World -- August 27, 2005

• ADB grants Liberia 3 million dollars for capacity building
• Difficult day in Iraq waiting for constitution's fate
• EU experts call for intensive surveillance on bird flu
• El Baradei to meet Iran's new negotiator on Friday
• Floods in Germany claim man's life before subsiding

• Hurricane Katrina lands in Fla., killing 2
• Iran urges EU to take logical stand on nuclear talks
• Iran urges EU to take logical stand on nuclear talks
• Muentefering recovers from fainting spell
• Opposition promises Tanzanians of 3 million new jobs

• Rice says US ready to improve ties with Sudan: SUNA report
• Rolling blackouts temporarily darken Southern California
• Swede detained for possible terrorist link
• Sri Lanka court orders presidential election be held this year
• US appeals for calm from Israelis, Palestinians

• UN report says people poorer than 10 years ago
• UN to help West Africa contain spread of cholera
• US proposes major changes to draft document for UN summit
• Zambian president swears in electoral body chief