See also: April 21, 2005 - April 2005 - April 23, 2005 See also: April 20, 2005 - April 2005 - April 22, 2005 400 Iranian volunteers sign up to sacrifice their lives in occupied Islamic countries, particularly Israel, after being inspired by a fatwa from a top hardline cleric giving religious backing to suicide missions. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in April ⢠26: Augusto Roa Bastos ⢠24: Ezer Weizman ⢠23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen ⢠23: John Mills ⢠16: Marla Ruzicka ⢠9: Andrea Dworkin ⢠6: Prince Rainier III ⢠5: Dale Messick ⢠5: Saul Bellow ⢠2: Pope John... April 23, 2005 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Association of University Teachers, the leading British academic group, has voted to boycott two Israeli universities, Haifa University and Bar-Ilan University, over their alleged involvement in illegal activity in the occupied territories. ...
A German court orders a retrial in the case of Armin Meiwes, who was jailed in 2004 for eight years for killing and eating a man (with the man's supposed consent). (BBC)