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==Deaths in April==
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• [[April 1|1]]: [[Harald Juhnke]] <br>
{{Portal:Current events/April 2005/Calendar}}
• [[April 2|2]]: [[Pope John Paul II]] <br>
{{Portal:Current events/April 2005/Sidebar}}
• [[April 5|5]]: [[Dale Messick]] <br>
• 5: [[Saul Bellow]] <br>
• [[April 6|6]]: [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier&nbsp;III]] <br>
• [[April 9|9]]: [[Andrea Dworkin]]<br>
• [[April 16|16]]: [[Marla Ruzicka]]<br>
• [[April 23|23]]: [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]<br>
• 23: [[John Mills]]<br>
• [[April 24|24]]: [[Ezer Weizman]]<br>
• [[April 26|26]]: [[Augusto Roa Bastos]]
* ''[[Deaths in 2005|Other deaths]]''
 
==Ongoing events==
 
[[WrestleMania 21]] took place in LA
 
==Ongoing armed conflicts==
 
• ''None listed''
 
== Election results in April ==
 
• ''None listed''
 
== Ongoing trials ==
 
[[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]: [[Slobodan Milošević]]<br />
[[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br />
&mdash;[[Saddam Hussein]], among others
 
==Related pages==
 
[[List of '2005 in' articles|Year 2005 in&nbsp;...]]<br />
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{{commons category|April 2005}}
==Events==
{{events by month links|year=2005|prefix=Portal:Current events/}}
For the details of one day at a time, click date; April 1 includes worldwide 'April-the-first' hoaxes.
 
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===April 1, 2005===
* [[Hamas]] and [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] have declared, in principle, their intention to join the [[Palestine Liberation Organisation]] (PLO). [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/736/fr3.htm (Al Ahram)]
* A [[death squad]] guns down at least 30 people in the [[Brazil]]ian state of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Several teenagers and a child were among those killed in the districts of Queimados and Nova Iguacu on Thursday night. Authorities blame rogue police officers for the massacre. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4401525.stm (BBC)] [[n:Violence in Rio: 30 deaths|(Wikinews)]]
* [[Google]] doubles the storage space of its [[Gmail]] service to two [[gigabyte]]s. [http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3494491 (internetnews.com)]
* [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul&nbsp;II]] is on the verge of death as a result of his [[Pope John Paul II#Health|recent health problems]]. The [[Roman Curia|Vatican]] announces that the pope has suffered cardiovascular collapse and [[septic shock]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/01/pope.health.chronology/index.html (CNN)] The [[Roman Curia|Vatican]] denies "unsourced" media reports claiming he has already died. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=KD0W50ASN23AYCRBAEKSFFA?type=topNews&storyID=8064930 (Reuters)]
* The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes to refer those suspected of [[war crime]]s in [[Darfur]] to the [[International Criminal Court]]. [http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=8815 (Sudan Tribune)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/d683f36699bb29b8486d9f7dc488dd17.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4399487.stm (BBC)]
* [[Zimbabwe parliamentary elections, 2005]]: In [[Zimbabwe]], the ruling [[Zanu-PF]] gains a two-thirds majority over [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition party]] [[Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005)|Movement for Democratic Change]] amidst claims of dis-enfranchisement and fraud. [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/Home/0,,2-11-1662,00.html (News24)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ay.W2xaTXYb4&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4399501.stm (BBC)]
* [[India]]n security forces launch an offensive against the [[United Liberation Front of Assam]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4399823.stm (BBC)]
* The [[World Bank]] agrees to fund a controversial [[hydroelectric dam]] project in [[Laos]]. [http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/30185/story.htm (Planet Ark)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4399587.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Minuteman Project]] starts a month-long patrolling of the [[U.S.-Mexico border]] in [[Arizona]] for illegal immigrants, with about 100 volunteers, some of them armed. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=633980 (ABC News)]
* The government of [[Argentina]] delays the restructuring of its debt by the exchange of old bonds for new because of a decision by a federal court judge in the United States that froze the processing of the old bonds in the possession of the [[Bank of New York]] pending a hearing before the appeals court. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b5a61d88-a302-11d9-b4e8-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times)]
* Japanese girl group [[Zone (band)]] played final concert as a band.
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===April 2, 2005===
* [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul&nbsp;II]] passes away at {{Nowrap|9:37 p.m.}} Vatican time ([[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]) at the age of 84, thus beginning the period of ''[[sede vacante]]''. [[n:Pope John Paul II dies|(Wikinews)]]
* [[2005 Sumatran earthquake|Sumatran earthquake]]: Nine [[Australian Defence Force]] personnel are missing, presumed dead, after a [[Westland Sea King|Sea King helicopter]] crash on the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Nias]]. Two personnel survive. [[n:RAN Sea King crashes in Nias killing all nine onboard|(Wikinews)]]
* Scientists at the [[California Institute of Technology]] devise a method to weigh the smallest mass ever, a cluster of [[xenon]] atoms weighing a few [[zeptogram]]s, or billionths of a trillionth of a gram. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4394947.stm (BBC)] [http://www.aip.org/pnu/2005/split/725-1.html (AIP Bulletin)]
* [[Riccardo Muti]] resigns as [[music director]] of [[La Scala]] [[opera house]], [[Milan]] after 18 years, following a vote of no-confidence by 700 orchestra members and staff last month. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4403819.stm (BBC)]
* In France, radical [[wine]] producers attack the offices of [[agriculture]] ministries in [[Montpellier]] and [[Carcassonne]] with [[dynamite]]. A group calling itself ''[[Comité Régional d'Action Viticole]]'' (Crav) takes responsibility.[http://www.couponmountain.ca/index.html (BBC)] [http://news.wine.co.za/News/News.aspx?NEWSID=6764&Source=HomePage (WineNews, SA)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=625568 (Independent)]
* In [[Nepal]], former prime minister [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] is released from [[house arrest]] and demands the return to [[democracy]]. [http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=93291 (New Kerala)] [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050403/asp/nation/story_4567700.asp (Telegraph, India)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4404029.stm (BBC)]
 
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===April 3, 2005===
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: A group of at least 40 [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi insurgents]] attacks [[Baghdad]]'s [[Abu Ghraib]] prison, using car bombs, grenades, and small arms. At least 20 American soldiers and 12 [[Iraq]]i prisoners are injured, but the [[US Army]] says it has put down the assault. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/international/middleeast/03ghraib.html (NYT)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4405337.stm (BBC)]
* Various world leaders express their condolences for the death of [[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]], including [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]], [[John Howard]], [[Tony Blair]], [[George W. Bush]], [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] and [[Lawrence Gonzi]]. [http://afr.com/articles/2005/04/04/1112489383753.html (AFR)]
* [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul&nbsp;II]] [[state funeral|lies in state]] in the Clementine Room of the [[Apostolic Palace]] for a private viewing, a ceremony to confirm and certify the death of the ''Pontifex Maximus''. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152298,00.html (Fox News)]
* Deposed president of [[Kyrgyzstan]] [[Askar Akayev]] agrees to officially resign. [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/04/015.html (Moscow Times)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8069867 (Reuters)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/03/news/resign.html (IHT)]
* A man wielding a [[sword]] attacks a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] church congregation in [[Stuttgart]], Germany, kills a woman and seriously injures three other people. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aEqwBpRN8qhE&refer=germany (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4406821.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Marburg virus]] death toll in [[Angola]] rises to 146, one of them an Italian female physician in [[Uige]]. [http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04030501/Marburg_Pace.html (Recombinomics)] [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1684580,00.html (News24)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4407461.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Thailand]], two bombs explode in [[Hat Yai]] and one in [[Songkhla]]. Two are dead and dozens injured. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/140760/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4406721.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a4Eki2_otnvY&refer=asia (Bloomberg)]
 
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===April 4, 2005===
* [[Israel]] is to begin dumping 10,000 tonnes of rubbish in the [[West Bank]] every month. This move is believed to be a breach of international treaties, and may also pollute the main [[Palestine|Palestinian]] water supply. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6B5H33?OpenDocument (Relief Web)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=560433&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y (Haaretz)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=626484 (Independent UK)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4409543.stm (BBC)]
* A [[UNDP]] report, the third [[Arab Human Development Report]] criticizes the United States for their actions in the [[Middle East]], particularly in [[Iraq]]. [http://tv4.se/visa/?ID=379966 (TV4 Nyheterna&nbsp;– in Swedish)] [http://cfapp2.undp.org/rbas/ahdr_2004/AHDR_2004_Executive_Summary.pdf (Executive Summary of the Report)]
* The United States awards its highest military award, the [[Medal of Honor]], to [[Paul Ray Smith]], who was killed in fighting at the [[Baghdad]] airport in 2003. This is the first presentation of the award since 1993 and only the third since the [[Vietnam War]]. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&e=1&u=/ap/20050404/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/medal_of_honor_6 (AP)]
* [[Holy See|The Vatican]] announces that [[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]]'s [[Funeral of Pope John Paul II|funeral]] is to take place on the morning of April 8 and that he is to be buried in the [[St. Peter's Basilica|crypt]] of [[Saint Peter]] in the Vatican. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story/0,12272,1451919,00.html (Guardian)]
* The wedding of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and [[Camilla Parker-Bowles]], also scheduled for Friday, April 8, will be postponed one day to avoid a time conflict and allow Prince Charles to attend the Papal funeral. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4407347.stm (BBC)]
* [[Cuba]] announces three days of national mourning for [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul&nbsp;II]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4408197.stm (BBC)]
* [[Sudan]]ese officials reject the [[United Nations]] resolution to use the [[International Criminal Court]] to prosecute the 51 people accused of responsibility for the [[Conflict in Darfur|Darfur atrocities]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=638255 (ABC)]
* [[Afghanistan]]:
** Aid groups are accused of "squandering" large amounts of Afghan aid money. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdge&storyID=8070307 (Reuters)]
** Six to ten people are killed in a [[Taliban]] strike in southern Afghanistan. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4404661.stm (BBC)]
** The United Kingdom makes plans to withdraw 5,500 troops from [[Iraq]] and place them in Afghanistan to hunt for [[Osama bin Laden]] and other [[Al-Qaeda]] members. [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=354212005 (The Scotsman)] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/03/nirq03.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/03/ixnewstop.html (Telegraph.co.uk)]
* The [[Iraqi National Assembly]] elects [[Sunni]] Arab [[Hajim al-Hassani]] as its speaker. [[Shiite]] [[Hussain Shahristani]] and [[Kurd]] [[Aref Taifour]] are elected as his top deputies. The selections are the result of protracted debates between [[Iraq]]'s top political parties. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4405643.stm (BBC)]
* [[vandalism|Vandals]] [[graffiti|deface]] the grave of [[Yitzhak Rabin]] and his wife [[Leah Rabin|Leah]] in the national [[cemetery]] on [[Mount Herzl]] in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], [[spray painting]] them with slogans. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/560440.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=79495 (Arutz Sheva)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4407589.stm (BBC)]
* [[Amnesty International]] reports that at least 3,797 people were [[execution (legal)|executed]] and 7,395 [[death penalty|sentenced to death]] in 2004. [http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGACT500112005 (Amnesty International)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=626479 (Independent)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4409857.stm (BBC)]
* [[Nigeria]]n [[President of Nigeria|President]] [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] fires his housing minister [[Alice Mobolaji Osomo]] for [[Political corruption|corruption]] in a housing scandal. [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8079457 (Reuters SA)] [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1112627341784B252 (IOL)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4410109.stm (BBC)]
* The [[United Nations Security Council]] extends the mandate of [[United Nations|UN]] and French [[Department of Peacekeeping Operations|peacekeeper]]s in [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8067009 (Reuters SA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4408055.stm (BBC)]
* [[South Africa]]n president [[Thabo Mbeki]] hosts a meeting between rebels and the Côte d'Ivoire government in his presidential palace. [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1685042,00.html (News24)] [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=vn20050404065153507C190642 (IOL)]
* The [[Moldova]]n parliament re-elects president [[Vladimir Voronin]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8080583 (Reuters)] [http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5488648&startrow=1&date=2005-04-04&do_alert=0 (RIA Novosti)]
* [[Serbia]]n ex-police general [[Sreten Lukic|Sreten Lukić]] surrenders to the [[United Nations|UN]] [[war crime]]s tribunal in The [[Hague]]. He is charged for connection with killings of [[Kosovo Albanian]]s in 1999 when he was a head of paramilitary group MUP. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8075313 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4408607.stm (BBC)] [http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2005/04/top-serb-war-crimes-suspect-arrives-at.html (Kosovareport commentary)]
* [[Jörg Haider]], the former leader of [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ), together with almost all of FPÖ's parliamentary representatives, leaves the party to found a new party [[Alliance for Austria's Future]]. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aBYNQGz0UN18&refer=germany (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4409953.stm (BBC)]
* [[Brazil]]ian police arrest 11 men over the [[Rio Massacre]] last Thursday when 30 people were killed. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8080441 (Reuters)]
 
