- July 31, 2005
July 31 2005 (Sunday)* More torrential
monsoon rains have returned toMumbai inIndia , as it tries to recover from the recent floods. The death toll in the floods rises to about 1,000. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4732179.stm (BBC)]
* 7 more suspects are arrested inBrighton following the21 July 2005 London bombings . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4732951.stm (BBC)]
*Wim Duisenberg , the former head of theRabobank , the Central Bank of the Netherlands and theEuropean Central Bank , is found dead in the pool of his villa in the south ofFrance . His death seems to have been caused by a cardiac arrest. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4733081.stm (BBC)]
*Chile 'sChristian Democratic Party declaresMichelle Bachelet as the presidential candidate of the ruling coalition [http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=6149 (Mercopress)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4732057.stm (BBC)]
*Russia 's defence ministerSergei Ivanov bars the country's defense ministry from contacting ABC News after the channel broadcast an interview with Chechen rebelShamil Basayev [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050729/41054350.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/07/31/ivanovabc.shtml (Mosnews)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0204DB35-417B-4669-971E-327277888089.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4732783.stm (BBC)]
* InCôte d'Ivoire , former rebels known as theNew Forces refuse to disarm before legislative reforms [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4733879.stm (BBC)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L31362525.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
*Indonesia n pilotPollycarpus Budihari Priyanto is charged with involvement with the murder ofMunir Said Thalib [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20050730.@02 (Jakarta Post)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4727531.stm (BBC)]
* InIndia , separatist groupNational Socialist Council of Nagaland extends itsceasefire with the government by six months [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20050731105452&Page=P&Title=States&Topic=0 (Newindpress)] [http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/3871.asp (India Daily)] [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-07-31T120832Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-211148-1.xml (Reuters India)]
* InIran former presidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani appeals for the release of an imprisoned dissident writerAkbar Ganji . Ganji has been in ahunger strike for more than 50 days and is possibly near death [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14562 (Reporters Without Borders)] [http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0507310874175650.htm (IRNA)] [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=33774&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs (IranMania)]
*Atkins Nutritionals , Inc., a company founded by the late diet guru Robert Atkins to promote low-carb products, enterschapter 11 due to a loss of public interest. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164425,00.html (Fox News)]
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