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2005
In northern Colombia a roadside bomb exploded as a police convoy traveled down a rural highway, killing at least 15 officers.
2005
In Nigeria protesting Akabuka villagers demanding more jobs for their community forced the Nigerian branch of Total SA to shut down the Obagi onshore oil field.
2005
In western Iraq six US Marines were killed in Haditha. A 7th Marine was killed by a car bomb in Hit.
2005
In Tonala, Mexico, assailants threw grenades into a crowded cockfighting ring before dawn, killing four people and wounding 25 others.
2005
Iraq announced that it will begin rationing gasoline over the next few months to cope with a continuing fuel shortage.
2005
King Fahd (83), Saudi ruler since 1982, died at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. He moved Saudi Arabia closer to the US but ruled the nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995. His half brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, was named to replace him.
2005
Japan said it would retaliate against America’s abuse of WTO anti-dumping rules with a 15% duty on 15 American products.
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