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===April 5, 2005===
* The government of [[South Korea]] complains to the Japanese government about a revised set of official Japanese history [[Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform|schoolbooks]]. The complaint alleges the textbooks whitewash Japan's "imperialist" past, and question Korean sovereignty of the disputed [[Liancourt Rocks]]. [http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/06/200504060007.asp (Korea Herald)] [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050406a1.htm (Japan Times)]
* [[Tony Blair]] calls the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election]] in the United Kingdom for May 5, 2005, on the same day as the local elections. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4409935.stm (BBC)]
* Five [[Guatemala]]n politicians are convicted of [[racial discrimination]] for taunts hurled at [[Rigoberta Menchú]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04478001.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4411207.stm (BBC)]
* Preliminary results of the Italian regional elections show heavy losses for the parties in [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s centre-right coalition. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a6JPk9o62lYY&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8083019 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4409583.stm (BBC)]
* American newscaster [[Peter Jennings]] states that he has [[lung cancer]] and will begin [[chemotherapy]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/business/media/06jennings.html (New York Times)]
* [[Rwanda]]n official [[Aloys Mutabingwa]], a representative at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]], says that 100 Rwandans connected to the [[Rwandan genocide]] are "comfortably living in France". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4414619.stm (BBC)]
* [[Mumbai]], India, police investigate a fire in which 21 [[circus]] animals died. They suspect that the [[Russian Circus on Ice]] intentionally abandoned the animals. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200504060302.htm (The Hindu)] [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050406/asp/nation/story_4579671.asp (Calcutta Telegraph)] [http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=123931 (Mumbai Newsline)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4413567.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Egypt]], thousands of university students demonstrate for reform. [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13144 (Middle East Online)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4413843.stm (BBC)]
* [[Nigeria]]n senate speaker [[Adolphus Wabara]] resigns because of accusations that he took a large [[bribery|bribe]] from the education minister. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200504050969.html (AllAfrica)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/55a25c68e13134a6ed8b24a78072b90b.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4412135.stm (BBC)]
 
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===April 6, 2005===
* Warring factions sign a [[peace treaty]] to end the [[civil war in Côte d'Ivoire]], start immediate disarmament and make plans for new [[Elections in Côte d'Ivoire|elections]]. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050406.wivoryz0406/BNStory/International/ (Globe&Mail)]
* The [[Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005)|Movement for Democratic Change]], the [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition party]] in [[Zimbabwe]], presents 'proof of fraud' in the recent [[Zimbabwe parliamentary elections, 2005|parliamentary elections]] that kept [[Robert Mugabe]] and the ruling [[Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front]] in office. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4416311.stm (BBC)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=574&e=3&u=/nm/20050406/wl_nm/zimbabwe_election_dc_3 (Reuters via Yahoo!News)]
* At least 16 people are killed in [[Afghanistan]] when a [[Military of the United States|U.S. military]] [[CH-47 Chinook|Chinook]] [[helicopter]] crashes in the south-eastern [[Provinces of Afghanistan|province]] of [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4416683.stm (BBC)]
* The [[College of Cardinals]] sets April 18 as the date for a [[Papal conclave, 2005|conclave]] for a [[papal election]] to select a successor to [[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/06/pope.main/index.html (CNN)]
* The world famous painting of [[Leonardo da Vinci]], the [[Mona Lisa]], is taken to its original location, the Salle des Etats, in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]]. [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13322681,00.html (SKY News)]
* [[Hong Kong]]'s government asks [[Beijing]] to intervene in a dispute over the term to be served by new Chief Executive. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4415257.stm (BBC)]
* [[Jalal Talabani]], a Kurdish leader, is named as [[Iraq]]'s [[President of Iraq|President]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152590,00.html (FOX News)]
* The [[United Nations]] is looking at the allegations that some UN staff added false details to a UN document about the conflict of [[Rwanda]] and [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]. William Church, former UN employee and US [[intelligence analyst]], says that some UN staff added false information about Rwandan military incursions to Congo last year. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4415061.stm (BBC)]
* Murdered British banker [[Alistair Wilson]] is buried in [[Nairn]]. The murderer is still at large. [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4357688 (Scotsman)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4413333.stm (BBC)]
* [[Monaco]]'s [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier&nbsp;III]] dies at age 81. He's succeeded by his son, [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert&nbsp;II]] [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Obit-Rainier.html?hp (NYT)]
* In [[Brazil]], members of [[Landless Workers' Movement]] (MST) occupy 12 farms trying to pressure the government to speed up land reform. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05522307.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4415205.stm (BBC)]
* A court on [[Guernsey]] in the [[English Channel]] blocks the release of papers that would name alleged backers of an aborted [[coup]] in [[Equatorial Guinea]] last year, due to bank secrecy in that jurisdiction. [http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=012771 (This Is Guernsey)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4415669.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4415669.stm (Reuters SA)]
* [[Togo]]lese police clash with demonstrators of the opposition party the [[Union of Forces for Change]], who are demanding that presidential elections be postponed so that they would have more time for campaigning. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06701314.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.republicoftogo.com/fr/news/news.asp?newsID=9533 (Republic of Togo)]
* The [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], by a 3-2 vote, adopts a set of rules designed to create a ''National Market System.'' The dissenting commissioners describe the measure as 'anticompetitive'. [http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-48.htm (SEC press release)]
 
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===April 7, 2005===
* The [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Chamber of Deputies]] votes by 360 to 127 to suspend the executive immunity of [[Mayor of Mexico City|Mayor]] [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] of [[Mexico City]], thereby removing him from office to face [[Criminal law|criminal charges]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4420765.stm (BBC)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&e=5&u=/nm/20050408/wl_nm/mexico_dc (Reuters)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:
** A [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]]-fired [[Qassam rocket]] hits a [[cemetery]] in the Israeli town of [[Sderot]], causing minimal damage and no injuries. Israeli Defence Minister [[Shaul Mofaz]] says Israel will not let it pass and criticises the [[Palestinian Authority|PA]]'s lack of action. This is the first rocket fired inside the carrot-shaped "[[1949 Armistice Agreements|Green line]]" since late January. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562460.html (Haaretz)]
** Two Jews are arrested on suspicion of planting fake bombs in [[Jerusalem]] in an attempt to disrupt the planned [[Israel]]i pullout from the [[Gaza Strip]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4420875.stm (BBC)]
** Environmental groups condemn a plan by [[Israel]] to relocate [[Israeli settlement|Israeli settlers]] from [[Gaza City|Gaza]] to the [[Nitzanim]] nature reserve in southern Israel. [[Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] supports the request of some settlers to relocate the entire [[Gush Katif]] to the Nitzanim area and orders experts to start checking this issue thoroughly. Nitzanim is home to [[endangered species|endangered]] [[turtle]]s and around 100 [[gazelle]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4419751.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562313.html (Haaretz)]
* The last British mass car manufacturer [[MG Rover Group]] enters [[administration (insolvency)|administration]] after a {{Nowrap|£1 billion}} deal with [[Shanghai Automotive]] fails to materialise. Its [[Longbridge plant]] in [[Birmingham]], UK, was once the largest manufacturing site in the world and still one of the largest in Europe when it collapsed.
* [[Ibrahim Jaafari]], a [[Shia]], has replaced [[Iyad Allawi]] as the interim [[prime minister]] of [[Iraq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4420971.stm (BBC)]
* Passenger buses set out from India to Pakistan across the [[Indian Kashmir barrier]] through the troubled and controversial [[Kashmir]] region in a symbolic "Caravan of Peace." Some attacks on the buses were reported in the militant-occupied area, but none were successful, according to local media outlets. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7413326/ (MSNBC)]
* The President of the [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) [[Chen Shui-bian]] will be accompanied by his foreign minister as well as [[Roman Catholic]] and Muslim religious figures for the trip to attend the funeral of [[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/taiwan.pope.ap/index.html (CNN)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4416301.stm (BBC)] [http://tw.news.yahoo.com/050407/39/1oc6r.html (TVBS)]
* Representatives of the government of Canada withdraw from a business conference with [[Iran]] in protest of the case of deceased journalist [[Zahra Kazemi]]. Kazemi died in Iranian police custody and Iranian refugee doctor [[Shahram Azam]] says that she had extensive injuries and had been tortured. Iranian officials deny the charges. Canada has unsuccessfully demanded return of Kazemi's body. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112815017379_16/?hub=Canada (CTV)] [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=30684&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs (IranMania)] [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=30705&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs (IranMania)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4418907.stm (BBC)]
* In [[London]], Sir [[Ian Blair]], the chief of metropolitan police, orders an inquiry of claims that journalists of ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' smuggled a fake bomb into grounds of [[Windsor Castle]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4418917.stm (BBC)]
* [[Sinn Féin]] leader [[Gerry Adams]] appeals to the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] to stop violence. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-04-07T003845Z_01_JON651546_RTRUKOC_0_IRISH.xml (Reuters UK)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8107813 (Reuters)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/front/2005/0407/2228363515HM1ADAMS.html (Irish Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/northern_ireland/4419009.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Nepal]], according to [[National Human Rights Commission (Nepal)|National Human Rights Commission]] (NHRC) of the country, 42 people die in clashes between Maoist rebels and villagers [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8109586 (Reuters)]. Nepalese radio begins to block [[BBC World Service]] [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1309071,000500020003.htm (Hindustan Times)] [http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=22713 (Asia Pacific Media Network)]
* The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] cabinet intends to outlaw English-sounding names of government departments. [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5661499&cKey=1112796067000 (SwissInfo)]
* The prime ministers of [[Malaysia]] and Australia announce that they intend begin talks of free [[trade agreement]] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aJYGCExCIPJU&refer=australia (Bloomberg)] [http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1340187.htm (Radio Australia)] [http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/4/5/business/10581841&sec=business (Malaysian Star)]
* Police in the [[Netherlands]] arrest a gang that has [[human trafficking|smuggled]] Chinese [[Political asylum|asylum]] seekers and sold them for [[cheap labor]]. [http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=18843&name=The+price+of+a+new+life (Expatica)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4421245.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Integrated Ocean Drilling Program]] (IODP) announces that it has drilled a hole to the lowest level of the Earth's [[Crust (geology)|crust]], and that it is poised to break through to the [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]], in search of the [[Mohorovicic discontinuity]]. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&e=14&u=/space/holedrilledtobottomofearthscrustbreakthroughtomantlelooms SPACE.com]
 
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===April 8, 2005===
* The [[funeral of Pope John Paul II]] takes place. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4424477.stm (BBC)]
* [[Eric Rudolph]] agrees to plead guilty to four bombings including the 1996 [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] in exchange for four life sentences. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=4&u=/ap/20050408/ap_on_re_us/eric_rudolph&sid=84439559 (AP/Yahoo! News)]
* Islamic insurgents kill 14 people in an attack outside [[Algiers]], trapping the victims at a fake roadblock, then killing them and burning their vehicles. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3069916,00.html (AP\Ynet News)]
* A [[suicide bomber]] kills two foreign tourists in a [[Cairo]] market and injures a further [[20 (number)|score]] of bystanders. A group called "[[Islamic Pride Brigades]]" claims responsibility. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562463.html (Haaretz)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4423423.stm (BBC)]
* [[Israel]]i Defence Minister [[Shaul Mofaz]] announces that private homes in the [[Gaza strip]] [[Israeli settlement|settlements]] will not be demolished after the [[disengagement plan]]. Religious structures such as [[synagogue]]s, [[Mikveh]] baths and [[cemetery|cemeteries]] will be dismantled and transferred inside the "[[1949 Armistice Agreements|Green line]]". [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=562538&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0 (Haaretz)], [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3069481,00.html Ynet News]
* Scientists at [[Manchester]]'s Christie Hospital claim a cure for [[cancer]] could be available in five years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/manchester/4423847.stm (BBC)]
* In an interview with the [[Financial Times]], a [[Hezbollah]] leader announces that the group would be willing to discuss potential disarmament after [[Israel]] withdraws from the [[Shebaa Farms]]. [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]] maintain that the [[Shebaa Farms]] are Lebanese territory, while the rest of the world community insists that the farms are part of the [[Golan Heights]], thus part of Syrian territory occupied by Israel. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b54a17a8-a781-11d9-9744-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562751.html (Haaretz)]
* Presidential elections begin in [[Djibouti]]. Incumbent president [[Ismail Omar Guelleh]] is the only candidate. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4421515.stm (BBC)]
 
