January 10, 2006	Tuesday	Zilhaj 9, 1426

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Israel allows Jerusalem Arabs to vote in elections JERUSALEM, Jan 9: Israel has agreed in principle to allow Arab residents of east Jerusalem to vote in this month’s Palestinian parliamentary elections, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Monday....		Iran sticks to decision on nuclear research TEHRAN, Jan 9: Iran said on Monday it would not review its decision on resumption of research on nuclear fuel, prompting the United States to warn Tehran that it could refer the issue to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions....
Abortion: 10m girls ‘missing’ in India PARIS, Jan 9: Around 10 million female foetuses may have been aborted in India over the past two decades because of ultrasound sex screening and a traditional preference for boys, according to a study published online in The Lancet on Monday....		Pentagon admits Bremer called for more troops in Iraq WASHINGTON, Jan 9: The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday that Paul Bremer, the former top civilian administrator in Iraq, warned in May 2004 that more US troops were needed to secure the country, but it said the US military felt otherwise....
Indian expats say ‘we are not cash cows’ HYDERABAD (India), Jan 9: Hundreds of overseas Indians eager to reconnect with their ancestral home, many for the first time, found to their annoyance at the weekend that India views them mainly as sacred cash cows....		US quizzed suspects in Romania: Egypt BERN, Jan 9: A fax sent by the Egyptian foreign ministry to its embassy in London stated that more than 20 Iraqis and Afghans had been questioned at a US-run base in Romania, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday....
Turks urged to hand over sick birds ISTANBUL, Jan 9: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pleaded with citizens on Monday to hand over sick birds to the authorities for slaughter amid reports that many poor people are...		Iraqi widows feel lost in their own homeland MOSUL: Three sewing machines in a dingy apartment were all Munna Abdul Adeem Ahmed could scrape together when she set up a tailoring co-op for poor widows....
Was Gaza pullout a state-managed drama? IN ANY media review of 2005, Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza strip features prominently. Few can forget those powerful images of tearful, anguished Israeli settlers barricading themselves into synagogues, standing on...		Wrong news backfires on free press in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR: News reports based on secret video grabs of a woman forced to do ‘nude squats’ in police custody, which put the Malaysian government in a spot over human rights,...
WSF: a global protest with a Caribbean twist CARACAS: Venezuela, under the leftist government of President Hugo Chávez, has placed itself squarely in the centre of the political debate in Latin America, which the World Social Forum (WSF) has...		India’s richest city struggles to cast off Slumbai slur MUMBAI: Sari-clad women gracefully carry sparkling metal pots of water on their heads through winding alleys leading to their homes. It’s a scene from eternal India, oft romanticised as a daily part of a wholesome country life....
Agca release leaves mystery over shooting VATICAN CITY: The Turkish attacker who shot Pope John Paul in 1981 will be released from prison in his homeland soon but the mystery behind one of the 20th century’s most notorious assassination attempts remains....		Murder fuels Japanese hostility to US bases TOKYO: Japanese police have been questioning an American sailor about the murder of a local woman in a case that is likely to boost opposition to the presence of thousands of US troops in Japan....
IT experts in search of actor to play Buddha NEW DELHI, Jan 9: Software engineers have been called in to help in the search for an actor to play the role of Lord Buddha in a major Indian movie, a newspaper report said on Monday....		Vegetables lower BP, says study CHICAGO, Jan 9: People who get their dietary protein from vegetables rather than meat have lower blood pressure, and the more plant protein consumed the better, researchers said on Monday....