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April 11, 2005
Yad Vashem bestow the honour of "Righteous Among the Nations"
posthumously upon a 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. (BBC)
At least 54 Hindu pilgrims have been killed
when a dam in the Madhya Pradesh state in India is apparently
opened by mistake. (BBC)
Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and militant
organisation, flies another unmanned drone plane over Israel.
Hezbollah claims the "reconnaissance mission" was in
retaliation for alleged Israeli violations of Lebanese Airspace.
Israel quickly retaliates by sending jets to fly at a low altitude
over southern Lebanon and caused sonic booms. (BBC)
The election of a new secretary general
of the Organization of American States ends in an unprecedented
stalemate after five rounds of voting. (BBC)
U.S. President George W. Bush praises the
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for his "courageous
initiative" to pull all Israeli settlements out of the Gaza
Strip, however Bush also told Sharon not to expand other existing
settlements. The two leaders met in Texas, USA. (BBC Video) (BBC)
(CNN)
Tulip Revolution: The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan
finally approves the resignation of deposed President Askar Akayev.
(Fox News)
Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China:
20,000 protesters marching in two cities in southern Guangdong
province objecting to a recently amended Japanese schoolbook
which allegedly glosses over Japan's imperialist past. (CNN)
Jeremy Jaynes, estimated to be the world's
eighth most prolific spammer, is sentenced to nine years imprisonment.
(IDG), (Spamfo.co.uk)
The International Court of Justice at The
Hague begins hearing a complaint by the Democratic Republic of
Congo that Uganda of invaded its territory and committed human
rights violations. (AllAfrica) (BBC)
Australian Liberal MP David Tollner urges
people to kill poisonous cane toads with cricket bats and golf
clubs. The toads have become a nuisance in the Northern Territory.
Animal rights groups prefer freezing them to death. (ABC) (Reuters
AlertNet) (BBC)
A 9-story factory building collapses in
Dhaka, Bangladesh; five deaths are reported. (Reuters AlertNet)
(BBC)
The World Health Organization announces
that 203 people have died in Angola from the Marburg virus. News.com.au
A court in Oslo, Norway, detains a man
suspected of involved with the theft of the Edvard Munch paintings
The Scream and Madonna. (Afternposten) (Reuters)
Nepal allows United Nations Human Rights
Commission to send monitors to the country to investigate claims
of human rights abuses. (Times of India) (Bloomberg) (Reuters
AlertNet) (BBC)
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