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===April 9, 2005===
* A [[zircon]] [[crystal]], thought to be the oldest piece of Earth at about {{Nowrap|4.4 billion}} years old, goes on a one-day display at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4429099.stm (BBC)]
* [[2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations|Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China]]: Chinese [[riot]]ers storm the Japanese [[embassy]] in [[Beijing]]. The riot grew from a protest against Japan's newly approved history [[textbooks]], which according to critics, whitewashed Japanese wartime [[wiktionary:atrocity|atrocities]]. [[n:Chinese rioters storm Japanese embassy in Beijing|(Wikinews)]]
* The [[South Africa]]n [[New National Party (South Africa)|New National Party]], successor to the [[National Party of South Africa|National Party]] which governed in the [[apartheid]] era, votes to dissolve itself following poor results in last year's elections. Its elected representatives are expected to join the governing [[African National Congress]]. [http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=502&fArticleId=2475143 (Daily News (South Africa)]
* The [[World Health Organization]] announced a worsening of the [[Marburg virus]] in [[Angola]]. Doctors have suspended casualty counts due to worsening conditions; medical personnel are under increasing attacks by residents who blame doctors for the virus's spread. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/09/marburg.angola.reuters.reut/index.html (CNN)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] have announced that they are to "re-evaluate" their cease-fire after [[Israel]]i soldiers kill three [[Palestinians]], all aged 14. Palestinian witnesses allege they were killed trying to retrieve a football in a no-go area near the [[Egypt]] border at the [[Rafah]] [[Refugee]] camp. According to [[Israel Radio]], Palestinian security services notified Israel they had detained two boys who were not hit by [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] fire, and that the group of five youths were [[smuggler]]s. At least 10 [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] shells are then fired at the [[Gush Katif]] [[Israeli settlement|settlement]]s. A [[Hamas]] leader, Saeed Siyam, is quoted by the [[Associated Press|AP]] as saying the boys deaths would be "avenged". [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562862.html (Haaretz)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4428351.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/84DEC331-B3BD-4A1C-B2F2-186AF5683714.htm (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OS2G2G5XGBULGCRBAE0CFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=8132889 (Reuters)] [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4375940 (Scotsman)]
* [[Prince Charles]] marries [[Camilla Parker Bowles]] in a 20-minute ceremony at [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] Guildhall, which is followed by a blessing at St George's Chapel in [[Windsor Castle]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4426993.stm (BBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4428161.stm (BBC)]
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:
** 15 [[Iraq]]i soldiers have been killed following an insurgent attack near the town of [[Latifiya]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4427151.stm (BBC)]
** Tens of thousands of [[Iraq]]is have staged an [[anti-American]] protest in [[Firdus Square]], where [[Saddam Hussein]]'s statue was toppled on April 9, 2003. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4427151.stm (BBC)]
* [[Pakistan]]i [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]] says that despite his plans to go to [[New Delhi]] to watch the last Indo-Pak [[cricket]] [[One Day International|ODI]], [[Kashmir]], and not cricket, was on top of his agenda. [http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/10/stories/2005041004610800.htm (Hindu)]
* Calling for the abolition of [[death penalty]], the [[Dalai Lama]], currently on a visit to Japan, says criminals must be treated with compassion and made to feel part of the society. [http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Rest+of+the+World&month=April2005&file=World_News2005041010576.xml (Peninsula On-Line)]
 
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===April 10, 2005===
* An [[earthquake]] of magnitude 6.7 occurs near [[Padang, Indonesia|Padang]], [[West Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]], at 10:18 [[UTC]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4430255.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Mainland Affairs Council]] of the [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) bans reporters from the [[People's Daily]] and [[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua]] from [[Taiwan]], saying the [[Media in China|mainland's state-controlled media]] "tried to present their people with a distorted image of Taiwan". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4431461.stm (BBC)]
*Chinese Premier [[Wen Jiabao]] pushed for cooperation between India and the PRC to dominate high-tech industries. Urging the historical rivals to forget [[Sino-Indian relations|past tension]], Wen said cooperation "will signify the coming of the Asian century of the IT industry." [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=657151 (ABC News)]
* Former [[South Africa]]n [[President of South Africa|President]] [[FW de Klerk]] has called for a new [[political party]] to be set up following the dissolution of the [[New National Party (South Africa)|New National Party]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4429307.stm (BBC)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:
** [[Israel]] arrests [[Hamas]] leader [[Sheikh Hassan Yousef]] on his return home after he illegally makes his way from [[Ramallah]] to the [[Al-Aqsa mosque|Al-Aqsa]] [[Mosque]] to deliver a sermon. [http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=a3e65d51d114273b (UPI)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/563123.html (Haaretz)]
** A large security operation in [[Jerusalem]] appears to have prevented [[Israel]]i [[Zionist]] [[extremist]]s from staging a rally at the [[Temple Mount]], also known as the [[Haram al-Sharif]]. The rally was to be in opposition to the proposed Israeli pull-out from the [[Gaza Strip]]. The police are also able to quell a stone-throwing [[Arab]] counter-demonstration. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4429421.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/563123.html (Haaretz)]
** [[Israel]]i [[Zionist]] [[extremist]]s block a road near [[Tel Aviv]] during [[rush hour]]. Protesting the proposed Israeli pull-out from the [[Gaza Strip]], they set tires alight and sit down on the road. Several are arrested and police are able to end the blockade within minutes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4429421.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5027FA54-B20A-4914-BC75-E7DBC49367FD.htm (Al Jazeera)]
** Militant [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[extremist]]s again fire [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]]s at settlements in the [[Gaza Strip]]. They are believed to have been fired by [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/13C96025-4D49-4C36-8705-BAC0C079E788.htm (Al Jazeera)]
** [[Al Jazeera]] states that [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] sources report that [[Israel]]i [[Defence Minister]] [[Shaul Mofaz]] has apologised to [[Palestinian Authority]] [[Interior Minister]] [[Nasr Yusuf]] for the deaths of three Palestinian teenagers on April 9. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE5205CE-3950-4FEC-B21A-2D238708F74B.htm (Al Jazeera)]
* American [[e-mail spam|spammer]] [[Jeremy Jaynes]] is sentenced for nine years in prison. The sentence is suspended until further appeals. [http://www.spamfo.co.uk/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,313/Itemid,2/ (Spamfo)] [http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/news/42136.html (E-Commerce News)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/04/08/spam.sentence.ap/ (CNN)]
* A magnitude 6.1 [[earthquake]] strikes [[Tokyo]]. There are no reports of serious damages. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050411x1.htm (Japan Times)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8136399 (Reuters)]
* British carmaker [[MG Rover]] receives a loan of {{Nowrap|£6.5 million}} from the British government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4429663.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=ae6.tRog7cus&refer=uk (Bloomberg)] [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/27902cee-aa25-11d9-aa38-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times)]
* [[Spain|Spanish]] police seize an [[ETA]] cache of explosives in [[Hernani (Guipúzcoa)|Hernani]], near [[San Sebastián]]. [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=51868 (EITB)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10693416.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Italian deputy prime minister [[Marco Follini]] calls for an early [[general election]] after the centre-right coalition of prime minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]] lost in a regional ballot last week. [http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200504051639-1187-RT1-CRO-0-NF82&page=0&id=agionline-eng.italyonline (AGI)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/10/news/italy.html (ITH)]
* In [[Mexico]], [[Raúl Gibb Guerrero]], editor of ''[[La Opinión]]'' newspaper, who covered Mexican [[drug cartel]]s is killed. [http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7BEB88740B-DC2D-47E0-A8AC-D989DA446519%7D&language=EN (Prensa Latina)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10393469.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050409-0903-mexico-journalistkilled.html (San Diego Tribune)]
* A [[Haiti]]an police team and UN peacekeepers kill a prominent gang leader [[Grenn Sonnen]] (Jean Anthony Rene) and five of his supporters in a shootout. [http://www.haitiaction.net/News/AHP/2005/04/10/01.html (Haiti Action Committee)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8135786 (Reuters)]
 
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===[[April 11, 2005]]===
* [[Yad Vashem]] bestow the honour of "[[Righteous Among the Nations]]" posthumously upon a [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Major]], [[Karl Plagge]]. Plagge saved around 1,200 Jews, mostly women and children, from execution during the [[Holocaust]] by putting them in forced labor positions at a vehicle workshop. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4432075.stm (BBC)]
* At least 54 Hindu [[pilgrim]]s have been killed when a [[dam]] in the [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in India is apparently opened by mistake. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4432347.stm (BBC)]
* [[Hezbollah]], the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] political and militant organisation, flies another [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicle|unmanned drone plane]] over [[Israel]]. Hezbollah claims the ''"[[reconnaissance]] mission''" was in retaliation for alleged [[Israel]]i violations of Lebanese Airspace. Israel quickly retaliates by sending jets to fly at a low altitude over southern Lebanon and caused <!--Emit?--> [[sonic boom]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4434505.stm (BBC)]
* The [[OAS Secretary General election, 2005|election of a new secretary general]] of the [[Organization of American States]] ends in an unprecedented [[stalemate]] after five rounds of voting. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4434231.stm (BBC)]
* U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] praises the [[Israel]]i [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] for his "''courageous initiative''" to pull all [[Israeli settlement]]s out of the [[Gaza Strip]], however Bush also told Sharon not to expand other existing settlements. The two leaders met in [[Texas]], [[USA]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/news_web/video/41022000/nb/41022529_nb_16x9.asx (BBC Video)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4431583.stm# (BBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/11/bush.mideast/index.html (CNN)]
* [[Tulip Revolution]]: The Parliament of [[Kyrgyzstan]] finally approves the [[resignation]] of deposed [[President of Kyrgyzstan|President]] [[Askar Akayev]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153040,00.html (Fox News)]
* [[2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations|Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China]]: 20,000 [[protest]]ers marching in two cities in southern [[Guangdong]] province objecting to a recently amended Japanese schoolbook which allegedly glosses over [[Empire of Japan|Japan's imperialist past]]. ([http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/china.japan.protest/index.html CNN])
* [[Jeremy Jaynes]], estimated to be the world's eighth most prolific [[e-mail spam|spam]]mer, is sentenced to nine years [[prison|imprisonment]]. [http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages/200504/11/20050411081330_IW/20050411081330_IW.dbp.asp?s=02222222222222223333333333333300122222222222222333333333333330133333333333333&nolimit=true (IDG)], [http://www.spamfo.co.uk/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,313/Itemid,2/ (Spamfo.co.uk)]
* The [[International Court of Justice]] at [[The Hague]] begins hearing a complaint by the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] that [[Uganda]] of [[invasion|invaded]] its territory and committed [[human rights]] violations. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240960.html (AllAfrica)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4431301.stm (BBC)]
* Australian [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] [[Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2004-2007|MP]] [[David Tollner]] urges people to kill poisonous [[cane toad]]s with [[cricket]] bats and [[golf]] clubs. The toads have become a nuisance in the [[Northern Territory]]. [[Animal rights]] groups prefer freezing them to death. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1342444.htm (ABC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD282526.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4431645.stm (BBC)]
* A 9-story factory building collapses in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]; five deaths are reported. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP261570.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4431731.stm (BBC)]
* The [[World Health Organization]] announces that 203 people have died in [[Angola]] from the [[Marburg virus]]. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12829873-23109,00.html News.com.au]
* A court in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], detains a man suspected of involved with the theft of the [[Edvard Munch]] [[painting]]s ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Edvard Munch)|Madonna]]''. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1014681.ece (Afternposten)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-04-11T190042Z_01_L11525640_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-NORWAY-MUNCH-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* [[Nepal]] allows [[United Nations Human Rights Commission]] to send monitors to the country to investigate claims of [[human rights]] abuses. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1075025.cms (Times of India)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aG5Lt5ptbpdI&refer=asia (Bloomberg)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11362346.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4433691.stm (BBC)]
 
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===[[April 12, 2005]]===
* A 15-year [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] boy was caught in [[Hawara]] checkpoint (near [[Nablus]]), hiding five [[pipe bomb]]s under his coat. He apparently tried to ignite them with a match when the soldiers apprehended him. Soldiers later pose for photographs with the boy. His brother says he did so in order to study for his high-school matriculation exams in an Israeli prison. [http://www.ynetnews.com/PicServer2/01082004/539688/NAB01D_m.jpg] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564145.html (Haaretz)]
*[[Andrus Ansip]] is confirmed by the ''[[Riigikogu]]'', the [[Estonian Parliament]], as the country's next [[Prime Minister of Estonia|Prime Minister]], following the 24 March resignation of former Prime Minister [[Juhan Parts]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4437605.stm (BBC)]
* Four girls who were [[Ennepetal hostage taking|held hostage]] for four hours are freed from a house in [[Ennepetal]], in the state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4436979.stm (BBC)]
* [[Israel]]i citizens against the proposed [[Israel]]i dismantling of Jewish [[Israeli settlement|settlements]] on the [[Gaza Strip]] have chained shut 167 schools and nurseries in [[Tel Aviv]] as part of their protest. The [[Fire Service]] quickly cut through the chains. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4436019.stm (BBC)] [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113272264671 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564043.html (Haaretz)]
* The [[death toll]] in the collapse of a factory in [[Dacca]], [[Bangladesh]], rises to 21 and hundreds are still trapped. [http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=96671 (New Kerala)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8146307 (Reuters)]
* Anti-Castro militant [[Luis Posada Carriles]] applies for [[Political asylum|asylum]] in the United States. [[Fidel Castro]] accuses the US of hypocrisy for protecting a [[terrorism|terrorist]]. [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BC4B1D2AA-4B98-4E5B-B272-CEA5B719CCDA%7D&language=EN (Prensa Latina)] [http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1017510&tw=wn_wire_story (Wired)]
*[[MareNostrum]], Europe's most powerful (and the world's fourth most powerful) [[supercomputer]], is [[booting|booted up]] for the first time in the [[Barcelona Supercomputing Center]], [[Spain]]. [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D89DVEIO0.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down (BusinessWeek)]
*In [[Hungary]], a group of people that claim descent from [[Attila the Hun]] demand minority status. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4435181.stm (BBC)]
* Three British men are [[indictment|indicted]] by a United States court in a 2004 alleged plot to destroy financial institutions in the US, including such notable landmarks as the [[New York Stock Exchange]] in [[New York City]], the [[Prudential Financial|Prudential]] building in [[New Jersey]], and the [[World Bank]] and the [[International Monetary Fund]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The U.S. claims that one is a senior [[Al-Qaeda]] member. [http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1017869&tw=wn_wire_story (Wired)] [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=663216 (ABC News)]
* [[Same-sex marriage in Canada]]: The Canadian government's [[Bill C-38]] survives a vote on a [[wrecking amendment]] which would have defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, introduced by the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/04/12/samesexvote050412.html (CBC)]
* According to report of the [[Human Rights Watch]], young veterans of wars in [[West Africa]] have been recruited to fight in other conflicts because they have had no other means of support. [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/04/13/liberi10476.htm (Human Rights Watch)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/01becf3c27a03837156c65c8795760ce.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4438497.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Iran]]ian parliament approves [[abortion]] in cases where mother's life is in danger or the [[fetus]] is deformed. The bill still needs the approval of the [[Guardian Council]]. [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=30835&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs (IranMania)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-04-12T161147Z_01_DEN258147_RTRUKOC_0_HEALTH-IRAN-ABORTION.xml (Reuters UK)] [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13201 (Middle East Online)] [http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_6334.shtml (Persian Journal)]
* In [[Israel]], [[Mordechai Vanunu]] is charged with 21 counts of violating the terms of his [[parole]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/564195.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=80124 (Arutz Sheva)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8158062&type=worldNews (Reuters)]
* In [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Grand Mufti]] Sheikh [[Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh]] rules that [[forced marriage|forcing]] women marry against their will is against Islam. [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=62065&d=13&m=4&y=2005 (Arab News)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7898 (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13208 (Middle East Online)]
* The [[Indonesia]]n army promises to give up its businesses within two years. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050412195521&irec=0 (Jakarta Post)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aZRA1w19c.2w&refer=asia (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4437685.stm (BBC)]
* [[Anheuser-Busch]], the largest U.S. [[beer]] brewer and the No. 1 buyer of [[rice]] in the United States said it would not purchase rice grown in [[Missouri]] if it were [[Genetically modified food|genetically modified]]. This decision was prompted by a [[Ventria Bioscience]] plan to grow 200 acres ({{Nowrap|800,000 m<sup>2</sup>}}) of genetically engineered rice in Missouri. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050412/ap_on_bi_ge/beer_genetic_crops_1 (AP)]
 
