31 July: Sudanese VP Garang, thought missing, has reportedly died in helicopter crash... UK police detain 7 more terror suspects in raids across southern England...
30 July: Astronomers have discovered 10th planet orbiting our Sun... Uganda set to return to multiparty democracy, after 90% of voters chose to support move... Sen. Majority Leader Frist splits with Pres. Bush on limiting stem-cell research, despite Bush threat of veto; some speculate move signals Frist hope for 2008 GOP nomination... Saddam Hussein was reportedly attacked at tribunal hearing by unidentified man; chief investigating judge denies incident, but was not in attendance... Uzbek gov't tells US it must abandon bases within 180 days...
29 July: British police now hold "all four" suspected bombers related to 21 July incidents... UN expands sanctions against Al-Qaeda...
27 July: 10 million hungry in at least 6 southern African nations (Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe), need food aid... Niger Pres. Tanja visits famine zone in nation's south, where 2.5 million could suffer food shortages; 150K children may die this year due to crop failure... South African study presented at Rio AIDS conference reports male circumcision prevented female to male HIV transmission in 7 in 10 cases... US Senate has passed bill to raise Homeland Security Secretary to 8th in Presidential line of succession... Iraq PM al-Jaafari announced with Rumsfeld at his side he wants a speedy US troop withdrawal...
26 July: Democratic senators ask Congress to open investigation into leaking of CIA agent name, possible cover-up at White House... Republican senators continue to push bill to regulate terror detentions, despite Bush veto threat... Menezes shot 7 times by London police, not 5; Blair says he is "desperately sorry" for the death, but police say shot to the head may be "proportionate" response in suspected suicide attack... Teamsters, SEIU leave AFL-CIO, saying federation was no longer effective... Kyrgyzstan renews permission for US to use air base, but does not abandon consideration of US departure... NASA returns space shuttle Discovery into orbit with successful launch from Kennedy Space Center...
25 July: Pres Arroyo faces impeachment complaint as she prepares to give Philippines State of the Nation address; she denies charges of electoral fraud... Rio de Janeiro global summit for AIDS policy, research, practice begins... Family of Jean-Charles de Menezes, innocent Brazilian killed by police in London Underground, says they will sue police for wrongful death... AG Gonzales admits he warned White House chief of staff Card about leak investigation, waited overnight before directing staff to preserve related documents... London bombings have UK mulling requirement that UK imams be trained in UK institutions, in order to block extremism... NYC Police close Times Sq, surround double-decker tourist bus, force passengers to put hands up, abandon bags, disembark, due to workers fear of 5 men of "south-Asian" appearance; Penn Station also closed when man claimed to have bomb in bag...
24 July: London's Metropolitan Police acknowledge the man shot 5 times and killed in the Stockwell Underground Station on Friday was not linked to the bombings the day before; Professional Standards division will investigate, with officers likely "to face criminal charges"... Foreign Min. Jack Straw apologizes for killing of Brazilian national in London Underground, Metro Police will keep using "shoot-to-kill" policy... White House refuses to release documents from Roberts' tenure in two Republican administrations, citing "privacy", while critics say privacy is "red herring" in case of gov't record, judicial appointments...
23 July: Sen. Kerry seeks all documents related to Roberts' service in two Republican administrations... TSA violated federal law (Privacy Act) by creating database of "biographical information", commercial data, merged with airline records to track passengers... NYC implements "random" bag checks of subway passengers; right to refuse exists, but bars passenger from riding... Save the Children expresses dismay at desperate condition of Niger children, as it seeks to feed 15,000 starving children under 5 in two provinces... HRW praises Chile court for acquitting 6 pro-Mapuche activists accused of forming "illegal association" in trial brought under anti-terror law... UN helps achieve historic human-trafficking conviction in Kosovo...
22 July: Police in London fired 5 shots into a man on the Tube, killing him; it is suggested he was either a suspect for yesterday's attempted bombings or may have been wearing an explosive belt; incident appears to indicate a feared "shoot to kill" policy... Unknown assailants appear to have attempted arson against the family of one of the alleged 7/7 London bombers... North Korea calls for full peace treaty with US, ahead of disarmament talks... Pres. Bush again revises promise to fire leakers, now saying he will fire anyone found to have committed a crime... Intel agents tell Congress Rove compromised national security... Blast hits Egyptian tourist haven Sharm el-Sheik, killing at least 36... 36 dead in protests against Yemen's rise in oil prices; gov't won't relent on higher prices... 18 dead from heat-wave in Phoenix, AZ; volunteers distribute bottled water around city...
