Portal:Current events/2005 July 19

July 19, 2005 (Tuesday)

Three British Soldiers are to face war crimes charges as well as criminal charges at a Court-Martial following the death of a detainee in Iraq in September 2003. (BBC)
6 killed in Srinagar blast near school. The suicide bomber rammed his car on a passing army jeep, causing a massive explosion. Pakistani group Hizbul Mujahideen is suspected to be behind the attack. (Rediff)
US President George W. Bush has nominated federal appeals court judge John Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. Wikinews (AP/Yahoonews)
According to reports from Russia, at least 14 people have been killed and several injured in an explosion in Chechnya. (BBC)
In the Philippines, President Gloria Arroyo announces that she intends to form a truth commission to investigate charges of poll fraud against her. (Channel News Asia) (BBC)
The Canadian Senate passes Bill C-38 to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada. The bill will become law when it receives Royal Assent from Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, scheduled for tomorrow. (CBC)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India addresses joint session of US Congress in his historic visit to the US. (BBC) (Rediff)
In Thailand, dozens of newspapers editors of Thai Journalist's Association protest against new emergency laws that include media censorship and phone tapping (Channel News Asia) (Index) (Reuters AlertNet)
UK court sentences Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad for 20 years in jail for war crimes (Telegraph)^{[permanent dead link]} (Al-Jazeera)^{[permanent dead link]} (Reuters)
Former Bosnian Croat soldier Miroslav Bralo pleads guilty for war crimes in the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague (Reuters AlertNet) (FENA)^{[permanent dead link]}
In Lebanon, prime minister Fouad Siniora announces his new cabinet after long negotiations. Cabinet members include representative of Hezbollah when Christian leader Michel Aoun refuses to join (Daily Star) (Monday Morning, Lebanon) (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
In Spain, huge forest fire continues to rage, threatening villages of Selas and Ablanque. A group of ten day-trippers has confessed being responsible for the start of the fire and one of them has been charged (EITB) (BBC)