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===[[April 13, 2005]]===
* Canada's most prominent [[white supremacist]] and founder of the [[Heritage Front]], [[Wolfgang Droege]], is shot to death in his apartment. One suspect is arrested at the scene. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113430343180_108839543/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* [[Omar Karami]] resigns his position as the [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] after he fails to form a [[government]]. Without a government to call them, no elections can take place in [[Lebanon]]. Elections are due this May. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4441357.stm (BBC)]
* The [[European Parliament]] votes to allow [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] to join the [[European Union]] in 2007. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4440755.stm (BBC)]
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:
** At least nine [[Iraq]]i [[police]] have been killed by [[Iraqi insurgency|insurgent]]s in [[Kirkuk]]. The police were defusing a [[decoy]] bomb, when another nearby bomb detonated and killed them. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B4F836CF-591A-45B1-8316-84FFBBF130C9.htm (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4439489.stm (BBC)]
** [[Al Jazeera]] broadcasts a video of the civilian contractor, [[Jeffrey Ake]], abducted in [[Iraq]] earlier this week. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4441021.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CBACAB0D-1FAE-4BBE-9565-A34B59144DD1.htm (Al Jazeera)]
* Japan increases the already boiling tension with China as Japan's [[Politics of Japan|Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]] begins allowing Japanese companies rights to drill for [[oil]] in a part of the [[East China Sea]] claimed by both nations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4439171.stm (BBC)]
* The [[College of American Pathologists]] asks laboratories worldwide to destroy a [[flu]] sample they sent in their testing kits. The Canadian National Microbial Laboratory identified it as a strain of [[Asian Flu]] virus that killed millions in 1957. People born after 1969 would have no [[antibody|antibodies]] to resist it. The [[World Health Organization]] supports the plea. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/04/12/flu.recall/ (CNN)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20050412/ap_on_he_me/pandemic_flu_labs (Yahoo)] [http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2005/04/12/flu-vials050412.html (CBC)]
* The [[National Geographic Society]] and [[IBM]] support a project to take [[DNA]] samples from various people all over the world to track migration of ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' from Africa. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=8163095 (Reuters)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/national/13gene.html (New York Times)]
* The [[death toll]] in the collapse of a factory in [[Dacca]], [[Bangladesh]], increases to 30. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200504122066.htm (The Hindu)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA174160.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* [[Mount Talang]] volcano erupts in [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]]. 27,000 residents are evacuated. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050412141048&irec=0 (Jakarta Post)] [http://www.indonesia-relief.org/mod.php?mod=publisher&op=viewarticle&cid=24&artid=656 (Indonesia Relief)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8151891 (Reuters)]
* In [[Nigeria]], former education minister [[Fabion Osuji]], former senate president [[Adolphus Wabara]] and five others are charged with corruption. [http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f113042005.html (Vanguard)] [http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2005/apr/112.html (NigeriaWorld)]
* In Germany, [[Armin Meiwes]] appeals for the reduction his sentence of eight years for [[cannibalism]]. His defense says that the killing was a mercy killing, eligible only for five years. State prosecutors appeal as well so he could retried for murder. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/briefs/0,1574,1551248,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=629167 (Independent)]
* A group of [[Indigenous Australians]] threaten to disrupt the [[Commonwealth Games]] next year unless prime minister [[John Howard]] and others are charged with [[genocide]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1344677.htm (Radio Australia)] [http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=109519&region=7 (SBS)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4440641.stm (BBC)]
* [[Burundi]]'s last rebel group, [[Hutu Forces for National Liberation]], states that they are ready to negotiate with the government. [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:425bfd13:a1879be1994a8aaa?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8158591 (Reuters SA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4441679.stm (BBC)]
 
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===[[April 14, 2005]]===
*[[Microsoft Encarta]] launches a [[Nupedia]]-like version of its [[encyclopedia]] where anonymous users can submit their new or edited entries to be approved by a paid staff of editors. Server problems delayed the launch. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Encarta-seeks-free-information/2005/04/14/1113251721051.html (FairfaxDigital)] [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89ESGN01.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down (Business Week)] [http://spaces.msn.com/members/Encarta/Blog/cns!1pKov6pW19gvfZD4bZjOEp7A!143.entry (Encarta Blog)]
* The claim that traces of the deadly poison [[ricin]] had been found in the [[London]] apartment of alleged [[al Qaeda]] operatives is proved wrong, according to a senior British official. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002241023_ricin14.html (Seattle Times)] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/attacks/comment/0,1320,1459178,00.html (Guardian Unlimited)]
* Researchers from the [[University of Miami]] have published a study which claims that [[prison]]ers [[Capital punishment|executed]] by [[lethal injection]] in the U.S. may have been aware of what was happening to them. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4444473.stm (BBC)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:
** [[Israel]] kills a member of the [[Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade]] following a [[Raid (military)|raid]] into the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] town of [[Nablus]]. Palestinians maintain that a special unit disguised as [[Arab]]s carried out the act. [[Israeli Defence Forces]] say the man was a "ticking bomb" and that soldier shot only after he opened fire on them. Witnesses from the Balata camp, however, say the Israelis opened fire without warning and then took the body away. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4444859.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/565171.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/15/international/middleeast/15mideast.html?oref=login (NY Times)]<!-- That source needs a Registration, but contains the word "Witness" so as to suit Jay -->
** The [[Israel]]i soldier accused of shooting British [[cameraman]] [[James Miller (filmmaker)|James Miller]] is cleared of any wrongdoing by an Israeli [[Judge]], meaning the soldier will not be prosecuted. Miller's family accuse the [[Israel Defense Forces]] of a coverup and threaten to sue. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4444781.stm (BBC)]
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: At least 11 people have been killed following a double [[suicide bomb]]ing in the [[Iraq]]i [[Capital city|capital]] of [[Baghdad]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4443409.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], [[riot police]] clash with [[demonstration (people)|demonstrators]] and [[Strike action|strike]]rs that protest against the government of [[List of Presidents of Ecuador|president]] [[Lucio Gutiérrez]]. Congress replaced the entire [[Supreme Court of Ecuador|Supreme Court]] last December and has not come to an agreement with the political opposition. [http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=8171506 (Reuters)] [http://www.wpherald.com/Latin_America/storyview.php?StoryID=20050413-100406-8179r (World Peace Herald)]
* The [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[coalition government]] agrees to form a new cabinet. [[Jan Kohout]] is expected to succeed [[Stanislav Gross]] as the new [[prime minister]]. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aH1PLVExi3Hc&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/13/czech.politics.reut/ (CNN)] The deal collapses later in the day when the Social Democrats reject it. [http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2005/Art/0407/news1.php (Prague Post)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a6.qpWR7XwL8&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4442987.stm (BBC)]
* [[Police]] in China arrest 15 people involved with illegal blood trade that may have contributed to the spread of [[AIDS]]. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/14/content_434024.htm (China Daily)] [http://english.people.com.cn/200504/14/eng20050414_181008.html (People's Daily)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8175563 (Reuters)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4936157,00.html (Guardian)]
* According to [[Amnesty International]], prisoners of the [[Black Beach]] prison in the [[Equatorial Guinea]] are starving. [http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256FE1003B7665 (Amnesty International USA)] [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8168769 (Reuters SA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4442867.stm (BBC)]
* Three [[paparazzi]] who were pursuing [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]] and [[Dodi Al-Fayed]] when they died face a new trial in France. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/13/news/briefs.html (IHT)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-04-13T181926Z_01_HOP365934_RTRUKOC_0_FRANCE-DIANA-PAPARAZZI.xml (Reuters UK)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4442659.stm (BBC)]
* Funding difficulties threaten the [[Murray-Darling Basin]] [[river system]] in Australia. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12839231%255E2702,00.html (The Australian)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4443175.stm (BBC)]
* The trial of [[Schapelle Corby]], an Australian facing [[drug smuggling]] charges in [[Indonesia]], is adjourned after she collapses in the [[Bali]] courtroom. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1345433.htm (ABC News)]
* [[Bulgaria]] sends a diplomatic mission to [[Libya]] to seek a solution to the ongoing [[AIDS scandal in Libya|criminal prosecution of five nurses from Bulgaria]] for an [[HIV]] outbreak among [[Benghazi]] children. [http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=20014 (Bulgaria News Network)]
* [[Craig Murray]], former UK [[ambassador]] to [[Uzbekistan]], will contest election seat against UK [[Foreign Minister]] [[Jack Straw (politician)|Jack Straw]] in order to highlight Straw's alleged use of false confessions extracted by CIA torture in Uzbekistan. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/comment/0,15803,1459093,00.html (Guardian Unlimited)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/24/news/uzbek.html (Background: International Herald Tribune)]
* In the face of the spread of the [[Marburg virus]], the [[Angola]]n government tries to curb traditional [[funeral|funerary]] practice of kissing and hugging the dead for farewell. The [[death toll]] is already over 210. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=8181352 (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/04/13/angola.virus/ (CNN)]
* [[South Korea]]n [[Tongsun Park]], [[Texas]] oilman David Chalmers and two others are indicted for [[bribery]] in the [[oil for food]] scandal. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8186105 (Reuters)] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54645-2005Apr14.html (Washington Post)]
* [[United States Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]] announces that law enforcement agencies have arrested 10,340 fugitives in [[Operation Falcon (Federal Dragnet)|Operation Falcon]] between April 4 and [[April 10|10]]. [http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/falcon/index.html (Operation Falcon website)] [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=671486 (ABC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8186497 (Reuters)]
* In [[Zimbabwe]], two British journalists, ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' correspondent [[Toby Harnden]] and photographer [[Julian Simmonds]], are acquitted. They were accused of covering the last month's parliamentary elections without permission. They were charged with overstaying their [[Visa (document)|visa]]s and released on [[bail]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4444915.stm (BBC)] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200504140707.html (AllAfrica)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-04-14T204900Z_01_DEN474712_RTRUKOC_0_ZIMBABWE-JOURNALISTS.xml (Reuters)]
* Three students of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] successfully submit a paper "[[Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy]]" into [[World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics]]. The paper was made of computer-generated [[nonsense]]. [http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=78365 (Boston Herald)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/14/mit.prank.reut/ (CNN)] [http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/scigen/ (SciGen)]
* [[India]]n police arrest 16 people in a case where more than US$400,000 was transferred from [[Citibank]] accounts to [[fraud]]ulent accounts in India. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1076023.cms (Times of India)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8185214 (Reuters)]
 
