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Global News Archive for July 2005:
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Aide to Ayatollah Is Killed in Baghdad
A senior aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was gunned down by assassins and a suicide car bomb exploded near the office of a major Shiite political party...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
U.S. Continues Search for Missing Team in Afghan Mountains
The small reconnaissance is team missing in mountainous terrain in eastern Afghanistan where a helicopter was shot down on Tuesday, killing all 16 aboard...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
Italy Demands 'Full Respect' From U.S. Over Terror Suspect's Seizure
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi summoned the American ambassador to explain the reported abduction of a Muslim cleric by officers and operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
Iranian Leader Denies He Was Among Radicals at Embassy
"It is not true," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president-elect of Iran said today. "It is only rumors."...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
US carmakers reverse sales slide
GM and Ford reveal a rise in US sales in June - with GM lifted by aggressive discounts - ending months of declines...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Simpler way to spot ovary cancer
Doctors say they have found an easier way to diagnose ovarian cancer...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Soldier dies in 'tragic' accident
An 18-year-old British soldier died after accidentally shooting himself at a base in Iraq, it is confirmed...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Children injured in car stoning
Two children are taken to hospital after stonethrowers attack cars coming from an Orange Order parade...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Officials in final rallying call
Make Poverty History makes a final call for people to join its march in Edinburgh and rid the world of poverty...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Mexico stands firm in stamp row
A set of Mexican postage stamps branded racist in the US are just "an image in a comic", President Fox says...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Annan reminds G8 of world's poor
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan tells G8 leaders not to forget the world's poor during next week's summit...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Stars and fans get set for Live 8
Fans and musicians around the world are getting ready for the Live 8 series of anti-poverty concerts...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Schröder Gets His Wish for Early Election, by Losing Key Vote
German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is gambling the election will return him to power with a new mandate for reform...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
Pupils head for own J8 summit
Children from around the world are to tell global leaders how they would like to change the world...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Saturn rings have own atmosphere
Saturn's vast and majestic ring system has its own atmosphere, data from the Cassini spacecraft has revealed...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Swedes curb rampant downloading
Sweden has outlawed the downloading of movies, games and music in an attempt to curb rampant piracy...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Loyalists blamed for city murder
A man is shot dead in the cab of a lorry as he clears rubble away from a former bar site in east Belfast...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Deal reached after G8 march talks
Agreement is reached over a planned march near the venue of the G8 summit at Gleneagles next week...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
BNFL plans to sell Westinghouse
Loss-making nuclear firm BNFL confirms controversial plans to sell Westinghouse, amid criticism that the deal is shortsighted...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Soldiers killed in Russia blast
At least 10 people are killed and seven injured in a blast in the southern Russian region of Dagestan...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Gunmen kill Sistani aide in Iraq
An aide to Iraq's Shia spiritual leader is shot dead in the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in Baghdad...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Asia warning over Aids explosion
Asia faces a 150% increase in HIV/Aids infections over the next five years unless more is done, the UN warns...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Tennis: Federer destroys Hewitt
Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets to reach his third straight Wimbledon final...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
UN criticises Zimbabwe slum blitz
A UN envoy says Zimbabwean officials could have done more to reduce human suffering during slum clearances...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Court suspends Philippines tax
Philippines President Arroyo suffers another setback after the Supreme Court freezes an important tax reform...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
UN fears for Colombia refugees
The UN refugee agency fears vicious fighting in Colombia is forcing many indigenous people to flee their homes...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Tennis: Rain halts Roddick semi
All the action from the second men's semi-final as rain delays play at Wimbledon...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Disabled Kenyan baby gets visa
A disabled African boy has been granted a visa to travel to the UK for medical tests, the Foreign Office confirms...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Germany set for early elections
Germany's Chancellor Schroeder deliberately loses a confidence vote in parliament, to set up new elections...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Child expert defends evidence
A cot death expert accused of misusing statistics has defended his evidence in the trial of Sally Clark...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Countdown to Live 8 continues
Final preparations continue at venues around the world for the Live 8 series of anti-poverty concerts...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Hunt for missing US troops
US forces search for soldiers missing since a US helicopter sent to help them was shot down in Afghanistan...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Blair urges debate on EU's future
The UK takes over the EU presidency promising a review of whether Europe's welfare system is fit for today's world...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
US Supreme Court justice retires
Sandra Day O'Connor, who holds a crucial swing vote on the US Supreme Court, announces her retirement...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Two guilty over family slaughter
A drugs dealer and his accomplice are convicted of murdering a businessman and four members of his family...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Nasa unveils shuttle launch date
Nasa says it plans to launch Discovery on 13 July - the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster in 2003...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
US holds onto key internet role
The US government has said it intends to maintain its role in overseeing how the internet works...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Huge opening day for Cruise movie
World of the Worlds takes $34.6m on its opening, making it the most successful first day of a Tom Cruise film...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Can EU members agree on a budget?
