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===Ongoing events===
 
===Ongoing events===
  
&bull; 2005 [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Atlantic]] and [[2005 Pacific hurricane season|Pacific]] hurricanes</br>
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&bull; [[Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal|Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal]]<br/>
&bull; [[2005 Gujarat Flood]]<br>
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&bull; [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Atlantic]] and [[2005 Pacific hurricane season|Pacific]] hurricanes of 2005<br/>
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&bull; [[Cindy Sheehan|Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest]]<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]]<br/>
 
&bull; [[Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005|Fuel prices]]<br/>
&bull; [[Gomery Commission|Gomery Comm.]] ([[Sponsorship scandal]])<br/>
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&bull; [[Gomery Commission|Gomery Comm.]] ([[sponsorship scandal]])<br/>
&bull; [[Bagram torture and prisoner abuse]] <br/>
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&bull; [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|Iran's nuclear program]] <br/>
&bull; [[Downing Street memo]] <br/>
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&bull; [[Israel unilateral disengagement plan|Israeli withdrawal from Gaza]]<br/>
&bull; [[Marburg virus#2004-2005 outbreak in Angola|Angola Marburg virus outbreak]] <br/>
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&bull; [[7 July 2005 London bombings#Investigation|London bombings investigation]]<br/>
&bull; [[History of the European Constitution#Ratification|European Constitution Ratification]] <br/>
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&bull; [[2005 Niger food crisis|Niger food crisis]]<br/>
&bull; [[7 July 2005 London bombings#Investigation|London bombings investigation]]<br>
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&bull; [[Peace Mission 2005|Peace Mission 2005]]<br/>
&bull; [[Operation Murambatsvina|Zimbabwe Home Clearances]] <br>
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&bull; [[2005 Philippine electoral crisis|Philippine electoral crisis]]<br/>
&bull; [[Philippine electoral crisis, 2005]] <br>
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&bull; [[Plame Affair|Plame CIA leak investigation]]<br/>
&bull; [[Valerie Plame]] leak investigation<br>
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&bull; [[Operation Murambatsvina|Zimbabwe home clearances]]<br/>
&bull; 2005 [[Maccabiah Games]]<br>
 
&bull; [[2005 Niger food crisis]]<br>
 
  
 
===Upcoming events===
 
===Upcoming events===
 
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[[August 31]]: [[62nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]<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]]
  
[[July 26]]: Launch of [[STS-114]]<br />
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===Deaths in August===
 
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[[August 23]]: [[Brock Peters]]<br />
===Deaths in July===
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[[August 21]]: [[Robert Moog]]<br />
[[July 24]]: [[Francis Ona]] <br />
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[[August 19]]: [[Mo Mowlam]]<br />
[[July 24]]: [[Richard Doll|Sir Richard Doll]] <br />
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[[August 18]]: [[Gao Xiumin]]<br />
[[July 21]]: [[Long John Baldry]] <br />
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[[August 16]]: [[Frère Roger]]<br />
[[July 20]]: [[James Doohan]] <br />
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[[August 13]]: [[David Lange]]<br />
[[July 18]]: [[Amy Gillett]] <br />
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[[August 9]]: [[Judith Rossner]]<br />
[[July 18]]: [[John_Tyndall_(politician)|John Tyndall]] <br />
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[[August 8]]: [[John H. Johnson]]<br />
[[July 18]]: [[William Westmoreland]] <br />
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[[August 8]]: [[Ahmed Deedat]]<br />
[[July 17]]: [[Edward Heath]]<br />
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[[August 8]]: [[Barbara Bel Geddes]]<br />
[[July 11]]: [[Gretchen Franklin]]<br />
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[[August 7]]: [[Peter Jennings]]<br />
[[July 9]]: [[Rafiq Zakaria]]<br />
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[[August 6]]: [[Robin Cook]]<br />
[[July 6]]: [[L. Patrick Gray]]<br />
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[[August 6]]: [[Ibrahim Ferrer]]<br />
[[July 6]]: [[Claude Simon]]<br />
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[[August 5]]: [[Raul Roco]]<br />
[[July 5]]: [[James Stockdale]]<br />
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[[August 4]]: [[Little Milton]]<br />
[[July 4]]: [[Hank Stram]]<br />
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[[August 3]]: [[Ernest Smith]]<br />
[[July 3]]: [[Nan Kempner]]<br />
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[[August 1]]: [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd of Saudi Arabia]]<br />
[[July 3]]: [[Gaylord Nelson]]<br />
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* ''[[Deaths in 2005|Recent deaths]]''
[[July 1]]: [[Luther Vandross]]<br />
 
