The United States House Of Representatives passes a $ 1.17 billion funding bill for Amtrak in fiscal year 2006 , an amount that is still short of the $2 billion Amtrak was originally seeking. The funding was approved in an amendment to a more general transportation and treasury appropriations bill. The House also removed the requirement in the bill that would mandate Amtrak to end Passenger Train service on currently unprofitable routes. The funding has yet to be approved by the Senate .
New York officials release the design for the signature building of the World Trade Center . The building will be called "The Freedom Tower " and shine a ray of light from its spire.
Hezbollah shells Israeli positions with mortars and rockets in the disputed Shebaa Farms , wounding five soldiers and killing one, The Israeli military shelled areas around several villages in southern Lebanon and planes launched missiles. Israel intends to file a complaint against Lebanon and UNIFIL for failing to prevent aggression by Hezbollah.
In Ethiopia , government promises to rerun some elections in constituencies where there have been allegations of Election Fraud(IOL)(Reuters AlertNet) Government also arrests four journalists who had criticized the government crackdown against protesters (Reuters AlertNet)
