Hong Kong police forcibly disperse a peacefuldemonstration outside the Government Headquarters building, carrying away people, including journalists, one by one. The demonstrators hoped the Government would send a representative to accept an open letter from the demonstrators. The Hong Kong Journalists Association condemns the police action for infringing freedom of press by removing journalists from the scene first. (BBC)(CNN) (Hong Kong Standard)
Calm returns to Falluja as the desecrated remains of four UScivilians are handed over to occupation authorities; townspeople state they were torn between pride in the attack and shame over the mutilations. (International Herald Tribune)
A judge in New York declares a mistrial after eleven days of deliberations in the case of former Tyco International chairman and chief executive Dennis Kozlowski and former chief financial officer Mark Swartz after a juror received either a "threatening or coercive" letter in the previous 24 hours. Kozlowski and Swartz have been accused of stealing $600 million from Tyco.(AP)
The Spanish government discloses that a powerful bomb has been discovered on the high-speed AVE railway line between Madrid and Seville. (BBC) The bomb, found near Toledo, is revealed the next day to be the same type as those used in the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people. (CBC)
A United States federal judge in Providence, Rhode Island, finds Hamas guilty in a civil lawsuit resulting from the 1996murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar in Israel. Hamas is ordered to pay the family of Yaron and Efrat Ungar $116 million. The court has not yet ruled regarding the liability of the Palestinian Authority and the PLO. (BostonGlobe)
Former US marine Toby Studabaker, who abducted a 12-year-old British girl after "grooming" her via the Internet, is been jailed for four and a half years. (Ananova) (BBC)
An estimated crowd of between 10,000 and 19,000 mourners show up to pay their final respects to Mexican singer Adán Sánchez in Los Angeles. Many in the crowd turn violent, jumping onto the van carrying the singer's body. Some are injured, and police and emergency rescue intervention is required. (Baltimore Sun)
Disney's 44th animated Classic, Home on the Range, is released in theatres.
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