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1859, Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt; it opens in 1869.
1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain.
1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Turkish Empire out of the war.
1945, Delegates from 50 nations meet in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany's defenses.
1950, Basketball player Chuck Cooper becomes the first African American in the NBA when he is drafted by the Boston Celtics.
1956, Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" hits number one on the music charts.
1967: Governor John Love of Colorado signs the first law legalizing abortion in the United States.
1983, Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov invited Samantha Smith to visit his country after receiving a letter in which the Manchester, Maine, schoolgirl expressed fears about nuclear war.
1983, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on its endless voyage through the Milky Way.
1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery.
1874, Guglielmo Marconi, electrical engineer.
1908, Edward R. Murrow, radio and television executive and commentator
1917, born Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer
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The Korea Herald
Korea-U.S. add spur to reviving nuclear talks
By Lee Joo-hee
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon warned North Korea yesterday that the communist country will face further isolation if it goes ahead with nuclear tests.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/26/200504260002.asp
Inter-Korean talks to resume after long hiatus dating to July
The two Koreas agreed at the weekend to resume their dialogue, suspended since last July, and also to trade views on the stalled six-party talks on the North's nuclear weapons ambitions.
In other developments relating to the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula:
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/25/200504250041.asp
Eased rules on overseas homebuying considered
In a significant policy change, the government is considering relaxing its laws on overseas homebuying for investment purposes, it said yesterday.
The Ministry of Finance and Economy said it recently formed a team of professionals to evaluate the current regulations on overseas investment and implement any necessary changes.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/26/200504260001.asp
Foreign CEOs question Korea's policy
Many foreign chief executive officers agree with a description of Korea as being "hypocritical" and "schizophrenic" toward outsiders, a research institute found.
The survey by Seoul-based Institute of Global Management also found that most CEOs do not believe government policies support the goal of turning Korea into a financial and logistics hub for Northeast Asia.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/25/200504250040.asp
Starbucks pressured to move biggest branch
A double tall order on its leasing fee is pushing Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. off the most expensive real estate in the country.
The company said yesterday that the 100 percent increase on its high-profile site in Seoul's Myeong-dong neighborhood will force it to close on May 1. The operation, however, will reopen on May 10 elsewhere in the shopping hub.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/25/200504250039.asp
The Indy Star
Military base closings
A murky fate for Crane, towns
Hoosiers who depend on base await decision
LOOGOOTEE, Ind. -- The stillness is almost surreal.
On a warm weekday afternoon, downtown streets and sidewalks are almost empty in this city of about 2,700 except for a few children riding skateboards. A handful of mom-and-pop businesses are open, scattered among vacant storefronts.
Residents offer a matter-of-fact explanation: Loogootee -- where aging mobile homes and small houses stand side by side -- is a poor city in a poor county.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250387
It's about time to vote on DST
Lawmakers could be voting by Tuesday on plan to put Indiana in sync with other states.
State lawmakers may vote as early as Tuesday on the controversial proposal to link Indiana with most of America in observing daylight-saving time.
Any change would affect Hoosiers in many ways, from when the best TV shows are on to how crowded the Monon Trail becomes. From farmers to pediatricians, folks are sizing up the prospects for change from several perspectives.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS02/504250403
4 receive organs of girl hit by van
7-year-old's heart, lungs, liver and kidneys go to adults in Indiana and Ohio.
By Kevin O'Neal
kevin.oneal@indystar.com
Four people in two states have received organs from a 7-year-old girl who died after she was struck by a van earlier this month.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250404
Dogs, owners brave cold for fundraiser
As mercury drops, hundreds make trek around Speedway to help Humane Society.
By Michael Dabneyand Kevin O'Neal
A cold, blustery Sunday did not stop many Indianapolis residents from getting outside to enjoy what they hoped to be the season's last wintry blast.
Hundreds braved the wind and the chill to walk their pets around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Humane Society of Indianapolis' second annual Mutt Strut.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250405
Today's Editorial
Send in some relief for property taxes
Our position is: Lawmakers must do everything possible to slow property tax increases.
Before they finish work this week, state legislators should take time to recall the summer of 2003. That's when tax bills started going out to property owners after reassessment. The resulting screams of pain were loud and long in parts of the state.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/OPINION/504250305/1002
Young professionals
The notion that an 18-year-old high school graduate who lands a multimillion-dollar sneaker endorsement and an NBA rookie salary is a victim of exploitation doesn't fly. Especially considering the alternatives for adolescents who emerge from high school with the ability to dunk but limited academic skills.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/OPINION/504250304/1002
Indy Children's Museum hosting world conference
Workshops, talks will be held at Westin Downtown so exhibits can remain open.
By David Mannweiler
david.mannweiler@indystar.com
If you had nearly a billion dollars to spend to make a child smile and learn at the same time, what would you buy?
