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MAY 14 2005 (SATURDAY)

For the first time, a ). After staying for 2 minutes, Delsalle lifted off and returned to the base camp at Lukla . (MountEverest.net)

South Korea announces it will restart Bilateral Talks with North Korea for the first time in over a year on Monday. Discussion topics are expected to include North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program . (Reuters)

A 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake strikes Sumatra in Indonesia . (VOA) (Earth Times)

Unrest In Uzbekistan :

--- Thousands of protesters reappear on the streets of Andijan in Uzbekistan despite Friday's heavy bloodshed. (BBC)

--- Uzbek President Islam Karimov blames militants for the violence. (National Post)

In Taiwan , despite a low voter turnout, the Pan-Green Coalition wins the National Assembly Election , with 49.6 % of the votes and 149 seats out of the 300 in the National Assembly Of The Republic Of China . (Reuters) (CNN)

Peter Gloystein , financial minister for the German state of Bremen , resigns from his posts after he was photographed pouring a bottle of wine over a homeless man (Deutsche Welle) (SBS) (BBC)

Suspected Guatemala n drug lord Otto Roberto Herrera Garcia escapes from prison in Mexico City . He was held pending Extradition to United States . (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)

28 men in Sudan are sentenced to 5–15 years in jail for connection in a Coup attempt. The government claims that they are connected to Islamist Popular Congress Party , but the party denies the allegations. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)

The new Big L Radio London International Studios are opened by Sir Cliff Richard