December 25, 2005	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 22, 1426

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Rajnath to replace Advani as BJP head NEW DELHI, Dec 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen a low-key team player to replace the hawkish Lal Krishna Advani as its leader, the Press Trust of India reported on Saturday....		US asks Egypt govt to free Mubarak’s rival WASHINGTON, Dec 24: The United States called on Egypt on Saturday to free from detention Ayman Nour, saying the conviction of President Hosni Mubarak’s main challenger in the recent presidential elections...
Donors in rush to Lanka for LTTE talks COLOMBO, Dec 24: Troops combed Sri Lanka’s northwest to root out suspected rebels on Saturday after a series of deadly ambushes raised fears of a return to civil war, as the...		Japan, US to develop missile defence TOKYO, Dec 24: Japan on Saturday approved a plan to develop with the United States a next-generation shipborne missile defence system, amid growing concern about North Korea and rising tension between Japan and China....
Moscow’s fresh offer to Tehran MOSCOW, Dec 24: Russia on Saturday repeated its offer to process uranium for Iran’s controversial nuclear programme, a proposal Tehran has already rejected....		Aide slams Powell’s ‘damage control’ WASHINGTON, Dec 24: The former top aide to then-secretary of state Colin Powell has emerged as an increasingly high-profile and vocal critic of US administration policy at home and abroad, The New York Times reported on Saturday....
Missing children haunt Sri Lankan parents: Tsunami anniversary KILINOCHCHI (Sri Lanka): In the jungles of Sri Lanka’s rebel-controlled north, parents almost one year after the tsunami continue to scour Tamil Tiger training camps hoping to find their missing children....		US has image problem among Muslims in Asia BANDA ACEH: The image of the United States in tsunami-hit parts of Asia may have enjoyed a boost thanks to its massive aid donations, but one year on, residents say US policy speaks louder than dollars....
Tsunami may strike again, say scientists PARIS: Lightning does strike twice in the same place. That is the warning of seismologists as they assess the risk of another Indian Ocean tsunami....		Married to EU, but Malta says no divorce VALLETTA: Emmy Bezzina is a frustrated and angry man. Frustrated because he is unable to divorce a wife he left years ago, angry at his country’s ban on divorce that he says makes Malta the laughing stock of Europe....
Cloning fraud puts research ‘back on the starting line’ BEIJING: Research that gave hope to millions of people with incurable diseases has been put “back on the starting line” by one of the worst cases of scientific fraud....		Arrest warrants for CIA agents ROME: An Italian court has issued European arrest warrants for 22 CIA operatives accused of kidnapping a radical imam in Milan, expanding the dragnet for the suspects to 25 countries....
Drinks — the new battleground in Turkey ISTANBUL: There have been ferocious battles over banning adultery or outlawing headscarves. Now drink has become the battleground in Turkey’s struggle to define the country’s values — religious or secular, Middle Eastern or European....		Iraqi govt hints at rearresting Saddam aides BAGHDAD, Dec 24: Iraq’s national security adviser said on Saturday he wanted to re-arrest Saddam Hussein’s former top weapons experts, as the US military confirmed the release of 14 more high-ranking detainees....
Body seeks access to Bush orders on spying NEW YORK, Dec 24: A prominent national civil rights and advocacy group announced on Friday the filing of a petition under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking access to all...		Dutch negotiator to mediate between Delhi, Nagas GUWAHATI, Dec 24: A Dutch negotiator has been appointed to help save an eight-year-old ceasefire between New Delhi and a separatist group in the northeastern state of Nagaland, a rebel leader said on Saturday....