April 17, 2004

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April 17, 2004

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama begins a visit to Canada . (Toronto Star)

Burma 's National League For Democracy reopens its Rangoon headquarters nearly a year after the government closed it down. (VOA)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :

--- Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi , leader of Hamas , is killed by an Israeli missile attack. (CNN) (BBC)

--- An Israel i border policeman is killed in a Suicide Bombing attack at the Erez Crossing in northern Gaza . Hamas and Fatah claim responsibility. (INN)

Socialist Party leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is sworn in as Spain 's Prime Minister . (CNN)