cot death expert Sir Roy Meadow testifies before the General Medical Council hearing. He was involved with four court cases where four women were falsely accused of killing their children. Medical journal The Lancet defends him saying that he is just a "scapegoat" (BBC)(Scotsman)
In the
Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 10 people have died during protests over delay to the presidential elections. Opposition claims the numbers are closer to 42. (Wikinews)(BBC)
Muslim prayer service in history to be led by a woman. (CBC)
June 2005, increasing total deliveries by 41% against June 2004, (GM website)
Romania's legal tender, leu was re-valued, 10,000 old lei becoming 1 new leu. Thus the ISO 4217 code was changed from ROL (Romanian leu) to RON (Romanian New leu).
Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick in the Men's Wimbledon Final in straight sets to capture his third consecutive Wimbledon crown and fifth Grand Slam title overall.[Newslink missing]
antitrust lawsuit against industry giant Intel, preserve certain documents in their possession that may be required as evidence. The court grants that request, ordering the third parties to suspend normal document destruction as to the documents described. (TechWorld)
The first
VODcast
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Shareholders of French liquor distributor Pernod Ricard approve its acquisition of Britain's Allied Domecq, parent company of US coffee and baked goods chain Dunkin' Donuts
Grupo Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana. Before joining TFM, Rión was president of Bombardier's Rail Control Solutions Division in London, England, from 2001 to 2005, president and managing director of Bombardier's Mexican division from 1995 to 2001, and general director of Dina Autobuses/Consorción-Grupo Dina from 1991 to 1995. (Business Journal of Kansas City)(KCS)
The Al Jazeera Network states it will be expanding by broadcasting English language content into the United States by March 2006. (CNN)
humans lived in the Americas 45,000 years ago, 30,000 years earlier than previously thought. (BBC)
2005 Albanian general election continues. Voter turnout was over 50% and results are expected later in the day. International observers, including OSCE, have expressed reservations about the voting process. Three people have been killed during the election. (Euro-Reporters)(Reuters)(Guardian Unlimited)
Silvio Pereira of the ruling Worker's Party resigns for the duration of the parliamentary inquiry into vote-buying. (BBC)
In Iraq, gunmen attack envoys from Pakistan and Bahrain. The attacks come three days after Egypt's top envoy was ambushed in the street and injured. The attempted kidnappings are meant to discourage other nations from having ties with Iraq. (LA Times)Archived 2005-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
The government of Indonesia announced the extension of its immunization campaign against polio. The second round in this campaign was originally scheduled to end yesterday. (Bloomberg)
United States The ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars premiered, Kelly Monaco won the competition.
Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo!'s current question-and-answer service, is launched. Their first question is posted just a couple of hours after their 9 A.M. launch time.
Twenty-four people confirmed dead after more than 300 heavily-armed UN troops, assisted by the Haitian National Police, carry out a major pre-dawn military raid in
machine guns, tanks, 83-CC grenades, and tear gas. Eyewitnesses reported that when people fled to escape the tear gas, UN troops shot them from behind. The UN military commander, Lieutenant General Augusto Heleno, claimed the operation a success, and that the victims were "outlaws". UN Colonel Morano suggests that ballistics tests be done on the dead. Records from Medicine Without Borders (the single hospital that serves Cité Soleil) show an influx of civilian casualties, starting at 11:00 a.m. on July 6: twenty-six live victims -- 20 of them women or children -- from Cité Soleil suffering mostly from gunshot wounds. (DemocracyNow.org); (HaitiAction); (BBC)(RBN)[permanent dead link] (video link, requires RealPlayer)
7 July 2005 London bombings: Four explosions are reported on the London Underground and bus system, leading to the entire transport network being shut down. A previously unheard-of splinter group of al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility, though their involvement has not yet been verified. The attacks have left at least 50 people dead and roughly 700 others injured. (BBC (1))(BBC (2))(Wikinews)
EU constitution and the first to do so unanimously. (di-ve)
In the
Gloria Arroyo asks all the members of her cabinet to resign. (Channel News Asia)
Researchers halt a study in Africa after results indicate that
AIDS. The study will be presented at the Third International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment later this month. Meanwhile, others argue that ritual circumcision increases the risk of infection because of poor sanitary conditions. (Advocate)(AllAfrica)
In Mexico, the city of Nuevo Laredo chooses Omar Pimentel as the new chief of police. When gangsters assassinated the previous chief a month ago, Mexican federal police occupied the city and arrested the whole police force for investigation. (El Universal)(BBC)
general elections in May, Ethiopia releases the first round of official results for 307 of 527 parliamentary seats. The ruling EPRDF has won 139 seats, while opposition parties CUD and UEDF won 93 and 42, respectively. Smaller parties and independent candidates won the remaining 33 seats. CUD and UEDF announced plans to form a coalition government. (BBC News)
In Azerbaijan, about 30,000 (other sources varying from 10,000 up to 50,000) opposition members demonstrated in the country's capital, calling for fair parliamentary elections. (Photos)
Karl Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, acknowledges that Rove was connected to the leak that led to the revelation of Valerie Plame's position as a CIA agent. Luskin confirmed that Rove had been interviewed by Cooper for the article. It is unclear, however, what passed between Cooper and Rove. "Rove did not mention her name to Cooper," Luskin said. "This was not an effort to encourage Time [magazine] to disclose her identity. What he was doing was discouraging Time from perpetuating some statements that had been made publicly and weren't true." Luskin had previously said that Rove "absolutely did not identify Valerie Plame." (Newsweek), (Washington Post)
