In Colombia , an airplane hijacker and his son surrender peacefully after five hours of negotiations. Officials coaxed him out with what he later learned was a worthless Bank Cheque . (CNN)
--- According to the Department of Water and Power, the power outage is of "non-malicious cause" triggered by an accidental error in connecting lines to a newly installed computer. DWP (Dept of Water and Power) General Manager Ron Deaton says repairs have been made and the system will be restored in an orderly manner. (Newsday)
--- Despite the disruption to two million customers, the system's successfully controlled shutdown prevented a Blackout from extending beyond the region.
According to witnesses, the Egyptian border patrol police opened fire at crowds swarming the Egypt - Gaza border at Rafah , killing a Palestinian man and injuring another. An Egyptian spokesman later denied that Egyptian troops fired the shots that killed the man. (Reuters)(Al Jazeera) , (BBC)
EBay announced it will buy Skype , the Luxembourg -based web telephone network, in a $2.6 billion deal. (BBC)
Hong Kong Disneyland opens in a partnership between Disney and the Hong Kong government. This marks the first attempt of Disney tapping into the Chinese and southeastern Asian market. (BBC)(CNN)
Panic buying of petrol and diesel is in full swing across Britain, with long queues outside service stations in a worrying echo of the 2000 Fuel Protest . (BBC)