Budget reform is set to be on the agenda as Britain takes over the presidency of the EU. Send us your comments...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
French Connection warns on profit
French Connection warns that its 2005 profits could drop by 40%, the latest retailer to report tough trading on the High Street...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Depression risk for tiny babies
Babies with small birthweights are at an increased risk of depression in later life, research suggests...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
NI professor in 'bullying' claim
A university ex-vice chancellor "bullied" staff and his work was "impaired by alcohol", a report alleges...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Pay-out over baby's body on shelf
A hospital agrees an out-of-court settlement after the body of a stillborn baby is left on a shelf...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Man is murdered in city shooting
Loyalist paramilitaries are blamed for killing a man who was working on a site in east Belfast...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Edinburgh prepares for G8 demos
Preparations are under way in Scotland's capital for a series of events relating to next week's G8 summit...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Protesters head for the G8 rally
Welsh protesters travel to Edinburgh to join the thousands likely at the G8 rally ahead of the Live 8 concert in London...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Italy probes phoney secret police
Italian police uncover a "parallel" intelligence agency created to fight Islamist terror, Italian media reports...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Military reopens Gaza settlements
Gaza's Jewish settlements are reopened, a day after the Israeli military imposed a blockade...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Asia warned about Aids explosion
Asia faces a 150% increase in HIV/Aids infections over the next five years unless more is done, a UN report warns...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Arroyo critics keep up pressure
More protests take place in Manila against Philippines President Gloria Arroyo, as new tax hikes take effect...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Global raids target piracy gangs
The FBI has led a worldwide operation to shut down groups sharing pirated movies, games and business software...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Affleck marries pregnant Garner
Actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have revealed they are married and are expecting their first child...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Football: Glazers' transfer vow
Joel Glazer tells Sir Alex Ferguson he will be given money to bring trophies to Man Utd...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
WFP warns of Zimbabwe food crisis
The World Food Programme's head says food shortages in Zimbabwe makes it one of the world's worst crises...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Turkey police shoot bomb suspect
Turkish police shoot dead a suspected suicide bomber outside government offices in Ankara...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
'Lucky shot' downed US helicopter
The US helicopter which crashed on Tuesday in Afghanistan was probably hit by an RPG, commanders say...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Countdown to Live 8 shows begins
Final preparations take place at venues around the world for the Live 8 series of anti-poverty concerts...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Journal defends baby expert
The Lancet defends child death expert Sir Roy Meadow as he prepares to give evidence to the GMC...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Schroeder loses confidence vote
Germany's Chancellor Schroeder loses a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for early elections...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Israeli Troops Drag Pro-Settler Squatters From Stronghold
Israeli soldiers and police officers raided a seaside hotel in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, evicting about 150 right-wing protesters...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
16 Bodies Recovered in Afghan Copter Crash
Three days after a helicopter went down in heavy combat in eastern Afghanistan, American troops were able to reach the crash site and recover the bodies...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
Spain Legalizes Gay Marriage; Law Is Among the Most Liberal
The Spanish Parliament gave final approval to a bill that would make Spain the first nation to eliminate all legal distinctions between same-sex and heterosexual unions...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
U.S. Pursuing Reports That Link Iranian to Embassy Seizure in '79
Two Iranian leaders of the hostage crisis dismissed allegations that Iran's president-elect was one of the captors...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
U.S. Freezes Assets of Two Senior Syrian Officials
The two officials served successively as Syria's de facto rulers in Lebanon during the three-decade occupation that ended in April...
New York Times - July 1, 2005
TV ads show smoking is 'unsexy'
A hard-hitting government campaign has been launched showing how smoking can damage peoples sex lives...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
More jobs may ease pension woe
The state pension age could stay at 65 if more people of working age had paid work, the TUC says...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Cancer 'fertility predictor' test
Researchers say they have found a way to forecast how long a woman will be fertile after cancer treatment...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Tennis: Federer set for battle
Title holder Roger Federer will be hoping to extend his dominance over Lleyton Hewitt in their Wimbledon semi-final...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
Schroeder set for confidence vote
Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder faces a vote of confidence that he hopes to lose, triggering early polls...
BBC News - July 1, 2005
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