April 25, 2005 was a Monday April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Amagasaki rail crash: In Japan, a Fukuchiyama Line train derails and crashes into an apartment building in the city of Amagasaki, near Osaka. At least 55 people are dead and around 400 are injured as a result of the accident, Japan's worst rail crash since 1963. (Japan Today) (Reuters) (BBC)
The third and final part of the Obelisk of Axum returns to Ethiopia. Ethiopia has also asked for the return of the remains of prince Alemayehu Tewodros. (BBC) (Independent)
Same-sex marriage in Canada: Four same-sex couples in New Brunswick file suit for the right to marry under the Charter. This challenge, the first to be filed in over five months, would make New Brunswick the eighth of ten provinces to recognize same-sex marriage. (CBC)
Germany's foreign minister, Joschka Fischer admits in a public hearing that procedural mistakes allowed criminals to have visas to enter the country. He also states that his political opponents had exaggarated the situation. (Deutsche Welle) (IHT) (Reuters) (Bloomberg)
A 5000-strong Richtersveld community in Northern Cape province, South Africa, goes to Land Claims Court seeking compensation. In the 1920s they were evicted from their land, that turned out to be rich in diamonds and was mined by Alexkor mining company. (BBC) (IOL)
Liberians register to vote in the first elections after a long civil war. Elections are due on October 11. (Land Claims Court) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
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