- July 26, 2005
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July 26 2005 (Tuesday)=*
Conflict in Iraq :
** At least 12 workers have been shot dead as they are driven away from the state owned factory they work at, in theAbu Ghraib area, byinsurgents . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4718717.stm (BBC)]
**Insurgent s have released a video showing the twoDiplomat ic staff fromAlgeria kidnapped fromBaghdad last week. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4719213.stm (BBC)]
* Over 200 people have been killed in intenserain storms inMaharashtra ,India , described by the Chief Minister of the state as the heaviest recorded rainfall in a single day in India. One third of the stateCapital ,Mumbai , is said to be underwater causing more than a two hundred thousand people to be stranded in offices and roads for about 24 hours. [http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/27rain.htm (Rediff)] , [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4720343.stm (BBC)]
* Several protesters have been injured again inIndia on this second day of protests. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4716623.stm (BBC)]
* The Space Shuttle "Discovery" lifts off at 1039 EST this morning on missionSTS-114 . TheNASA commentator says during launch "Lift-off, lift-off, and return to America's journey to the Moon, Mars, and beyond". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4716463.stm (BBC)] .
* LebaneseChristian Militia leader,Samir Geagea , has been released from prison after 11 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4716701.stm (BBC)]
*South Korea n ambassador toUSA ,Hong Seok-Hyun , resigns for alleged involvement withslush fund scandal of illegal donations during a presidential campaign in 1997 [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507260002.html (Chosun Ilbo)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/159867/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]
*Burma /Myanmar forgoes 2006 chairmanship ofASEAN [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/159895/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]
*At least 1,000protesters have staged a demonstration outside the main US base ofBagram inAfghanistan . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4717905.stm (BBC)]
* In theNetherlands ,Mohammed Bouyeri receives life sentence for murder of Theo van Gogh [http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=22238&name=B+receives+life+sentence (Expatica)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/26/news/dutch.php (IHT)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/00B06BC2-8405-47A0-A53E-F554FA7AAE07.htm (Al-Jazeera)]
* InCanada ,geneticist s in theUniversity of Alberta are testing hairs that allegedly belong tosasquatch [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/25/sasquatchtesting0725.html (CBC)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-07-26T140236Z_01_N26536422_RTRIDST_0_ODD-CANADA-SASQUATCH-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* InIsrael , there are reports that Jewish ultranationalists have cast aPulsa diNura deathcurse overAriel Sharon [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3118408,00.html (Ynet)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26684414.htm (Reuters Alertnet)]
*Chile an judgeSergio Munoz calls for search of new suspected secret foreign accounts ofAugusto Pinochet [http://www.justicetribune.com/article_uk.php?id=3090 (International Justice Tribune)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-26T231526Z_01_N26199559_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-CHILE-PINOCHET-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* InMexico , court rules that there is insufficient evidence to try former presidentLuis Echeverría forgenocide for a student massacre in 1971 [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26179183.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* InIsrael ,Omri Sharon , MP and son ofAriel Sharon , is indicted for involvement in illegal campaign contributions,perjury and forging documents. Omri Sharon states that he would give up hisparliamentary immunity and stand trial [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1122344275548 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/605039.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=86551 (Arutz Sheva)] [http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-07-26T193616Z_01_N2654200_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ISRAEL-INDICTMENT-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* InSomalia , transitional presidentAbdullahi Yusuf arrives in the town ofJowhar , intending to make it a base for his new government [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4719047.stm (BBC)]
* InNepal , king's court sentencesSher Bahadur Deuba and three others to two years in jail for alleged embezzling. Deuba denounces the sentence as "character assassination ". [http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=46898 (Kantipur Online)] [http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/pageloader.php?file=2005/07/27/topstories/main1 (rising Nepal)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL75306.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* There were many snake bite cases admitted to L.T.M.G Hospital in Sion.
*Artix Entertainment releaseArchKnight
*Dane Cook 's comedy albumRetaliation is released
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