- July 9, 2005
July 9 2005 (Saturday)* Authorities in the
United Kingdom evacuate over 20,000 people from the centre of the city ofBirmingham , Britain's second largest city. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4668313.stm (BBC)] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-bombings-birmingham-evacuation,1,4448879.story?coll=chi-news-hed (Chicago Tribune)] [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/09/bomb-birmingham-050709.html (CBC)] .
* A "lights on" bill to resume normal government operation is approved inMinnesota . TheMinnesota Legislature now has untilJuly 14 to approve abudget . [http://startribune.com/stories/587/5498398.html (Star Tribune)]
* PresidentHamid Karzai ofAfghanistan says at a press conference that he does not believe thatOsama bin Laden is in Afghanistan. CIA chiefPorter Goss has said in a recent interview that he has an "excellent idea" of bin Laden's whereabouts. [http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/08/karzai_says_bin_laden_isnt_in_afghanistan/ (Boston Globe)] , [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/20/goss.bin.laden/ (CNN)]
* InSerbia adocumentary film "The Truth" (Istina) made of footage filmed during theYugoslav wars , and showing numerouswar crime s committed againstSerbs is introduced in theSava Center inBelgrade , sparking public outrage. [http://www.srpski-nacional.com/vesti.php?id=4066 (SN)]
* World leaders at the31st G8 summit in Gleneagles,Scotland pledge 50 billion USD inaid to fightpoverty inAfrica [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-07-08T170711Z_01_MOL861535_RTRUKOC_0_GROUP-AFRICA.xml (Reuters)] , and US$3 billions toPalestinian s forinfrastructure s. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08754.htm (ReutersAlert)]
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