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Global News Archive for April 2005:
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Pope Benedict Sets Out Papal Goals in First Public Mass
The new pope used his first papal Mass to send a message of openness and reconciliation to his followers...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Berlusconi Tries to Bolster Coalition in Italy
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned today, but he immediately announced that he would form a new government...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Rice Offers Reassurances to Putin and Russian People
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered reassurances that the U.S. would not supplant Russian influence in its neighborhood...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Japanese Leader Urges Informal Summit with China
A day after China ordered an end to anti-Japanese protests, Japanese officials softened their tone toward China and urged a meeting...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
White House Defends Bolton Nomination
The White House said Democrats were making "unfounded allegations" against the nominee to be chief delegate to the U.N...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Iraq's President Says 50 Bodies Pulled From Tigris River
The new Iraqi president suggested they were victims of a massive kidnapping south of Baghdad that Iraqi officials insisted was a hoax just three days ago...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Exception to top-up fees passed
A bill allowing the introduction of top-up tuition fees in Scottish universities and colleges is approved by MSPs...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Dusty debris may be asteroid belt
The Spitzer telescope sees what looks to be an asteroid belt orbiting a star 41 light-years from Earth...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Da Vinci Code wins top book award
Bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code, criticised by the Catholic Church and derided by critics, is named best book at the British Book Awards...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Three charged over cocaine find
Three men are charged in connection with a cocaine seizure in County Tyrone worth £500,000...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Pernod to unveil Allied takeover
French drinks group Pernod will hold a news conference on Thursday to unveil its joint takeover of Allied Domecq...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Shift work linked to health risks
Employees working split shifts could be harming their health, Health and Safety Executive research has suggested...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Galloway told to avoid his home
Respect candidate George Galloway has been advised to stay away from his home after receiving a death threat...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Football: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal
Chelsea will have to wait until at least Monday to win the Premiership title after drawing with Arsenal...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Ecuador Congress sacks president
Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez is said to have fled after Congress voted to sack him amid growing protests...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Marine charged in rocker's death
A US marine is charged with negligent homicide after a car crash that killed a top rock star in Romania...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Stars out for Guide to the Galaxy
Stars arrive in London for the world premiere of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Accuser 'kept at Neverland ranch'
An ex-guard at Michael Jackson's ranch tells his trial of instructions to keep the singer's accuser there in 2003...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Benedict XVI Sets Out Papal Goals in First Public Mass
American cardinals said today that the new pope had been unfairly caricatured as an unfeeling conservative...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Violent Wave Continues in Iraq With 3 Car Bombs
Two civilians were killed when a suicide bomber aimed his vehicle at an American military convoy. Two other bombs targeted Iraqi police...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Blair defiant over Iraq decision
Tony Blair defends his decision to go to war in Iraq during a grilling by BBC Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Inhaled insulin 'within a year'
A device which allows people with diabetes to inhale insulin could be licensed within a year, scientists claim...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Tory headship plans 'ludicrous'
A head teachers' leader criticises the Conservative plan to drop the need for new head teachers to be qualified...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Pile-up as berg hits Antarctica
A vast slab of ice in Antarctica collides with the world's biggest ice tongue, satellite photos show...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
EU snub for hardline Pakistan MP
The European Parliament refuses to meet a delegation of Pakistani MPs, alleging that one of its members has Taleban links...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Cross-border link to drugs raids
A cross-border police operation leads to two major drugs seizures and the arrests of three men...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
School trip drowning 'unlawful'
A teenager who drowned during an outdoor activities holiday at a south Wales beauty spot, was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury decides...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Ford sees profits fall to $1.2bn
Profits at US car giant Ford fall to $1.2bn in the first quarter, hit hard by persistently weak US sales...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Snooker: Williams hits 147 break
Mark Williams seals a 10-1 win over Robert Milkins with a maximum break...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Manila and rebels reach agreement
Manila and Islamist separatists announce a breakthrough in peace talks to end nearly 30 years of conflict...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
White House defends UN nomination
The White House stands by President Bush's nominee for UN ambassador in the face of "unfounded" allegations...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Rice talks up Russian democracy
Condoleezza Rice and her Russian counterpart both talk up democracy ahead of her talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Rover cars to be made in China
The BBC learns that Rover 25 and 75 models are set to be built in China by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC)...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Berlusconi resigns as Italian PM
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigns, but plans to quickly form a new centre-right coalition...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Elephants rampage through Seoul
Six elephants escape from an amusement park in South Korea's capital Seoul, causing chaos...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Iraq 'hostages dumped in river'