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===[[April 15, 2005]]===
* [[NASA]] reports that the [[Gulf Stream]] is slowing. The resulting colder climate could cause severe climatic and economic distruption in Northern Europe. [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2004/2004041516838.html (NASA)]
* The ongoing [[2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations|anti-Japanese demonstrations in China]] might have been scripted and manipulated by the Chinese government as a bargaining tool against its neighbor in the recent Sino-Japanese energy and territory disputes. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/15/international/asia/15china.html?ex=1114228800&en=56a7d2bc9637f864&ei=5070 (NY Times)]. Personal announcements appeared on blogs [http://blog.yesky.com/Blog/somewindows/archive/2005/04/14/108080.html] [http://heart.pdx.cn/blog/diary,181320.html] attempting to stage massive anti-Japanese riots not only in the capital but also in 17 major Chinese cities, responding to the April 17 visit of the [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Foreign Minister]] to Beijing, and the 86th anniversary of the [[May Fourth Movement]].
* [[United Nations|UN]] [[Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] accuses the United States and Britain of not accepting enough responsibility for the [[Oil-for-Food Programme|Oil for Food Scandal]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4447165.stm (BBC)] [http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=international&category=general%20news&story_id=386604&y=2005&m=4 (Canberra)]
* A [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Fatah]] gunman infiltrates the [[Golan Heights]] from [[Syria]] and attacks an [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] outpost near the border. The outpost commander manages to disarm the gunman and arrest him. The IDF will investigate how the 21 year old man, draped in a Palestinian flag, managed to penetrate so deep without being detected earlier. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/565532.html (Haaretz)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4448233.stm (BBC)]
* A [[Human Rights Watch]] report states that the United States, Britain, the [[Netherlands]] and Canada rely on "flimsy" [[diplomacy]] in attempts to send foreign terror suspects back to countries that routinely use [[torture]] against their [[Prison]]ers. [http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/11401023.htm (AP Wire)]
* [[Soyuz TMA-6]] lifts off at dawn from [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in [[Kazakhstan]] carrying the [[Expedition 11]] crew to the [[International Space Station]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153539,00.html (Fox News)] [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050415/wl_nm/space_russia_launch_dc (Yahoo! News)]
* [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier]] is [[burial|buried]] in [[Monaco]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4446965.stm (BBC)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/14/monaco.funeral/ (CNN)]
* In France, 20 people die in a fire at the [[Paris-Opera Hotel]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8190598 (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/15/france.fire/ (CNN)]
* In Australia, [[Raymond Williams (Australian businessman)|Raymond Williams]], former CEO of [[insurance]] company [[HIH Insurance]], is [[jailed]] for four and a half years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4447149.stm (BBC)]
* Canada's [[Federal Court of Canada|Federal Court of Appeal]] denies Chinese businessman [[Lai Changxing]] [[refugee]] status. China wants him for large-scale [[smuggling]]. [http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=10dbd00c-aee0-4926-bead-a4b49019622f (National Post, Canada)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/15/content_2833470.htm (Xinhua)]
* UK passport applicants must give [[fingerprint]]s. Preparation for ID cards goes ahead without parliament. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1457298,00.html (Guardian Unlimited)]
* [[Green Party of England and Wales|Greens Party]] of England and [[Wales]] unveil radical manifesto aiming at measures against [[climate change]]. [http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050412-14461000-bc-britain-greenmanifesto.xml (Science Daily)]
* France plans to introduce [[Biometrics|biometric]] ID cards in 2007. [http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/04/12/HNfrenchbiometriccards_1.html (Infoworld)]
* The [[European Union]] denies ruling out lifting an EU arms embargo on the People's Republic of China before June. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12868976%255E28737,00.html (The Australian)]
 
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===[[April 16, 2005]]===
* [[Najib Mikati]] becomes the new [[List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon|Prime Minister]] of [[Lebanon]], replacing [[Omar Karami]], who has [[resignation|resigned]] for a second time after seven weeks of frustrated efforts to form a [[consensus government]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8201194 (Reuters)]
* The [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] congress votes overwhelmingly to suspend its controversial rule 42 ban on 'foreign games' being played at its sports venues, to enable Irish soccer and rugby international fixtures to be played at its [[Croke Park]] [[stadium]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0416/gaa.html (RTÉ News)]
* A [[Richter scale|magnitude 5.1]] [[earthquake]] hits [[Southern California]]. No injuries or major damage have been reported. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/16/california.quake.ap/index.html (CNN)]
* The [[G7]] leaders meet in [[Washington, D.C.]], in the [[World Bank]] headquarters. Among the main discussion points are the rising price of [[oil]] and the pegging of the [[Renminbi|Chinese yuan]] to the [[U.S. dollar]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/16/finance.meetings.ap/index.html (CNN)]
 
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===[[April 17, 2005]]===
* A major breakthrough in the study of [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] texts may lead to the revelation of hundreds of lost [[comedy|comedies]], [[tragedy|tragedies]] and [[epic poem]]s. Using an [[infrared]] technique originally developed for satellite imaging, classicists at [[Oxford University]], in the past four days alone, have made a series of new discoveries from [[Oxyrhynchus]], including writings by [[Sophocles]], [[Euripides]], [[Hesiod]] and other literary giants. It may also be used to reveal lost Christian [[gospels]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630165 (The Independent)], [http://www.legendgames.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/ST0000030.txt (Blogger News Network)]
* Over one hundred thousand people throughout [[Indonesia]] have taken part in anti-[[Israel]]i and [[anti-American]] protests. The protest was organised by the [[Prosperous Justice Party]] in order to show Muslim unity regarding the [[Al Aqsa Mosque]]. [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15004137%255E663,00.html (Herald Sun)], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4943377,00.html (Guardian)], [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113704365040 (Jerusalem Post)]
* Privacy groups in the United Kingdom along with opposition [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] decry [[fingerprint]] passports as 'ID card by stealth'. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/13/nid13.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/13/ixhome.html (Telegraph)] [[n:British National Fingerprint Database begins without parliamentary consultation|(Wikinews)]] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/attacks/comment/0,1320,1462201,00.html (Guardian)] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/04/18/do1804.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/18/ixnewstop.html (Telegraph)]
* [[Marla Ruzicka]], a US [[activist]] and [[aid worker]], is killed by a [[car bomb]] in [[Iraq]]. [http://www.civicworldwide.org/index.htm (CIVIC Worldwide)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4944583,00.html (Guardian)]
* 12 people die and 15 are injured when a coach plunges into a ravine near the [[Great St. Bernard Pass]] in [[Switzerland]]. [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5693102&cKey=1113749011000 (Swissinfo], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4453881.stm (BBC)]
* In the [[Comoros Islands]], the [[volcano]] [[Mount Karthala]] begins to erupt, forcing hundreds of villagers to flee. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8203301&type=worldNews (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/17/comoros.volcano.reut/ (CNN)]
* Seven people die in clashes between supporters of rival political factions prior to the forthcoming [[Elections in Togo|Togolese presidential election]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17473387.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-6BK4GN?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4454379.stm (BBC)]
* [[Turkish Cypriot]]s elect [[Mehmet Ali Talat]] as their new president. Talat endorses unification of [[Cyprus]] and membership in the [[European Union]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8202829 (Reuters)] [http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=8331 (Turkish Weekly)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/cyprus/story/0,11551,1462237,00.html (Guardian)]
* 100 supporters of the [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]] protest outside the ranch of [[Mexico|Mexican]] president [[Vicente Fox]]. They protest against the trial of [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]], popular mayor of [[Mexico City]]. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=10197&tabla=miami (El Universal, Mexico)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8203858 (Reuters)]
* The [[Basque National Party]] of [[Juan José Ibarretxe]] wins regional elections in the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque]] autonomous region of [[Spain]] but votes to EHAK, the [[Communist Party of Basque Lands]], denies them majority. EHAK may have gained votes of supporters of banned [[Herri Batasuna]] party. Results may threaten Ibarratxe's plans for autonomy. [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=53944 (EITB)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8203844 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aW0rqP4ayfII&refer=europe (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4453239.stm (BBC)]
* [[Jörg Haider]] launches his new party, [[Alliance for Austria's Future]]. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1554701,00.html (Deutsche Welle)]
* Negotiations in [[Helsinki]] between the government of [[Indonesia]] and [[Free Aceh Movement]] end "constructively", according to mediator [[Martti Ahtisaari]]. Talks are scheduled to continue in May. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=a195xp8fMXk0&refer=asia (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4452087.stm (BBC)]
 
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===[[April 18, 2005]]===
* The largest moving object on Earth, the [[iceberg]] [[B15A]] in [[Antarctica]] has collided with the [[Drygalski Glacier|Drygalski ice tongue]], a feature large enough to be included in Antarctic maps. During the collision, a five-kilometre-long section of the ice tongue was broken off. [http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMEGLW797E_index_0.html (ESA)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=624&e=6&u=/ap/20050420/ap_on_sc/iceberg_glacier_crash (AP)]
* Physicists at [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] announce that they have created a newly discovered state of [[matter]] by smashing [[atom]]s in the [[Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider]]. This new state of matter behaves like a hot and dense liquid made up of basic atomic particles such as [[quark]]s and [[gluon]]s. Researchers claim that all matter in the [[universe]] for a fraction of a second after the [[Big Bang]] was in the form of this liquid. [http://view.atdmt.com/MSN/iview/msnnkhac001300x250xNBCSAT00082msn/direct/01 (MSNBC)], [http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=05-38 (BNL News)]
* [[Catherine Ndereba]] of [[Kenya]] and [[Hailu Negussie]] of [[Ethiopia]] win in the 109th [[Boston Marathon]]. Negussie was successful in finally breaking the Kenyan-dominated men's race. Defending [[champion]] Ndereba became the first four-time woman's winner. [http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=680658 (ABCnews)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/18/marathon.boston.reut/ (CNN)] [http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/running/articles/2005/04/18/kenyas_ndereba_wins_4th_boston_marathon/ (Boston.com)]
* [[Black]] [[smoke]] signals no new [[Pope]] is chosen in the first ballot in the [[Papal conclave, 2005]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4458511.stm (BBC)], [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=680577 (ABC)], [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_re_eu/pope (Yahoo! News/AP)]
* Two [[Israel]]is, one a soldier in the Combat Engineering Corps, and one a [[civilian]], are wounded by a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[sniper]] in an attack on [[Philadelphi Route]] of the southern [[Gaza Strip]], close to the [[Egypt]]ian border. The [[Popular Resistance Committees]] claims responsibility. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/566451.html (Haaretz)]
* [[Adobe Systems]] buys [[Macromedia]] for [[United States dollar|$]]3.4 billion. [http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050418/adobe_macromedia.html?.v=9 (Yahoo! Financial)], [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18cnd-adobe.html (New York Times)], [http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-04-18-adobe-macromedia_x.htm?csp=34 (USA Today)], [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7543918/ (MSNBC)].
* The [[death toll]] in the collapse of a garment factory in [[Dacca]], [[Bangladesh]], reaches 74. Dozens are still missing. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA24436.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* [[2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations]]: [[Sino-Japanese relations]] worsen after a meeting between Chinese [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]]or [[Tang Jiaxuan]], Foreign Minister [[Li Zhaoxing]], and Japanese Foreign Minister [[Nobutaka Machimura]] in [[Beijing]]. China continues to refuse an apology for the increasing number of anti-Japanese protests, and further accuses Japan for handling the issues of history and [[political status of Taiwan|Taiwan]] "incorrectly". [http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1348218.htm (Radio Australia)]
* The [[Ecuador]] congress votes to dismiss [[Supreme Court of Ecuador|Supreme Court]] judges. A debate for the selection of the new ones is set for Tuesday. [[List of Presidents of Ecuador|President]] [[Lucio Gutiérrez]] lifts a day-old [[state of emergency]], but thousands of [[protest]]ers still demand his [[resignation]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8206856 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4455343.stm (BBC)]
* The government of the [[Philippines]] begins talks with [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]]. [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/apr/18/yehey/top_stories/20050418top6.html (Manila Times)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP16454.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4455425.stm (BBC)]
* Italian prime minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]] refuses to resign and intends to continue with [[minority government]]. [http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200504182057-1253-RT1-CRO-0-NF82&page=0&id=agionline-eng.italyonline (AGI)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8215221 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=as0D2VNv3s7A&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)]
* [[Bosnian Serb]] officer [[Vujadin Popovic|Vujadin Popović]], accused of complicity in [[Srebrenica massacre]] in 1995, pleads [[not guilty (plea)|not guilty]] in the [[Hague]]. He surrendered to the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]] on April 14. [http://www.fena.ba/uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA251294&rubrika=ES (FENA)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8212171 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4457739.stm (BBC)]
* The governments of India and Pakistan declare that peace between them is "irreversible". United Nations secretary general [[Kofi Annan]] welcomes the move. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200504181401.htm (Hindu)] [http://www.deepikaglobal.com/latestnews.asp?ncode=27300 (Deepika)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/18/asia/web.0418india.html (IHT)] [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-4-2005_pg7_48 (Daily Times)]
* [[Mexico|Mexican]] government rules out pardoning [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]. His supporters continue their protests. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8218933 (Reuters)]
* The [[Pakistan]]i government releases 500 members of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] it detained prior to return of opposition leader [[Asif Zardari]]. Zardari hopes to have dialogue with the government. [http://pakistantimes.net/2005/04/18/top6.htm (Pakistan Times)] [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-4-2005_pg1_3 (Daily Times)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/079b61a3fd48051eb15fa0d01d3332ea.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4456695.stm (BBC)]
* Former [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] minister [[Bassel Fleihan]] dies of wounds he received in the bombing that killed [[Rafik Hariri]]. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=14393 (Daily Star)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18443532.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/18/lebanon.death.ap/ (CNN)]
* [[Spain]] returns [[Rabei Osman Ahmed]], who had been extradited as a prime suspect in the [[2004 Madrid train bombings|Madrid bombings]], to Italian custody. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18619786.htm (Reuters Alertnet)] [http://www.wpherald.com/Europe/storyview.php?StoryID=20050418-123105-3384r (World Peace Herald)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4456411.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Rwanda]]n supreme court hears appeals for [[Pasteur Bizimungu]], first president of Rwanda after the [[Rwandan genocide|genocide]], who was arrested last June. [http://www.rwanda.net/english/News/2005/042005/news04182005c.htm (Rwanda Information Exchange)] [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=136&art_id=qw11138175033R532 (IOL)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4457003.stm (BBC)]
* Four people are charged with the 1982 murder of [[Roberto Calvi]]. Suspects have [[Mafia]] ties. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7f947c34-b02d-11d9-ab98-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-04-18T213440Z_01_HOL877548_RTRUKOC_0_CRIME-ITALY-BANK.xml (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4457975.stm (BBC)]
 
