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===Ongoing events===
 
===Ongoing events===
&bull; [[Bill C-38]] ([[Same-sex marriage in Canada|Canada gay marriage]])<br/>
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&bull; [[Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Tsunami relief]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal|Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal]]<br/>
&bull; [[Cedar Revolution]] in [[Lebanon]]<br/>
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&bull; [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Atlantic]] and [[2005 Pacific hurricane season|Pacific]] hurricanes of 2005<br/>
&bull; [[Kyrgyz revolution of 2005|Kyrgyz revolution]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Cindy Sheehan|Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest]]<br/>
&bull; [[German Visa Affair 2005]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Downing Street memo]] <br/>
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&bull; [[Edinburgh Festival]]<br/>
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&bull; [[History of the European Constitution#Ratification|European Constitution ratification]] <br/>
 
&bull; [[Expo 2005]] in [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi, Japan]]<br/>
 
&bull; [[Expo 2005]] in [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi, Japan]]<br/>
&bull; [[Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005|Fuel prices skyrocket]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005|Fuel prices]]<br/>
&bull; [[Anti-Japan government textbook demonstrations in China|Anti-Japanese textbook protests in China]]<br/>  
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&bull; [[Gomery Commission|Gomery Comm.]] ([[sponsorship scandal]])<br/>
&bull; [[OAS Secretary General election, 2005|Election of OAS Secretary General]]
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&bull; [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|Iran's nuclear program]] <br/>
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&bull; [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan|Israeli withdrawal from Gaza]]<br/>
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&bull; [[7 July 2005 London bombings#Investigation|London bombings investigation]]<br/>
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&bull; [[2005 Niger food crisis|Niger food crisis]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Peace Mission 2005|Peace Mission 2005]]<br/>
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&bull; [[2005 Philippine electoral crisis|Philippine electoral crisis]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Plame Affair|Plame CIA leak investigation]]<br/>
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&bull; [[Operation Murambatsvina|Zimbabwe home clearances]]<br/>
  
 
===Upcoming events===
 
===Upcoming events===
 
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&bull; [[April 18]]: Beginning of [[Papal conclave, 2005|Papal conclave]]<br/>
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[[August 31]]: [[62nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]<br>
&bull; [[April 24]]: 50th [[Bandung Conference]] <br/>
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[[September 6]]: [[John G. Roberts, Jr.|John Roberts]] hearings<br>
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[[October 15]]: [[Millions More Movement|Millions More March]]
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===Deaths in August===
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[[August 23]]: [[Brock Peters]]<br />
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[[August 21]]: [[Robert Moog]]<br />
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[[August 19]]: [[Mo Mowlam]]<br />
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[[August 18]]: [[Gao Xiumin]]<br />
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[[August 16]]: [[Frère Roger]]<br />
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[[August 13]]: [[David Lange]]<br />
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[[August 9]]: [[Judith Rossner]]<br />
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[[August 8]]: [[John H. Johnson]]<br />
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[[August 8]]: [[Ahmed Deedat]]<br />
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[[August 8]]: [[Barbara Bel Geddes]]<br />
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[[August 7]]: [[Peter Jennings]]<br />
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[[August 6]]: [[Robin Cook]]<br />
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[[August 6]]: [[Ibrahim Ferrer]]<br />
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[[August 5]]: [[Raul Roco]]<br />
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[[August 4]]: [[Little Milton]]<br />
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[[August 3]]: [[Ernest Smith]]<br />
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[[August 1]]: [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd of Saudi Arabia]]<br />
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* ''[[Deaths in 2005|Recent deaths]]''
  
===Deaths in April===
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=== Upcoming elections ===
&bull; [[April 9|9]]: [[Andrea Dworkin]]<br>
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&bull; [[April 6|6]]: [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier III]] <br>
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[[September 7]]: [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005|Egyptian presidential]]<br>
&bull; [[April 5|5]]: [[Dale Messick]] <br>
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[[September 11]]: [[Japan general election, 2005|Japanese general]]<br>
&bull; [[April 5|5]]: [[Saul Bellow]] <br>
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[[September 12]]: [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary]]<br>
&bull; [[April 2|2]]: [[Pope John Paul II]] <br>
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[[September 17]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general]]<br>
* ''[[Recent deaths]]''
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[[September 18]]: [[German federal election, 2005|German federal]]<br>
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[[September 25]]: [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary]]<br>
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[[October 9]]: [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential]]<br>
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TBD: [[California 48th Congressional District Election, 2005|CA 48th Congressional District]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small><br>
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* ''[[Electoral calendar]]''
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=== Recent election results ===
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[[June 24]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential runoff]]<br>
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[[July 3]]: [[Albania general election, 2005|Albanian general election]] <br>
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[[July 10]]: [[Kyrgyz presidential election, 2005|Kyrgyz presidential]] <br>
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[[July 16]]: [[KMT chairmanship election, 2005|Kuomintang Chairmanship]] <br>
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[[July 24]]: [[Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005|Guinea-Bissau presidential]]<br>
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[[August 2]]: [[Ohio Second Congressional District Election, 2005|OH 2nd Congressional District]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small><br>
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[[August 10]]: [[Ethiopian presidential election, 2005|Ethiopian presidential]]<br>
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[[August 27]]: [[Singapore presidential election, 2005|Singapore presidential]]<br>
  