Representatives of children's museums from around the world will shop for answers to that question in Indianapolis this week at the annual international InterActivity conference of the Association of Children's Museums.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250378/1002/OPINION
Journalism at Risk
Iran rejects call for jailed reporter’s release
(Reuters)
24 April 2005
TEHERAN - Iran’s judiciary has rejected calls for an imprisoned journalist to be released on health grounds, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Paris-based rights group Reporters Without Borders said last week that Akbar Ganji, who has been in Tehran’s Evin prison for five years, was seriously ill and should be released immediately and unconditionally.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/April/middleeast_April641.xml§ion=middleeast
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Named Ottaway Professor
By Jennifer Moses, Features Editor
Warm yellow sunbeams streamed onto the cool mint-green walls of the Honors Center Tuesday as John Darnton addressed a crowd of about 30 students and faculty.
Darnton, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his daring reporting from Poland, has been named the fifth James H. Ottaway Sr. professor of journalism here at New Paltz. He is also an accomplished New York Times reporter and senior editor and best-selling author.
http://oracle.newpaltz.edu/article.cfm?id=1832
Free speech groups appeal on behalf of jailed journalist on hunger strike
State urged to act to save Hamadi Jebali's life. On behalf of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group.
Hamadi Jebali.
An international group of free expression organisations has urged Tunisian authorities to take immediate action to save the life of imprisoned journalist Hamadi Jebali. Jebali has been on hunger strike since 9 April in protest at lack of medical care and the inhumane and degrading treatment he has endured for nearly fifteen years.
"We urge President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali to help end the tragic plight of this man and hundreds of others like him who never used or advocated the use of violence, but simply exercised their basic right to freedom of association and expression," said Steve Buckley of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC),
"Many Tunisian political prisoners died during the past fifteen years under torture or of lack of medical attention often following lengthy hunger strikes," said Buckley, speaking on behalf of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), thirteen national, regional and international freedom of expression organisations, including Index on Censorship.
http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2005/2/tunisia-free-expression-groups-appeal-on-beh.shtml
Venezuelan Media
Venezuela's Communications and Information Minister Andres Izarra, dismissed accusations made in The Washington Post newspaper, about the persecution of journalists and censorship of the press by the Venezuelan government.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=7718
Press freedom under attack in North Africa
Sun April 24, 2005 4:57 PM GMT+02:00
By Paul de Bendern
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Press freedom is under renewed attack in North Africa after criminal courts in Algeria and Morocco sentenced journalists to jail or banned them from practicing their trade for defamation, rights groups said.
Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders, among others, are calling on governments to respect the freedom of expression after a difficult month for the region's media.
http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8274018
Islamists win sweeping victory in first Saudi elections in years
NEW MUNICIPAL LEADERS HIGHLY ORGANIZED, ENDORSED BY CLERICS; IMPACT OF VICTORY DEBATED
By Steve Coll
Washington Post
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's limited 10-week experiment with electoral democracy ended Saturday in a sweeping victory for slates of Islamist activists marketed as the ``Golden List,'' who used grass-roots organizing, digital technology and endorsements from popular religious leaders to defeat their liberal and tribal rivals, even in Jidda, for decades the country's most diverse and business-driven city.
The staggered contests for seats on half of the kingdom's 178 municipal councils, the first governmental elections in more than three decades, offered a rare measure of public opinion and political strength across Saudi Arabia -- or at least the opinions of men, as women were barred from voting or running as candidates, as were active soldiers and police officers.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/11476833.htm
United States Urges Due Process for Jailed Uzbek Journalist
Sabirjon Yakubov arrested on charges of anti-constitutional activity
19 April 2005
The United States is aware of the arrest on April 11 of Uzbek journalist Sabirjon Yakubov on charges of anti-constitutional activity. The U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan is “in contact with the Uzbek authorities and has urged observance of due process and fair and humane treatment,” according to a statement issued in response to a question taken at the State Department daily press briefing April 19.
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-9545-PHPSESSID-43c24c2bcd6765e588b92e123bb93d87.html
MPs Okumu, Ocula Jailed Over Murder
The Monitor (Kampala)
April 21, 2005
Posted to the web April 20, 2005
Lominda Afedraru, Peter Nyanzi, Emmanuel Gyezaho & Lydia Mukisa
Court
Two Members of Parliament were yesterday charged with murder and sent on remand at Luzira Prisons.
Mr Reagan Okumu (Aswa County), also the deputy executive co-ordinator of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Mr Micheal Nyeko Ocula (Kilak County) are accused of murdering Alfred Bongomin on February 12, 2002 at Pabbo in Gulu district.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200504200881.html
UZBEKISTAN: Activists call for release of journalist
20 Apr 2005 15:06:17 GMT
Source: IRIN
ANKARA, 20 April (IRIN) - A campaign calling for the release of Uzbek journalist Sabirjon Yakubov is gaining momentum following what activists refer to as trumped up charges against him earlier this month. "We are calling for his immediate release and due process of law," Pascale Bonnamour, head of the Europe desk for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) told IRIN from Paris on Wednesday, noting their organisation's concern for the young journalist's safety while in jail.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a4fc328d322eb6d7cc78561a03c5a68d.htm
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