- April 25, 2005
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April 24, 2005 -April 2005 -April 26, 2005 ----
April 25 ,2005 was a Monday
*Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :Amnesty International has called on theIsrael i government to investigate the poisoning ofPalestinian land, allegedly by Israeli settlers aroundHebron [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4482211.stm (BBC)]
*Bulgaria andRomania sign accession treaty to theEuropean Union , continuing the enlargement process. [http://www.eu2005.lu/en/calendrier/2005/04/25bg-ro/index.html (press release)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4480677.stm (BBC)]
*Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark will have a baby in October, says the Royal House inCopenhagen . [http://kongehuset.dk/artikel.php?id=68632 (Royal House)] [http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/article.jhtml?articleID=249817 (Danmarks Radio)]
* More than 20,000Australia ns,New Zealand ers, Turks and other nationalities gather atAnzac Cove ,Gallipoli ,Turkey to mark the 90th anniversary of thelanding at Anzac Cove duringWorld War I . Thousands more attendANZAC Day dawn remembrance ceremonies and marches in cities aroundAustralia andNew Zealand , 250,000 inSydney alone. [http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/abc/20050425/18/domestic/1352789.inp (Reuters)]
*Amagasaki rail crash : InJapan , aFukuchiyama Line train derails and crashes into an apartment building in the city of Amagasaki, nearOsaka . At least 55 people are dead and around 400 are injured as a result of the accident, Japan's worst rail crash since 1963. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=335311 (Japan Today)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8276501 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4480031.stm (BBC)]
* The third and final part of theObelisk of Axum returns toEthiopia . Ethiopia has also asked for the return of the remains of princeAlemayehu Tewodros . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4472259.stm (BBC)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=632214 (Independent)]
* Czech prime ministerStanislav Gross resigns. Jiří Paroubek is expected to succeed him. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aL9ifJExdNO4&refer=top_world_news (Bloomberg)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8279703 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4480577.stm (BBC)]
*Same-sex marriage in Canada : Four same-sex couples inNew Brunswick file suit for the right to marry under the Charter. This challenge, the first to be filed in over five months, would make New Brunswick the eighth of ten provinces to recognize same-sex marriage. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/25/same-sex-new-brunswick050425.html (CBC)]
*Germany 's foreign minister,Joschka Fischer admits in a public hearing that procedural mistakes allowed criminals to have visas to enter the country. He also states that his political opponents had exaggarated the situation. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1562714,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/25/news/germany.php (IHT)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8283945 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aZB_JlHP8eLs&refer=germany (Bloomberg)]
* A Finnish man is accused ofsexual abuse of 445 boys inThailand [http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101979270450 (Helsingin Sanomat)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8280393&type=worldNews (Reuters)]
*Andrés Manuel López Obrador returns to his work as amayor ofMexico City despite government demands that he is no longer eligible. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4481403.stm (BBC)] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501130.html (Washington Post)]
* A 5000-strongRichtersveld community in Northern Cape province,South Africa , goes toLand Claims Court seeking compensation. In the 1920s they were evicted from their land, that turned out to be rich indiamond s and was mined byAlexkor mining company. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4482165.stm (BBC)] [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20050425064118469C283841 (IOL)]
*Liberia ns register to vote in the firstelection s after a long civil war. Elections are due onOctober 11 . [http://allafrica.com/stories/200504251100.html (Land Claims Court)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/e765b8433ae758c5e1ced67106afd49e.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4483239.stm (BBC)]
*India n Rail MinisterLaloo Prasad Yadav is charged withembezzlement . [http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr262005/national131592005425.asp (Deccan Herald)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4480233.stm (BBC)]
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