July 2005 - July 11 2005 (Monday)

July 11 2005 (Monday)

• The Indonesian government asks TV stations to close down between 1 am and 5 am daily for six months in order to save energy after recent increases in the price of crude oil. Broadcasts of immensely-popular live European football matches which happen in the middle of the Indonesian night, are excluded from the shutdown. (BBC)
• The General Synod of the Church of England adopts a resolution "that the process for removing the legal obstacles to the ordination of women to the episcopate should now be set in train"; and schedules debate on the best form of legislation to achieve this for its February 2006 session. (BBC)
• The 17th Maccabiah Games are officially begun with a ceremony in Israel. More than 7000 Jewish athletes will compete on various sporting events. (Ynet)
• The body of a U.S. Navy SEAL has been found and recovered in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said Sunday. (CNN)
• In Kyrgyzstan, acting president Kurmanbek Bakiev wins presidential elections with 89% support so far (IHT) (Reuters)
• In China a mine explosion has killed 22 miners in Xinjiang province. 35 men were rescued while over 30 are still missing. (Xinhua) (China Daily) (Reuters)
• The Roman Catholic Church defrocks six New York priests accused of sexual abuse, returning them to lay status. (IHT)
• In the Netherlands, Mohammed Bouyeri, suspected killer of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, goes on trial (Expatica, Netherlands) (Reuters AlertNet) (Bloomberg)
• In Bosnia and Herzegovina, tens of thousands of people gather in Potocari to commemorate the Srebrenica massacre and rebury 610 victims (Reuters) (BBC) (Al-Jazeera)
• In the USA, doctor in Mayo Clinic says some drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease may cause addiction to gambling and sex (News-Medical.Net) (Forbes) (Scientific American)
• Mexican police releases Joaquín Romero Aparicio, who was falsely suspected of being a drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (El Universal) (Reuters)
• According to United States Department of Labor, Enron agrees to $356.25 million settlement with employees whose retirement plans were ruined. They are likely to receive only 15-20% of that (Forbes) (Reuters)
• In Russia, state prosecutors begin investigation for alleged fraud and abuse of official position against former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov. He is potential future presidential candidate (Moscow Times) (RIA Novosti) (Bloomberg)
• Sanjay Shah, man who has spent 13 months in Nairobi airport, goes through British citizenship ceremony (BBC)
• In Trinidad and Tobago, bomb explosion injures 13-15 people (sources disagree) in the capital Port of Spain (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
• Brazilian police detains opposition congressman and bishop João Batista Ramos da Silva of the Liberal Front Party and six others who had been transporting $2.6 million in cash in seven suitcases (MercoPress) (Bloomberg)
• In Somalia, gunmen kill prominent peace activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali (ReliefWeb) (Reuters AlertNet)
• During RAW, Matt Hardy made his shocking return after much anticipation by attacking Edge, who, in real life, had an affair with Hardy's long-time girlfriend Lita which ultimately got Hardy fired in the first place.