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Global News Archive for April 2005:
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Cardinals Choose a Close Aide to John Paul II to Lead Church
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who served as John Paul II's hard-line defender of church doctrine, was elected on the second day of the conclave...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
In St. Peter's Square, Optimism and Concern
As the new pontiff emerged on the balcony, many cheered wildly while others were openly and greatly distressed...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Chinese Official Urges End to Anti- Japan Protests
It was the first signal that the leadership may no longer welcome the unusual and sometimes violent demonstrations...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Rice Urges Russia to Embrace Openness
The secretary of state said today Russia's upcoming leadership of the Group of 8 industrial democracies gave it "certain responsibilities."...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Last Pope Benedict Focused on Ending World War I
The last pope who chose the name Benedict was an Italian noble who canonized Joan of Arc and spent much of his papacy trying unsuccessfully to end World War I...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Is David Tennant right for Doctor Who?
Do you think David Tennant will make a good Time Lord? How will he compare to Christopher Eccleston? Send us your comments...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Appointment of new Pope welcomed
The appointment of a new Pope has been welcomed by the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Strong sales boost Intel profits
Intel, the world's largest chip-maker, thanks strong demand for its Centrino laptop processors for a 29% rise in first quarter profits...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Tories scrap heads' qualification
The Conservatives announce new education plans after accusations of "incoherence" from head teachers...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Terfel leads Classical Brits nods
Welsh bass baritone Bryn Terfel leads the nominations for the sixth annual Classical Brit Awards...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Vote on Bush UN nominee delayed
The vote on the White House's nomination of John Bolton to become the next US ambassador to the UN is delayed again...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Greece backs new EU constitution
The Greek parliament overwhelmingly ratifies the European Union's new constitution...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Britain's Catholics look forward
Roman Catholics in the UK react to the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
UK priest's 'shock' at new Pope
Father Ray Lyons, a Portsmouth based priest, says he is "concerned" that Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Football: Saints grab vital point
Bolton miss the chance to go fourth as they are held to a draw by Southampton...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Rugby union: Corry suspended
Leicester's Martin Corry will miss the Heineken Cup semi-final after receiving a three-week ban...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
EU offers MG Rover training funds
The EU says the UK government can "re-allocate" up to £68m in regional aid funds towards helping workers who lost jobs at MG Rover...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
UK Catholics welcome a new Pope
Britain's 5.5m Catholics celebrate the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Jackson accuser 'was changed boy'
The grandmother of Michael Jackson's accuser tells the court her grandson's contact with him had a lasting effect...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Crowds in St. Peter's Square Cheer as New Pope Appears
White smoke poured from a chimney today, announcing that a new pope was elected in the first papal conclave of the new millennium...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Attacks on Iraqi Army Continue as Bomb Kills 4
A car bomb exploded today at an Iraqi army recruitment center, killing four Iraqis and wounding as many as 38...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Israeli Ministers Fail to Agree on Gaza Pullout Delay
After a stormy meeting, Israeli government ministers failed to decide today whether to delay this summer's planned Gaza Strip withdrawal...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Rice's Trip to Moscow Disrupted by Bomb Scare
It was not immediately clear to what extent the bomb scare would alter Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's plans...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Eyes on mother at Jackson trial
Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child abuse trial are to question the mother of his accuser again...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
The new Pope: Your reaction
The conclave of cardinals have elected Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Dirty scope used for three years
Staff at a hospital in NI used an internal examination probe for three years before finding out it was dirty...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Old Firm 'takes on' sectarianism
Celtic and Rangers launch a project to tackle bigotry and sectarianism in the west of Scotland...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Warning over boy's petrol death
Relatives of a 12-year-old who died after sniffing petrol speak of their grief after an inquest into his death...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Blair pledge on children's health
Labour vows to ban some unhealthy foods from school dinners and promote inter-school sports...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
'Cleanest' hospital's MRSA anger
A hospital which has won an award for its cleaning has been caught up in the row over misleading Tory MRSA leaflets...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
English A-level 'should widen'
Pupils should be able to study both literature and language in A-level English, teachers say...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Oklahoma City remembers bombing
Mourners gather in Oklahoma City to remember the 168 people killed in the bomb attack there 10 years ago...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
No cabinet decision on Gaza delay
Israeli PM Ariel Sharon fails to reach a final decision with his cabinet on delaying withdrawal from Gaza...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
HIV is 'out of control' in India
A senior expert warns that HIV in India is "out of control" and largely ignored...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Genette police make murder arrest
Officers investigating the disappearance of a Devon teenager more than 25 years ago arrest a 57-year-old man...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Analysis: Challenges ahead
The election of a new Pope is a time for the Church to take stock and look to the future, writes Peter Gould...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Football: Ferguson tells Rio to sign
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson urges Rio Ferdinand to put pen to paper on a new contract...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Tories deny immigration focus
The Tories deny waging a single issue campaign on immigration as Labour and the Lib Dems focus on health...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Protesters disrupt Muslim event
A dozen chanting men storm Regent's Park mosque to denounce Britain's principal umbrella group for Muslims...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
'Dirty war' officer found guilty