 
===Ongoing armed conflicts===
 
===Ongoing armed conflicts===
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&bull; [[Chechnya|Conflict in Chechnya]]<br>
 
&bull; [[Chechnya|Conflict in Chechnya]]<br>
 
&bull; [[Second Congo War]]<br>
 
&bull; [[Second Congo War]]<br>
&bull; [[Conflict in Iraq]] [[Occupation of Iraq, 2003-2004|(Occupation of Iraq)]] <br/>
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&bull; [[Conflict in Iraq]] <br/>
 
&bull; [[Darfur conflict]] in [[Sudan]]<br/>
 
&bull; [[Darfur conflict]] in [[Sudan]]<br/>
 
&bull; [[Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire]]
 
&bull; [[Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire]]
 
* ''[[List of recent wars#Ongoing wars|Ongoing wars]]''
 
* ''[[List of recent wars#Ongoing wars|Ongoing wars]]''
  
=== Upcoming holidays===
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=== Upcoming holidays<br>and observances ===
[[April 19]]: [[Primrose Day]] <small>([[United Kingdom]])</small><br>
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====August====
[[April 21]]: [[Mawlid|Mawlid al-Nabi]]<br>
 
[[April 21]]: [[Ridvan]]<br>
 
[[April 22]]: [[Earth Day]] <small>([[United States]])</small><br>
 
[[April 23]]: [[St George's Day]]<br>
 
[[April 23]]: [[Passover]] begins at [[sunset]]<br>
 
[[April 25]]: [[ANZAC Day]]<br>
 
[[April 25]]: [[Carnation Revolution|Freedom Day]] <small>([[Portugal]])</small><br>
 
[[April 29]]: [[Greenery Day]] <small>([[Japan]])</small><br>
 
[[April 29]]: [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] [[Good Friday]]<br>
 
[[April 30]]: [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] [[Holy Saturday]]<br>
 
[[April 30]]: [[Queen's Day]] <small>([[The Netherlands]])</small><br>
 
[[April 30]]: Reunification Day <small>([[Vietnam]])</small><br>
 
[[May 1]]: [[May Day]]<br>
 
[[May 1]]: [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] [[Easter]]<br>
 
[[May 2]]: [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] [[Easter Monday]]<br>
 
[[May 3]]: [[World Press Freedom Day]]<br>
 
[[May 3]]: [[May Constitution of Poland|Constitution Day]] <small>([[Poland]])</small><br>
 
[[May 5]]: [[Cinco de mayo|Cinco de Mayo]]<br>
 
[[May 5]]: [[National Day of Prayer]]<br>
 
[[May 5]]: [[Ascension|Ascension Day]]<br>
 
[[May 8]]: [[Mother's day (USA)|Mother's Day]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]], elsewhere)</small><br>
 
[[May 8]]: [[Victory in Europe Day]] <small>([[Western Europe]])</small><br>
 
[[May 9]]: [[Victory Day]] <small>([[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]])</small><br>
 
[[May 10]]: [[Mother's Day]] <small>([[Latin America]], [[Asia]])</small><br>
 
[[May 15]]: [[Pentecost]]<br>
 
[[May 27]]: [[Lag Ba'omer]]
 
  
=== Upcoming elections ===
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[[August 27|27]]: [[Janmashtami]], [[Krishna]]'s Birthday <small>([[Hinduism]])</small><br>
[[April 18]]: [[Papal conclave, 2005|Papal election]]<br>
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[[August 29|29]]: [[August Bank Holiday]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>
[[May 5]]: [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|UK general]]<br>
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[[August 29|29]]: [[John the Baptist|Beheading of St. John the Forerunner]] <small>([[Eastern Christianity]])</small><br>
[[May 17]]: [[British Columbia general election, 2005|British Columbia general]] <br>
 
[[June 17]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential]]<br>
 
[[June 19]]: [[Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005|Guinea-Bissau presidential]]<br>
 
