Wikinews:2005/January/17


 * Mars lander website opens
 * Hong Kong Makes First File-Sharing Arrest A Hong Kong man has been arrested for sharing 3 MPAA movies by BitTorrent
 * Colombia releases official notice in response to Venezuela "Colombia does not accept that representatives of terrorist organizations be admitted in a political event sponsored by official Venezuelan institutions" says the document.
 * Purged Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang dies at 85 Placed under house arrest in 1989 for supporting Tiananmen protesters
 * Woman aged 66 gives birth Considered oldest woman to give birth
 * News Briefs: January 17, 2005 Catholic archbishop kidnapped, Chinese bank swindle, Bosnian genocide conviction