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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. (Globe&Mail)
The Movement for Democratic Change, the
opposition party in Zimbabwe, presents 'proof of fraud' in the
recent parliamentary elections that kept Robert Mugabe and the
ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front in office.
(BBC) (Reuters via Yahoo!News)
At least 16 people are killed in Afghanistan
when a U.S. military Chinook helicopter crashes in the south-eastern
province of Ghazni. (BBC)
The College of Cardinals sets April 18
as the date for a conclave for a papal election to select a successor
to Pope John Paul II. (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. (SKY News)
Hong Kong's government asks Beijing to intervene in a dispute
over the term to be served by new Chief Executive. (BBC)
Jalal Talabani, a Kurdish leader, is named
as Iraq's President. (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. (BBC)
Murdered British banker Alistair Wilson
is buried in Nairn. The murderer is still at large. (Scotsman)
(BBC)
Monaco's Prince Rainier III dies at age
81. (NYT)
In Brazil, members of Landless Workers'
Movement (MST) occupy 12 farms trying to pressure the government
to speed up land reform. (Reuters AlertNet) (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. (This Is Guernsey) (BBC) (Reuters
SA)
Togolese 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. (Reuters AlertNet) (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'. (SEC press release)
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