February 27, 2005

February 27, 2005

February 27, 2005

* Syria is reported to have handed over Saddam Husseins' half-brother, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti, to the interim Iraqi government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4303037.stm (BBC)]
* The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control becomes legally binding upon ratifying countries. [http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-27-voa6.cfm (VOA)] [http://health.dailynewscentral.net/content/view/000431/31/ (DNC)]
* A small bomb explodes at a hotel in Villajoyosa, Spain, after a warning by the Basque separatist group ETA. No one is injured. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/27/spain.explosion.ap/ (CNN)] [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=42286 (eitb24)]
* Russia agrees to sell fuel to Iran for development of a nuclear reactor, stating that tough safeguards will be enacted to prevent any diversion to a nuclear weapons programme. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7749443 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4301889.stm (BBC)]
* Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston denies reports that Dennis Rader has confessed to the BTK killings, calling whatever anonymous source the Associated Press has cited "unreliable." [http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/11009169.htm Wichita Eagle]
* Indian divers have found more evidence of possible underwater ruins of a port city near the Tamil Nadu coast. The ruins were revealed after the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake. Archaeological Survey of India connects them to the legendary city of Mahabalipuram [http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=130943 (KeralaNext)] [http://newstodaynet.com/26FEB/RF14.HTM (News Today)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4302115.stm (BBC)]
* In Somalia, some cabinet ministers and warlords denounce government proposals to deploy foreign peacekeepers [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1668605,00.html (News24)] [http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=8258 (Sudan Tribune)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4302631.stm (BBC)]
* In Togo, police clash with protesters who denounce selection of Abass Bonfoh to replace Faure Gnassingbé as an interim president. Opposition protesters support former parliamentary speaker Fambare Ouattara Natchaba [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/4523b078c9a8e3cf872268ba27276e0b.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4303123.stm (BBC)]
* In Japan, engineers finish blasting a 26.5 km (16.5 miles) long railway tunnel through a mountain in the Aomori prefecture. The tunnel is the longest in the world so far [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=329127 (Japan Today)] [http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/02/21/daily67.html (Pacific Business News)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/134693/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4302291.stm (BBC)]


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