December 10, 2005	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 7, 1426

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Poland was main CIA detention base: HRW WARSAW, Dec 9: Poland was the heart of the CIA’s secret detention network in Europe until recently, an analyst of the US-based Human Rights Watch organization was quoted as telling a Polish newspaper....		Berlin linked to CIA abduction BERLIN, Dec 9: Information Germany shared with the United States may have prompted the CIA to abduct a German citizen and fly him to Afghanistan for interrogation as a suspected terrorist, a newspaper reported on Friday....
Saddam’s lawyer accuses witnesses of fabrication AMMAN, Dec 9: Former US attorney general Ramsey Clark, part of a team of lawyers defending Saddam Hussein against charges of crimes against humanity, on Friday accused witnesses in the trial of false testimony....		US alienated Arabs by invading Iraq: poll NEW YORK, Dec 9: The situation in Iraq has contributed towards negative views of United States in the Arab world, replacing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says a poll conducted by the Washington-based Arab-American Institute released on Wednesday....
Poor don’t want $100 laptop: firm COLOMBO, Dec 9: Potential computer users in the developing world will not want a basic $100 hand-cranked laptop that is due to be rolled out to millions, chip-maker Intel Corp....		US, China explore cooperation: Iraq, Iran issues WASHINGTON, Dec 9: The United States and China are eying possible cooperation on such diverse issues as Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea, the State Department said after talks among senior officials....
Thai boy dies of bird flu; toll now 70 BANGKOK/WASHINGTON, Dec 9: A Thai boy has become the 70th person to die of bird flu, authorities said on Friday, as reports warned a flu pandemic could cost the US economy...		116-year-old declared oldest person LONDON, Dec 9: A 116-year-old Ecuadorean woman was declared the oldest person in the world on Friday, lifting the title from a US woman previously thought to be the oldest person alive, Guinness World Records said....
Mugabe calls UN envoy ‘hypocrite, liar’ ESIGODINI (Zimbabwe), Dec 9: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday accused United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland of being a ‘hypocrite and a liar’ and said he would refuse to accept...		Situation in Zimbabwe serious: UN UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9: United Nations Emergency Coordinator Jan Egeland said on Thursday that the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe was ‘extremely serious and it is worsening as we speak’....
Germany’s ‘first man’ keeps a low profile BERLIN: He’s Germany’s first ‘first man’, but Chancellor Angela Merkel’s husband is so camera shy he’s been dubbed the ‘Phantom of the Opera’, since his few public appearances at his wife’s side have been at opera festivals....		America is ‘now opening its eyes’: Cindy Sheehan in Britain LONDON: When Casey Sheehan joined the army in May 2000, he was assured that he would never see combat. Four years later, he was killed in Iraq....
New Tory leader makes confident debut LONDON: The showdown began when Big Ben struck noon. David Cameron, elected on Tuesday as leader of the Conservative Party, looked across the green carpet of the House of Commons at his adversary, Prime Minister Tony Blair....		No torture please, we’re British LONDON: There are few better examples of the poison which anti-terrorist laws are capable of leaking into the criminal justice system than the appeal court judgment of 16 months ago....
No peace possible with Sharon LONDON: I know the attractive Israeli seaside resort of Netanya well, having stayed several times at my niece’s flat there. Not long ago I heard on BBC radio a series of...		Smokers less capable of fighting cancer NEW YORK: For people with cancer of the larynx or lower pharynx, continuing to smoke or drink alcohol make it less likely that they’ll survive, while eating a diet rich in...