Lenovo Group , the largest Chinese computer company acquires the personal computer business of IBM for US$ 1.25 billion in cash, and Lenovo assumes $500 million of IBM's debt. (Reuters)
More than thirty Iraqis are killed and more than fifty are wounded as a Bomb goes off at a funeral. (CBC)
Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian requests that the Chinese government meet directly with his government after China meets with Taiwan's opposition leader, Lien Chan . Taiwan and China are in conflict over Taiwan's increased calls for independence from the mainlaind. (CBC)(ABC)
Iraq i and American militaries hold several suspects for questioning in the Margaret Hassan kidnapping case. Hassan, director of CARE 's Iraq division, was kidnapped by insurgents in late October2004 and subsequently believed to be killed. (CBC)(Reuters)
