March 17, 2005

March 17, 2005

March 17 2005

* At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider particle accelerator in Upton, New York, physicist Horatiu Nastase may have created a black hole. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4357613.stm (BBC)]
* The People's Republic of China frees Uyghur dissident and businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer on medical parole. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4357637.stm (BBC)]
* U.S. Congressman Rob Portman (R-Ohio) was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the United States Trade Representative, replacing Robert Zoellick. Portman is subject to Senate confirmation. (Reuters) [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/03/17/us.trade.rep.reut/]
* Transparency International (TI), a nonprofit which works against corruption, warns about US companies overcharging for the rebuilding of Iraq. A TI study showed that a multi-million-dollar deal was awarded to a US company only for it to sub-contract the work to an Iraqi firm for a fraction of the cost. [http://www.zaman.com/?bl=national&alt=&hn=17558 (Zaman)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B20401BD-E520-4F0D-A234-9082A2FCC58A.htm (Aljazeera)]
* A number of non-governmental organizations meet in Geneva, Switzerland in the World Water Forum. They call for water to be treated as a common asset instead of being privatized. [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5607616 (Swissinfo)]
* In China, a bus explosion kills about 30 people in Jiangxi province. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/17/content_425865.htm (China Daily)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK336757.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/137796/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4356797.stm (BBC)]
* In Bolivia, opposition leader Evo Morales calls off blockades against the government of Carlos Mesa after it raises taxes of foreign energy companies. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aLwVH4szxGSw&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7927339 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4356547.stm (BBC)]
* London police say they have foiled an attempt to steal £220 million from the London offices of the Sumitomo Mitsui Bank. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4356661.stm (BBC)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-03-17T021526Z_01_CAS703415_RTRUKOC_0_CRIME-BRITAIN-SUMITOMO.xml (Reuters UK)]
* The only remaining statue in Madrid of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco is removed on government orders. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4357373.stm (BBC)]
* In Italy, the staff of Milan's La Scala opera vote for the resignation of the famous conductor Riccardo Muti. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=stageNews&storyID=2005-03-16T200736Z_01_L16669211_RTRIDST_0_STAGE-ARTS-SCALA-DC.XML (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4356545.stm (BBC)] .
* In Russia, Anatoly Chubais, head of Russia's state power monopoly Unified Energy System, survives an apparent ambush [http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11257109 (Interfax)] [http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5465951&startrow=1&date=2005-03-17&do_alert=0 (RIA Novosti)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-03-17T124525Z_01_ZWE726807_RTRUKOC_0_UTILITIES-RUSSIA-SHOOTING.xml (Reuters)]
* King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, intends to personally direct artificial rain making project to end drought in the country. He intends to use his own cloud seeding technique [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4358535.stm (BBC)]
* In Zimbabwe, president Robert Mugabe states in his election campaign that the country is short of food. Local opposition group the National Constitutional Assembly says that ZANU-PF use food as a political tool [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17477374.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Russian police arrests an Australian man who threatened to blow up a passenger plane [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/03/18/019.html (Moscow Times)] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12583078%255E23109,00.html (Australian)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17687260.htm (Reuters)]
* St Patrick's Day celebrations take place worldwide


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