- July 27, 2005
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July 27 2005 (Wednesday)=* British "
Shoot to Kill " Police Policy:
** TheBritish Police member who shot an innocentBrazil ian man seven times in the head and once in the shoulder has been given a free holiday, paid for byScotland Yard . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4720979.stm (BBC)]
**Sir Ian Blair ,Commissioner of theMetropolitan Police has toldChannel 4 news that on seven separate occasionsBritish police have come close to killing suspectedSuicide Bomb ers who it transpired were not Suicide Bombers. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1710202,00.html (The Times )] , [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/764f2716-fe3c-11d9-a289-00000e2511c8.html (Financial Times )]
*Conflict in Iraq :
** TwoUS Troops were killed following a bomb inBaghdad . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4724377.stm (BBC)]
**TwoAlgeria ndiplomat ic staff who had been kidnapped by insurgents have been killed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4721719.stm (BBC)]
** At least five people have died following an apparentSuicide Bomb blast outside ahospital in theIraq iCapital ,Baghdad . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4722307.stm (BBC)]
** The interimPrime Minister of Iraq ,Ibrahim Jaafari , has called onUS troops to leaveIraq soon. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4720083.stm (BBC)] , [http://csmonitor.com/2005/0727/dailyUpdate.html (Christian Science Monitor)]
** SevenIraq i soldiers, guarding a water plant north ofBaghdad , have been shot and killed byInsurgent s. [http://www.kctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3645815 (KCTV)]
*2005 Maharashtra floods : Thedeath toll from the series of heavymonsoon rains and landslides they have triggered has been raised to at least 418 people in India's western state ofMaharashtra . [http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=51605 (ExpressIndia)]
*NASA postpones indefinitely future launches of theSpace Shuttle after a piece of insulation broke off theSpace Shuttle external tank during theJuly 26 launch of the "Discovery". [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050727/ts_afp/usspaceshuttledebris_050727223131 (Yahoo)] [http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-05zzzi.html (SpaceDaily)]
* InAustralia ,New South Wales premierBob Carr resigns and announces his disengagement from politics [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1423636.htm (ABC)] [http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=116859®ion=7 (SBS)]
*Malaysia takes chairmanship of theASEAN Standing Committee [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southeastasia/view/160068/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]
* In China, the human death toll from an outbreak of thepig pathogen "Streptococcus suis " is 24. 21 are in critical condition and number of infections has increased to 117 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4720715.stm BBC]
* InKyrgyzstan , about 400 Vamshi Uzbek refugees who fled fromUzbekistan after crushing of an uprising last May will be moved toRomania [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4720181.stm (BBC)] [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/07/27/uzbekrefugees.shtml (MosNews)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-27T064618Z_01_KNE724365_RTRUKOC_0_KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN-REFUGEES.xml (Reuters)]
* An explosion destroys anONGC oil-drilling platform in theBombay High field area late in the afternoon. The blast occurred possibly after a shipping vessel docked nearby collided with the platform duringhigh tide . [http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=51606 (Express India)] [http://www.ndtv.com/topstories/showtopstory.asp?slug=Eight+killed+in+Bombay+High+fire&id=17417 (NDTV)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP270501.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* InSpain , police arrests 6 suspected members of the Basque separatist groupETA [http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=78551 (EITB)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-27T160559Z_01_N27259493_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-SPAIN-ETA-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* InFrance , court inAngers sentences 62 members of a child sex ring to up to 28 years in jail. Trial lasted 5 months [http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=301297&lng=1 (Euronews)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-27T180301Z_01_KWA764934_RTRUKOC_0_FRANCE-PAEDOPHILES.xml (Reuters)]
* Other French court inBonneville finds 13 people and companies guilty ofmanslaughter for theMarch 24 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire . Gerard Roncoli, the French head of security, received six months in jail and 24 months of suspended sentence [http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=301260&lng=1 (Euronews)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4721445.stm (BBC)] [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/27/news/tunnel.php (IHT)]
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