- February 27, 2005
February 27 ,2005 *
Syria is reported to have handed overSaddam Hussein s' half-brother,Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti , to the interimIraq i government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4303037.stm (BBC)]
* TheWorld Health Organization 'sFramework Convention on Tobacco Control becomeslegally binding uponratifying 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 inVillajoyosa ,Spain , after a warning by the Basque separatist groupETA . 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 toIran for development of anuclear reactor , stating that tough safeguards will be enacted to prevent any diversion to anuclear weapon s 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 CountyDistrict Attorney Nola Foulston denies reports that Dennis Rader has confessed to theBTK killings, calling whatever anonymous source theAssociated Press has cited "unreliable." [http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/11009169.htm Wichita Eagle]
*India n divers have found more evidence of possible underwater ruins of a port city near theTamil Nadu coast. The ruins were revealed after the2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake .Archaeological Survey of India connects them to the legendary city ofMahabalipuram [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)]
* InSomalia , 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)]
* InTogo , police clash with protesters who denounce selection ofAbass Bonfoh to replaceFaure Gnassingbé as an interim president. Opposition protesters support former parliamentary speakerFambare Ouattara Natchaba [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/4523b078c9a8e3cf872268ba27276e0b.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4303123.stm (BBC)]
* InJapan , engineers finish blasting a 26.5 km (16.5 miles) longrailway tunnel through a mountain in theAomori 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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