Portal:Current events/2005 July 30
July 30, 2005 (Saturday)
- Thousands of Czech riot police disperse the crowd at the annual free electronic music festival "CzechTek", leaving dozens injured. (CBC)
- Conflict in Iraq: At least two British private security agents have been killed following an attack on a convoy in Basra, south Iraq. (BBC)
- Lawyers for the former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, claim he was attacked by an unidentified man after questioning by the Iraqi special tribunal on Thursday; however the United States denies the event. (BBC)
- Uzbekistan has reportedly given the United States six months to move out of a key base used for operations in Afghanistan.(BBC)
- Russia begins to withdraw its troops from the military bases in Georgia (Mosnews) (Messenger, Georgia)[permanent dead link] (Euronews)