football matches which happen in the middle of the Indonesian night, are excluded from the shutdown. (BBC)
The General Synod of the Church of England adopts a resolution "that the process for removing the legal obstacles to the ordination of women to the episcopate should now be set in train"; and schedules debate on the best form of legislation to achieve this for its February 2006 session. (BBC)
The 17th
athletes will compete on various sporting events. (Ynet)
The body of a
U.S. Navy SEAL has been found and recovered in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said Sunday. (CNN)
In
presidential elections with 89% support so far (IHT)(Reuters)
London police identify four suspects in the 7 July 2005 London bombings; all are British citizens apparently from Leeds, West Yorkshire, and at least one is believed to have died in the blasts. Raids find explosive materials and other forensic evidence. (Reuters)(BBC)
President, at a photo-op today, ignored reporters who asked if his pledge to fire any staffer involved was still operative. (Bloomberg)
Stockholders of both
Gillette overwhelmingly approve a combination of the two huge consumer-product companies, although the deal faces regulatory scrutiny both in Europe and in the United States. (Forbes)
Special Air Service troops to Afghanistan, to take part in covert operations and to help thwart a resurgent Taliban. A further 200 troops may also be dispatched to aid reconstruction efforts. (ABC News)
The
Robert Clark Young, the AFA argues that Nike promotes "a back door move to legalise homosexual marriage." (GayNZ.com)[permanent dead link
In Peru, thousands of demonstrators protest in Lima against a US trade pact that could lead to increase in the cost of medicines. (Reuters AlertNet)
In Chile, the Senate reforms the country's constitution, decreasing power of the military in the upper house and reducing the presidential term for four years. The previous constitution is from the era of Augusto Pinochet. (Reuters)
In Haiti, Jacques Roche, kidnapped prominent journalist and poet, is found dead. Police says he was tortured and shot. Roche was kidnapped July 10 (Reuters) (Link dead as of 00:39, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
7 July London bombings, has been arrested in Egypt. (BBC)
In the
Luis Singson, claims that he has a tape of a conversation where the jailed president Joseph Estrada is planning to return to power by disposing of whoever would lead the transitional government after Arroyo resigns. (ABS-CBN)(INQ7)
In Egypt, presidential feminist aspirant Nawal El Saadawi pulls out of the race due to restrictive election regulations for first-time candidates. (Al-Jazeera)(Reuters)
In Germany, the Party of Democratic Socialism renames itself
6 killed in Srinagar blast near school. The suicide bomber rammed his car on a passing army jeep, causing a massive explosion. Pakistani group Hizbul Mujahideen is suspected to be behind the attack. (Rediff)
Hurricane Emily makes landfall along the northeast coast of Mexico, about 75 miles south of the Mexico–United States border, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, causing damage along the coast. In Texas, flooding and tornadoes have been reported from the effects of Emily. (CBS news)
Police in
Islamist extremists in a series of raids on religious schools, mosques and other properties. (BBC)
Canada becomes the 4th nation in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.(National Post)
Delubio Soares, former treasurer for the ruling Worker's Party, admits in a parliamentary hearing that the party did not declare contributions worth $17 million (Bloomberg)(BBC)
Indian Army announces that it has unveiled a scam where contractors responsible for transportation of fuel to depots of its Northern Command had sold off the fuel and filled the tanks with water (Times of India)(NDTV)
After a blitz of detentions of suspected militants and
Islamists, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf calls for a holy war against preachers of hate and announces steps to curb militant Islamic schools and groups. (Reuters)
President of Tatarstan place at the newly-restored Annunciation Cathedral of the Kazan Kremlin the holiest copy of the long-lost icon, which was presented to Russia by Pope John Paul II shortly before his death. (Asianews)
Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval underground stations. There are also reports of an incident on the no. 26 bus in Hackney, East London. There are no reported casualties and police are not yet treating the incidents as "major". (BBC)
The
US dollar, instead trading within a narrow range against a market basket of currencies. (AP)
In Morocco, authorities detain five supporters of Western Saharan independence for their alleged part in violent demonstrations last May. (Al-Jazeera)
In China, a group of farmers in Shengyou village in Hebei province that demonstrated over seizure of an arable land for the power plant, win in a dispute. (Reuters AlertNet)(BBC)
capital of Beirut causing injuries, but no deaths. (BBC)
About 88 people are killed and 200 injured in a
Sharm el-Sheikh at about 0100 local time (2200 UTC Friday). (BBC)
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says that he feels it is his duty to prevent Islam and its symbols from being used to propagate violence. He has set three missions for himself – continuing to remind the world community to understand the root causes of terrorism, explaining that Islam is a religion of peace and opposed to violence, and showcasing Malaysia as a modern Islamic country and a safe place to invest and visit. (The Star)(Iranian Quran News Agency)[permanent dead link](Islam Online)
Al-Qaida operative, Mohammed Afroze, is convicted of criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to disturb relations between friendly nations, and forging documents. However, he is acquitted on charges of waging war against the nation. (NDTV)
At least 36 people are dead after two days of violent fuel riots in Yemen. (BBC)
At least 15 people are killed when a dam collapses in south-west China. (BBC)
A South Asian-looking man, suspected of being an attempted
. The man was actually an innocent Brazilian killed without cause.