21 July: US Sec. of State Rice's entourage reportedly assaulted by Sudanese security personnel; Rice demands, receives apology from Khartoum gov't; Rice calls for concrete action to halt genocide in Darfur... 4 devices partially detonated in 3 London Tube trains, 1 bus, 2 weeks after 58 were killed in similar attack; none killed, no serious injuries reported, devices appear to have failed to fully explode... China will allow "flexible" exchange rates between renminbi (yuan), US dollar; IMF calls for "maximum currency flexibility"...
20 July: Roberts has ruled for Bush admin. against Geneva Conventions regarding detainees, against forcing Cheney to reveal energy panel info... Police seal town of Xinchang in eastern China, after 20,000 demonstrators forced pharmaceutical plant to close in protest of its emitting toxic chemicals into rural environment, police clashed with protesters; observers cite gov't corruption as cause, leading to "50,000 incidents of rural protest" last year... Laura Bush seeks Kagame advice on preventing repetition of Rwanda's 1994 genocide from occurring in Darfur or elsewhere... Wetland bird populations in SE England reportedly down 80% due to drought... Ohio elections official disciplined for accepting check from Diebold, maker of controversial touchscreen ballots...
19 July: Bush names DC Appeals Ct Judge John Roberts to take seat of retiring Sandra Day O'Connor; Roberts' positions on church & state, abortion considered favorable to conservatives... Fmr Pres. Clinton tells group in South Africa global warming presents major danger for coming decades... Turkey has condemned remarks by Colorado congressman who said US could "take out [Muslim] holy sites"...
18 July: Venezuela will launch new cable news channel, Telesur, for Latin American audience, opening with documentary Historia del Fuego, about 20th century politics, upheaval in Latin America... Governors complain federal law requiring Motor Vehicle clerks to track immigration status of license applicants violates constitutional rights of states; NM Gov. Richardson says of law "We'll challenge it constitutionally"... Cooper says Rove was source, Libby also confirmed leaked identity... UK court finds fmr Afghan warlord guilty of torture, kidnapping, conspiracy, war crimes during bloody 90s, prosecution brought under International Convention on Torture... New Harry Potter sold 6.9 million copies in US in its first 24 hours, setting new record (9 million including UK)... Two prominent think tanks report UK faces greater risk of attack for close alliance to US in Iraq war; UK gov't denies war increased risk of attack...
17 July: Senate votes to extend Patriot Act provisions allowing FBI to search citizens' library records without warrant... Muslim, Christian & other community leaders held a peace rally in hometown of one of London bombers... House leaders removed Rep. Smith from Veterans' Affairs Chairmanship as punishment for citing underspending on vets health; now they need to fill $2.5 billion budget gap... Turkish authorities believe PKK Kurdish separatists behind resort bombing...
16 July: Famed pediatrician found guilty of "professional misconduct" for misleading court testimony... Muslim leaders decry London bombings as "absolutely criminal", "unislamic", call for community action to counter radicalism... Israel targets Hamas militants, tensions escalate seriously, ceasefire now described as "in tatters"; Hamas fighters clash with Palestinian police in streets of Gaza... French Interior Minister Sarkozy says he wants "systematic expulsion" from France for any radical imams who "preach murder"... HRW says new law would "let Colombia's paramilitaries off the hook for their terrorist acts", calls on UK to reject Uribe's claims it serves peace, democracy... Radio France Internationale fined, taken off air in Ivory Coast for reports critical of gov't... Ivory Coast Pres. Gbagbo has "used constitutional powers" to impose laws agreed to in peace deal, meeting rebel demand, making disarmament possible, setting calendar for October elections... Four killed in bomb blast at Turkish resort town... US military to prosecute 11 soldiers for abusing detainees; complaint filed by fellow soldier...
15 July: NY Times, Wash Post found to have aided White House in modifying past Bush promise to fire leakers... Mysterious unnamed source tells press Rove testified he learned Plame's CIA role from two reporters, including Novak; if true, he still passed the information to Cooper, leading to speculation leaker may have been higher up than Rove... Imprisoned reporter, fudged intelligence, outing covert agents, intimidation of investigator gone whistleblower: NY Times says leak case "worse than Watergate"... Judge in British Columbia has ordered 14 customers of a grocery not to speak about or even read advance copies of the new Harry Potter book; they are to return the book to the publisher, who will then return it to them after its official release... Concern grows over Zimbabwe's "slum clearance" program, which has left 300,000 people homeless; S. African leaders seek enquiries, corrective action...
