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Global News Archive for April 2005:
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U.S. Drones Crowd Iraq's Skies to Fight Insurgents
In the skies over Iraq, the number of remotely piloted aircraft has shot up to more than 700 from just a handful four years ago...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Major Parties in Iraq Agree on President and 2 Vice Presidents
The agreement breaks a two-month deadlock and is the first significant step in forming a new government...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Huge Crowds of Pilgrims Converge on the Vatican
At least one million people flocked to St. Peter's Square by the end of the first full day of public grieving over the pope's body...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Gaza Settlers Reluctantly Meet with Sharon on Evacuation Order
In an effort both to comfort and to split the Israeli settlers facing evacuation this summer from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel met with some of their representatives...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Girl amputee, six, gets MRSA bug
A six-year-old girl who had her hands and feet amputated after contracting meningitis is struck by the MRSA infection...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Parties get on the campaign trail
Politicians in Scotland gear up for the first full day of campaigning in the run-up to the general election...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Parties trade insults on day one
As the general election date is confirmed, the Welsh parties launch immediate attacks on each other...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Lifeline pension fund launched
The government introduces the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), which aims to compensate workers who lose out when employers go bust...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Football: Liverpool beat Juventus
Liverpool beat Juventus 2-1 in their Champions League quarter-final first leg...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Terror drill tests US hospitals
Attention switches to how hospitals cope with casualties as the US' biggest ever terror drill continues...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Football remembers Heysel tragedy
Fans of Liverpool and Juventus remember those who died at Heysel Stadium nearly 20 years ago...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Troops end three-day Saudi battle
Officials in Saudi Arabia say more than 10 militants died in a three-day battle which ended on Monday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
UN sets Darfur trials in motion
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan hands a list of 51 Darfur war crimes suspects to The Hague tribunal...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Government drops ID card plans
The government's plans to introduce compulsory ID cards will not become law ahead of the election...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Blair Announces May 5 as the Date for New Elections
The announcement coincided with a slew of opinion surveys suggesting that Tony Blair's Labor Party was losing ground to the opposition Conservatives...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
After Deadly Battle, U.S. and Iraqis Search for Insurgents
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers combed an area east of Baghdad where two Americans and an Iraqi were killed on Monday. Also today, a U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Cardinals Meet as Mourners Wait to Pay Their Last Respects
The day-and-night vigil of mourners waiting for a glimpse of the pope's body could bring more than two million people to Rome...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Mona Lisa gets new Louvre home
The Mona Lisa is due to move to her new home within Paris' Louvre art gallery on Wednesday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Pope John Paul II: Your tributes
Large crowds continue to fill the streets around the Vatican as mourners wait to see the body of Pope John Paul II lying in state. Send us your tributes...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Election fight begins in Scotland
The general election campaign starts in Scotland where candidates are battling for fewer seats at Westminster...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Welsh election campaign kicks off
Welsh parties start general election campaigning as Tony Blair confirms polling will be on 5 May...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Minister hits back on vote fraud
The government rejects a judge's claim it is "in denial" about the extent of postal voting fraud...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Maths grade C 'possible for all'
All GCSE maths students in England will have the chance to gain a grade C if a pilot scheme is extended...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Swift ready for Universe's worst
The Swift space observatory which seeks to unravel the mysteries of some of the Universe's most titanic explosions goes fully live on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Japan history texts anger E Asia
Japan angers Beijing and Seoul by approving a new set of controversial history school text books...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Ten militants die in Saudi clash
Officials in Saudi Arabia say 10 militants have died in fierce clashes which entered a third day on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Murder police ordered to improve
Nottinghamshire Police are told by the home secretary to improve the way they tackle violence and murder...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
NI parties step on election trail
Political parties in Northern Ireland begin their official election campaign after Tony Blair announces a 5 May poll...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Dead man not found for six years
A 63-year-old man's body lay undiscovered in his flat for nearly six years, an inquest hears...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
TV host Kaplinsky to be married
Strictly Come Dancing presenter Natasha Kaplinsky says she is "thrilled and very excited" to be engaged...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Howard launches campaign
The Conservatives launch their official election campaign, boosted by the latest opinion polls...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Defection boosts Lib Dems
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy sees his election campaign boosted as a Labour candidate defects...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Racing: National start delayed
Aintree officials put Saturday's big race back due to the Royal wedding...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Climbdown saves super casino
Ministers agree to reduce the number of new super casinos to one to save their Gambling Bill...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Rover chief 'committed' to deal
Rover says it is determined to seal a joint venture with Chinese car maker SAIC, but gives no details about whether a deal is any closer...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Crowds queue to honour Pope
Massive crowds gather to see the body of Pope John Paul II as Vatican cardinals meet to arrange his funeral on Friday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Royal wedding details confirmed
The Prince of Wales' wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles will take place at 1230 BST on Saturday, royal aides say...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Blair sets 5 May as election date
The general election will be held on 5 May, Tony Blair says, as he kick-starts a month-long poll campaign...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
EU health foods crackdown 'wrong'
A plan to tighten rules on vitamins and food supplements should be stopped, a leading European judge has indicated...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Plenty of Earths await discovery
British researchers are more confident than ever that there are "Earths" out there waiting to be discovered...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Google to start 'video blogging'
