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Global News Archive for April 2005:
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21 Iraqis Killed in Attacks in Tikrit and Baghdad
Also today, the U.S. military said it captured four more Iraqis in connection with the downing of a civilian helicopter...
New York Times - April 24, 2005
Ezer Weizman, Former President of Israel, Dies at 80
Ezer Weizman built the country's air force and guided Israel to a swift victory over the Arab forces in the Six Day War of 1967...
New York Times - April 24, 2005
Abbas Reshuffles Security Forces, but Questions Remain
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has streamlined his security forces and installed a new set of commanders. Will they be able to bring sweeping changes?...
New York Times - April 24, 2005
Huge crowds support Mexico mayor
Hundreds of thousands march through Mexico City in support of embattled mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Space capsule lands back on Earth
A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts from International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Football: Rooney wonder goal
A Wayne Rooney wonder goal inspires Man Utd to victory over Newcastle...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Snooker: Stevens close to victory
Matthew Stevens is just one frame away from knocking Jimmy White out of the World Championship...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Raid overshadows Togo elections
Armed men raid the headquarters of Togo's opposition, as voting ends in presidential elections...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Beckhams plan to take legal case
The Beckhams intend to take legal action after failing to stop tabloid allegations about their marriage...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Iraqis killed in market attacks
Twin bomb attacks in a Baghdad market near a mosque kill 15 and injure dozens, police say...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
At Installation Mass, New Pope Strikes a Tone of Openness
The Mass, which drew 350,000 spectators, marked an important moment in the transformation of Benedict XVI...
New York Times - April 24, 2005
Call for rethink on youth project
The former prisons watchdog urges ministers to review their decision to close a project for young offenders...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Campaign focus on global poverty
The four main Welsh parties campaign on helping the developing world to mark World Poverty Day...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
EU warns China on textile exports
The European Union calls on China to reduce its clothing exports to Europe or else face enforced limits...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Armenians remember mass killings
Armenians demand that mass deportations and killings that began 90 years ago be recognised as genocide...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Syria-Lebanon pullout 'nears end'
All Syrian troops will be withdrawn from Lebanon days before a 30 April deadline, officials say...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
India 'lifts' Nepal arms embargo
India decides "in principle" to resume arms supplies to Nepal in return for a return to democracy...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Ecuador ex-head flies into exile
Ecuador's ousted President Lucio Gutierrez goes into exile in Brazil, which has offered him asylum...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Togolese flock to elect leader
Long queues form at polling stations across Togo as people elect a new leader after weeks of turmoil...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Rivals put Iraq pressure on Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair comes under renewed pressure from the Tories and Lib Dems over the war in Iraq...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Pope appeals for Christian unity
Benedict XVI calls for Christians to join together as he is invested as Pope in a packed St Peter's Square...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Ecuador ex-head 'heads for exile'
Ecuador's ousted president reportedly leaves the Brazilian embassy in Quito on his way into exile...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Man dies after assault at house
A man in his early 40s has died after being assaulted at a house in the Waterside area of Londonderry...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Arrests after football violence
Up to 150 football fans are involved in violence after a match in Bristol, leaving five police officers injured...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Glazer 'to meet key Man Utd duo'
Malcolm Glazer is to try to persuade Man Utd's largest two shareholders to back his takeover bid, reports say...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Beckhams fail to stop nanny story
David and Victoria Beckham fail in an attempt to stop the News of the World printing articles about their marriage...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
NHS 'bought Africa's Aids drugs'
The NHS has bought anti-Aids drugs illegally diverted from developing countries, a BBC investigation finds...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Gallipoli marks 90th anniversary
Thousands gather in Turkey to mark the 90th anniversary of the bloody Gallipoli landings of WW1...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Olympics: Coe defends U-turn
Lord Coe says the decision to withdraw an incentives package will not damage London's 2012 Olympic bid...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Violence feared as Togolese vote
Voting begins in Togo to elect a successor to Gnassingbe Eyadema whose death has sparked turmoil...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Howard attacks Blair's character
Michael Howard says 5 May gives voters the "last chance" to pass judgement on "liar" Tony Blair's character...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Iraq police die in suicide blasts
A double suicide bombing on a police academy in the Iraqi city of Tikrit kills six people and wounds about 30...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Prayers said for stabbing victim
A church regularly attended by stab victim Abigail Witchalls holds a special Sunday service...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Benedict XVI is installed as Pope
Benedict XVI receives the papal ring and pallium formally inaugurating him as Roman Catholic Pope...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Preparing for Pageantry of Pope's Installation
St. Peter's Square will again be flooded with pilgrims and pageantry on Sunday when Pope Benedict XVI is installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church...
New York Times - April 24, 2005
6 Arrested in Downing of Iraq Copter
Acting on a tip from an Iraqi, American soldiers from Task Force Baghdad staged an early morning raid on Saturday that captured six men suspected of shooting down a civilian helicopter...
New York Times - April 24, 2005
'Healing' gene breast cancer clue
Genes involved in wound healing might indicate breast cancer patients' long-term health, scientists say...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Cut-outs campaign for education
Cardboard cut-outs representing 100m children who cannot go to school are to be presented to politicians...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Poverty focus on campaign trail
Global poverty takes centre stage on the election trail as the major parties agree to concentrate on the issue...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Appeal for calm on Togo poll eve
Togo's acting head of state appeals for calm as people prepare to go to the polls to vote for a new president...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Ecuador ex-head 'to be flown out'
Brazilian authorities say the ousted Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez should arrive in Brazil on Sunday...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Conservatives 'win Saudi polls'
Results from the final round of voting show moderate Islamists have won Saudi Arabia's first municipal polls...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Tory anger at BBC heckler show
The Conservatives demand an apology over a programme they say encouraged heckling at a party meeting...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Call to double nurses in schools
The number of UK school nurses needs to double in order to provide adequate cover, a nursing union says...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Parties focusing on world poverty
Helping the world's poor is the focus of the main parties as the election changes tack to mark World Poverty Day...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Abigail suspect released on bail
A man arrested over the stabbing of Abigail Witchalls, who remains in intensive care, is released on police bail...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Rumsfeld abuse probe demanded
A human rights group calls for a US prosecutor to look at Donald Rumsfeld's role in US prisoner abuse...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
Solemn mass will install new Pope
Pope Benedict XVI will formally take office at a solemn mass in Rome attended by half a million pilgrims...
BBC News - April 24, 2005
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