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==[[July 17]] [[2005]] (Sunday)==
* [[Disneyland]] celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
* [[Disneyland]] celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
* Former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] Sir [[Edward Heath]] dies at his [[Salisbury]] home at the age of 89. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4691051.stm (BBC)]
* Former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] Sir [[Edward Heath]] dies at his [[Salisbury]] home at the age of 89. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4691051.stm (BBC)]
* ''[[Time Magazine|Time]]'' correspondent [[Matthew Cooper (American journalist)|Matthew Cooper]] reveals that last week he told a [[grand jury]] that [[Karl Rove]]&mdash;a top White House political adviser to [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]]&mdash; was the first to reveal [[Valerie Plame]]'s identity as a [[CIA]] agent. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4691367.stm (BBC)]
* ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' correspondent [[Matthew Cooper (American journalist)|Matthew Cooper]] reveals that last week he told a [[grand jury]] that [[Karl Rove]]&mdash;a top White House political adviser to U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]&mdash; was the first to reveal [[Valerie Plame]]'s identity as a [[CIA]] agent. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4691367.stm (BBC)]
* Fourteen [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Firefighter]]s have died while attempting to battle a [[forest fire]] in the central province of [[Guadalajara (province)|Guadalajara]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691815.stm (BBC)]
* Fourteen Spanish [[Firefighter]]s have died while attempting to battle a [[forest fire]] in the central province of [[Guadalajara (province)|Guadalajara]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691815.stm (BBC)]
* According to the [[Military of Pakistan]], 17 people have died, including a [[Pakistan]]i soldier, following clashes on the border with [[Afghanistan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4690297.stm (BBC)]
* According to the [[Military of Pakistan]], 17 people have died, including a [[Pakistan]]i soldier, following clashes on the border with [[Afghanistan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4690297.stm (BBC)]
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: A fuel truck bomb kills 98 people south of [[Baghdad]] as three more suicide car bombers strike the Iraqi capital. [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1173372.cms (Economic Times)]
* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: A fuel truck bomb kills 98 people south of [[Baghdad]] as three more suicide car bombers strike the Iraqi capital. [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1173372.cms (Economic Times)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:
* [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]:
** A [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] man is shot dead near the [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Netzarim (settlement)|Netzarim]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. [[Israel Defence Force]] sources claim he was armed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)] [http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=299691&lng=1 (Euronews)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1416185.htm (ABC News Online)]
** A [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] man is shot dead near the [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Netzarim]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. [[Israel Defence Force]] sources claim he was armed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060509053013/http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=299691&lng=1 (Euronews)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050912225513/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1416185.htm (ABC News Online)]
** Two [[Hamas]] [[mortar (weapon)|mortars]] injure five residents of the [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Neve Dekalim]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. Four [[Qassam rocket|Qassam]] rockets land on [[Israel]]i territory but no injuries are reported.
** Two [[Hamas]] [[mortar (weapon)|mortars]] injure five residents of the [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Neve Dekalim]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. Four [[Qassam rocket|Qassam]] rockets land on Israeli territory but no injuries are reported.
** An [[Israeli Air Force]] missile strike on a car in [[Beit Lahiya]] misses the car but seriously wounds a Palestinian bystander. Two members of the [[Popular Resistance Committees]] are believed to have been in the car. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/600927.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17675741.htm (Reuters)]
** An [[Israeli Air Force]] missile strike on a car in [[Beit Lahia]] misses the car but seriously wounds a Palestinian bystander. Two members of the [[Popular Resistance Committees]] are believed to have been in the car. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/600927.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17675741.htm (Reuters)]
** [[Israel]]i troops mass for a military offensive on the [[Gaza Strip]] border prior to a visit to Israel by US [[Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)]
** Israeli troops mass for a military offensive on the [[Gaza Strip]] border prior to a visit to Israel by US [[Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4690203.stm (BBC)]
* [[Thailand]] declares [[state of emergency|emergency]] in three southern provinces of [[Narathiwat Province|Narathiwat]], [[Pattani Province|Pattani]] and [[Yala Province|Yala]] because of increasing violence of [[Muslim]] [[insurgency]]. [http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/18Jul2005_news34.php (Bangkok Post)] [http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/07/18/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18060572.html (The Nation, Thailand)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/158409/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]
* [[Thailand]] declares [[state of emergency|emergency]] in three southern provinces of [[Narathiwat Province|Narathiwat]], [[Pattani Province|Pattani]] and [[Yala Province|Yala]] because of increasing violence of [[Muslim]] [[insurgency]]. [http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/18Jul2005_news34.php (Bangkok Post)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20051223233019/http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/07/18/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18060572.html (The Nation, Thailand)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/158409/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]
