February 7, 2005

February 7, 2005

February 7 2005

*Englishwoman Ellen MacArthur sets a record for the quickest round-the-world solo sail. She completed the 27,354 mile journey in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds, breaking the old record of 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds, set by Francis Joyon in 2004, which itself took 20 days off the previous record. ( [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050207/ap_on_sp_ot/around_the_world_sailing_record Associated Press] ) ( [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13297596,00.html Sky News] )
* A number of people are taken hostage in the Spanish consulate in Bern, Switzerland. [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=5520655 (SwissInfo)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4242491.stm (BBC)]
* Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo asks other African states not to recognize the transfer of power in Togo to Faure Gnassingbé. The African Union has also condemned the move. [http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/411172.htm (IAfrica)]
* Spanish police in the Canary Islands find a drifting boat containing 227 African migrants. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4242055.stm (BBC)]
* In Guatemala, the constitutional court stops a trial of 16 military officers accused of war crimes and killing hundreds of civilians. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7545678 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4238417.stm (BBC)]
* In Nepal, the state media reports that the new government of King Gyanendra of Nepal offers talks to Maoist rebels. At the same time, Nepalese government forces begin a new offensive against the rebels.


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