July 17, 2005

July 17, 2005

July 17 2005 (Sunday)

* Disneyland celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
* Former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath dies at his Salisbury 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 a grand jury that Karl Rove—a top White House political adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush— was the first to reveal Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4691367.stm (BBC)]
* Fourteen Spanish Firefighters have died while attempting to battle a forest fire in the central province of Guadalajara. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691815.stm (BBC)]
* According to the Military of Pakistan, 17 people have died, including a Pakistani soldier, following clashes on the border with Afghanistan. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4690297.stm (BBC)]
* Conflict in Iraq: A fuel truck bomb kills 98 people south of Baghdad as three more suicide car bombers strike the Iraqi capital. [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1173372.cms (Economic Times)]
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
** A Palestinian man is shot dead near the Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza 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, a Hamas commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades in Khan Yunis is shot and killed by an Israeli sniper firing from an observation tower at the Israeli settlement of Ganei Tal.
** Two Hamas mortars injure five residents of the Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip. Four Qassam rockets land on Israeli territory but no injuries are reported.
** An Israeli Air Force missile strike on a car in Beit Lahiya misses the car but seriously wounds a Palestinian bystander. Two members of the Popular 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)]
** Israeli troops mass for a military offensive on the Gaza Strip border prior to a visit to Israel by US Secretary 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 of Muslim 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)]
* In Yemen, president Ali 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)]
* In Egypt, presidential feminist aspirant Nawal 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)]
* In Germany, the Party of Democratic Socialism renames itself The Party of the Left. in a plan to join forces with the Labour 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 The United Kingdom, Britain's Sunni Council announces a fatwa against suicide bombings. [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)]
* In Nigeria, 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 of Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement reach a tentative peace settlement in negoations in Helsinki, Finland. They intend to sign a formal truce in August 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)]
* In Turkey, 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)]
* In India, the government has dismissed a claim of Sunni Waqf Board that it should own the Taj Mahal. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4688373.stm (BBC)]
* US golfer Tiger Woods wins his second Open Championship title on the Old Course at St Andrews.


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