May 10, 2005

May 10, 2005

May 10 2005 (Tuesday)

* Leaders in Indonesia visit Suharto, the nation's former president, who is hospitalized with what has been diagnosed as intestinal bleeding. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050510/ap_on_re_as/suharto (Yahoo)]
* A Haitian court overturns convictions of 38 military officers who were charged with killings in the Raboteau Massacre during the 1991 coup against Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The Ecumenical Center for Human Rights states that the trial was annulled on technicality. [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050510T000000-0500_80211_OBS_HAITIAN_MILITARY_LEADERS_IN______COUP_KILLINGS_FREED.asp (Jamaica Observer)] [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=742990 (ABC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4531737.stm (BBC)]
* Human Rights Watch states that elections in the Oromia region of Ethiopia will be a "hollow exercise." [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/05/10/ethiop10590.htm (Human Rights Watch)] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200505091663.html (AllAfrica)] [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1702513,00.html (News24)]
* Canadian House of Commons opposition members of parliament pass a motion to instruct a house committee to call for the resignation of the government. The 153 votes of the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois defeat the 150 votes of the Liberals and NDP due to three absences. Although the motion is classified as a procedural instruction to a committee and not a no confidence motion, the Tories and BQ call on the government to resign. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/10/confidence-vote050510.html (CBC)]
* Germany unveils a Holocaust memorial. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1574235,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/574862.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=744536 (ABC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10447199.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* G8 countries urge Ukraine to cover the Chernobyl nuclear plant. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10266788.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* The Maldives government releases dissident Fathimath Nisreen. Two others, Mohamed Zaki and Ahmad Didi, remain in custody. [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13720 (Reporters Without Borders)] [http://www.minivannews.com/news/news.php?id=643 (Minivan News, Maldives)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4532191.stm (BBC)]
* The Egyptian parliament approves a constitutional amendment that would allow presidential elections to be contested. [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=63581&d=11&m=5&y=2005 (Arab News)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/11/news/egypt.php (IHT)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4531903.stm (BBC)]
* President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili met in Tbilisi, Georgiaand Bush gets a hand grenade thrown at him, but does not detonate.


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