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News -01-19-05 Dislike of Bush Translating into Dislike of Americans (Guardian Unlimited) "George Bush will be sworn in as president of the United States for a second term today in a lavish Washington ceremony, amid mounting international concern that his new administration will make the world a more dangerous place." "Fifty-eight per cent of the 22,000 [from 21 countries] who took part in the poll, commissioned by the BBC World Service, said they expected Mr Bush to have a negative impact on peace and security, compared with only 26% who considered him a positive force." "The survey also indicated for the first time that dislike of Mr Bush is translating into a dislike of Americans in general." 1-05 -01-20-05 Iran Responds to Talk of U.S. Attack (CBS News) "Iran has plans to defend itself should the United States make any aggressive moves, President Mohammad Khatami said Thursday, but he added that the possibility of an attack 'is very low' because Washington has too many problems in Iraq." 1-05 -01-20-05 Yushchenko Declared New President of the Ukrain (MSNBC News) "The Ukrainian parliament voted Thursday to hold President-elect Viktor Yushchenko’s inauguration this Sunday, capping a months-long presidential election marked by fraud allegations, mass street protests and multiple Supreme Court appeals." 1-05 -01-30-05 Iraq Votes! (Bloomberg.com) "Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said today the Iraqi National Assembly should work with the Sunni community to create a government and constitution after Sunni political parties boycotted the country's election." " 'It is time to put the divisions of our past behind us,' Allawi said in a statement to the press aired live by broadcasters including Sky News. 'Let us march forward together -- Sunni and Shiites, Muslims and Christians, Arab and Kurds and Turkomen.' " "Shiite Muslims account for about 60 percent of Iraq's population. Sunni Muslims and Kurds each account for about 20 percent. The country's main Sunni political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, withdrew from the race Dec. 27 citing unfair and unsafe conditions, raising concerns over the legitimacy of the outcome." 1-05 -01-31-05 Nepal's King Declares Emergency (BBC News) "Nepal's King Gyanendra has sacked the country's government and declared a state of emergency." "Phone lines have been cut, flights to the capital are cancelled and the press is being censored." 1-05 -02-02-05 Georgian Prime Minister Killed (ABC News) "Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who helped lead the peaceful protests that forced Georgia's corruption-tainted regime from power two years ago, died early Thursday in an apparent gas leak, the ex-Soviet republic's interior minister said." 2-05 -02-03-05 Annan Vows Action on Corruption (BBC News) "UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ordered disciplinary proceedings against the head of the oil-for-food programme in Iraq, Benon Sevan." "The move came after an independent report accused Mr Sevan of unethical conduct undermining the UN's integrity." "Inquiry head Paul Volcker revealed in the initial findings by his panel that Mr Sevan repeatedly asked Iraqis to allocate oil to a particular company." 2-05 -02-10-05 North Korea: We Have the Bomb (Guardian Unlimited) "North Korea declared itself a nuclear power yesterday, announcing that it had developed a nuclear weapon to protect itself from what it sees as an increasingly belligerent White House." "The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, on a trip to Europe, urged North Korea to return to the negotiating table, saying it had no reason to fear an attack by the US." "However, yesterday's statement from Pyongyang suggested that Ms Rice had helped to trigger its decision when she called North Korea an "outpost of tyranny" during her Senate confirmation hearings last month." 2-05 -03-15-05 Kosovo Leader Attacked (Guardian Unlimited) "Kosovo's president, Ibrahim Rugova, survived an apparent assassination attempt today after a bomb exploded as his convoy passed through the centre of Pristina." 3-05 -03-21-05 Annan: U.N. Needs Thorough Overhaul (BBC News) "UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged governments to endorse sweeping reforms of the organisation." "They include enlarging the Security Council, setting out rules on when it can authorise military force, and an agreed definition of terrorism." "The proposals are contained in a report aimed at ensuring that the United Nations remains at the heart of the world's security system." " 'We will not enjoy development without security, we will not enjoy security without development, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights,' he said." 3-05 -03-21-05 Poll: Citizens of 22 Countries Favor Enlarging Security Council (BBC News) "There is overwhelming popular support for the UN to be reformed, according to a BBC World Service poll among the citizens of 23 countries." "They favoured a more powerful UN and backed the idea of adding Germany, India, Japan and Brazil to the organisation's Security Council." "Most wanted the Security Council to be able to override the veto power of the permanent members." The word "favour" is spelled "favor" in the United States. 3-05 Papers -01-17-05 Iraqis Kidnap Bishop (CBS News) "Gunmen kidnapped a Catholic archbishop and targeted security forces in a series of brazen assaults Monday that killed more than 20 people." 1-05