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===[[April 19, 2005]]===
* [[George W. Bush]]'s nomination of [[John R. Bolton]] for [[U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations]] receives a serious setback when [[Ohio]] senator [[George Voinovich]] announces in committee that he cannot vote to endorse Bolton for this important diplomatic position. The [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] agrees to postpone a vote for at least one month while allegations that Bolton abused subordinates is investigated. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=8232161 (Reuters)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/politics/19cnd-bolton.html?hp&ex=1113969600&en=f8772edeba476df8&ei=5094&partner=homepage (NY Times)]
* [[Papal conclave, 2005]]: Ringing bells and white [[smoke]] at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] indicate that, after four ballots, a new [[Pope]], German [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Ratzinger]], has been elected. He has taken the [[regnal name]] [[Pope Benedict&nbsp;XVI]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4462077.stm (BBC)]
* ''[[MyPyramid]]'' is released by the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. The new food guidance icon is an update of the 13-year old [[food guide pyramid]], which was itself an update of charts expounding on the ''four [[basic food groups]]''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/20/health/20pyramid.html?hp&ex=1113969600&en=9e73a0fdc1ce085b&ei=5094&partner=homepage (NY Times)]
* The [[United Iraqi Alliance]], the leading [[coalition]] in the new [[Government of Iraq]], demands the [[death penalty]] for [[Saddam Hussein]], accused of [[genocide]] in [[Kurdistan]] as well as [[torture]] and other [[human rights]] violations in [[Baghdad]]. ([http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7807 Al Jazeera])
* Victims and families observe 168 seconds of [[silence]] on the tenth anniversary of the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] at {{Nowrap|9:02 a.m.}} (local time). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4948708,00.html (Guardian)]
* [[Iran]] suspends operations of [[al Jazeera]] and accuses it of inflaming protests of the Iranian [[Arab]] minority. During the unrest, 220 people have been arrested. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EEFB68E6-6C71-477B-AC76-B7D912201EF4.htm (Al Jazeera)], [http://www.irna.ir/irnewtest/en/news/view/menu-234/0504190005000320.htm (IRNA)], [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13256 (Middle East Online)], [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18664355.htm (Reuters)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4459033.stm (BBC)]
* The inquiry into the murder of [[Rosemary Nelson]], a [[Northern Ireland]] solicitor who was killed by a [[Ulster Defence Association|UDA]] [[bomb]] in 1999, begins. [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=140298438&p=y4xz99y44 (Ireland On-Line)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4458373.stm (BBC)], [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4412806 (Scotsman)]
* [[Peru]]vian authorities submit a {{Nowrap|$130 million}} plan to [[UNESCO]] to preserve the [[Inca]] citadel of [[Machu Picchu]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4459117.stm (BBC)]
* The first part of the [[Obelisk of Axum]], a 1700-year-old artefact of the [[Axumite Kingdom]] taken to [[Rome]] by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s troops in 1937, arrives back in [[Ethiopia]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8216573 (Reuters)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4458105.stm (BBC)]
* Japanese researchers have reversed [[diabetes]] of a female patient with [[organ transplant|transplantation]] of [[pancreas|pancreatic]] cells from her mother. [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23068 (Medical News Today)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8218439&type=worldNews (Reuters)] [http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/04/18/hscout525217.html (Forbes)]
* A high court in [[Spain]] sentences [[Adolfo Scilingo]], former [[Argentina|Argentinian]] navy captain, for 640 years in prison for crimes against humanity during the [[Dirty War]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19223116.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/19/news/spain.htmlles/2005/04/19/news/spain.html (IHT)] [http://courttv.com/news/2005/0419/argentina_cnn.html (CourtTV)] [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B99B3D038-9FA7-4459-B583-29D67308F557%7D&language=EN (Pensa Latina)]
* The girlfriend of a [[Paris Opera Hotel]] employee admits that she might have accidentally started the fire that destroyed the hotel last Friday. Police later take her into custody. The death toll has risen to 24. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/19/europe/web.0419paris.html (IHT)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19548685.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4419152 (Scotsman)]
* [[Israel]] extends the travel ban of [[Mordechai Vanunu]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/567068.html (Ha'arets)] [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113877270826 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4459371.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Syria]], [[Jassem Alwan]], who led a failed military coup in 1963, returns from exile in the [[United Arab Emirates]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4461955.stm (BBC)]
* The parliament of [[Kuwait]] gives initial backing to law that would allow women to [[vote]]. [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7827 (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=13263 (Middle east Online)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4460781.stm (BBC)]
* [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] prime minister [[Najib Mikati]] forms a new government to lead the country until the May elections. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=14419 (Daily Star)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8227474 (Reuters)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7840 (Al Jazeera)]
* French police state that [[DNA test]]s confirm that the body found in the [[French Alps]] is [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury|Anthony Ashley-Cooper]], [[Earl of Shaftesbury]]. [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4424347 (Scotsman)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4463279.stm (BBC)]
* Auction house [[Christie's]] withdraws an ancient [[Persian Empire|Persian]] relic from sale when [[Iran]] states that it was smuggled out of the country illegally. [http://www.chn.ir/english/eshownews.asp?no=5138 (CHN)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/385A6F3F-DFFB-4118-AC94-F617E1EC3D72.htm (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4462465.stm (BBC)]
* The parliament of [[Greece]] ratifies the [[European Union Constitution]]. [http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=523449 (MPA)] [http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/050419171342.9hnhin1r (EUBusiness)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/19/news/greece.html (IHT)]
* President of [[Pakistan]] [[Pervez Musharraf]] meets the president of the [[Philippines]], [[Gloria Arroyo]], in [[Manila]]. [http://pakistantimes.net/2005/04/19/top.htm (Pakistan Times)] [http://www.mb.com.ph/OPED2005041832866.html (Manila Bulletin)] [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2005/04/19/musharraf.arrives.in.manila.to.expand.cooperation.vs.terror.(11.00.a.m.).html (Sun Star)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4461021.stm (BBC)]
* [[Zanzibar]] bars foreign workers. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1113892922896B235 (IOL)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4460769.stm (BBC)]
 
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===[[April 20, 2005]]===
* [[Connecticut]] Governor [[Jodi Rell]] signs a bill making same-sex civil unions legal. Connecticut is now the second [[U.S. state]] to legalize same-sex civil unions. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=688796 (ABC)]
* [[RTÉ]] News states that [[Pope Benedict&nbsp;XVI]] won "far more than the 77 votes" required to secure his election as pope. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0420/pope.html (RTÉ)]
* [[Zacarias Moussaoui]] plans to plead guilty to charges in connection with the September 11, 2001, attacks, which could bring him the [[death penalty]]. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20050421/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/moussaoui (AP)]
*[[Conflict in Iraq]]:
** Over 50 human corpses have been removed from the [[River Tigris]] in past weeks. Some appeared to have their [[throat]]s cut, some others [[Decapitation|decapitated]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4465769.stm (BBC)]
** In [[Haditha]], a town northwest of [[Baghdad]], at least 19 men are shot dead. The Interim Government maintains that they are the bodies of Iraqi soldiers and had been killed by [[Iraqi insurgency|insurgents]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4465769.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Prime Minister of Italy]], [[Silvio Berlusconi]], resigns so as to form a new [[Government of Italy|government]]. He is expected to maintain the post of Prime Minister in this new government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4464865.stm (BBC)]
* The [[Government of Singapore]]'s approval for the building of two [[casino]]s as part of integrated resorts in [[Singapore]]'s new [[downtown]], and on [[Sentosa]] island ignites intense speculation on the likely winners from 19 submitted proposals, and caps off more than a year of moral debates in the traditionally [[Social conservatism|conservative]] city. [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/World/GD20Wd04.html (The Standard)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4465411.stm (BBC)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/143548/1/.html (CNA)]
* In [[Israel]], [[Uriel Yitzhaki]] is arrested on allegations of selling passports for bribes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4464149.stm (BBC)]
* A 5.8 [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] hits northern [[Kyūshū]], Japan. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=334772 (Japan Today)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/143504/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8231215 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a543A.2kPLKU&refer=japan (Bloomberg)]
* Vice President [[Alfredo Palacio]] is sworn in as new interim [[President of Ecuador]], after [[National Congress of Ecuador|Congress]] removes President [[Lucio Gutiérrez]] from office after a week of escalating street protests demanding his ouster. [[Riot police]] fire [[tear gas]] at protesters who demand the resignation of president Gutiérrez. One man has died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] during the demonstration. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=686262 (ABC)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=631171 (Independent)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4463551.stm (BBC)]
* The [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]] demands that government of [[Nepal]] restore [[civil rights|civil liberties]] and [[democracy]]. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aZ8fLhzDNDts&refer=asia (Bloomberg)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20328587.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Two members of the ruling [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] post bail for [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] so he would not run a presidential campaign from jail. He cannot return to his post as mayor of [[Mexico City]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8245269 (Reuters)]
* [[Maurice Strong]], Canadian [[United Nations]] representative, steps down due to allegations of involvement with [[Tongsun]] Park and the [[oil for food]] scandal. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/04/20/strong050420.html (CBC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20251561.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* [[European Union]] representatives cancel meeting with a [[Pakistan]] delegation because of the inclusion of hardliner [[Maulana Sami ul-Haq]], who allegedly has links to the [[Taliban]]. [http://pakistantimes.net/2005/04/20/top15.htm (Pakistan Times)] [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_21-4-2005_pg1_2 (Daily Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4466019.stm (BBC)]
* [[Spain|Spanish]] officials state that they are "concerned" about an apparent disappearance of [[Severo Moto]], leader of an opposition political movement in [[Equatorial Guinea]], who has lived in Spain in exile. His wife reported him missing. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200504200687.html (AllAfrica)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b36f1c62f0b9439e47ec39f8298e7964.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4464761.stm (BBC)]
* An explosion in a mining [[explosives]] factory near the [[Chambishi]] copper mine in [[Zambia]] kills 46. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8240690 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4466321.stm (BBC)]
 
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===[[April 21, 2005]]===
* 400 [[Iran]]ian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupied Islamic countries", particularly [[Israel]], after being inspired by a [[fatwa]] from a top hardline [[cleric]] giving religious backing to [[suicide attacks|suicide missions]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21452282.htm (Reuters)]
* American, French and [[Israel]]i naval forces rescue three [[Syria]]n and [[Egypt]]ian sailors from a [[North Korea]]n ship that sank in international waters off the coast of [[Nahariya]]. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3075502,00.html (Ynet)]
* The [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] (AIPAC) fires two members suspected of passing on U.S. secrets to [[Israel]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4468585.stm (BBC)]
* Three [[Israel]]i soldiers are hurt when their [[jeep]] triggers an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] roadside bomb, near the [[Karni crossing]], on the edge of the [[Gaza Strip]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568056.html (Haaretz)]
* The next launch of the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']], [[STS-114]], is postponed until at least May 22. This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the [[Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' disaster]] in February 2003. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4468011.stm (BBC)]
* New [[Ecuador]]ian president [[Alfredo Palacio]] orders the arrest of former president [[Lucio Gutiérrez]], who takes refuge in the [[Brazil]]ian embassy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4467389.stm (BBC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20247539.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* According to [[Christian Solidarity Worldwide]], the army of [[Myanmar]] ([[Burma]]) has used [[chemical weapons]] against [[Karen people|Karen]] rebels. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4467471.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Zanzibar]], an electoral commission accepts [[Seif Shariff Hamad]], secretary general of the opposition party [[Civic United Front]], as a legitimate [[voter]] and therefore eligible [[candidate]]. [http://64.202.177.112/ipp/guardian/2005/04/21/37562.html (IPPMEdia, Zanzibar)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4464443.stm (BBC)]
* [[U.S. Army]] Sergeant [[Hassan Akbar]] is found guilty by a military jury of the murder of two fellow officers in [[Kuwait]], just prior to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=691706 (ABC)]
* Five American Muslims sue the [[Department of Homeland Security]] for [[racial profiling]] after they were detained for hours on the Canadian border while returning from a religious conference. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--muslimsstopped0420apr20,0,1481114.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork (Newsday)] [http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050421/1029564.asp (Buffalo News)] [http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-04/21/article04.shtml (IslamOnline)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8243195 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4468931.stm (BBC)]
* The parliament of [[Spain]] gives initial approval to legalized [[same-sex marriage]]s and adoption by homosexual couples. [http://www.berria.info/english/ikusi.php?id=1393 (Berria)] [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=55042 (EITB)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdge&storyID=8256794 (Reuters)]
 
