July 23, 2005

July 23, 2005

July 23 2005 (Saturday)

* Human rights campaigners in Gujarat, India, have condemned a new school textbook introduced last year by the Bharatiya Janata Party which is seen to praise Adolf Hitler and barely mention the holocaust. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4711475.stm (BBC)]
* The strongest earthquake to hit Tokyo in more than a decade strikes eastern Japan at 4:35 p.m. local time, injuring at least 27 people, rattling buildings and disrupting train and plane services. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/23/tokyo-quake-050723.html (CBC)]
* British police admit that the man killed yesterday by undercover officers had no connection to the suicide bombings or attempted bombings of previous days and weeks. Metropolitan Police has described the killing as a "tragedy". The victim, Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was Brazilian. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4711021.stm (BBC)]
*Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduces a Congressional Resolution of Inquiry which, if passed, will require the White House and the U.S. State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."
* A team of scientists from Britain and Australia state that they have found high concentrations of arsenic from the hair of King George III of the United Kingdom. Medication containing arsenic could have caused him bouts of madness [http://heritage.scotsman.com/news.cfm?id=1666932005 (Scotsman)] [http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11945 (News-medical.net)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-07-22T142632Z_01_L21710269_RTRIDST_0_ODD-BRITAIN-GEORGE-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* In Spain, bomb explodes in Santiago de Compostela near regional savings bank Caixa Galicia. There are no casualties. Government blames Galician separatists. Police have arrested two people [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=77730 (EITB)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-23T174347Z_01_MOL363809_RTRUKOC_0_SPAIN-EXPLOSION.xml (Reuters)]
* Cuba releases three dissidents, including leader Martha Beatriz Roque. 17 others are still incarcerated after crackdown in Friday [http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y05/jul05/25e8.htm (Cubanet)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-23T232804Z_01_N23514984_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-CUBA-DISSIDENTS-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* In Colombia, president Alvaro Uribe signs a controversial law that is meant to encourage paramilitary groups and guerrillas to disarm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4709435.stm (BBC)]
* In Burma/Myanmar, Khin Nyunt, former prime minister, receives a suspended sentence of 44 years in prison for corruption [http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=4836&z=153 (Irrawaddy)] [http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=5207 (Democratic Voice of Burma)]
* 3 bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks.


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