Portal:Current events/2005 June 24
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June 24, 2005 (Friday)
- Five people are found shot to death at their Yuma, Arizona home, and a sixth victim dies at a local hospital [1]
- Share prices of American airlines fell sharply as oil neared $60 a barrel. (Reuters)
- The United States House of Representatives voted to prevent United Airlines from transferring its pension plan obligations to the government insurer, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. (Chicago Sun-Times)
- An Italian judge ordering the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA on charges of kidnapping terrorism suspect Abu Omar allegedly in order to have him tortured in Egypt dramatizes a growing rift between the U.S. and its allies in the War on Terrorism. (IHT) (Chicago Tribune)
- Ohio Governor Bob Taft says he will not resign, despite ethical questions around him and his administration. (Akron Beacon-Journal)
- The Irish Republican Army apologises unreservedly to the family of 14-year-old Kathleen Feeney, whom it shot dead in Derry in November 1973. The IRA had previously blamed the British Army for the killing. (BBC), (RTE)
- Sir Donald Tsang is sworn in as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the Great Hall of the People following his appointment by the Election Committee. (BBC)
- Iranian presidential election, 2005
- Second round of voting begins in presidential elections between candidates Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (IRNA) (Iran Focus) (Al-Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi announces that she will boycott the election (Al-Jazeera)
- 26 Iranians have been arrested for poll violations. (Al-Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins the Iranian presidential elections. (Reuters)
- In China, death toll in summer floods has risen to 536 (Xinhua) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In the Indian state of Bihar, Maoist rebels clash with police, leaving at least 21 people dead. (The Hindu) (BBC)
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
- Palestinian militants kill an Israeli in drive-by shooting near the Israeli settlement of Beit Haggai, in the West Bank outside Hebron. (BBC) (Al-Jazeera)
- Palestinian Authority arrests eight Palestinians in connection with the previous day's killing of a Palestinian policeman, accusing Said Amin of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades of leading the killers. (Al-Jazeera)
- Billy Graham began his last crusade in New York. He led the first of three services at Flushing Meadows Corona Park (New York Times)
- Legg Mason announces the sale of its broker/dealer to Citigroup in exchange for Citigroup's asset management business.