* In [[Yemen]], president [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] announces that he won't seek re-election next year. [http://www.yobserver.com/news_7526.php (Yemeni Observer)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D53A04F7-58E8-4CE5-BB03-446780BB6E50.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17644251.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* In [[Yemen]], president [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] announces that he won't seek re-election next year. [http://www.yobserver.com/news_7526.php (Yemeni Observer)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20051227001451/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D53A04F7-58E8-4CE5-BB03-446780BB6E50.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17644251.htm (Reuters AlertNet)]
* In [[Egypt]], presidential feminist aspirant [[Nawal el-Saadawi]] pulls out of the race due to restrictive election regulations for first-time candidates. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/25128CED-C5D6-48DF-BAF9-EEFCDBE2A1FA.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-16T141408Z_01_N16704258_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-EGYPT-PRESIDENCY-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* In [[Egypt]], presidential feminist aspirant [[Nawal El Saadawi]] pulls out of the race due to restrictive election regulations for first-time candidates. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060515135014/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/25128CED-C5D6-48DF-BAF9-EEFCDBE2A1FA.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050911020930/http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-16T141408Z_01_N16704258_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-EGYPT-PRESIDENCY-DC.XML (Reuters)]
* In [[Germany]], the Party of Democratic Socialism renames itself [[The Party of the Left.]] in a plan to join forces with the [[Labour and Social Justice Party]]. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1651365,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-17T153157Z_01_MOL755900_RTRUKOC_0_GERMANY-ELECTION-LEFT.xml (Reuters)]
* In Germany, the Party of Democratic Socialism renames itself [[The Party of the Left.]] in a plan to join forces with the [[Labour and Social Justice Party]]. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1651365,00.html (Deutsche Welle)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050911104357/http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-17T153157Z_01_MOL755900_RTRUKOC_0_GERMANY-ELECTION-LEFT.xml (Reuters)]
* In The [[United Kingdom]], Britain's [[Sunni Council]] announces a [[fatwa]] against [[suicide bombing]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4684885.stm (BBC)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/95B76BB6-C50C-4789-A836-303DFDDDFD74.htm (Al-Jazeera)]
* In The United Kingdom, Britain's Sunni Council announces a [[fatwa]] against [[suicide bombing]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4684885.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20051220111116/http://english.aljazeera.net/nr/exeres/95b76bb6-c50c-4789-a836-303dfdddfd74.htm (Al-Jazeera)]
* In [[Nigeria]], [[Amaka Anajemba]] is sentenced for two years involvement with a money transfer scam worth $242 million. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1121586309431R131 (IOL)] [http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2005/07/16/ap2141885.html (Forbes)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4690031.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Nigeria]], [[Amaka Anajemba]] is sentenced for two years involvement with a money transfer scam worth $242 million. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060608031551/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 (IOL)] [https://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2005/07/16/ap2141885.html (Forbes)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4690031.stm (BBC)]
* Representatives of [[Indonesia]]n government and the [[Free Aceh Movement]] reach a tentative peace settlement in negoations in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. They intend to sign a formal [[truce]] in [[August 15]]. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050717181514&irec=0 (Jakarta Post)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-17T123227Z_01_N17104836_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-INDONESIA-ACEH-DC.XML (Reuters)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK99458.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4691937.stm (BBC)]
* Representatives of [[Indonesia]]n government and the [[Free Aceh Movement]] reach a tentative peace settlement in negoations in [[Helsinki]], Finland. They intend to sign a formal [[truce]] in [[August 15]]. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20050717181514&irec=0 (Jakarta Post)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20050911021027/http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-17T123227Z_01_N17104836_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-INDONESIA-ACEH-DC.XML (Reuters)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK99458.htm (Reuters AlertNet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4691937.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Turkey]], [[Kurdistan Workers Party]] has denied that it had anything to do with a [[2005 Kusadasi bus bombing|minibus bombing in Kuşadası]] that killed five people. Turkish authorities have blamed the Party. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691755.stm (BBC)]
* In [[Turkey]], [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] has denied that it had anything to do with a [[2005 Kusadasi bus bombing|minibus bombing in Kuşadası]] that killed five people. Turkish authorities have blamed the Party. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4691755.stm (BBC)]
* In [[India]], the government has dismissed a claim of [[Sunni Waqf Board]] that it should own the [[Taj Mahal]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4688373.stm (BBC)]
* In India, the government has dismissed a claim of [[Sunni Waqf Board]] that it should own the [[Taj Mahal]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4688373.stm (BBC)]
* US golfer [[Tiger Woods]] wins his second [[Open Championship]] title on the [[Old Course at St Andrews]].
* US golfer [[Tiger Woods]] wins his second [[Open Championship]] title on the [[Old Course at St Andrews]].

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