Search engine firm Google is to begin an experiment in "video blogging", according to co-founder Larry Page...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Bomb blast hits Kashmir bus route
A bomb blast on the route of a landmark bus service in Kashmir wounds at least seven people, police say...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
'Gun city' police told to improve
The home secretary tells Notts Police it must improve, as a report criticises the force's murder record...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
NI parties step on election trail
Political parties in Northern Ireland begin their official election campaign after Tony Blair announces a 5 May poll...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Bail review 'will renew respect'
Proposed changes to Scotland's bail and remand system will "restore lost respect for the law", an expert group claims...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Up to 200 schools 'could close'
As many as 200 rural Welsh primary schools could close within five years, a top education adviser claims...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Pernod may bid for Allied Domecq
Shares in UK food and drink firm Allied Domecq rise after it confirms it is in talks with France's Pernod Ricard...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Brown outlines vision on economy
Voters face a choice between economic success and instability, the chancellor says...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Football: L'pool remember Heysel
Liverpool will remember those who died at Heysel Stadium before their Champions League match with Juventus...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Nigerian speaker falls over graft
Nigeria's third-most powerful politician - the senate president - resigns over graft allegations...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Japan history texts stir concern
Japan angers Seoul by approving a new set of controversial history school text books...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Saudi battle goes into third day
At least nine people die as a gun battle between Saudi police and militants enters its third day...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Howard launches campaign
The Conservatives launch their official election campaign, boosted by the latest opinion polls...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Defection boosts Lib Dems
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy sees his election campaign boosted as a Labour candidate defects...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Football: FA charges Bowyer
Newcastle's Lee Bowyer is charged with violent conduct by the Football Association...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Royal wedding details to be fixed
Further details of the Royal wedding are expected, after the ceremony is postponed until Saturday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
General kidnapped in Baghdad
Gunmen seize an Iraqi general and his bodyguards from his car in western Baghdad as bombs rock the city's suburbs...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Tiny drives set for space boost
Hitachi demonstrates a leap in hard drive technology which will lead to one-inch hard drives that can hold 60Gb...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Rings stolen from dying pensioner
A 98-year-old woman had rings stolen from her fingers as she lay dying in a Manchester hospital, police say...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Man admits to grenade in luggage
A man has admitted bringing a hand grenade to Gatwick airport with intent to endanger life...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Talks on Rover lifeline continue
Crucial talks between MG Rover and China's SAIC over a rescue deal for the UK car maker are back on, with an update due later on Tuesday...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Blair sets 5 May as election date
The general election will be held on 5 May, Tony Blair says, as he kick-starts a month-long poll campaign...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Thousands pack Rome to see Pope
Crowds of tens of thousands have been filling the streets around the Vatican to see the body of Pope John Paul II...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
U.S. Drones Crowding the Skies to Help Fight Insurgents in Iraq
In the skies over Iraq, the number of remotely piloted aircraft has shot up to more than 700 now from just a handful four years ago...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Afghan Officials Urge Donors to Shift Focus
President Hamid Karzai made a plea to donors today to shift their focus to helping the country's struggling private sector...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Second Attack on Iraq Prison in 48 Hours Wounds 5 Iraqis
A suicide bomber driving a tractor blew himself up near the gates of Abu Ghraib prison, wounding five Iraqi civilians...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Pope's Funeral Is Set for Friday
Pope John Paul II's body was carried in a solemn procession from the Vatican and presented to the public in St. Peter's Square...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Exiled Kyrgyz Quits, Clearing the Path for New Elections
President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan resigned after receiving assurances that he would not face prosecution...
New York Times - April 5, 2005
Cardinal's road leading to Rome
The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, heads to Rome for the Pope's funeral...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Patients 'prize local GP access'
Patients value having a local GP practice above access to a variety of primary care services, doctors' leaders say...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Business is most popular degree
One in eight university students is choosing a business studies course, official figures show...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
US activists aid border arrests
US volunteers on controversial patrols of the Mexican border say they have helped detain 19 illegal migrants...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Bush cautious on Ukraine Nato bid
US President Bush says he backs Ukraine's Nato hopes but warns it has not yet met necessary criteria...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Saudi battle 'kills top suspects'
Two of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men are among at least seven killed in a shoot-out with security forces...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Tory short-list to replace Flight
Senior Tories chose a short-list of three candidates to replace sacked Howard Flight in the upcoming election...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
MPs call for minimum drink prices
Councils should act to set minimum prices for alcoholic drinks in bars to help them curb binge-drinking, MPs say...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Death penalty 'at record levels'
Amnesty International says nearly 4,000 people were executed in 2004, the highest figure in almost a decade...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
US holds massive terror exercise
More than 10,000 people take part in the biggest ever anti-terrorism drill carried out by the United States...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
McCartney detectives free man
Detectives release a man without charge after questioning him over Robert McCartney's murder...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Crowds wait all night to see Pope
Mourners queue through the night at St Peter's Basilica for a final glimpse of the Pope before Friday's funeral...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
MPs issue warning over prescriptions
Too many drugs are being prescribed to patients before the full side-effects are known, MPs warn...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
Blair prepares to name poll day
Tony Blair is expected to name 5 May as election day on Tuesday and ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament...
BBC News - April 5, 2005
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