Portal:Current events/2005 April 30

April 30, 2005 was a 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)
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)
Severo Moto, exiled politician from Equatorial Guinea, reappears in Spain. He says that he survived an assassination attempt in Croatia. (BBC) (Reuters)
First Day E-Liphe got head!