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===[[April 22, 2005]]===
* Rumors abound that a [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|nuclear test]] by [[North Korea]] may be imminent, and that the United States is urging the People's Republic of China to pressure North Korea not to do so. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2252742.htm (Reuters)] [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200504231210.htm (The Hindu)] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10477-2005Apr22.html (Washington Post)] [http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm (Drudge Report)]
* [[Zacarias Moussaoui]] pleads guilty to [[terrorism|terror]] charges in U.S. [[United States federal courts|federal court]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050422/ap_on_re_us/moussaoui&sid=84439559 (Yahoo)]
* At [[London]]'s [[Old Bailey]], [[Saajid Badat]], who had earlier pled guilty to being part of [[Richard Reid (terrorist)|Richard Reid]]'s shoe-bombing conspiracy, is sentenced to 13 years imprisonment. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4474307.stm (BBC)]
* A German court orders a retrial in the case of [[Armin Meiwes]], who was jailed in 2004 for eight years for killing and eating a man (with the man's supposed consent). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4472593.stm (BBC)]
* In an attempt to ease recent tensions between the two Asian economic powerhouses in the [[2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations|Japanese history textbook controversy]], Japanese [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]] [[Junichiro Koizumi]] publicly expressed his "deep remorse" for [[Japanese war crimes|actions of Japanese troops]] in China during [[World War&nbsp;II]] for the first time in a decade. He intends to meet PRC president [[Hu Jintao]] at the [[Asia-Africa Conference]] in [[Jakarta]]. However, 81 [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] members visit [[Yasukuni Shrine]] the same day, causing more controversy inside and outside Japan about the true attitude of Tokyo on this subject. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=335039 (Japan Today)], [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a9Maq0YTvPUQ&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)], [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8260899 (Reuters)], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1468519,00.html (Guardian Unlimited)], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/23/wjapan23.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/23/ixnewstop.html (Telegraph UK)]
* In the UK, the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]] states that the so-called [[Flower portrait]] of [[William Shakespeare]] is a 19th-century [[art forgery|forgery]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4471515.stm (BBC)], [http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/37805.html (Herald)]
* Canadian [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]] [[Paul Martin]] promises in a televised address to call for an early [[general election]] once the [[Gomery Commission|Gomery inquiry]] into the current [[sponsorship scandal|corruption scandal]] is over. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1114083674580_24/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 (CTV)], [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050421.wmartin0421_2/BNStory/Front/ (Globe and Mail)], [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8259354 (Reuters)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4471407.stm (BBC)]
* [[Togo]]lese [[interior minister]] [[François Boko]] wants to postpone next Sunday's [[Togolese presidential election, 2005|presidential election]], claiming that there is a threat of [[civil war]]. The [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) wants them to continue as scheduled. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1114143841405B232 (IOL)], [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a62d3d6d1b768a86fc053c9ef14896b9.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* [[Nepal]] releases 61 [[political prisoner]]s, including the former deputy prime minister. [http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=13724215 (Sify)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4471545.stm (BBC)] [[Amnesty International]] states that [[human rights]] violations have escalated under the [[state of emergency]]. [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=68890 (Indian Express)], [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACIO-6BNQKF?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)]
* [[Medtronic]], Inc. paid [[US$]] {{Nowrap|1.35 billion}} to settle a [[patent]] [[lawsuit]] and also to acquire disputed spine surgery-related patents from [[Gary K. Michelson]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/business/23medronic.html]
 
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===[[April 23, 2005]]===
* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:
**The [[Association of University Teachers]], the leading British [[academic]] group, has voted to boycott two [[Israel]]i universities, the [[University of Haifa]] and [[Bar-Ilan University]], over their alleged involvement in "illegal activity" in the occupied territories. The AUT said it voted for the boycott in response to a plea for action by a group of [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] academics. It was condemned by the Israeli Embassy, the British Ambassador in Israel, by Jewish Human Rights groups and by [[Universities UK]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4472169.stm (BBC)], [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1469015,00.html (Guardian)]
** [[Israeli security forces]] arrest three suspected Palestinian militants on the Geha Highway near [[Ra'annana]], [[Israel]]. When the police arrived, the three suspects were barricaded in their car, while a fourth suspect fled the scene. Earlier in the night, the [[Israeli Police]] put roadblocks and checkpoints after it received high alert on "rolling" [[suicide bombing]] attack. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568452.html (Haaretz)], [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3076684,00.html (Ynet)]
** A 17-year-old [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] is caught carrying four [[pipe bomb]]s in Beit Furik checkpoint. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568452.html (Haaretz)]
** A Qassam rocket was launched toward northern Gaza community. No casualties were reported. Also, Palestinian militants stabbed a soldier near Ganim settlement, injuring him moderately. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568452.html (Haaretz)]
* A rodent species representing a new family of [[mammal]]s, [[Laonastidae]], is discovered in [[Laos]]. This is the first new family of mammals discovered since 1974. [http://journals.cambridge.org/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1114272586&REQSESS=6569750&118000REQEVENT=&REQINT1=292893&REQAUTH=0 (Cambridge Journals)]
*[[Bangladesh]] accuses the [[Border Security Force|BSF]] of gunning down two farmers who had strayed into [[no man's land]] at [[Hairharpur]] on the [[India|Indo]]-Bangla border. Indian officials say the guards had only shot at and injured two Bangladeshis trying to sneak into [[West Bengal]]. [http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=34281&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 (Gulf Times, Qatar)] [http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-22-voa29.cfm (Voice of America)]
* YouTube is founded and launched.
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===[[April 24, 2005]]===
* About 1 million people march silently through [[Mexico City]] in support of the capital's embattled mayor, [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aM93blcVRAa4&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/24/mexico.reut/ (CNN)] [http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=10267&tabla=miami (El&nbsp;Universal)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4479771.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1469424,00.html (The&nbsp;Guardian)]
* [[Togolese presidential election, 2005]]: Three killed, amid claims of [[fraud]] in tense [[elections in Togo|election]] in [[Togo]] to choose the successor to [[List of Presidents of Togo|President]] [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]], hardline ruler for 38 years, from amongst [[Faure Gnassingbé]], the 39-year-old son of the late leader, and several challengers led by [[Emmanuel Bob-Akitani]]. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/April/theworld_April575.xml&section=theworld (Khaleej Times)], [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/24/togo.elex.ap/ (CNN)]
* Leaders of Asian and African countries celebrate the 50th anniversary of [[Bandung Conference]]. [http://english.people.com.cn/200504/25/eng20050425_182578.html (People's Daily Online)], [http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=189799 (KeralaNext)], [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/24/content_2871253.htm (XinHua)]
* Tens of thousands of [[Armenian people|Armenians]] mark the 90th anniversary of the [[Armenian Genocide|mass killings of Armenians]] in the [[Ottoman Empire]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050424/w042406.html (CBC)], [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24647754.htm (Reuters)]
* [[Soyuz TMA-5]]: A Russian [[Soyuz spacecraft]] lands in [[Kazakhstan]], bringing three [[astronaut]]s, [[Russians|Russian]] [[Salizhan Sharipov]], [[Chinese American]] [[Leroy Chiao]] and [[Italians|Italian]] [[Roberto Vittori]], safely back to Earth from the [[International Space Station]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=8274891 (Reuters)]
* [[Pope Benedict XVI]] is formally installed as [[Pope]] of the Catholic Church in an [[Papal Inauguration|inaugural]] [[mass (liturgy)|mass]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4477769.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/23/pope.inaugural/index.html (CNN)]
* Ousted president of [[Ecuador]], [[Lucio Gutiérrez]], moves to exile in [[Brazil]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8273594 (Reuters)] [http://www.itv.com/news/world_517322.html (ITV)]
* [[Venezuela]]n president [[Hugo Chávez]] ends military cooperation with [[USA]], claiming that US army training officers in the country have been agitating unrest against him. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8274804 (Reuters)]
* In [[Kuwait]], around 7000 [[Bangladesh|Bengali]] workers storm the embassy of Bangladesh in [[Kuwait City]] to protest against unpaid wages. [http://www.bangladeshjournal.com/index.php?ID=3884&tim=24-4-2005 (Bangladesh Journal)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=8120 (Al-Jazeera] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24657775.htm (Reuters)]
* Forty [[Pakistan]]i Christians are arrested in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]], for practicing their religion in violation of a Saudi law forbidding the practice of any religion but Islam. [http://www.christiantoday.com/news/meast/289.htm Christian Today].
 
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===[[April 25, 2005]]===
*[[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: The [[Israel]]i soldier killed in the [[West Bank]] on Monday night was shot by his comrades. It was believed he was killed by an Unarmed [[taxicab|Taxi]] Driver, Iyad Dueik, who was shot seven times and whose car ran over the man, but news that he was shot questions this assessment. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4484833.stm (BBC)]
* [[Alassane Ouattara]] is allowed to run for Presidential election in [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4duwh.html (AP via Yahoo! France)]
* [[2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland]]: a 70-member delegation led by [[Kuomintang]] chairman [[Lien Chan]] left [[Taipei]] for [[Nanjing]] via [[Hong Kong]], launching [[Lien Chan]]'s 8-day [[Taiwan Strait peace tour]], also the first official visit by the highest leader of [[Kuomintang]] to [[Mainland China]] in 60 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4482617.stm (BBC)]
* [[Faure Gnassingbé]] wins the [[Togolese presidential election, 2005|Togolese presidential election]] with more than 60% of the votes. Results cause riots in [[Lomé]] when the opposition does not acknowledge the election, denouncing massive fraud. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=6&u=/afp/20050426/wl_afp/togovote_050426121759 (AFP via Yahoo!)] [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/202/4duqv.html (AFP via Yahoo! France)]
* The [[Civil unions in New Zealand|Civil Unions and Relationships Acts]] take effect in [[New Zealand]]. These laws allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions that are similar to marriage. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122375 (New Zealand Herald)]
* The [[death toll]] in the [[Amagasaki rail crash]] reaches 73. Police searches the offices of [[West Japan Railway Co]] looking for clues for the cause of the crash. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=335311 (Japan Today)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8289081 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ah.gQcMVrJQA&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T345548.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Political unrest increases in [[Belize]] when opposition calls for the government to step down, telephone workers are on [[Strike action|strike]] and teachers threatening to follow. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25491431.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* The U.S. chief weapons inspector, [[Charles Duelfer]] states that search for [[weapons of mass destruction]] in [[Iraq]] has "gone as far as feasible". [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501554.html (Washington Post)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2675583.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4484237.stm (BBC)]
* [[Military action in Lebanon]]: After three decades, all [[Syria]]n troops leave [[Lebanon]], fulfilling [[UN Security Council Resolution 1559]]. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&article_id=14579&categ_id=17 (Daily Star, Lebanon)], [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HTYVLYYAWLYDSCRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8301502 (Reuters)]
* British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] member [[Brian Sedgemore]] moves to the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=633042 (Independent)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19809-1586048,00.html (Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4484043.stm (BBC)]
* Following Canadian [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Martin]]'s plea on national television that a re-election ought to be delayed until the [[Gomery Commission]] has completed its report on the [[sponsorship scandal]], a deal between the governing [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] and the [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] may avoid the [[elections in Canada|election]] in the near future as predicted earlier last week. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/04/26/martin-layton050426.html (CBC)]
 
<div id="26_April_2005"> </div>
 
===[[April 26, 2005]]===
*[[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: The [[Israel]]i soldier killed in the [[West Bank]] on Monday night was shot by his comrades. It was believed he was killed by an Unarmed [[taxicab|Taxi]] Driver, Iyad Dueik, who was shot seven times and whose car ran over the man, but news that he was shot questions this assessment. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4484833.stm (BBC)]
* [[Alassane Ouattara]] is allowed to run for Presidential election in [[Côte d'Ivoire]]. [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4duwh.html (AP via Yahoo! France)]
* [[2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland]]: a 70-member delegation led by [[Kuomintang]] chairman [[Lien Chan]] left [[Taipei]] for [[Nanjing]] via [[Hong Kong]], launching [[Lien Chan]]'s 8-day [[Taiwan Strait peace tour]], also the first official visit by the highest leader of [[Kuomintang]] to [[Mainland China]] in 60 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4482617.stm (BBC)]
* [[Faure Gnassingbé]] wins the [[Togolese presidential election, 2005|Togolese presidential election]] with more than 60% of the votes. Results cause riots in [[Lomé]] when the opposition does not acknowledge the election, denouncing massive fraud. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=6&u=/afp/20050426/wl_afp/togovote_050426121759 (AFP via Yahoo!)] [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/202/4duqv.html (AFP via Yahoo! France)]
* The [[Civil unions in New Zealand|Civil Unions and Relationships Acts]] take effect in [[New Zealand]]. These laws allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions that are similar to marriage. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122375 (New Zealand Herald)]
* The [[death toll]] in the [[Amagasaki rail crash]] reaches 73. Police searches the offices of [[West Japan Railway Co]] looking for clues for the cause of the crash. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=335311 (Japan Today)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8289081 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ah.gQcMVrJQA&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T345548.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Political unrest increases in [[Belize]] when opposition calls for the government to step down, telephone workers are on [[Strike action|strike]] and teachers threatening to follow. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25491431.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* The U.S. chief weapons inspector, [[Charles Duelfer]] states that search of [[weapons of mass destruction]] in [[Iraq]] has "gone as far as feasible". [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501554.html (Washington Post)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2675583.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4484237.stm (BBC)]
* [[Military action in Lebanon]]: After three decades, all [[Syria]]n troops leave [[Lebanon]], fulfilling [[UN Security Council Resolution 1559]]. [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&article_id=14579&categ_id=17 (Daily Star, Lebanon)], [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HTYVLYYAWLYDSCRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8301502 (Reuters)]
* British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] member [[Brian Sedgemore]] moves to the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=633042 (Independent)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19809-1586048,00.html (Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4484043.stm (BBC)]
* Following Canadian [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Martin]]'s plea on national television that a re-election ought to be delayed until the [[Gomery Commission]] has completed its report on the [[sponsorship scandal]], a deal between the governing [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] and the [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic Party]] may avoid the [[elections in Canada|election]] in the near future as predicted earlier last week. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/04/26/martin-layton050426.html (CBC)]
 
