March 25, 2005
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[edit] March 25, 2005
- Several Imax cinemas in the USA (in Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas) have chosen not to show the film "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" in light of its reference to the theory of evolution. (BBC)
- Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan:
- Kyrgyz opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev is named interim President of Kyrgyzstan, while ousted President Askar Akayev remains defiant. (Reuters)
- Looters ransack the capital city of Bishkek following the protests. (Reuters)
- Doctors at a Monaco hospital call the condition of Prince Rainier III "worrying" and are unsure if he will recover from heart and renal failure. He remains on a ventilator. (Yahoo! News)
- United Kingdom, becomes the first country to officially recognize darts as a sport.
- Good Friday was celebrated all over the world. Processions with statues representing the Passion of Christ (Way of the Cross) were held all over Malta. [NEWSLINK MISSING]. In Mexico City 19 year old Osvaldo Gordon was starved, whipped, fainted, crucified with nails through hands, in 162nd such reenactment. (El Universal) [ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSLINK MISSING]