January 21, 2006	Saturday	Zilhaj 20, 1426

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Australian exporter bribed Pakistanis: Oil-for-food inquiry told SYDNEY, Jan 20: The Australian wheat exporter caught up in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal could potentially also have made illegal payments to agents in Pakistan to ensure contracts, an inquiry heard on Friday....		42 die in Slovak mly plane crash HEJCE (Hungary), Jan 20: A Slovak military plane crashed into a snowy mountain in Hungary late on Thursday after starting its descent too early, killing 42 people, mostly peacekeepers from a NATO mission in Kosovo....
Imam’s arrest angers Indian ulema MUMBAI, Jan 20: Muslim religious leaders are upset over the blaze of publicity under which Maulana Ghulam Elahi Baksh Yahya, the imam of the Haj House mosque, was arrested....		Nepal curfew thwarts protest KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Soldiers and armed police enforced a curfew in the Nepali capital on Friday and placed leading politicians under house arrest, thwarting a planned protest against the king, who seized absolute power last year....
Sri Lankans taking refuge in India: UN GENEVA, Jan 20: About 50 Sri Lankans have fled to southern India aboard fishing boats because of deteriorating security on the island, the United Nations said on Friday....		Google rejects US govt order to hand over records NEW YORK, Jan 20: A legal standoff between the US Justice Department and internet search giant Google has added fuel to an already heated debate over the government’s right of access to potentially personal data....
Beached whale bemuses Londoners LONDON, Jan 20: A small whale swam up the River Thames to central London on Friday, a rare event which drew large crowds of sightseers and brought traffic to a standstill....		Iraqi official accuses US of appeasing guerillas WASHINGTON, Jan 20: Iraq’s national security adviser complained bitterly in an interview published on Friday about secret US contacts with Iraqi guerillas, warning that the ‘policy of appeasement’ would undermine security....
Iran, Syria blamed for Tel Aviv bombing JERUSALEM, Jan 20: Israel blamed Iran and Syria on Friday for a Palestinian suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that has escalated tension just days before a legislative election in the Gaza Strip and West Bank....		Is Ignatieff an apologist for Bush’s war policies?: Candidate for Canadian premiership TORONTO: The Late Show was never like this. Michael Ignatieff, that mild-mannered, spectacularly clever man who was once BBC2’s resident intellectual, is being followed around Toronto by bands of demonstrators denouncing him as a warmonger and cheerleader for torture....
Broadcasting a vision of democracy into a void MIAMI: Tune in to TV Marti, and you can see anything from global news and hard-hitting documentaries to a sitcom with a revolutionary wreaking havoc on a mythical island shaped a lot like Cuba....		Laughter really may be good medicine NEW YORK: Sitting through a funny movie seems to be as good for your heart as running through the park, a small study suggests. In an experiment with 20 healthy young...
Green measures key to earth’s future LOS ANGELES: By 2050, the planet’s population will increase to nine billion, with most people migrating to massive cities. Better vaccines will lessen the epidemic of HIV and offset flu pandemics....		Hollywood and Palestine have moved on LOS ANGELES: It was one of those sit-up-and-take-notice moments. Amid the mutually assured tedium of the Golden Globes awards on Monday night, one winner said something wholly at odds with the bejewelled splendour of Hollywood’s Beverly Hilton hotel....
Mahmoud meets Palestinians DAMASCUS, Jan 20: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met the leaders of 10 radical Palestinian movements, including Islamic Jihad and Hamas, here on Friday....		Reporter in palace stunt LONDON, Jan 20: British police have arrested a journalist for trying to get a job at Queen Elizabeth’s London palace for an undercover report....
Joint river monitoring suggested DHAKA, Jan 20: An India-Bangladesh dialogue of young leaders held here earlier this week called for a joint monitoring of common rivers and a mechanism for getting access to the latest data to ensure ‘fair and equitable’ sharing of water....		US will help Israel if it is attacked: VP WASHINGTON, Jan 20: If Israel is attacked, the United States will ‘obviously’ militarily support its close Mideast ally, US Vice-President Dick Cheney said in an interview with CNBC television on Thursday....