December 23, 2005	Friday	Ziqa’ad 20, 1426

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China turning into a threat, says Japan TOKYO, Dec 22: Japan’s foreign minister said on Thursday that China was becoming a ‘considerable threat’ because of its rising military spending and nuclear weapons, sparking a fresh row between the neighbours....		LTTE makes daring raid on navy boats COLOMBO, Dec 22: Tamil Tiger rebels attacked two Sri Lankan naval craft off the island’s northwestern coast on Thursday, opening fire and capturing three sailors in the most violent incident at sea since a 2002 truce, the navy said....
US Senate extends terror law after deal WASHINGTON, Dec 22: The Republican-led US Senate, yielding to Democratic pressure, ended its impasse over President George Bush’s premier tool in the war on terrorism on Wednesday and voted to extend...		Saddam brands US leaders as liars BAGHDAD, Dec 22: Saddam Hussein denounced US leaders as liars at a turbulent court hearing on Thursday and his once-feared intelligence chief abused prosecutors before threatening to boycott the rest of the trial....
Tussle over religion of Everest hero KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22: A bizarre tussle has broken out over the body of a former member of Malaysia’s Mount Everest climbing team, with his wife saying he died a Hindu...		US court rejects govt plea in Padilla case WASHINGTON, Dec 22: In a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration, a US appeals court refused on Wednesday to transfer ‘enemy combatant’ Jose Padilla from US military custody to federal authorities in Florida until the Supreme Court considered his case....
Deportations celebrated in Sweden STOCKHOLM, Dec 22: The Swedish Migration Board came under fire on Thursday after revelations in the media of case workers celebrating the deportation of asylum seekers and their families with cake and champagne....		Hasina terms Khaleda traitor DHAKA, Dec 22: Hitting back at Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the Awami League chief and leader of the opposition in parliament, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday warned that she would file a...
Toxic spill reaches Russian city KHABAROVSK, Dec 22: Toxic chemicals that contaminated a river after a blast at a factory in China last month flowed into the Russian city of Khabarovsk on Thursday, but officials said...		Annan regrets failure to stop Iraq invasion UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday asked the member states to put aside differences over next year’s budget in the interest of saving badly needed reforms....
Mankind to blame for disasters: Tsunami, earthquake & Katrina PARIS: In the space of a year, a tsunami, an earthquake, brutal storms and floods have claimed more than 300,000 lives and cost at least 100 billion dollars in damage....		Britain’s policy on torture in tatters LONDON: The system of investigating and prosecuting incidents of torture and unlawful killings by British forces in occupied Iraq was lambasted on Wednesday by the court of appeal....
Suddenly, Suu Kyi is the key BANGKOK: In a delicious twist of irony, Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds the cards that will determine if the rare political courage shown by South-East Asian governments towards...		US watching Bolivia with suspicion WASHINGTON: After years of demonising Evo Morales, whose unprecedented and shocking first-round victory in Bolivia’s presidential elections on Sunday has stunned analysts here, the administration of US President George W....
Study shows evolution of bird flu virus in action WASHINGTON: At first it looked like the 13-year-old girl was lucky. She only had a little pneumonia in one lung and doctors had treated her early with Tamiflu, a drug known to be effective against avian influenza....		Iraqis can’t be detached about Saddam BAGHDAD: They can be attentive or distracted, but Iraqis are seldom indifferent and often frustrated with the trial of Saddam Hussein, the man that ruled them with an iron fist for 24 years....