14 July: London, UK, come to halt at 8:50am, Europe joins in moment of silence for 7/7 victims... 14 July: Police in South Africa fired rubber bullets into a crowd of peaceful AIDS demonstrators in Queenstown; "Without warning, police assaulted the protestors and opened fire with rubber bullets and released teargas" reports HRW... Guantánamo investigation finds psychological abuse "not torture"; McCain concerned "Humane treatment might be in the eye of the beholder"... NPR reports modern "slave farms" in Florida work camps... Wilson calls for Bush to fire Rove, says Rove's involvement in leak was "abuse of power"; Rove not only leaked Plame's identity, but also has said she was "fair game"; Carlson calls Rove's involvement in Cooper e-mail on Plame, "smoking gun"... Republican "talking points" on Rove story seen by critics as cover-up effort... Schwarzenegger gets $1M from magazine which advertises products he refused to regulate as governor; apparent conflict has lawmakers calling on CA gov to cease all contact with rag...
13 July: 80 police injured when attacked by petrol bombs in north Belfast; bomb found on train between Lisburn and Moira, Northern Ireland, was detonated by police... Pentagon investigators recommended punishment for Guantanamo commander, but US Southern Command did not follow through; other misdeeds also went unpunished due to time since occurrence... Anti-Arroyo rally planned for Manila, with aim of forcing Philippine president to resign; estimates for attendance range from 20,000 to 40,000... 3 trains in Ghotki, Pakistan, crashed, when cars from 1st collision fell onto another track, striking third train; at least 120 were killed... Press barraged White House with questions on Rove's involvement in leak case throughout Tuesday; case also resurrects concerns over pre-war intelligence-jockeying... UK authorities believe all London bombers were British citizens, now seeking fifth suspect... US Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist hospitalized with fever... Fmr Worldcom CEO Bernie Ebbers sentenced to 25 years in prison in biggest fraud case in US history...
12 July: White House refuses to answer questions about Karl Rove's alleged involvement in leak probe; Dems call for Bush to follow through on pledge to fire those responsible... Brazil police detain opposition MP after finding him boarding plane with $2.6M in suitcase... Sharon will face resistance from Sa Nur settlers in West Bank; hardliners wearing orange Star of David, outrage Israelis who say symbol trivializes the Holocaust... Reports from Congo suggest at least 30 villagers were burned alive by Hutu militia on Saturday night; UN has sent peacekeepers to inspect, secure the area... UK raids sites in Leeds, London, closes Luton rail station, names 4 suspects, all 4 may have died in 7/7 bombings; Blair plans to fast-track new anti-terror laws; 52 now known dead in last Thursday's London bombings... 4 explosions at power plant in Amorebieta, Spain, attributed to Basque separatist group ETA... Ha'aretz reports explosion in Netanya kills at least two, was carried out by suicide bomber... Bush consults with Senate Democrats, says "strong opinions" were shared; Sen. Reid expresses optimism about reaching "consensus" on coming nominee...
11 July: World marks 10 years since horrors at Srebrenica, Bosnia, where 7,000 were taken from UN "safe haven", murdered...Acting Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiev wins landslide victory in first post-Soviet free election, says it affirms people's revolution he led in March... Over 200 ancient artifacts found in Three Gorges project area... Venezuelan judge allows prosecution of 2 activists for treason, for taking $31,150 from NED (organization "financed by US Congress") in effort to raise awareness in last year's referendum; move seen as persecution of political opponents... Russia announces criminal probe into possible fraud charges against fmr PM highly critical of Putin... Luxembourg has voted yes to the EU Constitution, after France, Netherlands rejected the treaty; vote is important, seen as breathing life into process, because Luxembourg is one of the original founding member states... Estimated 115 million people visited BBC News website after London attacks last week...
10 July: Rove was Cooper source, notes show he talked of Plame story before Novak printed it, so far no specific reference to Plame's name made public... Novak reports Renquist may retire upon Bush's return from Europe; speculation includes 3rd vacancy may arise in form of Stevens retirement... US Sec. State Rice tells China it should open dialogue with Taiwan's elected government, Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama...
9 July: Brazil reaches agreement with US drug manufacturer for lower cost AIDS treatment, will not break patent to provide cheaper drugs to combat HIV... London police reveal Thursday's 3 Underground bombs were "almost simultaneous", exploding within 50 seconds of one another... Philippines President Gloria Arroyo says she will not step down, will instead form new government... Norways fjords, Egyptian desert, South Africa's Vredefort Dome, Thailand's Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai forest among 8 environmental sites to join UNESCO World Heritage list... Harper's Magazine reports that in 2004 Iceland published more than 3 times as many books as the US per 100,000 residents, that US Treasury Bonds will sink to "junk status" by 2026, under current fiscal policy... Savage says anti-gay remarks not meant to hurt homosexuals, does not retract insults against specific caller; GLAAD says it had repeatedly warned MSNBC about "what it viewed as Savage's homophobic rants", and GLAAD ad boycott had kept major computer companies from advertising during his airtime...
