Yukos loses an appeal to halt the auctioning off of its main production unit. President of RussiaVladimir Putin, while on his three day visit to India, says Indian firms are welcomed to bid. (BBC)
A car bomb explodes outside a Shi'a mosque in a BaghdadSunni district, killing 14 worshippers and wounding 19. Mortars land on a police station in Baghdad, followed by an assault which kills 12 people and results in the freeing of 50 prisoners. A website allegedly tied to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claims responsibility for the police station attack. (BBC) (Reuters)
Following warnings by separatist group ETA, a number of devices explode in Madrid. (Reuters) (BBC) (Wikinews)
UkrainianSupreme Court rules that the 2004 second round presidential results are invalid and requires a new vote to be completed within three weeks without determining whether the second round will be re-run or an entirely new election will be run. (BBC) (Yahoo! News)
Former Israeli chief Rabbi and Holocaust survivor Meir Lau says that "Jewish history in Europe is nearing its end" and called the Jewish Agency to prepare for the absorption of Europe's Jews in Israel. Lau conveyed concern over rise in antisemitism and fading of the Holocaust rememberence in Europe.(Haaretz)
Rwanda denies it has sent any troops to Congo. Reuters quotes unnamed diplomatic sources that claim that the troops were there only temporarily. (BBC) (Reuters)
Typhoon Nanmadol slams into the island of Luzon in the Philippines, less than a week after tropical depression locally called "Winnie" caused landslides and floods in the region also affected by the earlier typhoons Muifa and Merbok. Floods and landslides by Winnie killed at least 495 persons. More people are expected to be declared missing or dead as typhoon Nanmadol leaves the country later today. (CNN) (Inquirer/GMA7)
Dissident investors in Disney, including former board member Roy Disney, nephew of the company founder Walt Disney, announced that they won't nominate a slate of alternate directors for the 2005 annual meeting. The announcement is a sign of an easing of tensions at that corporation's board. thestreet.com