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April 28, 2005
Almost three months after the legislative election in Iraq, the
National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to approve a Shi'a-led
cabinet, establishing the first elected government in the history
of Iraq. Two of the four deputy prime minister's slots remained
vacant, however, and five ministries, including the important
defence and oil slots, were left in the hands of temporary managers.
(International Herald Tribune), (CBC)
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, long thought
to be extinct, has been rediscovered in the "Big Woods"
area of Arkansas. (CNN)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair publishes
the advice of Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, on the legality
of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (BBC News), (Guardian)
The Edvard Munch paintings The Scream and
Madonna, which were stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo on August
22, 2004, may have been burned, says the Norwegian newspaper
Dagbladet. The Oslo police do not confirm the rumour. The paintings
reappear in August 2006. (Norway Post)
The death toll in the Amagasaki rail crash
in Japan rises to 104. Rescuers find the body of the train's
driver. (Japan Today), (Reuters AlertNet)
The United Nations International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda sentences Mika Muhimana, former Hutu civic
leader, to life imprisonment for his role in the Rwandan genocide.
(IOL) (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet)
Gunmen kidnap Haitian political leader
Jean Enold Buteau, head of the Movement for National Reconstruction.
(Reuters AlertNet)
A Bulgarian court releases Serbian war
crimes suspect Cedomir Brankovic because of his diplomatic immunity.
(Sofia News Agency) (Bulgarian News Network) (BBC)
In France, Bernard Guillet, an aide to
former interior minister Charles Pasqua is questioned in connection
with the oil for food probe. (Financial Times) (BBC)
Swiss engineers blast through the Lötschberg
Tunnel through the Alps from Germany to Italy. The tunnel will
be ready for traffic in two years. (SwissInfo) (NZZ) (BBC)
In Kenya, British peer and Kenyan rancher
Thomas Cholmondeley is charged with the murder of two Maasai
game wardens. (IOL) (Guardian) (BBC)
In Australia, Palacom has received permission
to create a cemetery for upright burials. (Herald Sun) (Reuters
AlertNet) (BBC)
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez
visits Cuba to foster cooperation between the countries. (BBC)
(Periodico26) (Reuters)
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