A mosque in east London and the surrounding area is evacuated for an hour following receipt of a bomb warning. The all-clear is given after the mosque is searched by police. (Wikinews), (Sky News)
The strongest earthquake to hit Tokyo in more than a decade strikes eastern Japan at 4:35 p.m. local time, injuring at least 27 people, rattling buildings and disrupting train and plane services. (CBC)
U.S. State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq." (Wikinews)
A team of scientists from the UK and Australia state that they have found high concentrations of
Palestinian militant attacks on Israelis, in a statement on Sunday, July 24, Pope Benedict XVI said that he deplored attacks in "countries including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Britain". (BBC)
Bilateral negotiations have resumed between the US and North Korea. (BBC)
.
The
AFL–CIO, announce their intentions to leave the labor federation, underscoring a major schism within the U.S. labour movement. (IHT)
Insurgents have released a video showing the two Diplomatic staff from Algeria kidnapped from Baghdad last week. (BBC)
Over 200 people have been killed in intense
Capital, Mumbai, is said to be underwater causing more than a two hundred thousand people to be stranded in offices and roads for about 24 hours. (Rediff), (BBC)
Several protesters have been injured again in India on this second day of protests. (BBC)
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off at 1039 EST this morning on mission STS-114. The NASA commentator says during launch "Lift-off, lift-off, and return to America's journey to the Moon, Mars, and beyond". (BBC).
British Police member who shot an innocent Brazilian man seven times in the head and once in the shoulder has been given a free holiday, paid for by Scotland Yard.(BBC News)
2005 Maharashtra floods: The death toll from the series of heavy monsoon rains and landslides they have triggered has been raised to at least 418 people in India's western state of Maharashtra.(ExpressIndia)[permanent dead link
China, the human death toll from an outbreak of the pig pathogen Streptococcus suis is 24. 21 are in critical condition and number of infections has increased to 117 BBC
In France, court in Angers sentences 62 members of a child sex ring to up to 28 years in jail. Trial lasted 5 months (Euronews)(Reuters)
Other
Mont Blanc tunnel fire. Gerard Roncoli, the French head of security, received six months in jail and 24 months of suspended sentence (Euronews)(BBC News)(IHT)
Two people have died following an explosion which destroyed a train tanker carrying oil, believed to have been caused by a bomb on the tracks. [Death Toll Confirmed](BBC)
Six Iraqi soldiers have died following clashes in two Baghdad streets. (BBC)
Seven people have been killed and 38 others injured in an explosion on a moving passenger train in India. (BBC)
The
Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms, with effect from 1600 BST today (1500 UTC). The IRA has been on "cease-fire" since 1996 and said it would follow a democratic path ending more than 30 years of violence. It will not, however, disband.(BBC)(RTE)(Guardian)(Transcript of Statement)
The strongest tornado in Britain in 25 years, rating a 2 on the Fujita scale, hits Birmingham, damaging homes and injuring 20 people. (BBC)
The United States, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia have formed a partnership aiming to cut the emissions of gasses that lead to global warming. The agreement is known as the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate.
In the US, a number of American-Muslim scholars announce a
The UK government imposes a travel ban on Kenyan transport minister Chris Murungaru, who is investigated for corruption, forbidding him from visiting Britain (BBC)(KBC)(AllAfrica)
Kuiper Belt objects, Haumea ((136108) 2003 EL61) and Makemake ((136472) 2005 FY9). New observations reveal Haumea to be about 70% the diameter of Pluto. The object is also orbited by two moons. (New Scientist)
Following a
militant attack at Srinagar's city centre at Lal Chowk more than 10 people have been left injured. (Rediff)
Indian bomb disposal experts have found traces of explosive in the train which exploded on Thursday killing 7 people. (BBC)
BBC News has been told, by the activist settler Noam Livnat, that 20,000 Israeli soldiers had signed a petition vowing to block any attempt at removing Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
Conflict in Iraq: At least two British private security agents have been killed following an attack on a convoy in Basra, south Iraq. (BBC)
Lawyers for the former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, claim he was attacked by an unidentified man after questioning by the Iraqi special tribunal on Thursday; however the United States denies the event. (BBC)