April 21, 2005

April 21, 2005

"See also": April 20, 2005 - April 2005 - April 22, 2005----
* 400 Iranian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupied Islamic countries", particularly Israel, after being inspired by a fatwa from a top hardline cleric giving religious backing to suicide missions. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21452282.htm (Reuters)]
* American, French and Israeli naval forces rescue three Syrian and Egyptian sailors from a North Korean ship that sank in international waters off the coast of Nahariya. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3075502,00.html (Ynet)]
* The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) fires two members suspected of passing on U.S. secrets to Israel. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4468585.stm (BBC)]
* Three Israeli soldiers are hurt when their jeep triggers an IED roadside bomb, near the Karni crossing, on the edge of the Gaza Strip. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568056.html (Haaretz)]
* The next launch of the Space Shuttle "Discovery", STS-114, is postponed until at least May 22. This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the "Columbia" disaster in February 2003. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4468011.stm (BBC)]
* New Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio orders the arrest of former president Lucio Gutiérrez, who takes refuge in the Brazilian embassy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4467389.stm (BBC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20247539.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the army of Myanmar (Burma) has used chemical weapons against Karen rebels. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4467471.stm (BBC)]
* In Zanzibar, an electoral commission accepts Seif Shariff Hamad, secretary general of the opposition party Civic United Front, as a legitimate voter and therefore eligible candidate. [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 Sergeant Hassan Akbar is found guilty by a military jury of the murder of two fellow officers in Kuwait, just prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=691706 (ABC)]
* Five American Muslims sue the Department of Homeland Security for racial 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 of Spain gives initial approval to legalized same-sex marriages 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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