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12 OCTOBER 2005 (WEDNESDAY)

Six armed Somali Pirate s Hijack the MV Miltzow , a Freighter that is carrying United Nations food aid. After its cargo of 850 tonnes of food aid was offloaded in the port of Merka , the ship was forced to sail down the coast to Barawa before being released two days later. (Reuters)

CNN reports that the Louisiana Attorney General is investigating the possibility that Mercy Killings of critically ill patients by staff medical professionals at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana occurred during Hurricane Katrina . (CNN) [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050913005978&newsLang=en (BusinessWire)] (DallasBusinessJournal)

German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder informs that he won't play a role in the Merkel Grand Coalition cabinet. He criticizes the United States for its response to Hurricane Katrina and " Anglo-Saxon economic policies," while stressing the importance of Franco-Germanic ties. (Reuters)

Suicide Bomb attack in Talafar , North Western Iraq , the second such attack in as many days. (BBC)

The People's Republic Of China launches the Manned '' Shenzhou 6 '' spacecraft. Fei Junlong and Niè Hǎishèng will spend five days in orbit in their Shenzhou Spacecraft . (People's Daily)

being approved in Saturday's referendum are boosted by a deal struck with a major Sunni Arab party, the Iraqi Islamic Party . (CNN)

Syria 's interior minister, Ghazi Kanaan , who was head of the country's military intelligence in neighboring Lebanon for nearly 20 years, has committed suicide. (CNN)