January 2, 2006	Monday	Zilhaj 1, 1426

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Baath Party expels Khaddam for ‘treason’ DAMASCUS, Jan 1: Syria’s ruling Baath Party has expelled former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam for treason, the official news agency SANA reported on Sunday, two days after he criticized the president from exile in France....		Iraqi baby arrives in US for surgery WASHINGTON, Jan 1: An Iraqi baby girl with a birth defect arrived in the United States on Saturday to undergo potentially life-saving surgery after her case was taken up by concerned US soldiers....
Russia cuts supply of gas to Ukraine MOSCOW, Jan 1: Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine on Sunday in a dispute that could hit deliveries to a wintry Europe just as Moscow takes over as chairman of the...		Iran develops uranium separation machinery TEHRAN, Jan 1: Iran said on Sunday it had developed machinery to separate uranium from its ore, part of the country’s ongoing drive to become self-sufficient in nuclear technology....
Ex-deputy AG objected to Bush spy programme: NYT WASHINGTON, Jan 1: A former top official at the US Justice Department objected in 2004 to aspects of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying programme and refused to back it amid...		Teenager returning to US after audacious Iraq trip MIAMI, Jan 1: A teenage US high school student, Farris Hassan, began the first leg of his long journey home to the United States on Friday after travelling secretly to Iraq alone to seek first-hand knowledge of the country....
AL protests voter registration drive DHAKA, Jan 1: The election commission of Bangladesh on Sunday started a door-to-door voter registration drive amid protest by the Awami League-led opposition alliance and two writ petitions in the High Court....		Israeli PM to be operated upon JERUSALEM, Jan 1: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will undergo a minor heart operation on Thursday, his office announced on Sunday. Mr Sharon, 77, is to undergo a catheterization, the statement said....
Western hype won’t end Africa’s poverty LONDON: This morning, at the stroke of a new year, Britain’s presidency of the G8 expired, along with many dreams. Poverty is not history. One in four Angolan infants will die...		Can Tony Blair tough it out? LONDON: When would people like to see Tony Blair depart? Gordon Brown wants the prime minister out yesterday. The chancellor wants his hands on the keys to Number 10 by this summer, by the autumn party conference at the latest....
Churchill was ready to let Gandhi die LONDON: Winston Churchill, Britain’s World War II prime minister, was prepared to let Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi starve to death if he went on hunger strike while interned during the war, archives released on Sunday in London showed....		Biotech crops mark first decade with wins, losses KANSAS CITY: When Monsanto introduced the world to genetically modified crops a decade ago, the biotech advancement was heralded as the dawn of a new era that could reduce world hunger, help the environment and bolster struggling farmers....