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Global News Archive for May 2005:
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On Eve of Talks, North Korea Thought to Test Missile
The move by North Korea raised tensions a day before the opening of a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Violence in Iraq Claims More Than 100 Lives in Past 3 Days
Today's attacks included a car bomb at a Kurdish funeral near Mosul that killed about 25 Iraqis and wounded 50...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
For Blair, Iraq Issue Just Won't Go Away
An article suggested the British prime minister had committed himself to a U.S. plan for "regime change" months before he told either the British Parliament or people that British participation was all but guaranteed...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Christie holds on to chart reign
Singer Tony Christie claims a seventh week at number one, giving him one of the longest chart reigns in recent years...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
New wind farm row splits island
A storm blows up involving the trustees of a planned site on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and wind farm opponents...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Snooker: Stevens takes lead
Matthew Stevens leads Shaun Murphy 10-6 after the first two sessions of their World Snooker Championship final...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Australian hostage tape released
PM John Howard rules out any talks with militants, after a tape said to show an Australian hostage emerges...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Mass rally marks Cuba labour day
More than a million gather in the Cuban capital, Havana, for a government-organised May Day rally...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Italy media reveals Iraq details
Italian media publishes classified sections of a US report into the killing of agent Nicola Calipari in Iraq...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Bombing of Iraqi Kurds kills 25
An apparent suicide attack on a Kurdish funeral in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar leaves at least 25 dead...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Policeman moved after gun death
A police marksmen is removed from firearms duties after a man is shot dead during a planned operation...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
With Election This Week, Iraq Remains Campaign Issue for Blair
An article on Sunday suggested the British prime minister had committed himself to a U.S. plan for "regime change" months before he told either the British Parliament or people that British participation was all but guaranteed...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Message From President of Taiwan Awakens Hopes of a Thaw With China
President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan sent a secret message to China's leaders, the most direct contact between the two sides since his election five years ago...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Are workers' rights being ignored?
May Day is a traditional workers' holiday, but in recent years it's been marked by anti-globalisation protests. Send us your views...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Police in spotlight over shooting
Independent investigations begin after a man is shot dead by a police officer in north London...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Attacker bites off part of nose
Poilce appeal for information after a man has part of his ear and nose bitten off in an attack in County Antrim...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Asylum focus of parties' debate
Immigration Minister Des Browne defends Labour's asylum policies which other parties say are not working...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Plan to 'stop Glazer Man Utd bid'
An investment bank agrees to help Manchester United fans opposed to the possible takeover of the club, it is reported...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Poll going to penalties - Tories
The Conservatives say the election result is "going to penalties" and will be a "very close result"...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Football: Man Utd beat Charlton
Paul Scholes scores one goal and makes another as Man Utd coast to victory over Charlton...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Togolese 'flee security forces'
Refugees from Togo say they are fleeing violence from security forces in the country, the UN says...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Dachau survivors mark liberation
Survivors and veterans remember the 60th anniversary of liberation of the Dachau death camp by US soldiers...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Iran issues nuclear warning to US
Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warns the US to stay out of his country's nuclear programme...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
US releases 80 Afghan detainees
More than 80 prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan have been released, Afghan officials say...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Minister booed by school heads
Head teachers boo and hiss education minister Derek Twigg who defended school league tables...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Workers march for May Day
A workers' rally is held in London to campaign for international solidarity and union rights...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Apology call to US runaway bride
Rescuers say a US woman who made up a kidnapping after getting cold feet over her wedding should say sorry...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
North Korea 'tests new missile'
The US is looking into reports that North Korea may have launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Flood village marks 'reopening'
Boscastle in Cornwall - hit by floods in August - celebrates its recovery with a May Day parade...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Three quizzed over Hassan killing
Three men are arrested over the kidnap and killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Taiwan President's Ally to Carry Message to China
The president's decision to open any kind of dialogue with mainland China is another hint of possibly warming relations across the Taiwan Strait...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
Online gaming costs set to rise
Downloadable content is set to expand in the next generation of games consoles...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Hasselhoff wins Bollywood honour
Ex-Baywatch star David Hasselhoff is named best international star at the Bollywood movie awards...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Japan restarts loans to Pakistan
Japan resumes economic aid to Pakistan which was suspended after Pakistan held nuclear tests in 1998...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Two men hurt in stabbing attack
Two men are treated in hospital for stab wounds following a disturbance in County Tyrone...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Campaigners enter final stretch
The general election campaign continues with only several days left till polling day...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Abigail attacker's 'violent past'
The man who stabbed Abigail Witchalls has a history of violence and knows the area where she was attacked...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Football: Chelsea Mourinho dream
Chief executive Peter Kenyon wants boss Jose Mourinho to stay at Premiership champions Chelsea for 10 years...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Snooker: Final showdown
Matthew Stevens and Shaun Murphy go head-to-head in the World Championship final on Sunday...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Iraq insurgent attacks kill nine
Armed insurgents in Iraq kill at least five Iraqi policemen and four civilians in the capital, Baghdad...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
New Pope delivers first blessing
Pope Benedict XVI gives his first Sunday blessing to crowds in St Peter's Square since his inauguration...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
UK Skylark rocket launch delayed
High winds delay the final launch of a successful but largely unknown British space programme until Monday...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Egypt denies return to violence
Egyptian authorities say Saturday's attack on tourists does not signal a return of Islamist militant violence...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Blair plays down new Iraq claims
Tony Blair plays down a leaked memo that suggests he was looking at ways to justify invading Iraq in July 2002...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Ex-Hostage's Italian Driver Ignored Warning, U.S. Says
The car carrying the Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena that was struck with a deadly hail of gunfire ignored warnings from American soldiers, a report states...
New York Times - May 1, 2005
US Vietnam vets mark anniversary
Veterans of the US war in Vietnam gather in Washington to remember their comrades 30 years after Saigon fell...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Abigail creating attacker e-fit
Detectives hunting a knifeman who left Abigail Witchalls paralysed create a fresh image of her attacker...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
School heads call for reform
Head teachers are expected to repeat a call for wholesale reform of teenagers' education in England...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Man shot dead by police officer
A man is shot dead by a police officer during an operation in London, Scotland Yard says...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Acupuncture 'more than placebo'
Scientists say they have proof that acupuncture works in its own right...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Damascus to resume Iraq ties
Syria announces it is restoring diplomatic ties with Iraq after a break of more than two decades...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
Taiwan head seeks Beijing talks
The president of Taiwan urges China to talk directly to his government, as an opposition leader continues his tour...
BBC News - May 1, 2005
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