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July 31, 2005 (2005-07-31 ) (Sunday)
More torrential
monsoon rains have returned to
Mumbai in
India , as it tries to recover from the recent
floods . The death toll in the floods rises to about 1,000.
(BBC)
7 more suspects are arrested in
Brighton following the
21 July 2005 London bombings .
(BBC)
Wim Duisenberg , the former head of the
Rabobank , the
Central Bank of the Netherlands and the
European Central Bank , is found dead in the pool of his villa in the south of
France . His death seems to have been caused by a cardiac arrest.
(BBC)
Chile 's
Christian Democratic Party declares
Michelle Bachelet as the presidential candidate of the ruling coalition
(Mercopress)
(BBC)
Russia 's defence minister
Sergei Ivanov bars the country's defense ministry from contacting
ABC News after the channel broadcast an interview with
Chechen rebel
Shamil Basayev
(RIA Novosti)
(Mosnews)
(Al-Jazeera)
(BBC)
In
Côte d'Ivoire , former rebels known as the
New Forces refuse to disarm before legislative reforms
(BBC)
(Reuters AlertNet)
Indonesian pilot
Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto is charged with involvement with the murder of
Munir Said Thalib
(Jakarta Post)
(BBC)
In
India , separatist group
National Socialist Council of Nagaland extends its
ceasefire with the government by six months
(Newindpress)
(India Daily)
(Reuters India)
In
Iran former president
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani appeals for the release of an imprisoned dissident writer
Akbar Ganji . Ganji has been in a
hunger strike for more than 50 days and is possibly near death
(Reporters Without Borders)
(IRNA)
Atkins Nutritionals , Inc., a company founded by the late diet guru
Robert Atkins to promote low-carb products, enters
chapter 11 due to a loss of public interest.
(Fox News)