The bodies of more than 50 men, women and children are found in the River Tigris south of Baghdad...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Billie-Jo 'killed with iron bar'
Ex-deputy head teacher Sion Jenkins murdered foster daughter Billie-Jo with an iron bar, the Old Bailey hears...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
'Simple games' rule mobile charts
Easy-to-pick-up titles are the most successful mobile games over 12 months, according to Mobile Games Analyst...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Hitchhiker film set for take-off
Stars are expected in London on Wednesday for the world premiere of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Wildfire Chinese growth persists
The Chinese economy has extended its breakneck pace of expansion, growing 9.5% in the year to March...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
'Islamists' hit Galloway meeting
A group of suspected Islamists attack a meeting of George Galloway's Respect party...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Child diabetes time-bomb warning
Soaring childhood obesity rates will increase diabetes rates across the globe, international agencies warn...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
India rejects HIV infection claim
The Indian government dismisses a report that it has the most HIV-positive people in the world...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Mother's sadness over field death
The mother of a heroin addict who froze to death in a field says she may never know how her daughter died...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Family targeted in petrol bombing
A woman and her eight-year-old son escape injury in a petrol bomb attack on their County Down home...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Family urging inquiry law change
Grieving relatives of a car crash victim are demanding a change in the law on fatal accident inquiries...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
'No plans' for assembly coalition
Labour's assembly government says it has no plans to form a coalition after losing its majority in Cardiff Bay...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Football: Chelsea target swift win
Jose Mourinho wants Chelsea to win the title early to focus on the Champions League...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Africans hail conservative Pope
African Catholic leaders welcome Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, although some hoped for a more liberal Pope...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Philippines rejoices at new Pope
Asia's largest Catholic nation hopes that Pope Benedict XVI will continue his predecessor's conservative policies...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
'First step' in Gaza withdrawal
The Israeli army begins moving equipment out of the Gaza Strip ahead of the evacuation of Jewish settlers...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Speed trap nets £750,000
A single traffic speed trap provides half the year's profit for the organisation that runs cameras in East Sussex...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Spoof psychic sparks TV protests
The BBC apologises after 350 viewers complained about "bad taste" comments on Friday's Jonathan Ross show...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Mortgage lending holding steady
Banks and building societies say that mortgage lending 'stabilised' in March after several months of falls...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Rover rescue deal 'is not dead'
MG Rover's former boss John Towers has said that he still hopes a rescue deal can be put together that will ensure the future of the troubled carmaker...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Pope reaches out in first message
Benedict XVI celebrates his first Mass as Pope, vowing to strive for the unity of all Christians...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Benedict XVI, 78, Was John Paul II's Strict Defender of the Faith
Roman Catholic cardinals reached to the church's conservative wing and chose as the 265th pope Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
A Theological Visionary With Roots in Wartime Germany
The man who has become Pope Benedict XVI was a product of wartime Germany, but also of a Roman Catholic region, Bavaria...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Chinese Official Orders End to Anti-Japanese Demonstrations
China's foreign minister called for an end to anti-Japanese protests, the first direct call by a top official to wind down the demonstrations...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Indonesia Sets Up Agency to Oversee Aceh Reconstruction
Indonesia created the new agency just weeks after it spurned the United Nations, which had planned to spend $60 million on more than 35,000 houses...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Senate Panel Postpones Vote on U.N. Nominee
A defection by a Republican forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to postpone a vote on the nomination of John Bolton as United Nations ambassador...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
At Least 12 Killed in Several Attacks in Iraq
The attacks came as Iraq's National Assembly demanded an apology from American officials for the alleged mistreatment of an assembly member by an American soldier...
New York Times - April 20, 2005
Watchdog rejects salt complaint
The advertising watchdog has rejects industry complaints about a public health campaign warning of the dangers of salt...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Philippines rejoices at new Pope
Asia's largest Catholic nation hopes that Pope Benedict XVI will continue his predecessor's conservative policies...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Rice to press Putin on democracy
The US secretary of state will raise the subject of Russian democracy at a key meeting with President Putin...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Body discovered in Alps was earl
DNA tests confirm a decomposed body found in the Alps is that of the missing Earl of Shaftesbury, say French police...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Lib Dems reveal council tax plans
The Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy is set to unveil his party's plans to replace the council tax in Scotland...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Queen leads Pope congratulations
The Queen leads the messages of congratulations from Britain to newly-elected Pope Benedict XVI...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Parties to fight over council tax
The Tories say they will scrap the revaluation of homes for council tax but are accused of "scaremongering"...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Prosecution wrapping up
Prosecutors start to wrap up their case against Michael Jackson, clearing the way for celebrity defence witnesses...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
Schools urged to use sniffer dogs
Schools are being encouraged to use sniffer dogs to stop drugs being brought into school after a pilot scheme...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
New pontiff begins work in Rome
The new Pope, Benedict XVI, is set to celebrate a private mass to mark the start of his pontificate...
BBC News - April 20, 2005
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