July 29, 2005

July 29, 2005

July 29 2005 (Friday)

* Astronomers have discovered a large new trans-Neptunian object, now called Eris, which is larger than Pluto. [http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1560_1.asp (Sky and Telescope)] . Also announced today was the discovery of two other large new Kuiper Belt objects, dp|Haumea (mp|(136108) 2003 EL|61) and dp|Makemake (mp|(136472) 2005 FY|9). New observations reveal dp|Haumea to be about 70% the diameter of Pluto. The object is also orbited by two moons. [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7751 (New Scientist)]
* Following a militant attack at Srinagar's city centre at Lal Chowk more than 10 people have been left injured. [http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/29srinagar.htm (Rediff)]
* Hamas, the main Palestinian opposition party in the Palestinian Authority, hold a mass wedding on the West Bank in which 226 couples performed the Nikah. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4727291.stm (BBC)]
* The remaining three London bombing suspects have been arrested after raids in the UK and Italy. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4727975.stm (BBC)]
* The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has announced that all foreign students (around 1,400) are to leave the nation's Madrassas and go home. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4728643.stm (BBC)]
* Conflict in Iraq: At least 25 New Iraqi Army recruits have been killed following an apparent suicide bomb attack in Rabia, near Mosul, in North West Iraq. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4728065.stm (BBC)]
* Indian officials have raised the death toll of those suspected dead in the 2005 Maharashtra floods to more than 800. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4727763.stm (BBC)]
* Indian bomb disposal experts have found traces of explosive in the train which exploded on Thursday killing 7 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4726737.stm (BBC)]
* BBC News has been told, by the activist settler Noam Livnat, that 20,000 Israeli soldiers had signed a petition vowing to block any attempt at removing Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4726435.stm (BBC)]
* In Vietnam, death toll on bird flu rises to 42. [http://thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=8204 (Thahn Nien News)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-29T024346Z_01_DIT908727_RTRUKOC_0_BIRDFLU-VIETNAM.xml (Reuters AlertNet)]
* Initial results show that Ugandans have voted for a return to multi-party politics in a national constitutional referendum. The poll was marred by a low turnout. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4726419.stm (BBC)]
* Robert Kilroy-Silk resigns as leader from Veritas, the political party he founded. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/otherparties/story/0,9061,1539084,00.html?gusrc=rss (Guardian)]


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