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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. (Reuters) (NY Times)
Papal conclave, 2005: Ringing bells and
white smoke at the Vatican indicate that, after four ballots,
a new Pope, German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, has been elected.
He has taken the regnal name Pope Benedict XVI. (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. (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. (Al
Jazeera)
Victims and families observe 168 seconds
of silence on the tenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing
at 9:02 a.m. (local time). (Guardian)
Iran suspends operations of al Jazeera
and accuses it of inflaming protests of the Iranian Arab minority.
220 people have been arrested during the unrest. (Al Jazeera),
(IRNA), (Middle East Online), (Reuters), (BBC)
The inquiry into the murder of Rosemary
Nelson, a Northern Ireland solicitor who was killed by a UDA
bomb in 1999, begins. (Ireland On-Line), (BBC), (Scotsman)
Peruvian authorities submit a $130 million
plan to UNESCO to preserve the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
(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.
(Reuters), (BBC)
Japanese researchers have reversed diabetes
of a female patient with transplantation of pancreatic cells
from her mother. (Medical News Today) (Reuters) (Forbes)
A high court in Spain sentences Adolfo
Scilingo, former Argentinian navy captain, for 640 years in prison
for crimes against humanity during the Dirty War. (Reuters AlertNet)
(IHT) (CourtTV) (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. (IHT) (Reuters AlertNet) (Scotsman)
Israel extends the travel ban of Mordechai
Vanunu. (Ha'arets) (Jerusalem Post) (BBC)
In Syria, Jassem Alwan, who lead a failed military coup in 1963,
returns from exile in the United Arab Emirates. (BBC)
The parliament of Kuwait gives initial
backing to law that would allow women to vote. (Al Jazeera) (Middle
east Online) (BBC)
Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati forms
a new government to lead the country until the May elections.
(Daily Star) (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
French police state that DNA tests confirm
that the body found in the French Alps is Anthony Ashley-Cooper,
Earl of Shaftesbury. (Scotsman) (BBC)
Auction house Christie's withdraws an ancient
Persian relic from sale when Iran states that it was smuggled
out of the country illegally. (CHN) (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
The parliament of Greece ratifies the European
Union Constitution. (MPA) (EUBusiness) (IHT)
President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
meets the president of the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo, in Manila.
(Pakistan Times) (Manila Bulletin) (Sun Star) (BBC)
Zanzibar bars foreign workers. (IOL) (BBC)
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