Portal:Current events/2005 April 30
April 30, 2005 (Saturday)
- Cairo terrorism: Tourists in the Egyptian capital Cairo are targeted in two separate terrorist attacks. (BBC)
- U.S. Senator John Kerry formally endorses a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, repaying Mr. Villaraigosa's support for his own presidential campaign in 2004(AP)
- King Gyanendra of Nepal ends the state of emergency. Press censorship and ban of political activities continues. (NDTV) (IHT)
- US releases a report that clears soldiers who shot Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari and journalist Giuliana Sgrena. (full text on BBC) (CNN) (Reuters) Archived 2005-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- In Roraima, Brazil, Macuxi Indians release four policemen they had held as hostages since April 22. The Macuxi protested against the creation of a huge reservation and demanded better living conditions. (BBC) (ABC)
- In Honduras, six children die in a grenade accident. (Scotsman) (Reuters)[permanent dead link]
- Severo Moto, exiled politician from Equatorial Guinea, reappears in Spain. He says that he survived an assassination attempt in Croatia. (BBC) (Reuters)