8 July: Brazilian congress has approved legislation to stage a referendum on whether to ban the sale of firearms nationwide... Bird flu has reportedly reached the Philippines; WHO says minimum $100M needed to halt the spread of the disease... UK authorities say more than 50 were killed in London bombings; reports cite presence of timing devices, appear to rule out suicide bombers... G8 agree to long-term "Action Plan" to reduce threat of global warming, use cleaner fuels; no concrete action, binding targets or numeric goals set... BBC praised for reporting London bombings with "sobriety", for being more responsible, less ratings "paranoid" in its professionalism... HRW renews calls for condemnation of Uzbek massacre of demonstrators in Andizhan on 13 May... Michael Savage fired from MSNBC after referring to caller as "sodomite", telling him to "get AIDS and die"...
7 July: 4 bomb blasts hit central London transportation system (3 on London Underground trains, 1 on double-decker bus at Tavistock Sq, near Russell Sq); CNN has reported "double-digit fatalities" at King's Cross Station... unknown "secret" group claiming responsibility, allegedly linked to Al Qaeda, demands Italy and Denmark pull troops out of Iraq... G8 plans for debt-relief tied to Millennium Development Goals, CSM ties debt to misdeeds of illegitimate regimes of past, abusive lending climate... Egypt confirms its ambassador in Baghdad has been killed by captors; Al Qaeda had already announced the killing... Wester Energy, largest utility in Kansas, has told press it paid $25,000 to Rep. Tom DeLay's PAC in exchange for a meeting with him, to seek special legislation, which DeLay later proposed, to Westar's exclusive benefit...
6 July: NYT reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to divulge confidential source in Plame case... Fmr. Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet officiallys tripped of immunity from prosecution... Obasanjo tells BBC Africa has "no chance" to meet Millennium Development Goals "without debt relief"... Police clash with protesters who strayed from "agreed upon route"; protest had been cancelled, due to prior disturbances, later re-authorized; most protesters remained peaceful, despite 165 arrests, vandalism by "masked anarchists" last evening in Stirling... UN eco chief urges G8 investment in forests, rivers, wetlands... US detains 5 American citizens for alleged involvement in Iraq insurgency...
5 July: Iceland gov't renews plan to hunt whales for 3rd straight year, despite international objections... US Border Patrol may complete San Ysidro separation barrier on Mexican border, approved by Congress, despite possible environmental violations of plan... Burma military junta women's group urges continued detention of democracy leader, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi...
4 July: NYT reports top Egyptian diplomat in Iraq kidnapped... Burundi elections underway, fmr FDD rebel group set to win, UN calls for peaceful acceptance of outcome... Qadhafi tells African Union it should demand full forgiveness of $350B debt, not just the $40B currently proposed, objects to conditions on debt forgiveness... ICC, Hague, considers case filed by D.R. Congo against neighbor Rwanda for incursions, stealing natural resources... NASA reports success in collision mission with comet, explosion to free material for sampling... Bush tells G8 leaders he will not sign anything that looks like Kyoto Protocol, but admits human behavior contributes to climate change...
3 July: Brazil says if big Pharma doesn't lower prices steeply or allow generic production of AIDS drugs, it will use WTO process to break patents to save its treatment program, prevent spread of disease... Chirac says hopes high for climate change agreement at G8 summit in Scotland... Fighting in eastern Sudan threatens pact for interim period to resolve southern war...
2 July: Florida scientist who was fired for blowing whistle on scheme to alter science to permit destructive development has been reinstated, US Fish & Wildlife Service has admitted using bad science... UN approves only 1% of environmental degradation claims by Iraq's neighbors... Live 8 concerts bring message "Make Poverty History" to global audience as G8 summit set to begin in Scotland... Observers say new Supreme Court nominee will alter US jurisprudence on "contentious issues involving privacy, equal opportunity, the environment and religious rights" in favor of conservative doctrine...
1 July: US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor retires, opening vacancy for Bush to fill... According to Social Weather Stations, 59% of Filipinos believe Pres. Arroyo attempted to manipulate vote tally; 84% want "full airing" of audio recordings of controversial phone call, but only 18% thought she should resign... FBI photo analyst tells CNN Iran's president-elect is not match with images of hostage-taker... TIME Magazine has agreed to turn over reporter's notes to Grand Jury in Plame investigation, with judge threatening to jail reporter in question... Labor Dept. alleged to have "sequestered documents" in effort to undermine, cover-up study showing CAFTA would permit widespread violations of US, international labor standards, basic rights...
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