- March 3, 2005
March 3 ,2005 * In
Belgium ,Naïma Amzil , aMuslim woman leaves her job after her employer is targeted with a seventh death threat, sent by a group namedNew Free Flanders ( _nl. Nieuw Vrij Vlaanderen). She is targeted because she is Muslim and wears aheadscarf at work. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4315837.stm (BBC)] [http://195.224.230.11/english/?id=12884 (Middle East Online)]
* Four officers of theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police are shot dead while investigating a man suspected of stealing a pickup truck, west ofEdmonton, Alberta . This is the largest single death toll for RCMP officers since theNorthwest Rebellion . [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/03/03/alberta-shooting050303.html (CBC)]
* Five men who had been sentenced to death for therape ofMukhtar Mai , who was raped as punishment for another rape falsely attributed to her brother, are acquitted on appeal. APakistan itribal council allegedly ordered the rape of Mukhtar Mai in February 2002. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4314153.stm (BBC)]
* ThePeople's Republic of China issues a report condemning the human rights record of theUnited States , three days after the United States issued a report condemning China's human rights record. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4313909.stm (BBC)] [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/03/eng20050303_175402.html (People's Daily)]
* InIndonesia ,Muslim clericAbu Bakar Bashir is found guilty of conspiracy for his involvement in the2002 Bali bombing , but was found not guilty of all charges surrounding the 2003 bombing of theMarriott hotel inJakarta . He received a two and a half year jail sentence. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4312199.stm (BBC)] [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050303122643&irec=3 (Jakarta Post)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7792404 (Reuters)]
* InChina , adynamite explosion in a home of a miner kills 20 people, most of them schoolchildren [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/03/content_2643274.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7791450 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4313801.stm (BBC)]
* InJapan ,Yoshiaki Tsutsumi , millionaire and chairman ofKokudo Corporation , is indicted ininsider trading and false financial reports [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20050303wo21.htm (Daily Yomiuri)] [http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200503010170.html (Asahi Shimbun)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=peopleNews&storyID=2005-03-03T031510Z_01_N02452593_RTRIDST_0_PEOPLE-CRIME-JAPAN-TSUTSUMI-DC.XML (Reuters)]
*Steve Fossett 'sGlobalFlyer touches down atSalina, Kansas , completing his nonstop around-the-world flight. Fossett had overcome earlier fuel problems to become the first person to achieve the flight solo. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/03/globalflyer.fossett/ (CNN)]
*After 5 months in prison,Martha Stewart is released fromCamp Cupcake at 12:30 EDT. [http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/03/news/newsmakers/martha_walkup/index.htm?cnn=yes (CNN)]
* InSouth Africa , police look for three killers ofThulani Zulu ,Zulu prince and ANC official. Thulani Zulu was killed in adrive-by shooting . IFP also condemns the act [http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,99184,00.html (SABC] [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw1109844361159B265 (IOL)] [http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1670789,00.html (News24)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4314003.stm (BBC)]
*Zimbabwe intends to release 62 mercenaries connected to failedcoup attempt in theEquatorial Guinea last year. Most of the suspected mercenaries areSouth Africa n. [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:4227fcdb:c2cea6312a7e3aa4?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7805351 (Reuters SA)] [http://iafrica.com/news/sa/686288.htm (IAfrica)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4314223.stm (BBC)]
* FBI sends a special agent toAzerbaijan to help in the investigation of murderElmar Huseynov . editor in chief of "Monitor" magazine. The magazine has often criticized the government of the country. [http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=12699 (Baku Today)] [http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/newsarticle.asp?UILang=1&CId=294690&CIdLang=1 (IJNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4315439.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cascfen.org/news.php?nid=935&cid=6 (CASCFEN)]
*World Trade Organization upheld a ruling that orders USA to stop subsidies to itscotton farmers. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aaFLdCfnAbgk&refer=australia (Bloomberg)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/04/business/worldbusiness/04cotton.html (New York Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4316671.stm (BBC)]
*Mexico allocates equivalent to US$ 2.7 million to compensate relatives of more than 300 women killed inCiudad Juárez since 1993. [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=13507&Cr=Mexico&Cr1= (UN News Centre)] [http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3024154 (KLTV)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4316479.stm (BBC)]
* InAngers ,France , 66 people go into trial for sexual child abuse and child prostitution of 45 victims of various ages. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7800888 (Reuters)] [] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1430022,00.html (Guardian)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4313747.stm (BBC)]
* InNaples ,Italy , police has arrested at least 42 people during a large operation againstCamorra . [http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200503031143-1039-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia (AGI)] [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12435787-23109,00.html (News.Com.Au)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4314945.stm (BBC)]
* Scientists atFlorida State University conclude that "Homo floresiensis " is a separate species from "Homo sapiens " and belongs in the "Homo"genus through computer mapping of itsbrain . [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7802630 (Reuters)] , [http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/03/03/hobbits050303.html (CBC)]
* At 18:17Z, a 3500-tonne freighter,M/V Karen Danielsen , crashes into the Western bridge of theGreat Belt Bridge ofDenmark , 800 m fromFunen . All traffic across the bridge stopped, effectively separating Denmark in two. [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1672740,00.html (News24)]
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