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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 schoolbooks.
The complaint alleges the textbooks whitewash Japan's "imperialist"
past, and question Korean sovereignty of the disputed Liancourt
Rocks. (Korea Herald) (Japan Times)
Tony Blair calls the General Election in
the United Kingdom for May 5, 2005, on the same day as the local
elections. (BBC)
Five Guatemalan politicians are convicted
of racial discrimination for taunts hurled at Rigoberta Menchú.
(Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
Preliminary results of the Italian regional
elections show heavy losses for the parties in Silvio Berlusconi's
centre-right coalition. (Bloomberg) (Reuters) (BBC)
American newscaster Peter Jennings states
that he has lung cancer and will begin chemotherapy. (New York
Times)
Rwandan 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". (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. (The Hindu)
(Calcutta Telegraph) (Mumbai Newsline) (BBC)
In Egypt, thousands of university students
demonstrate for reform. (Middle East Online) (BBC)
Nigerian senate speaker Adolphus Wabara
resigns because of accusations that he took a large bribe from
the education minister. (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2005
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