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MAY 15
2005
(SUNDAY)
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
:
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Shin Bet
head
Avi Dichter
finishes his 5-year term and
Yuval Diskin
is appointed as his replacement.
(Ynet)
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Israel
i right wing
Student
s begin a hunger strike in protest of the
Israel Unilateral Disengagement Plan Of 2004
.
(Haaretz)
(Ynet)
Amid continuing
Unrest In Uzbekistan
, the city of
Andijan
is sealed.
British Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw
says there has been "a clear abuse of human rights" in
Uzbekistan
.
(BBC)
US Secretary Of State
Condoleezza Rice
visits
Iraq
and calls for patience in the political struggle against the insurgency. Meanwhile, the bodies of 34 people are found at locations in
Baghdad
,
Iskandariya
, and
Ramadi
, all apparently having been executed.
(BBC)
After a couple of days of delay,
Zimbabwe
frees 61 alleged mercenaries accused of connection to coup attempt in
Equatorial Guinea
and allows them return to
South Africa
. The men say they were told they were hired to guard mines in the
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
. One man remains in Zimbabwe due to
Tuberculosis
.
(News24)
(Iafrica)
(IOL)
(Telegraph)
(Reuters)
In the
Côte D'Ivoire
, government and rebels agree to begin disarmament and formation of unified army in
June 27
.
(ReliefWeb)
(Reuters AlertNet
Burundi
president
Domitien Ndayizeye
and
Agathon Rwasa
, leader of the last of the rebel groups,
Hutu Forces Of National Liberation
, sign a peace deal in a meeting in
Dar Es Salaam
,
Tanzania
.
(IPPMedia, Tanzania)
(IOL)
(ReliefWeb)
(BBC)
Las Vegas, Nevada
celebrates its centennial on this date. Celebration is citywide and the mayor cuts the worlds largest birthday cake.