January 21, 2005

January 21, 2005

January 21 2005

*In Belize, the unrest continues for a second day. Water has been cut and government buildings have been torched. [http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_nc_results.php#a1 (Belize channel 5)] [http://www.7newsbelize.com/ (Belize channel 7)]
* Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
**The Palestinian Authority redeploys paramilitary police in Gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. [http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050121/2005-01-21T141433Z_01_L21551373_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MIDEAST-DC.html (Reuters)]
** Hamas publishes a document in which it recognizes the 1967 borders. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/530313.html (Haaretz)]
* B15A, the world's largest iceberg with 160 km length, seems to have run aground in Antarctica, threatening to cut off supply ships for a number of scientific research stations and to starve tens of thousands of penguins. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/01/20/iceberg-050120.html (CBC)]
* Conflict in Iraq:
** 5 Danish troops, including an army intelligence officer, have been charged with mistreating Iraqi prisoners in southern Iraq last year. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4195021.stm (BBC)]
** At least 14 people die in a car bombing at a Shi'a mosque in Iraq's capital, amid threats of a long war from a key militant. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4194027.stm (BBC)]
* In Lucerne, Switzerland, a trial opens against a nurse accused of killing 24 patients. [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=4630337 (SwissInfo)]
* The Italian government condemns the destruction of an Italian cemetery in Mogadishu, Somalia. Local militia wanted to clear the area for a base. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4193303.stm (BBC)]
* Italian police have arrested number of people connected to smuggling of illegal immigrants from Libya. [http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200501201122-1031-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia (AGI)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4191781.stm (BBC)]
* Chilean judge Sergio Munoz intends to launch an international investigation for secret bank accounts of Augusto Pinochet. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7385208 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4193269.stm (BBC)]
* In France, teachers and civil servants join the growing numbers of strikers to protest over job cuts in the public sector. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4190275.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7385592 (Reuters)]
* The relatives of victims of Kursk submarine disaster appeal to the European Court of Human Rights for an additional investigation into the catastrophe. [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/01/20/kurskclaim.shtml (Mosnews)] [http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/1037/news/n_14642.htm (St.Petersburg Times)]
* France extradites Holger Pfahls, former German deputy defence minister suspected of corruption. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1464092,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=afWUrSFQ2weQ&refer=germany (Bloomberg)] [http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_01_20_2645.html (PolitInfo)]


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