April 2, 2005

April 2, 2005

"See also" April 1, 2005 - April 2005 - April 3, 2005

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* Pope John Paul II died at 9:37 p.m. Vatican time (CEST) at the age of 84, thus beginning the period of "Sede vacante".
* Sumatran earthquake: Nine Australian Defence Force personnel are missing, presumed dead, after a Sea King helicopter crash on the Indonesian island of Nias. Two personnel survive.
* Scientists at the California Institute of Technology devise a method to weigh the smallest mass ever, a cluster of xenon atoms weighing a few zeptograms, or billionths of a trillionth of a gram. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4394947.stm (BBC)] [http://www.aip.org/pnu/2005/split/725-1.html (AIP Bulletin)]
* Riccardo Muti resigns as music director of La Scala opera house, Milan after 18 years, following a vote of no-confidence by 700 orchestra members and staff last month. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4403819.stm (BBC)]
* In France, radical wine producers attack the offices of agriculture ministries in Montpellier and Carcassonne with dynamite. A group calling itself "Comité Régional d'Action Viticole" (Crav) takes responsibility. [http://www.couponmountain.ca/index.html (BBC)] [http://news.wine.co.za/News/News.aspx?NEWSID=6764&Source=HomePage (WineNews, SA)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=625568 (Independent)]
* In Nepal, former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala is released from house arrest and demands the return to democracy. [http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=93291 (New Kerala)] [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050403/asp/nation/story_4567700.asp (Telegraph, India)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4404029.stm (BBC)]


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