January 30, 2006	Monday	Zilhaj 29, 1426

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Muslims seek UN action on blasphemous cartoons: Libya closes embassy in Denmark CAIRO, Jan 29: The Muslim world’s two main political bodies said on Sunday they were seeking a UN resolution, backed by possible sanctions, to protect religions following protests against publication in Scandinavia of cartoons hurting sentiments of Muslims....		Trial witness seeks bodies of slain relatives BAGHDAD, Jan 29: The first witness to testify in Saddam Hussein’s case demanded of the former president and members of his regime to hand over bodies of her relatives tortured during...
Iran invites Blair to Holocaust conference TEHRAN, Jan 29: Iran on Sunday invited British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Tehran to take part in a planned conference on the Holocaust, branded a “myth” by the Islamic republic’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....		Sheehan says Bush is biggest ‘terrorist’ CARACAS, Jan 29: US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Sunday called President George W. Bush a “terrorist” during a live broadcast in Caracas of a weekly programme hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez....
66 dead in Polish roof collapse CHORZOW (Poland), Jan 29: Rescuers abandoned a freezing search for survivors on Sunday after the snow-laden roof of an exhibition hall in southern Poland collapsed during a racing pigeon show, killing at least 66 people and injuring more than 140....		Global warming Experts foresee ‘tipping point’ WASHINGTON: Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that, within decades, humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend....
Now the real test for Hamas: Palestinian-Israeli ties at crossroads LONDON: It is a decisive moment in the Middle East. Hamas, victor in the Palestinian elections, may turn out to be a variant of the African National Congress or Sinn Fein, the terrorists who negotiated the only and obvious peace settlement....		City tax is seen as a royal pain PETROPOLIS (Brazil): Every summer, when the steamy tropical heat made top hats simply too much to bear, Brazil’s last emperor and his retinue would decamp to this mountain retreat outside Rio de Janeiro....
Seoul seeks the middle ground SEOUL: A US crackdown on North Korean finances has not only hit Pyongyang hard but also exposed a divide between Washington and Seoul that the two governments may have trouble bridging, analysts said....		Stories about compensation culture are nonsense LONDON: Last week was the 20th anniversary of the Wapping dispute and, although the Eighties weren’t so long ago, the pictures of pickets taking on a management which had outmanoeuvred them feel as if they’re from another age....