January 6, 2006	Friday	Zilhaj 5, 1426

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Iran not to go back on decision, says Mahmoud: Resumption of N-research TEHRAN, Jan 5: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Thursday that Iran would resume atomic research, despite warnings from the West that this would endanger efforts to find a diplomatic compromise over its nuclear plans....		Book reveals botched plot WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The CIA, using a double-agent Russian scientist, may have handed a blueprint for a nuclear bomb to Iran, according to a new book which has ruffled the US national security establishment....
Bush defies Congress over key appointments WASHINGTON, Jan 5: US President George W. Bush has defied Congress again by placing a slew of controversial political allies in key national security and foreign policy posts, circumventing the requisite approval process in the Senate....		Two die of bird flu in Turkey DOGUBEYAZIT (Turkey), Jan 5: Turkey announced on Thursday that two teenagers from the same family died of bird flu in the east of the country, the first known human fatalities from...
Republican lobbyist pleads guilty to fraud MIAMI, Jan 5: Jack Abramoff, a former lobbyist at the centre of a mushrooming political scandal in Washington, on Wednesday pleaded guilty in a US court in Miami to defrauding lenders in a Florida gambling boat deal....		Mahmoud hopes for Sharon’s death TEHRAN, Jan 5: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted on Thursday as saying he was hoping for the death of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon....
Bangkok on hit list, says expert SINGAPORE, Jan 5: A Singapore-based security expert has warned that Bangkok could face a terrorist attack within a year as tension rises between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Thailand’s south....		‘Brokeback Mountain’ tops SAG nominations LOS ANGELES, Jan 5: The actors of gay romance ‘Brokeback Mountain’ earned four nominations for Screen Actors Guild awards on Thursday, more than any other film, further cementing the film’s position as a front-runner for Oscars....
US ignores Israel’s building activity AL QUDS: The West Bank settlements of Ariel and Karnei Shomron are about to expand. In mid-December, Israel’s Housing Ministry invited bids from contractors on lots for 137 new homes....		Sharon’s fate worries Arabs BEIRUT: Few Arabs were saying prayers for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s recovery from a stroke on Thursday but many feared that his death could set back peace prospects....
US soldiers dying in vain in Iraq WASHINGTON: On Aug. 3, 2005, we heard that 14 Marines had been killed in Haditha, Iraq. Our son, Lance Cpl. Edward “Augie” Schroeder II, was stationed there....		Cell phones linked to family tension NEW YORK: The round-the-clock availability that cell phones and pagers have brought to people’s lives may be taking a toll on family life, a new study suggests....
A failure of purpose in Africa NAIROBI: It was kind of the foreigners to dig the borehole, but the Sudanese villagers were a little bemused by it. They had been drinking water from the river since time began, and they would keep on doing it....		Magnet therapy is a waste of money LONDON: The use of magnetic devices to cure a variety of ills has soared in recent years but there is no evidence they work, according to an editorial in the British Medical Journal....
Tension on US-Mexico border MEXICO CITY, Jan 5: US Border Patrol agents have come under fire twice along the Rio Grande in Texas in recent days amid rising tension on the frontier with Mexico, although no one was reported wounded, US authorities said on Thursday....		Rice warns of UN move WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The United States may initiate efforts to haul Iran before the UN Security Council if it pursues its latest threat to resume nuclear fuel research, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned on Thursday....
Khaddam’s assets frozen DAMASCUS, Jan 5: Syria has frozen the assets of former Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam and his family after lawmakers accused him of corruption and demanded that he be charged with treason for criticising the president....		Drink problem LONDON, Jan 5: The leader of Britain’s second main opposition party called a snap leadership contest on Thursday after admitting he had been battling a drink addiction....