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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 2005
Page
8
Berlin reports Munich will not bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The decision was made at a Friday meeting with the German national Olympic committee chair, the sports minister, and other officials. The committee had previously withheld endorsement, urging a more detailed proposal and proposing a 2018 bid.
A strong earthquake measuring 6.9 struck beneath the Flores Sea about 40 miles west of Bau Bau in Southeast Sulawesi today. Officials reported the quake at 8:04 a.m. with a depth near 23 miles, causing panic but no immediate injuries or damage noted.
Togo's new military-installed leader Faure Gnassingbe vowed to hold presidential elections within two months amid mounting pressure at home and abroad. Eyadema died from a heart attack after ruling 38 years, making Faure the World’s longest-serving ruler successor.
The World Health Organization reports a rare pneumonic plague outbreak near a diamond mine in northeast Congo. At least 61 dead, with hundreds possibly infected as miners flee into the rainforest, complicating relief efforts amid security fears and isolation.
The 102 member Holy Synod met in Athens to discuss wide reform steps, proposing stronger financial controls and civil authority involvement. Archbishop Christodoulos urged a cleanup as bishops face embezzlement, bribery, and misconduct probes.
Beijing accuses Washington of sending a false signal to Taiwan after CIA head Porter Goss cited China’s military modernization and missiles, submarines, and nuclear-armed missiles as tilting the balance in the Taiwan Strait. Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan blasts the remarks as irresponsible interference.
Rome art experts and clerics stage an unusual trial in Leonardo da Vinci's hometown near Florence to separate fact from fiction in Dan Brown's bestseller. Alessandro Vezzosi, director of a Leonardo museum, will present photographs and documents as evidence of historical inaccuracies and misrepresentation of Leonardo as a genius with playful fantasy.
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