* ''[[Recent deaths]]''
 
  
 
=== Upcoming elections ===
 
=== Upcoming elections ===
  
[[August 2]]: [[Ohio Second Congressional District Election, 2005|Ohio 2nd Congressional District]]<br>
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[[September 7]]: [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005|Egyptian presidential]]<br>
[[August 31]]: [[Singapore presidential election, 2005|Singapore presidential]]<br>
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[[September 11]]: [[Japan general election, 2005|Japanese general]]<br>
 
[[September 12]]: [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary]]<br>
 
[[September 12]]: [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|Norwegian parliamentary]]<br>
 
[[September 17]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general]]<br>
 
[[September 17]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand general]]<br>
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[[September 25]]: [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary]]<br>
 
[[September 25]]: [[Polish parliamentary election, 2005|Polish parliamentary]]<br>
 
[[October 9]]: [[Polish presidential election, 2005|Polish presidential]]<br>
 
[[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]]''
 
* ''[[Electoral calendar]]''
  
 
=== Recent election results ===
 
=== Recent election results ===
[[June 1]]: [[Dutch referendum on the European Constitution|Dutch EC referendum]]<br>
 
[[June 17]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential]]<br>
 
 
[[June 24]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential runoff]]<br>
 
[[June 24]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential runoff]]<br>
 
[[July 3]]: [[Albania general election, 2005|Albanian general election]] <br>
 
[[July 3]]: [[Albania general election, 2005|Albanian general election]] <br>
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[[July 16]]: [[KMT chairmanship election, 2005|Kuomintang Chairmanship]] <br>
 
[[July 16]]: [[KMT chairmanship election, 2005|Kuomintang Chairmanship]] <br>
 
[[July 24]]: [[Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005|Guinea-Bissau presidential]]<br>
 
[[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]]
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=== Upcoming holidays<br>and observances ===
 
=== Upcoming holidays<br>and observances ===
====July====
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====August====
[[July 24|24]]: [[Pioneer Day]] <small>([[Utah]])</small><br>
 
[[July 29|29]]: [[Ólavsøka]] <small>([[Faroe Islands]])</small><br>
 
[[July 31|31]]: [[Flag of Hawaii|La Hae Hawai'i]] <small>([[Hawaii|Hawai'i]])</small><br>
 
  
====August====
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[[August 27|27]]: [[Janmashtami]], [[Krishna]]'s Birthday <small>([[Hinduism]])</small><br>
[[August 1|1]]: [[Civic Holiday]] <small>([[Canada]])</small><br>
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[[August 29|29]]: [[August Bank Holiday]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>
[[August 9|9]]: [[National Day]] <small>([[Singapore]])</small><br>
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[[August 29|29]]: [[John the Baptist|Beheading of St. John the Forerunner]] <small>([[Eastern Christianity]])</small><br>
[[August 14|14]]: [[Tisha B'Av]] <small>([[Judaism]])</small><br>
 
[[August 15|15]]: [[Assumption of Mary]] <small>([[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]])</small><br>
 
[[August 29|29]]: [[Late Summer Holiday]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>
 
  
 
====September====
 
====September====
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=== Ongoing trials ===
 
=== Ongoing trials ===
 
[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br>
 
[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br>
[[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]: [[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/>
[[Netherlands]]: [[Mohammed Bouyeri]]<br/>
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[[Netherlands|Neth.]]: [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]<br/>
[[Singapore]]: [[Took Leng How]]<br/>
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&mdash; [[Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]], among others<br/>
 
[[United Kingdom|UK]]: [[Railtrack]] shareholders<br/>
 
[[United Kingdom|UK]]: [[Railtrack]] shareholders<br/>
[[United Kingdom|UK]]: [[Roman Polanski]]<br/>
 
 
[[United States|US]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/>
 
[[United States|US]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/>
 
[[United States|US]]: [[Brian Nichols]]<br/>
 
[[United States|US]]: [[Brian Nichols]]<br/>

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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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