- March 16, 2005
March 16 2005 *
Israel formally handsJericho toPalestinian Authority control, which is likely to strengthenMahmoud Abbas . The PA will resume security control over the city and will have to make sure that wanted militants will remain in check. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/mideast_dc (Yahoo!)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4353109.stm (BBC)]
* Anti-fascist protesters in the center ofRiga ,Latvia , end up in custody after trying to stop the annual march ofWaffen-SS veterans and young radical nationalists. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4353997.stm (BBC)]
*Russia announces that it will payUS$ 10 m to the people who betrayed Chechen separatist leaderAslan Maskhadov , who was killed by Russian special forces. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1438509,00.html (The Guardian)]
* President ofBolivia Carlos Mesa has asked the country's congress to approve early elections in August to replace him to "prevent bloodbath". There are still widespread opposition protests against his economic policies. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7912341 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aUPgmsV8QdTE&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4351227.stm (BBC)]
* President ofEl Salvador ,Tony Saca , criticises new inquiries of TheInter-American Commission on Human Rights intoEl Mozote massacre in1981 . [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15646173.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4352741.stm (BBC)]
* TheUnited States Senate accuses seven USbank s of complicity of allowingAugusto Pinochet to set up 100bank account s to hide money total to US$15 million. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7914175 (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/03/16/pinochet.funds/ (CNN)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4352905.stm (BBC)]
*Amnesty International states that fair elections are "impossible" inZimbabwe . [http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR460042005 (Amnesty International)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15707620.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15707620.htm (News24)]
* In the Supreme Court ofBritish Columbia today, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were foundnot guilty in their trial for the bombing ofAir India Flight 182. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050316.w4airindiamain0316/BNStory/National/ (The Globe and Mail)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7923863 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aG32VeuUFtVw&refer=Canada (Bloomberg)]
*European Union postpones negotiations forCroatia 's possible membership. Delegates state thatZagreb has not cooperated with theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in trying to arrest suspected war criminalAnte Golovina . [http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=18680 (EUObserver)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=avNlGBIL6mjk&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-03-16T165807Z_01_DOB644406_RTRUKOC_0_BC-EU-CROATIA-DELAY.xml (Reuters)] [http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050316-114815-2069r (World Peace Herald)]
* Aplane crash inRussia kills 28, some of them employees ofLukoil oil company. [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/16/crashsurvivors.shtml (Mosnews)] [http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5463986&startrow=1&date=2005-03-16&do_alert=0 (RIA Novosti)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a2nqlw1.tHlo&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)]
*Zambia n government files corruption charges against ex-presidentFrederick Chiluba in a British High Court. He is accused of defrauding the state of the equivalent of US$35 million. [http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:42380979:517bbb3f4296ca78?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7916876 (Reuters SA)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4354069.stm (BBC)]
*United Nations withdraws its foreign personnel from west ofDarfur after threats from pro-government militias. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200503160826.html (AllAfrica)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7924401 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4354933.stm (BBC)]
*Iran publicly executesserial killer Mohammad Bijeh , nicknamed the "Tehran Desert Vampire". [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=30514&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs (IranMania)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HOS653761.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4353449.stm (BBC)]
* InJapan , Hitachi unveils two examples of its wheeledrobot Emiew . [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7903371 (Reuters)] [http://slashdot.org/articles/05/03/16/2314240.shtml?tid=126&tid=216 (Slashdot)]
* InChina ,smth , the biggest BBS in chinese campus, announced that IP outside theTsinghua University would be blocked off. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050322/tc_nm/china_internet_dc (yahoo)]
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