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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 2005
Page
3
A Katyusha rocket from Lebanon hit Shlomi in northern Israel injuring no one and heavily damaging an industrial zone factory. The Israeli army said Lebanon is responsible, noting this is the third such attack in a year, with no claim of responsibility.
In Strasbourg the European Parliament voted to remove loopholes that let Britain and others dodge the 48 hour workweek limit. The measure still requires government backing to become law, with Britain potentially blocking it. The vote sharpens debates over labor rules and a looming constitutional question.
North Korea announced steps to harvest more plutonium at Yongbyon and bolster its arsenal after expelling international inspectors. It removed about 8 000 fuel rods from the Yongbyon reactor, potentially yielding enough plutonium for several bombs, amid stalled talks and prior claims of weapon stockpiles.
A wave of coordinated explosions and gunfire in Iraq left at least 69 dead and about 160 injured, including a major attack in Tikrit where a car bomb killed 33 near a police station. The violence continued alongside U.S. operations near Syria, underscoring escalating turmoil after Iraq’s elections.
In western Iraq near the Syrian frontier a large U S offensive targets insurgents and infiltrators. The operation, described as the biggest since Fallujah, has killed up to 100 insurgents and three Marines. Washington pressures Damascus over border crossings while Syria denies complicity and promises to curb fighters crossing into Iraq.
A U.S. Senate committee report links British MP George Galloway and French ex Interior Minister Charles Pasqua to Iraqi oil allocations under the U.N. oil for food program. The panel notes contracts and interviews as evidence while both officials deny wrongdoing. The program aimed to trade oil for humanitarian goods during sanctions after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
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