- April 26, 2005
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April 25, 2005 -April 2005 -April 27, 2005 April 26 ,2005 was a Tuesday
*Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : TheIsrael i soldier killed in theWest Bank on Monday night was shot by his comrades. It was believed he was killed by an Unarmed Taxi Driver, Iyad Dueik, who was shot seven times and whose car ran over the man, but news that he was shot questions this assessment. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4484833.stm (BBC)]
*Alassane Ouattara is allowed to run for Presidential election inCôte d'Ivoire . [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/5/4duwh.html (AP via Yahoo! France)]
*2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland : a 70-member delegation led byKuomintang chairmanLien Chan leftTaipei forNanjing viaHong Kong , launchingLien Chan 's 8-dayTaiwan Strait peace tour , also the first official visit by the highest leader ofKuomintang toMainland China in 60 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4482617.stm (BBC)]
*Faure Gnassingbé wins the Togolese presidential election with more than 60% of the votes. Results cause riots inLomé when the opposition doesn't acknowledge the election, denouncing massive fraud. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=6&u=/afp/20050426/wl_afp/togovote_050426121759 (AFP via Yahoo!)] [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050426/202/4duqv.html (AFP via Yahoo! France)]
* The Civil Unions and Relationships Acts take effect inNew Zealand . These laws allow same-sex and de facto couples to form legal unions that are similar to marriage. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10122375 (New Zealand Herald)]
* Thedeath toll in theAmagasaki rail crash reaches 73. Police searches the offices ofWest Japan Railway Co looking for clues for the cause of the crash. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=335311 (Japan Today)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8289081 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ah.gQcMVrJQA&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T345548.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Political unrest increases inBelize when opposition calls for the government to step down, telephone workers are on strike and teachers threatening to follow. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25491431.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* The U.S. chief weapons inspector,Charles Duelfer states that search ofweapons of mass destruction inIraq has "gone as far as feasible". [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501554.html (Washington Post)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2675583.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4484237.stm (BBC)]
*Military action in Lebanon : After three decades, allSyria n troops leaveLebanon , fulfillingUN Security Council Resolution 1559 . [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&article_id=14579&categ_id=17 (Daily Star, Lebanon)] , [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HTYVLYYAWLYDSCRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8301502 (Reuters)]
* British Labour Party memberBrian Sedgemore moves to the Liberal Democrats. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=633042 (Independent)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19809-1586048,00.html (Times)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4484043.stm (BBC)]
* Following Canadian Prime MinisterPaul Martin 's plea on national television that a re-election ought to be delayed until theGomery Commission has completed its report on thesponsorship scandal , a deal between the governing Liberal Party and theNew Democratic Party may avoid the election in the near future as predicted earlier last week. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/26/martin-layton050426.html (CBC)]
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