- May 18, 2005
May 18 2005 (Wednesday)* According to a spokesman for the Georgian Interior Ministry, a
hand grenade found among spectators during a speech by U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush last week inTbilisi failed to function, although it was live and could have exploded. It was originally thought to have been a dummy grenade. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/18/bush.georgia/index.html (CNN)]
* Polish PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski set the date for parliamentary elections forSeptember 25 ,2005 and a presidential election forOctober 9 ,2005 . [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aXilixb4eHXs&refer=europe (Bloomberg)]
*Unrest in Uzbekistan: 36 foreign diplomats visitAndijan in a government-sponsored trip and under heavy guard. The Uzbek government continues to deny that civilians were killed. The officialdeath toll has risen to 169 but some human rights groups state that it can be as high as 750. A group of Islamic rebels led by a man calledBaxtiyor Rahimov claim that they now control the border town ofQorasuv . [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/05/18/karimovdenies.shtml (Mosnews)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4558759.stm (BBC)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/18/news/uzbek.php (IHT)] [http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/05/18/afx2036917.html (Forbes)]
* TheWorld Health Organization announces anebola outbreak in theDemocratic Republic of Congo with 11 cases so far. [http://www.who.int/csr/don/2005_05_18/en/ (WHO press release)] [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1707028,00.html (News24)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18330303.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* InAngola , theMarburg virus has claimed 311 lives. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6CHNEC?OpenDocument (ReliefWeb)] [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1707219,00.html (News24)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/533a2e1308af8bbfcc43c877933b835e.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
*Russia demands return of the energy ministerYevgeny Adamov , who is in a Swiss prison on a U.S. warrant waiting extradition. [http://en.rian.ru/world/20050518/40377207.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=106&sid=5796834&cKey=1116446378000 (Swissinfo)] [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-swiss-us-russia-arrest,1,1349109.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines (LA Times)]
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