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March 28, 2005 (2005-03-28) (Monday)
- The first arrests are made for
war crimes in
Darfur,
Sudan: 15 officials in South Darfur are accused of
rape,
murder, and other crimes related to the
Darfur conflict. Whether they will be tried in a Sudanese or
international court is uncertain at this time.
(BBC)
(Reuters)[
permanent dead link]
- The
Kuomintang's 34-member delegation led by KMT Vice Chairman
Chiang Pin-kun arrives on a landmark official visit to
mainland China, the first since the end of
Chinese Civil War in 1949. On their first day, the delegates pay homage at the
Mausoleum of the 72 Martyrs in
Huanghuagang (Yellow Flower Knoll),
Guangzhou in the
province of
Guangdong.
(BBC),
(Taipei Times),
(China Daily)
-
2005 Sumatran earthquake: An
earthquake of
moment magnitude 8.7 is reported off the west coast of
North Sumatra, likely an
aftershock of the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Concerned about the threat of a
tsunami,
emergency evacuations begin in
Malaysia,
Thailand, and
Sri Lanka, although no significant tsunami activity is reported.
Indonesia's vice-president reports up to 2,000 deaths
(Guardian),
(USGS),
(CNN),
(BBC),
(CBC)
-
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
-
Lebanese officials state that 2000
Syrian troops have left the country
(Arabic News),
(Reuters AlertNet),
(BBC)
- Court in
Moscow sentences director
Yuri Samodurov and
Lyudmila Vasilovskaya for fine of 100,000
rubles (about
£2,000 or $3,600) for
blasphemy because of their 2003 exhibition
Caution! Religion.
(Mosnews),
(Reuters AlertNet),
(BBC)
- In
Zimbabwe,
archbishop
Pius Ncube calls for peaceful uprising against the government of
Robert Mugabe. Government denounces his criticism.
(IOL),
(ITV),
(BBC)
-
Russian state
prosecutors begin sentencing of former
Yukos
tycoon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Yukos
shareholder
Platon Lebedev for
tax evasion and
fraud.
(ITAR_TASS),
(Gateway to Russia),
(BBC)
- Thousands of
Egyptians attend the
funeral of
actor
Ahmad Zaki.
(Al Bawaba),
(BBC)