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April 27, 2005
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 406-20 to rescind controversial
Republican ethics rules, in order to end a stalemate in the evenly-divided
Ethics Committee since their introduction in January. (AP), (Reuters)
Johnson Beharry becomes the first recipient
of the UK's highest military honor, the Victoria Cross since
1982 and the first living recipient since 1965. (AFP)
Two Palestinians, both aged 15, are arrested
in a checkpoint near Jenin after 11 explosive charges were found
on them. One teenager told interrogators that he was recruited
to act as a couriers by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the
second by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. (Haaretz), (AP photo)
The new Airbus A380 performs its maiden
flight, in Toulouse, France. The A380 replaces the Boeing 747
("jumbo jet") as the world's largest passenger plane.
(BBC)
The death toll in the Amagasaki rail crash
in Japan exceeds 91, and may increase to over 100. (Japan Today)
(Asahi Shimbun) (Reuters) (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
Former Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur
Deuba is arrested for alleged corruption after he refuses to
appear in court. (Reuters AlertNet) (United We Blog) (NDTV)
A Moscow court postpones verdict on the
case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky until May 16. (Mosnews) (RIA Novosti)
(Reuters) (Bloomberg)
In central Sri Lanka, at Polgahawela, a
passenger train crashes into a bus on a level crossing; 35–50
persons are feared to be dead. (BBC) (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
The date of the next elections in Lebanon
is set for May 29. (Reuters)
Colombian president Álvaro Uribe sacks four top army generals
for disagreeing with his army reforms. (Reuters AlertNet)
In Togo, opposition resistance against
election victory of Faure Gnassingbé escalates into violence.
At least 33 have died in the clashes. Opposition leader Bob Akitani
declares himself president. (AllAfrica) (News24) (Reuters) (BBC)
Mexican president Vicente Fox accepts resignation
of his attorney general Rafael Macedo and orders review of the
contempt of court case of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
(El Universal) (Reuters) (Bloomberg)
Amnesty International appeals to the government
of Yemen to stop execution of Amina Ali Abduladif. She is sentenced
to death for murder and the execution is to take place May 2.
(Yemen Times) (Reuters AlertNet)
Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for
Democratic Change says that the country has run out of maize
grain and asks Robert Mugabe to apply for foreign food aid. (IOL)
(ReliefWeb) (Reuters AlertNet)
In India, Gautam Goswami, director of flood
relief in Bihar, is accused of misdirecting funds. He denies
any wrongdoing. (NDTV) (Times of India) (Times of India) (BBC)
Cherif Bassiouni, former United Nations human rights envoy to
Afghanistan, says he lost his job due to US pressure. (BBC)
John Gudenus of the Austrian Freedom Party
causes controversy when he questions the existence of Nazi gas
chambers and later leaves the party. (Ha'aretz) (BBC)
In Vietnam, six people are arrested for trying to sell human
remains as remains of MIA US soldiers. (BBC)
In Côte d'Ivoire, opposition leader
Alassane Ouattara welcomes President Laurent Gbagbo's decision
to let him contest elections. South African president Thabo Mbeki
welcomes it as well. (ReliefWeb) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
In Scotland the M77 was opened by the First
minister Jack Mcconnell, from Fenwick in East Ayrshire to Newton
Mearns in East Renfrewshire replacing the old dangerous A77 which
has claimed many lives, including a local police officer.
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