April 24, 2005

April 24, 2005

"See also": April 23, 2005 - April 2005 - April 25, 2005----
* About 1 million people march silently through Mexico City in support of the capital's embattled mayor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aM93blcVRAa4&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/24/mexico.reut/ (CNN)] [http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=10267&tabla=miami (El Universal)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4479771.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1469424,00.html (The Guardian)]
* Togolese presidential election, 2005: Three killed, amid claims of fraud in tense election in Togo to choose the successor to President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, hardline ruler for 38 years, from amongst Faure Gnassingbé, the 39-year-old son of the late leader, and several challengers led by Emmanuel Bob-Akitani. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/April/theworld_April575.xml&section=theworld (Khaleej Times)] , [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/04/24/togo.elex.ap/ (CNN)]
* Leaders of Asian and African countries celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bandung Conference. [http://english.people.com.cn/200504/25/eng20050425_182578.html (People's Daily Online)] , [http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=189799 (KeralaNext)] , [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/24/content_2871253.htm (XinHua)]
* Tens of thousands of Armenians mark the 90th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050424/w042406.html (CBC)] , [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24647754.htm (Reuters)]
* Soyuz TMA-5: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan, bringing 3 astronauts, Russian Salizhan Sharipov, Chinese American Leroy Chiao and Italian Roberto Vittori, safely back to Earth from the International Space Station. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=8274891 (Reuters)]
* Pope Benedict XVI is formally installed as Pope of the Catholic Church in an inaugural mass. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4477769.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/23/pope.inaugural/index.html (CNN)]
* Ousted president of Ecuador, Lucio Gutiérrez, moves to exile in Brazil. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8273594 (Reuters)] [http://www.itv.com/news/world_517322.html (ITV)]
* Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez ends military cooperation with USA, claiming that US army training officers in the country have been agitating unrest against him. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8274804 (Reuters)]
* In Kuwait, around 7000 Bengali workers storm the embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait City to protest against unpaid wages. [http://www.bangladeshjournal.com/index.php?ID=3884&tim=24-4-2005 (Bangladesh Journal)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=8120 (Al-Jazeera] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24657775.htm (Reuters)]
* Forty Pakistani Christians are arrested in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for practicing their religion in violation of a Saudi law forbidding the practice of any religion but Islam. [http://www.christiantoday.com/news/meast/289.htm Christian Today] .


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