- April 21, 2005
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April 20, 2005 -April 2005 -April 22, 2005 ----
* 400Iran ian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupiedIslam ic countries", particularlyIsrael , after being inspired by afatwa from a top hardlinecleric giving religious backing to suicide missions. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21452282.htm (Reuters)]
* American, French andIsrael i naval forces rescue threeSyria n andEgypt ian sailors from aNorth Korea n ship that sank in international waters off the coast ofNahariya . [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3075502,00.html (Ynet)]
* TheAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) fires two members suspected of passing on U.S. secrets toIsrael . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4468585.stm (BBC)]
* ThreeIsrael i soldiers are hurt when theirjeep triggers anIED roadside bomb, near theKarni crossing , on the edge of theGaza Strip . [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568056.html (Haaretz)]
* The next launch of the Space Shuttle "Discovery",STS-114 , is postponed until at leastMay 22 . This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the "Columbia" disaster inFebruary 2003 . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4468011.stm (BBC)]
* NewEcuador ian presidentAlfredo Palacio orders the arrest of former presidentLucio Gutiérrez , who takes refuge in theBrazil ian embassy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4467389.stm (BBC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20247539.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* According toChristian Solidarity Worldwide , the army ofMyanmar (Burma ) has usedchemical weapons against Karen rebels. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4467471.stm (BBC)]
* InZanzibar , an electoral commission acceptsSeif Shariff Hamad , secretary general of the opposition partyCivic United Front , as a legitimatevoter and therefore eligiblecandidate . [http://64.202.177.112/ipp/guardian/2005/04/21/37562.html (IPPMEdia, Zanzibar)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4464443.stm (BBC)]
*U.S. Army SergeantHassan Akbar is found guilty by a military jury of the murder of two fellow officers inKuwait , just prior to the2003 invasion of Iraq . [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=691706 (ABC)]
* Five AmericanMuslim s sue theDepartment of Homeland Security forracial profiling after they were detained for hours on the Canadian border while returning from a religious conference. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--muslimsstopped0420apr20,0,1481114.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork (Newsday)] [http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050421/1029564.asp (Buffalo News)] [http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-04/21/article04.shtml (IslamOnline)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8243195 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4468931.stm (BBC)]
* The parliament ofSpain gives initial approval to legalizedsame-sex marriage s and adoption by homosexual couples. [http://www.berria.info/english/ikusi.php?id=1393 (Berria)] [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=55042 (EITB)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdge&storyID=8256794 (Reuters)]
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