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April 21, 2005
400 Iranian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupied
Islamic countries", particularly Israel, after being inspired
by a fatwa from a top hardline cleric giving religious backing
to suicide missions. (Reuters)
American, French and Israeli naval forces
rescue three Syrian and Egyptian sailors from a North Korean
ship that sank in international waters off the coast of Nahariya.
(Ynet)
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) fires two members suspected of passing on U.S. secrets
to Israel. (BBC)
Three Israeli soldiers are hurt when their
jeep triggers an IED roadside bomb, near the Karni crossing,
on the edge of the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)
The next launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery,
STS-114, is postponed until at least May 22. This is to be the
first Space Shuttle launch since the Columbia disaster in February
2003. (BBC)
New Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio
orders the arrest of former president Lucio Gutiérrez,
who takes refuge in the Brazilian embassy. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide,
the army of Myanmar (Burma) has used chemical weapons against
Karen rebels. (BBC)
In Zanzibar, an electoral commission accepts
Seif Shariff Hamad, secretary general of the opposition party
Civic United Front, as a legitimate voter and therefore eligible
candidate. (IPPMEdia, Zanzibar) (BBC)
U.S. Army Sergeant Hassan Akbar is found
guilty by a military jury of the murder of two fellow officers
in Kuwait, just prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (ABC)
Five American Muslims sue the Department
of Homeland Security for racial profiling after they were detained
for hours on the Canadian border while returning from a religious
conference. (Newsday) (Buffalo News) (IslamOnline) (Reuters)
(BBC)
The parliament of Spain gives initial approval
to legalized same-sex marriages and adoption by homosexual couples.
(Berria) (EITB) (Reuters)
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