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April 3, 2005
Conflict in Iraq: A group of at least 40 Iraqi insurgents attacks
Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, using car bombs, grenades, and small
arms. At least 20 American soldiers and 12 Iraqi prisoners are
injured, but the US Army says it has put down the assault. (NYT)
(BBC)
Various world leaders express their condolences
for the death of Pope John Paul II, including Queen Elizabeth
II, John Howard, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
and Lawrence Gonzi. (AFR)
Pope John Paul II 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.
(Fox News)
Deposed president of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev agrees to officially
resign. (Moscow Times) (Reuters) (IHT)
A man wielding a sword attacks a Tamil
church congregation in Stuttgart, Germany, kills a woman and
seriously injures three other people. (Bloomberg) (BBC)
The Marburg virus death toll in Angola
rises to 146, one of them an Italian female physician in Uige.
(Recombinomics) (News24) (BBC)
In Thailand, two bombs explode in Hat Yai
and one in Songkhla. Two are dead and dozens injured. (Channel
News Asia) (BBC) (Bloomberg)
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