- July 17, 2005
July 17 2005 (Sunday)*
Disneyland celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
* Former British Prime Minister SirEdward Heath dies at hisSalisbury home at the age of 89. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4691051.stm (BBC)]
* "Time" correspondent Matthew Cooper reveals that last week he told agrand jury thatKarl Rove —a top White House political adviser toU.S. President George W. Bush — was the first to revealValerie Plame 's identity as aCIA agent. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4691367.stm (BBC)]
* Fourteen SpanishFirefighter s have died while attempting to battle aforest fire in the central province of Guadalajara. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691815.stm (BBC)]
* According to theMilitary of Pakistan , 17 people have died, including aPakistan i soldier, following clashes on the border withAfghanistan . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4690297.stm (BBC)]
*Conflict in Iraq : A fuel truck bomb kills 98 people south ofBaghdad as three more suicide car bombers strike the Iraqi capital. [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1173372.cms (Economic Times)]
*Israeli-Palestinian conflict :
** APalestinian man is shot dead near theIsraeli settlement ofNetzarim in theGaza Strip .Israel Defence Force sources claim he was armed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)] [http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=299691&lng=1 (Euronews)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1416185.htm (ABC News Online)]
**Said Seyam , 30, aHamas commander of theIzz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades inKhan Yunis is shot and killed by an Israelisniper firing from an observation tower at theIsraeli settlement ofGanei Tal .
** TwoHamas mortars injure five residents of theIsraeli settlement ofNeve Dekalim in theGaza Strip . FourQassam rockets land onIsraeli territory but no injuries are reported.
** AnIsraeli Air Force missile strike on a car inBeit Lahiya misses the car but seriously wounds a Palestinianbystander . Two members of thePopular Resistance Committees are believed to have been in the car. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/600927.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17675741.htm (Reuters)]
**Israel i troops mass for a military offensive on theGaza Strip border prior to a visit to Israel by USSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)]
*Thailand declares emergency in three southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala because of increasing violence ofMuslim insurgency . [http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/18Jul2005_news34.php (Bangkok Post)] [http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/07/18/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18060572.html (The Nation, Thailand)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/158409/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]
* InYemen , presidentAli Abdullah Saleh announces that he won't seek re-election next year. [http://www.yobserver.com/news_7526.php (Yemeni Observer)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D53A04F7-58E8-4CE5-BB03-446780BB6E50.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17644251.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* InEgypt , presidential feminist aspirantNawal el-Saadawi pulls out of the race due to restrictive election regulations for first-time candidates. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/25128CED-C5D6-48DF-BAF9-EEFCDBE2A1FA.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-16T141408Z_01_N16704258_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-EGYPT-PRESIDENCY-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* InGermany , the Party of Democratic Socialism renames itselfThe Party of the Left. in a plan to join forces with theLabour and Social Justice Party . [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1651365,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-17T153157Z_01_MOL755900_RTRUKOC_0_GERMANY-ELECTION-LEFT.xml (Reuters)]
* In TheUnited Kingdom , Britain'sSunni Council announces afatwa againstsuicide bombing s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4684885.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/95B76BB6-C50C-4789-A836-303DFDDDFD74.htm (Al-Jazeera)]
* InNigeria ,Amaka Anajemba is sentenced for two years involvement with a money transfer scam worth $242 million. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1121586309431R131 (IOL)] [http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2005/07/16/ap2141885.html (Forbes)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4690031.stm (BBC)]
* Representatives ofIndonesia n government and theFree Aceh Movement reach a tentative peace settlement in negoations inHelsinki ,Finland . They intend to sign a formaltruce inAugust 15 . [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050717181514&irec=0 (Jakarta Post)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-17T123227Z_01_N17104836_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-INDONESIA-ACEH-DC.XML (Reuters)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK99458.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4691937.stm (BBC)]
* InTurkey ,Kurdistan Workers Party has denied that it had anything to do with a minibus bombing in Kuşadası that killed five people. Turkish authorities have blamed the Party. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691755.stm (BBC)]
* InIndia , the government has dismissed a claim ofSunni Waqf Board that it should own theTaj Mahal . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4688373.stm (BBC)]
* US golferTiger Woods wins his secondOpen Championship title on theOld Course at St Andrews .
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