An Argentine former naval officer is found guilty in Spain of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 640 years...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Glasgow factory blast victim dies
One of two men who were seriously injured in an explosion at a factory in Glasgow dies in hospital...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Man dies after police pair shot
A man suspected of shooting two detectives at a pub during a murder inquiry dies in hospital...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Ratzinger is elected as new pope
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected as pope - the new head of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Cardinals Continue Conclave After One Inconclusive Ballot
Cardinals reconvened this morning after black smoke signaled they had failed to choose a new pope in their first vote...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
BBC spends extra £21m on TV shows
The BBC will spend an extra £61m on programmes, including £21m on television shows, it announces...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Rebel AM 'encouraged' to stand
Ex-Labour AM Peter Law says he was encouraged to stand as an independent in the election by constituency supporters...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Jobs lost at MG Rover dealerships
Another 86 workers lose their jobs as another part of the MG Rover car company goes into administration...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Howard sticks by race riot fears
Tory leader Michael Howard says vigilance is needed to ensure race riots are not sparked by immigration fears...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Mother cures daughter of diabetes
A woman has been cured of type 1 diabetes thanks to a donor transplant of insulin-producing cells from her mother...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Nasa to have final say on shuttle
The space shuttle may launch even if an advisory panel monitoring the return to flight does not sign off every safety improvement...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Woman 'admits causing Paris fire'
A woman held after the Paris hotel fire which killed 22 people admits she started the blaze, police say...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Israel cabinet debates Gaza delay
PM Ariel Sharon meets his cabinet to discuss delaying withdrawal from Gaza because of religious reasons...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Taleban relaunch radio broadcasts
Afghanistan's ousted Taleban movement return to the airwaves, attacking President Karzai in pirate broadcasts...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Police cleared over field death
Three police officers accused of the manslaughter of a woman who froze to death are cleared...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Appeal to caller over 1988 murder
Police are "anxious" to speak to a person who called them in 2002 about a German backpacker's murder...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Hope in pipeline for car workers
A skills shortage in the North Sea oil and gas industry offers MG Rover workers the prospect of new employment...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Singer Jackson 'fooled the world'
The mother of the boy in the Michael Jackson case tells the court the star "really didn't care about children"...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Football: Man Utd warned on Rio
Rio Ferdinand's agent Pini Zahavi tells Man Utd to offer him a contract worthy of the "best defender in the world"...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Togo opposition 'risking lives'
Togo's ruling party accuses the opposition of being prepared for young activists to die to stop Sunday's elections...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Asian row turns to wartime past
Germ warfare experiments during World War II trigger new tensions in the dispute between China and Japan...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
MoD 'can challenge Porton case'
The government can challenge an inquest verdict on a airman given nerve gas tests, the High Court rules...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
UK inflation rate jumps to 1.9%
The annual rate of UK inflation rises to a greater-than-expected 1.9% in March, its highest level for nearly seven years...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Obelisk arrives back in Ethiopia
The first section of the 140-ton Axum obelisk arrives in Ethiopia, almost 70 years after being looted by Italy...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Health and crime top poll battle
Health is the focus of Labour and Lib Dem election campaigns as the Tories target "binge drinking"...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Vatican smoke shows no Pope deal
Black smoke appears from the Sistine Chapel indicating cardinals have not yet agreed on a new pope...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Israel, on Its Own, Is Shaping the Borders of the West Bank
Israel under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is unilaterally moving to define its future borders with a Palestinian state...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Iraqi Official Is Assassinated by Gunmen in Baghdad
The official, Maj. Gen. Adnan Qaragholi, was killed when 10 gunmen forced their way into his house in southern Baghdad...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
New Twist Leaves Mayor of Mexico City Up in the Air
The case against Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador on felony charges of contempt of court has fallen into limbo...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
In Secret, Cardinals Begin Their Balloting to Choose a Pope
Black smoke signaled that cardinals had voted inconclusively in their first attempt to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Berlusconi, His Coalition in a Crisis, Refuses to Quit
The turmoil besieging the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took a new twist when he did not do what everyone expected him to do: resign...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Delay Is Sought in Vote on U.N. Nominee
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is said to want a further review of abuse allegations leveled against John Bolton...
New York Times - April 19, 2005
Party chiefs face Muslim voters
Muslims are to hold hustings with party leaders in the run-up to the general election...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
UN call for China-Japan meeting
The UN secretary-general calls on Chinese and Japanese leaders to use a summit this week to improve relations...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Inquiry into Nelson murder opens
An inquiry into the murder of County Armagh solicitor Rosemary Nelson is due to hear opening statements...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Wind farm public inquiry begins
A public inquiry begins into plans for one of the country's largest wind farms, to be erected in Cumbria...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Obelisk arrives back to Ethiopia
The first section of the 160-tonne Axum obelisk arrives in Ethiopia, almost 70 years after being looted by Italy...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Parties to resume health battle
Health will stay centre stage as Labour focus on children and the Lib Dems pledge to cut "hidden" waits for scans...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Peruvian plan to save Inca city
Peru hands a $130m plan to the UN's cultural arm, Unesco, to preserve the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
Vote continues to elect new pope
Roman Catholic cardinals will meet for a second day on Tuesday to seek a successor to Pope John Paul II...
BBC News - April 19, 2005
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