants from across Europe converged in the snow on a small Czech village on Saturday to mark the 200th anniversary...		Myanmar’s removal from Asean sought KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3: Southeast Asian lawmakers want Myanmar expelled from the ASEAN regional grouping unless it frees democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners within a year, Malaysia’s state media said on Saturday....
Israeli navy fires on boat, kills one GAZA, Dec 3: An Israeli navy vessel opened fire on a Palestinian boat off the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing a 22-year-old man. The medics said the Palestinian killed in the incident had been on a fishing trip....		Darfur talks tackle thorniest issues ABUJA: Delegations gathered in Nigeria for the seventh round of Darfur peace talks come to the table with a sense of optimism absent from the first six rounds....
Rice to warn Europe to back off over detainees WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to give allies in Europe a response next week to their pressure over Washington’s treatment of terrorism suspects: back off....		Brazil champions the cause of poor countries BRASILIA: Brazil, an emerging agricultural power, is winning a reputation as the tough guy of world trade talks, sometimes forcing its rich nation opponents onto the ropes....
Ex-Israeli soldiers training Kurds TEL AVIV/SULAYMANIYAH: Israeli firms are carrying out military training and commercial activities in Kurdish areas of north Iraq, according to reports in an Israeli newspaper. Yedioth Ahronoth reported that dozens of...		A small leap for women in Saudi Arabia IT WOULD NOT take long to chart the history of women’s rights in the most conservative nation in the Arab world, that long-time ally of the west, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....
EU lacks coherent policy on Afghanistan THE European Union has allocated one billion euro to Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion. It provides over two-thirds of the 10,000 peacekeepers in Nato’s International Security Assistance Force (Isaf)....		Europe’s first woman suicide bomber MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE: Liliane Degauque was in tears as she walked across the small patch of grass to the house of her closest friend. “I have lost my daughter and now I have no more children,” Mme Degauque whispered....