December 7, 2005	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 4, 1426

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US may make mistakes in ‘terror war’, says Rice: Berlin adopts tough stance BERLIN, Dec 6: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a rare concession to US critics, acknowledged on Tuesday that Washington may make mistakes in its ‘battle against terrorism’ and promised to put them right if they happened....		German files suit against CIA WASHINGTON, Dec 6: A US rights group on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the CIA on behalf of a German who alleges he was wrongfully abducted in Europe and sent to Afghanistan for anti-terrorism interrogation....
69 arrested in Egypt on eve of elections CAIRO, Dec 6: Egypt arrested at least 69 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, a move the group said was to scare voters on the eve of a final round of parliamentary elections in which the Brotherhood has made stunning gains....		Lawyers say US ‘renditions’ are on shaky legal ground BERLIN, Dec 6: Secret US transfers of terrorist suspects are open to challenge under several statutes of international law, despite Washington’s most robust defence yet of their legality, human rights lawyers said on Monday....
Hasina rejects Khaleda’s talks offer DHAKA, Dec 6: Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday formally invited the leader of the opposition in parliament, Sheikh Hasina, to a national dialogue on the crisis arising out of...		Tories opt for youth to challenge Blair LONDON, Dec 6: Britain’s opposition Conservatives chose David Cameron as their new leader on Tuesday, opting for youth to revive their fortunes and challenge Prime Minister Tony Blair after three successive election defeats....
India to lease nuclear subs from Russia NEW DELHI, Dec 6: India will get two Shchuka-B class nuclear submarines from Russia on lease, Russian news reports were quoted as saying on Tuesday. Two ‘Shchuka-B’, also known as Akula,...		US closes embassy in Manila MANILA, Dec 6: The US embassy shut its doors to the public on Tuesday after a bomb threat, with Philippine police warning of potential suicide attacks by Jemaah Islamiah, a regional network of militants linked to Al Qaeda....
US, Europeans believe free trade cuts jobs: poll BRUSSELS, Dec 6: A majority of people in the United States and most of Europe’s big countries believe free trade cuts local jobs and mainly benefits multinationals and economies such as China and India, a survey showed on Tuesday....		Beatification of John Paul opposed VATICAN CITY, Dec 6: Dissident theologians opposed to the beatification of Pope John Paul have issued an appeal urging Catholics critical of the late pope to tell the Vatican if they also think he should not be made a saint....
HRW slams Rice’s statement NEW YORK, Dec 6: The US Secretary of State mischaracterized the government’s ‘rendition’ of terrorist suspects to make it appear lawful, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday....		Iranian capital chokes in smog TEHRAN, Dec 6: Schools in the Iranian capital were shut down and the sick or elderly told to lock them-selves indoors on Tuesday as the city continued to choke on a thick blanket of yellow-brown smog....
Discovery of new mammal claimed JAKARTA, Dec 6: Researchers from the WWF conservation group may have made the extremely rare discovery of a new species of mammal in the dense forests of central Borneo, the organization said on Tuesday....		Roman burial site found ROME, Dec 6: Archaeologists unveiled on Tuesday a recently unearthed Roman burial ground, complete with sealed marble sarcophagi, that has somehow managed to elude Italy’s active tomb raiders....
Is Rumsfeld behind US debacle in Iraq? WASHINGTON: Subjecting the newly declassified White House “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq” to a cynically inspired computer search, I find that the name “Donald Rumsfeld” is missing from the document’s 35 pages....		Washington making Chavez more popular LONDON: people of Venezuela have gone to the polls 11 times in seven years. Almost a superfluity of democracy, some might think, and signs of electoral fatigue could be detected in...
A unique friendship club in Belgrade BELGRADE: Overriding bitter memories held by some of the influence of the Ottoman empire, and the religious hatred that Serbian society is often known for, an unusual Serb-Arabic club in Belgrade has been doing rather well....		A testimony filled with tearful moments BAGHDAD: He appeared as a nondescript Iraqi everyman — graying, beefy and bespectacled, and speaking in the earthy vernacular of his Tigris River valley farming town....
Asian powers seek elusive chemistry at summit KUALA LUMPUR: Asia’s biggest powers meet next week for a summit that could sow the seeds of a pan-Asian trading bloc — or just as easily end in a puff of hot air....		UK Iraq operations cost £5.5bn LONDON: The British government has nearly doubled its estimate of the cost of military operations in Iraq, according to figures revealed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown on Monday....