Vol. 5 Num 217 Sun. January 02, 2005    
 
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A Week After Tsunami
Asia struggles with an unimaginable disaster
At 0758 local time last Sunday, the Earth's crust deep under the sea off the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh province shifted, violently lifting the seabed by some 15 metres.
 
Zardari Says
Nothing will stop my return to Pakistan
The husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has vowed that nothing will stop him returning to his homeland following his release after eight years in jail, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
 
Ukraine PM resigns
Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he was resigning as Ukraine's prime minister, but refused to concede defeat in a presidential poll as a vast New Year crowd feted liberal Viktor Yushchenko's victory in
 
New Year begins as world mourns tsunami victims
Nations around the world have been marking the start of 2005 but celebrations have been restrained because of the Asian earthquake.
 
Disease starting to kill in Aceh: Red Crescent
Disease and illness are starting to claim lives in the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh, the leader of Indonesia's Red Crescent relief team here said Saturday.
 
India, Pakistan swap list of nuke facilities
Nuclear rivals Pakistan and India exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities Saturday in line with a bilateral agreement to hand over such information annually on New Year's day, the foreign ministry
 
5 new countries join UNSC
Five countries, including Japan and Denmark, on Saturday joined the 15-member United Nations Security Council as non-permanent members for a two-year-term, replacing Pakistan and four other nations.
 
Palestinian PM accuses Israel of 'sabotaging' poll
Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei accused Israel on Saturday of trying to "sabotage" the Palestinian elections on January 9 by launching a deadly military operation in the south of the Gaza Strip.
 
Dying 'Dr Anthrax' of Iraq want to be freed
A top female scientist from Saddam Hussein's deposed regime should be freed from detention in Iraq as she is terminally ill with cancer, a lawyer said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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