January 28, 2006	Saturday	Zilhaj 27, 1426

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US to review aid if Hamas forms govt: Israel hints at withholding revenue WASHINGTON, Jan 27: The United States will review all aspects of its aid programs to the Palestinians if Hamas enters government, the State Department said on Friday....		Bush asks Hamas to accept Israel WASHINGTON, Jan 27: In the first US reaction to Hamas’s stunning election victory, President George Bush said on Thursday the United States will not deal with the group unless it ‘renounces violence and its calls for Israel’s destruction’....
West seeking immediate UN action on Iran: Draft resolution for Feb 2 meeting VIENNA, Jan 27: Western powers want the UN Security Council to call on Iran to suspend sensitive nuclear fuel activity, according to a UN draft resolution....		Georgia vows to end reliance on Russia TBILISI, Jan 27: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili vowed his country would not be cowed by Russia’s stranglehold on its energy supplies, rallying his countrymen stuck for days without gas and electricity amid freezing winter temperatures....
Propaganda for foreigners reaches US public: Pentagon WASHINGTON, Jan 27: The Pentagon acknowledged in a newly declassified document released on Thursday that the US public is increasingly exposed to propaganda disseminated overseas in psychological operations....		Karzai says foreign troops’ stay indefinite DAVOS, Jan 27: Afghanistan will probably need foreign troops to ensure stability and security in the country for another five or ten years, President Hamid Karzai said on Friday....
Asian states urge Hamas to ‘give up violence’ JAKARTA, Jan 27: Asian governments on Friday urged Hamas to ‘renounce violence’ and work toward peace after its victory in Palestinian elections, while hardline Muslim groups hailed the result as a reward for decades of armed resistance against Israel....		Seven Taliban killed in shootout KANDAHAR, Jan 27: Dozens of Taliban rebels attacked the office of a district police chief in southern Afghanistan before dawn on Friday, triggering a shootout that left seven assailants dead and five Afghan police officers wounded, police said....
Ex-German president Rau dies BERLIN, Jan 27: Former German president Johannes Rau, a champion of ethnic integration and reconciliation with Israel, died on Friday at the age of 75 after a long illness....		Lankan navy seizes ship with detonators COLOMBO, Jan 27 : The Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday said it had seized an Indian trawler, with five Indians on board, and a large number of Indian-made electric detonators similar to those used by the Tamil Tiger rebels....
Deserter FORT WORTH, Jan 27: A Vietnam-era Marine Corps deserter who was arrested this month after more than 36 years on the run will not face a military trial, officials said....		US admits it spent money WASHINGTON, Jan 27: Officials here confirmed on Thursday that Washington had given money to Palestinian groups in recent years to promote the ‘democratic parties’, but denied the move was aimed against Hamas....
Palestinians’ choice must be respected LONDON: Hamas’s triumph in Wednesday’s Palestinian elections is the best news from the Middle East for a long time. The poll was a more impressive display of democracy than any other...		Struggling with dreams PANABAJ (Guatemala): Every day, small groups of survivors trickle back to this modern-day Pompeii, a town buried in mud and rock one night last fall. Many come to scavenge wood from...
A portrait of globalization DAVOS (Switzerland): As the throngs of ebullient Indian and Chinese executives make their way through the salons of the World Economic Forum this week, it’s hard for an American not to...		Carry on, gangmaster LONDON: Thirteen instances of bonded or forced labour; 28 examples of illegal employment of children and young workers; 40 cases of illegal deductions from pay; 34 breaches of the law on...
Mozart mania sweeps the world SALZBURG (Austria): It’s a birthday bash being heard around the world. The cobblestoned and turreted city of Mozart’s birth was leading Friday’s 250th anniversary celebrations — but the strains of the master’s music were vibrating through every corner of the planet....		Cartoonists’ visions of Bush revealed LONDON: Pictures in a new exhibition depict US President George W. Bush as a crocodile, a spider and a dimwitted cowboy. And those are the polite ones....
Major quake rocks eastern Indonesia JAKARTA: A major earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Indonesia on Saturday (late Friday night in Pakistan), the US Geological Survey said....		Man charged over London bombings LONDON: A 27-year-old man was charged on Friday in connection with the alleged attempted bombings in London on July 21 last year, police said....