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===[[April 27, 2005]]===
* The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] votes 406–20 to rescind controversial Republican ethics rules, in order to end a stalemate in the evenly divided Ethics Committee since their introduction in January. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050428/ap_on_go_co/ethics_committee_36 (AP)], [http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8321561 (Reuters)]
* [[Johnson Beharry]] becomes the first recipient of the UK's highest military honor, the [[Victoria Cross]] since 1982 and the first living recipient since 1965. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050427/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryiraqaward_050427154803&e=5 (AFP)]
* Two [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]]s, both aged 15, are arrested in a checkpoint near [[Jenin]] after 11 explosive charges were found on them. One teenager told interrogators that he was recruited to act as a couriers by the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] and the second by the [[al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/569675.html (Haaretz)], [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050427/481/jrl10704271338 (AP photo)]
* The new [[Airbus A380]] performs its [[maiden flight]], in [[Toulouse]], France. The A380 replaces the [[Boeing]] [[Boeing 747|747]] ("jumbo jet") as the world's largest [[airliner|passenger plane]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4488361.stm (BBC)]
* The [[death toll]] in the [[Amagasaki rail crash]] in Japan exceeds 91, and may increase to over 100. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=335311 (Japan Today)] [http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200504270137.html (Asahi Shimbun)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8305798 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a0cEPLq5yG2k&refer=japan (Bloomberg)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=NIOMAVDO32WWICRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8308438 (Reuters)]
* Former [[Nepal]]ese Prime Minister [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]] is arrested for alleged [[Political corruption|corruption]] after he refuses to appear in court. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BOM201576.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.blog.com.np/index.php?p=506 (United We Blog)] [http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Nepalturmoil&slug=Deuba+held+in+Nepal&id=16766&callid=0&category=International (NDTV)]
* A [[Moscow]] court postpones verdict on the case of [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]] until May 16. [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/04/27/khodordelayed.shtml (Mosnews)] [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050427/39747159.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8306948 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aibowh5OjC.w&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)]
* In central [[Sri Lanka]], at [[Polgahawela]], a [[Polgahawela level crossing collision|passenger train crashes into a bus]] on a [[level crossing]]; 35&ndash;50 persons are feared to be dead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4488251.stm (BBC)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a2awAoZTDpbw&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8308221 (Reuters)]
* The date of the next [[elections in Lebanon]] is set for May 29. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-04-27T074244Z_01_SIN727703_RTRUKOC_0_LEBANON-ELECTIONS.xml (Reuters)]
* [[Colombia]]n president [[Álvaro Uribe]] sacks four top army [[general]]s for disagreeing with his army reforms. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27646700.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* In [[Togo]], opposition resistance against election victory of [[Faure Gnassingbé]] escalates into violence. At least 33 have died in the clashes. Opposition leader [[Bob Akitani]] declares himself president. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200504270729.html (AllAfrica)] [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,6119,2-11-1447_1696571,00.html (News24)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8314991 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4488849.stm (BBC)]
* [[Mexico|Mexican]] president [[Vicente Fox]] accepts resignation of his attorney general [[Rafael Macedo]] and orders review of the [[contempt of court]] case of [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]. [http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=10296&tabla=miami (El Universal)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8322106 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aK_6tzl5P4Oc&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)]
* [[Amnesty International]] appeals to the government of [[Yemen]] to stop [[execution (legal)|execution]] of [[Amina Ali Abduladif]]. She is sentenced to death for murder and the execution is to take place May 2. [http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=836&p=local&a=1 (Yemen Times)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2776057.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* [[Zimbabwe]] opposition party [[Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005)|Movement for Democratic Change]] says that the country has run out of [[maize]] grain and asks [[Robert Mugabe]] to apply for foreign [[food aid]]. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1114610760757B213 (IOL)] [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MMQD-6BULFS?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27378289.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* In India, [[Gautam Goswami]], director of flood relief in [[Bihar]], is accused of misdirecting funds. He denies any wrongdoing. [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Flood+relief+scam%3A+Buta+clarifies+stand&id=72169 (NDTV)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1091145.cms (Times of India)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1088997.cms (Times of India)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4489411.stm (BBC)]
* [[Cherif Bassiouni]], former [[United Nations]] [[human rights]] envoy to [[Afghanistan]], says he lost his job due to [[United States of America|US]] pressure. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4491163.stm (BBC)]
* [[John Gudenus]] of the [[Austria]]n [[Freedom Party of Austria|Freedom Party]] causes controversy when he questions the existence of [[Nazism|Nazi]] gas chambers and later leaves the party. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/569406.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4491231.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Vietnam]], six people are arrested for trying to sell human remains as remains of [[missing in action|MIA]] US soldiers. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4489649.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Côte d'Ivoire]], opposition leader [[Alassane Ouattara]] welcomes President [[Laurent Gbagbo]]'s decision to let him contest elections. [[South Africa]]n president [[Thabo Mbeki]] welcomes it as well. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6BUG9K?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/d2409ad200d348482756eae48b2863f1.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4490269.stm (BBC)]
*In [[Scotland]] the [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/77.shtml M77] was opened by the First minister [[Jack Mcconnell]], from Fenwick in East Ayrshire to Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire replacing the old dangerous [http://www.a77campaign.co.uk A77] which has claimed many lives, including a local police officer.
 
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===[[April 28, 2005]]===
* Almost three months after the [[Iraqi legislative election, January 2005|legislative election]] in [[Iraq]], the [[National Assembly of Iraq|National Assembly]] voted overwhelmingly to approve a [[Shi'a]]-led [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]], establishing the first elected government in the [[history of Iraq]]. Two of the four deputy prime minister's slots remained vacant, however, and five [[Ministry (government department)|ministries]], including the important defence and oil slots, were left in the hands of temporary managers. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/29/news/iraq.php (International Herald Tribune)], [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050428/w0428112.html (CBC)]
* The [[Ivory-billed Woodpecker]], long thought to be [[extinct]], has been rediscovered in the "Big Woods" area of [[Arkansas]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/28/woodpecker/index.html (CNN)]
* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] publishes the advice of [[Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith|Lord Goldsmith]], the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]], on the legality of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4492439.stm (BBC News)], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1472115,00.html (Guardian)]
* The [[Edvard Munch]] [[painting]]s ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Edvard Munch)|Madonna]]'', which were stolen from the [[Munch Museum]] in [[Oslo]] on August 22, 2004, may have been burned, says the [[Norway|Norwegian]] newspaper Dagbladet. The Oslo police do not confirm the rumour. The paintings reappear in August 2006. [http://www.norwaypost.no/content.asp?cluster_id=27642&folder_id=1 (Norway Post)]
* The [[death toll]] in the [[Amagasaki rail crash]] in Japan rises to 104. Rescuers find the body of the train's driver. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=335311 (Japan Today)], [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T73025.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* The [[United Nations]] [[International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]] sentences [[Mika Muhimana]], former [[Hutu]] civic leader, to [[life imprisonment]] for his role in the [[Rwandan genocide]]. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=136&art_id=qw111469176324B265 (IOL)] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200504280083.html (AllAfrica)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/274e00f6b504b972c331bb5a90d9fc24.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Gunmen kidnap [[Haiti]]an political leader [[Jean Enold Buteau]], head of the [[Movement for National Reconstruction]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28120302.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* A [[Bulgaria]]n court releases [[Serbia]]n [[war crime]]s suspect [[Cedomir Brankovic|Čedomir Branković]] because of his [[diplomatic immunity]]. [http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=47181 (Sofia News Agency)] [http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=20090 (Bulgarian News Network)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4495829.stm (BBC)]
* In France, [[Bernard Guillet]], an aide to former interior minister [[Charles Pasqua]] is questioned in connection with the [[oil for food]] probe. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/23f51508-b782-11d9-9f22-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4495691.stm (BBC)]
* [[Switzerland|Swiss]] engineers blast through the [[Lötschberg Tunnel]] through the [[Alps]] from Germany to Italy. The tunnel will be ready for traffic in two years. [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5730100&cKey=1114678983000 (SwissInfo)] [http://www.nzz.ch/2005/04/29/eng/article5732050.html (NZZ)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4492359.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Kenya]], British peer and Kenyan rancher [[Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley|Thomas Cholmondeley]] is charged with the murder of two [[Maasai people|Maasai]] game wardens. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1114680601264B256 (IOL)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,12689,1472924,00.html (Guardian)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4493909.stm (BBC)]
* In Australia, [[Palacom]] has received permission to create a [[cemetery]] for upright burials. [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15121199%255E2862,00.html (Herald Sun)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD107137.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4493655.stm (BBC)]
* [[Venezuela]]n president [[Hugo Chávez]] visits [[Cuba]] to foster cooperation between the countries. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4495975.stm (BBC)] [http://www.periodico26.cu/english_new/cuba/chavez280405.htm (Periodico26)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8340185 (Reuters)]
 
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===[[April 29, 2005]]===
* The next launch of the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']], [[STS-114]], is delayed until at least July 13. This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the [[Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' disaster]] in February 2003. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4496955.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/29/shuttle.delay/index.html (CNN)]
* U.S. Congressman [[Rob Portman]] was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] to be [[United States Trade Representative]]. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BD8143D14-B626-4FD8-8D82-1568451035C3%7D&siteid=google (CBS Marketwatch)]
* The death toll in the [[Amagasaki rail crash]] in Japan totals 106. Rescue efforts are over and police begin the crash investigation. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=335311 (Japan Today)]
* [[Kuomintang]] Chairman [[Lien Chan]] meets with [[Communist Party of China Secretary-General]] [[Hu Jintao]] in the highest level contact between leaders of the two parties since the meeting of [[Chiang Kai-shek]] and [[Mao Zedong]] in August 1945 at the end of the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/85702204-b864-11d9-bc7c-00000e2511c8.html]
* A prominent article in the state-owned China Securities Journal says conditions are ripe for changes in the country's policy of keeping the [[Renminbi|yuan]] pegged to the [[U.S. dollar]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/29/AR2005042901705.html (Washington Post)]
* Three currencies join the [[European Exchange Rate Mechanism|ERM]] II: The [[Cyprus pound]], the [[Latvian lats|Latvian lat]], and the [[Maltese Lira]]. The ERM II is one of the steps needed for a currency to become part of the Eurozone. [http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/050429215029.w0uofrf7 EUbusiness]
* [[Webkinz]] were made
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* Apple releases Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger.
===[[April 30, 2005]]===
*[[April 2005 terrorist attacks in Cairo|Cairo terrorism]]: Tourists in the [[Egypt]]ian capital [[Cairo]] are targeted in two separate [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4501263.stm (BBC)]
* U.S. Senator [[John Kerry]] formally endorses a candidate for mayor of [[Los Angeles]], [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], repaying Mr. Villaraigosa's support for his own presidential campaign in 2004(AP)
* King [[Gyanendra]] of [[Nepal]] ends the [[state of emergency]]. Press censorship and ban of political activities continues. [http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=nepalturmoil&slug=Nepal+king+still+reins+supreme&id=72365&callid=1 (NDTV)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/01/news/nepal.php (IHT)]
* US releases a report that clears soldiers who shot Italian intelligence agent [[Nicola Calipari]] and journalist [[Giuliana Sgrena]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4499289.stm (full text on BBC)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/italian.shooting/ (CNN)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=8352644 (Reuters)]
* In [[Roraima]], [[Brazil]], [[Macuxi]] Indians release four policemen they had held as [[hostage]]s since April 22. The Macuxi protested against the creation of a huge reservation and demanded better living conditions. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4502689.stm (BBC)] [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=718433 (ABC)]
* In [[Honduras]], six children die in a [[grenade]] accident. [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=463312005 (Scotsman)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8351167&type=worldNews (Reuters)]
* [[Severo Moto]], exiled politician from [[Equatorial Guinea]], reappears in [[Spain]]. He says that he survived an [[assassination]] attempt in [[Croatia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4502723.stm (BBC)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-04-30T195730Z_01_CAS071771_RTRUKOC_0_EQUITORIALGUINEA-DISAPPEARANCE.xml (Reuters)]
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