[[September 12]]: [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary]]<br>
 
[[2005]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general]]<br>
 
[[2005]]: [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary]] & [[Polish presidential election, 2005|presidential]]<br>
 
* ''[[Electoral calendar]]''
 
  
=== Recent election results ===
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====September====
[[February 27]]: [[Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005|Kyrgyz parliamentary]] <br>
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[[September 5|5]]: [[Labor Day]] <small>([[Canada]] & [[United States|USA]])</small><br>
[[March 6]]: [[Moldovan parliamentary elections, 2005|Moldovan parliamentary]] <br>
 
[[March 12]]: [[Maltese Local Council Elections, 2005|Maltese Local Council Elections]] <br>
 
[[March 13]]: [[Central African Republic elections, 2005|Central African Rep. federal]]  
 
<br>
 
[[March 13]]: [[Elections in Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein parliamentary]]
 
<br>
 
[[March 31]]: [[Zimbabwe parliamentary elections, 2005|Zimbabwe parliamentary]] <br>
 
  
 
=== Ongoing trials ===
 
=== Ongoing trials ===
 
[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br>
 
[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br>
[[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]: [[Slobodan Milosevic|Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]]<br/>
 
 
[[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br/>
 
[[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br/>
 
&mdash; [[Saddam Hussein]], among others<br/>
 
&mdash; [[Saddam Hussein]], among others<br/>
[[India]]: [[Best Bakery case]]<br/>
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[[Netherlands|Neth.]]: [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]<br/>
[[India]]: [[Jayendra Saraswathi]]<br/>
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&mdash; [[Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]], among others<br/>
[[Indonesia]]: [[Schapelle Corby]]<br/>
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[[United Kingdom|UK]]: [[Railtrack]] shareholders<br/>
[[Netherlands]]: [[Volkert van der Graaf]]<br/>
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[[United States|US]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/>
[[Netherlands]]: [[Mohammed Bouyeri]]<br/>
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[[United States|US]]: [[Brian Nichols]]<br/>
[[United States]]: [[Michael Jackson]]<br/>
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[[United States|US]]: [[Ali al-Tamimi]]
[[United States]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/>
 
[[United States]]: [[Brian Nichols]]<br/>
 
[[United States]]: [[BTK killer|Dennis Rader]]
 
  
 
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Ongoing events

Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal
Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes of 2005
Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest
Downing Street memo
Edinburgh Festival
European Constitution ratification
Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Fuel prices
Gomery Comm. (sponsorship scandal)
Iran's nuclear program
Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
London bombings investigation
Niger food crisis
Peace Mission 2005
Philippine electoral crisis
Plame CIA leak investigation
Zimbabwe home clearances

Upcoming events

August 31: Venice Film Festival
September 6: John Roberts hearings
October 15: Millions More March

Deaths in August

August 23: Brock Peters
August 21: Robert Moog
August 19: Mo Mowlam
August 18: Gao Xiumin
August 16: Frère Roger
August 13: David Lange
August 9: Judith Rossner
August 8: John H. Johnson
August 8: Ahmed Deedat
August 8: Barbara Bel Geddes
August 7: Peter Jennings
August 6: Robin Cook
August 6: Ibrahim Ferrer
August 5: Raul Roco
August 4: Little Milton
August 3: Ernest Smith
August 1: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Upcoming elections

September 7: Egyptian presidential
September 11: Japanese general
September 12: Norwegian parliamentary
September 17: New Zealand general
September 18: German federal
September 25: Polish parliamentary
October 9: Polish presidential
TBD: CA 48th Congressional District (U.S.)

Recent election results

June 24: Iran presidential runoff
July 3: Albanian general election
July 10: Kyrgyz presidential
July 16: Kuomintang Chairmanship
July 24: Guinea-Bissau presidential
August 2: OH 2nd Congressional District (U.S.)
August 10: Ethiopian presidential
August 27: Singapore presidential

Ongoing armed conflicts

Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
Conflict in Chechnya
Second Congo War
Conflict in Iraq
Darfur conflict in Sudan
Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire

Upcoming holidays
and observances

August

27: Janmashtami, Krishna's Birthday (Hinduism)
29: August Bank Holiday (UK)
29: Beheading of St. John the Forerunner (Eastern Christianity)

September

5: Labor Day (Canada & USA)

Ongoing trials

Chile: Augusto Pinochet
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein, among others
Neth.: ICTY
Slobodan Milošević, among others
UK: Railtrack shareholders
US: Zacarias Moussaoui
US: Brian Nichols
US: Ali al-Tamimi

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