- April 29, 2005
"See also":
April 28, 2005 -April 2005 -April 30, 2005 ----
April 29 2005 was a Friday
* The next launch of the Space Shuttle "Discovery",STS-114 , is delayed until at leastJuly 13 . This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the "Columbia" disaster inFebruary 2003 . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4496955.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/29/shuttle.delay/index.html (CNN)]
* U.S. CongressmanRob Portman was confirmed by theUnited States Senate to beUnited States Trade Representative . [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BD8143D14-B626-4FD8-8D82-1568451035C3%7D&siteid=google (CBS Marketwatch)]
* The death toll in theAmagasaki rail crash inJapan totals 106. Rescue efforts are over and police begin the crash investigation. [http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=335311 (Japan Today)]
*Kuomintang ChairmanLien Chan meets withCommunist Party of China Secretary-General Hu Jintao in the highest level contact between leaders of the two parties since the meeting ofChiang Kai-shek andMao Zedong in August1945 at the end of theSecond Sino-Japanese War . [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/85702204-b864-11d9-bc7c-00000e2511c8.html]
* A prominent article in the state-owned China Securities Journal says conditions are ripe for changes in the country's policy of keeping the yuan pegged to theU.S. dollar . [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/29/AR2005042901705.html (Washington Post)]
* Three currencies join theERM II: TheCyprus pound , the Latvian lat, and theMaltese Lira . The ERM II is one of the steps needed for a currency to become part of the Eurozone. [http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/050429215029.w0uofrf7 EUbusiness]
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