April 21, 2005
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:28 pmApril 21, 2005
400 Iranian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupied Islamic countries", particularly Israel, after being inspired by a fatwa from a top hardline cleric giving religious backing to suicide missions. (Reuters)American, French and Israeli naval forces rescue three Syrian and Egyptian sailors from a North Korean ship that sank in international waters off the coast of Nahariya. (Ynet)The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) fires two members suspected of passing on U.S. secrets to Israel. (BBC)Three Israeli soldiers are hurt when their jeep triggers an IED roadside bomb, near the Karni crossing, on the edge of the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)The next launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-114, is postponed until at least May 22. This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the Columbia disaster in February 2003. (BBC)New Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio orders the arrest of former president Lucio Gutiérrez, who takes refuge in the Brazilian embassy. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the army of Myanmar (Burma) has used chemical weapons against Karen rebels. (BBC)In Zanzibar, an electoral commission accepts Seif Shariff Hamad, secretary general of the opposition party Civic United Front, as a legitimate voter and therefore eligible candidate. (IPPMEdia, Zanzibar) (BBC)U.S. Army Sergeant Hassan Akbar is found guilty by a military jury of the murder of two fellow officers in Kuwait, just prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (ABC)Five American Muslims sue the Department of Homeland Security for racial profiling after they were detained for hours on the Canadian border while returning from a religious conference. (Newsday) (Buffalo News) (IslamOnline) (Reuters) (BBC)The parliament of Spain gives initial approval to legalized same-sex marriages and adoption by homosexual couples. (Berria) (EITB) (Reuters)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2005
400 Iranian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in "occupied Islamic countries", particularly Israel, after being inspired by a fatwa from a top hardline cleric giving religious backing to suicide missions. (Reuters)American, French and Israeli naval forces rescue three Syrian and Egyptian sailors from a North Korean ship that sank in international waters off the coast of Nahariya. (Ynet)The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) fires two members suspected of passing on U.S. secrets to Israel. (BBC)Three Israeli soldiers are hurt when their jeep triggers an IED roadside bomb, near the Karni crossing, on the edge of the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)The next launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-114, is postponed until at least May 22. This is to be the first Space Shuttle launch since the Columbia disaster in February 2003. (BBC)New Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio orders the arrest of former president Lucio Gutiérrez, who takes refuge in the Brazilian embassy. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the army of Myanmar (Burma) has used chemical weapons against Karen rebels. (BBC)In Zanzibar, an electoral commission accepts Seif Shariff Hamad, secretary general of the opposition party Civic United Front, as a legitimate voter and therefore eligible candidate. (IPPMEdia, Zanzibar) (BBC)U.S. Army Sergeant Hassan Akbar is found guilty by a military jury of the murder of two fellow officers in Kuwait, just prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (ABC)Five American Muslims sue the Department of Homeland Security for racial profiling after they were detained for hours on the Canadian border while returning from a religious conference. (Newsday) (Buffalo News) (IslamOnline) (Reuters) (BBC)The parliament of Spain gives initial approval to legalized same-sex marriages and adoption by homosexual couples. (Berria) (EITB) (Reuters)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2005