Portal:Current events/2005 August 24

August 24, 2005 (Wednesday)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Palestinian man attacked the pair in Jerusalem. (ITN) (Telegraph) Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine

The
Maale Adumim on the West Bank for continued construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier. (BBC)

Five Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad leader Ribhi Amara, are killed in a gun-battle following an Israeli raid on the Palestinian refugee camp of Tulkarm in the West Bank. Israel maintains that all five were militants, while eye witnesses say that three were unarmed teenagers. (BBC) (Reuters) (YNETnews) (New York Times) (Chicago Tribune)^{[permanent dead link]}
Heavy
floods hit Switzerland, Austria and Germany forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes. (BBC)

Qinghai-Tibet Railway is now the highest railway in the world. The railway also includes the highest railway station in the world at Lhasa, 5,068 m (16,627 ft) above sea level. The railway is expected to open later in 2005. (Xinhua)

American
televangelist and former Presidential candidate, Pat Robertson apologizes for calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. (Financial Times)