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===Ongoing events=== | ===Ongoing events=== | ||
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| − | • [[ | + | • [[Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal|Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal]]<br/> |
| − | • [[ | + | • [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Atlantic]] and [[2005 Pacific hurricane season|Pacific]] hurricanes of 2005<br/> |
| − | • [[ | + | • [[Cindy Sheehan|Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest]]<br/> |
| − | • [[ | + | • [[Downing Street memo]] <br/> |
| + | • [[Edinburgh Festival]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[History of the European Constitution#Ratification|European Constitution ratification]] <br/> | ||
• [[Expo 2005]] in [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi, Japan]]<br/> | • [[Expo 2005]] in [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi, Japan]]<br/> | ||
| − | • [[Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005|Fuel prices | + | • [[Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005|Fuel prices]]<br/> |
| − | • [[ | + | • [[Gomery Commission|Gomery Comm.]] ([[sponsorship scandal]])<br/> |
| − | • [[ | + | • [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|Iran's nuclear program]] <br/> |
| + | • [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan|Israeli withdrawal from Gaza]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[7 July 2005 London bombings#Investigation|London bombings investigation]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[2005 Niger food crisis|Niger food crisis]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[Peace Mission 2005|Peace Mission 2005]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[2005 Philippine electoral crisis|Philippine electoral crisis]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[Plame Affair|Plame CIA leak investigation]]<br/> | ||
| + | • [[Operation Murambatsvina|Zimbabwe home clearances]]<br/> | ||
===Upcoming events=== | ===Upcoming events=== | ||
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| − | + | [[August 31]]: [[62nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]<br> | |
| − | + | [[September 6]]: [[John G. Roberts, Jr.|John Roberts]] hearings<br> | |
| + | [[October 15]]: [[Millions More Movement|Millions More March]] | ||
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| + | ===Deaths in August=== | ||
| + | [[August 23]]: [[Brock Peters]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 21]]: [[Robert Moog]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 19]]: [[Mo Mowlam]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 18]]: [[Gao Xiumin]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 16]]: [[Frère Roger]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 13]]: [[David Lange]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 9]]: [[Judith Rossner]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 8]]: [[John H. Johnson]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 8]]: [[Ahmed Deedat]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 8]]: [[Barbara Bel Geddes]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 7]]: [[Peter Jennings]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 6]]: [[Robin Cook]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 6]]: [[Ibrahim Ferrer]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 5]]: [[Raul Roco]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 4]]: [[Little Milton]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 3]]: [[Ernest Smith]]<br /> | ||
| + | [[August 1]]: [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd of Saudi Arabia]]<br /> | ||
| + | * ''[[Deaths in 2005|Recent deaths]]'' | ||
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| − | + | [[September 7]]: [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005|Egyptian presidential]]<br> | |
| − | + | [[September 11]]: [[Japan general election, 2005|Japanese general]]<br> | |
| − | + | [[September 12]]: [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary]]<br> | |
| − | + | [[September 17]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general]]<br> | |
| − | + | [[September 18]]: [[German federal election, 2005|German federal]]<br> | |
| − | + | [[September 25]]: [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary]]<br> | |
| + | [[October 9]]: [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential]]<br> | ||
| + | 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 === | ||
| + | [[June 24]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential runoff]]<br> | ||
| + | [[July 3]]: [[Albania general election, 2005|Albanian general election]] <br> | ||
| + | [[July 10]]: [[Kyrgyz presidential election, 2005|Kyrgyz presidential]] <br> | ||
| + | [[July 16]]: [[KMT chairmanship election, 2005|Kuomintang Chairmanship]] <br> | ||
| + | [[July 24]]: [[Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005|Guinea-Bissau presidential]]<br> | ||
| + | [[August 2]]: [[Ohio Second Congressional District Election, 2005|OH 2nd Congressional District]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small><br> | ||
| + | [[August 10]]: [[Ethiopian presidential election, 2005|Ethiopian presidential]]<br> | ||
| + | [[August 27]]: [[Singapore presidential election, 2005|Singapore presidential]]<br> | ||
===Ongoing armed conflicts=== | ===Ongoing armed conflicts=== | ||
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• [[Chechnya|Conflict in Chechnya]]<br> | • [[Chechnya|Conflict in Chechnya]]<br> | ||
• [[Second Congo War]]<br> | • [[Second Congo War]]<br> | ||
| − | • [[Conflict in Iraq | + | • [[Conflict in Iraq]] <br/> |
• [[Darfur conflict]] in [[Sudan]]<br/> | • [[Darfur conflict]] in [[Sudan]]<br/> | ||
• [[Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire]] | • [[Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire]] | ||
* ''[[List of recent wars#Ongoing wars|Ongoing wars]]'' | * ''[[List of recent wars#Ongoing wars|Ongoing wars]]'' | ||
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| − | + | [[August 27|27]]: [[Janmashtami]], [[Krishna]]'s Birthday <small>([[Hinduism]])</small><br> | |
| − | [[ | + | [[August 29|29]]: [[August Bank Holiday]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br> |
| − | [[ | + | [[August 29|29]]: [[John the Baptist|Beheading of St. John the Forerunner]] <small>([[Eastern Christianity]])</small><br> |
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=== Ongoing trials === | === Ongoing trials === | ||
[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br> | [[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br> | ||
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[[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br/> | [[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br/> | ||
— [[Saddam Hussein]], among others<br/> | — [[Saddam Hussein]], among others<br/> | ||
| − | + | [[Netherlands|Neth.]]: [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]<br/> | |
| − | + | — [[Slobodan Milošević]], among others<br/> | |
| − | + | [[United Kingdom|UK]]: [[Railtrack]] shareholders<br/> | |
| − | [[Netherlands]]: [[ | + | [[United States|US]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/> |
| − | [[ | + | [[United States|US]]: [[Brian Nichols]]<br/> |
| − | [[United | + | [[United States|US]]: [[Ali al-Tamimi]] |
| − | [[United States]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/> | ||
| − | [[United States]]: [[Brian Nichols]]<br/> | ||
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