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Revision as of 20:13, 4 May 2005

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Ongoing events

2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland
Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
German Visa Affair 2005
Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Fuel prices
Election of OAS Secretary General
Stanislav Gross scandal in Czech republic

Upcoming events

Deaths in May

May 3: Jagjit Singh Aurora
May 3: Don Canham
May 2: Bob Hunter

Upcoming elections

May 5: UK general
May 17: British Columbia general
May 29: Lebanon general
June 17: Iran presidential
June 19: Guinea-Bissau presidential
September 12: Norwegian parliamentary
2005: New Zealand general
2005: Polish parliamentary & presidential

Recent election results

February 27: Kyrgyz parliamentary
March 6: Moldovan parliamentary
March 12: Maltese Local Council Elections
March 13: Central African Rep. federal
March 13: Liechtenstein parliamentary
March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary
April 24: Togo presidential

Ongoing armed conflicts

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

Upcoming holidays

May 4: World Asthma Day
May 4: Youth Day (People's Republic of China)
May 4: Literary Day (Republic of China)
May 5: Kodomo no hi (Japan)
May 5: Children's Day South Korea
May 5: Liberation day (The Netherlands)
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Day of Prayer
May 5: Ascension Day
May 6: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Israel)
May 8: Mother's Day (U.S., elsewhere)
May 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe)
May 9: Victory Day (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
May 10: Mother's Day (Latin America, Asia)
May 11: Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day (Israel)
May 12: Israeli Independence Day
May 15: Pentecost (Western Christianity)
May 16: Whit Monday (Western Christianity)
May 17: Constitution Day (Norway)
May 19: Ataturk Commemoration (Turkey)
May 21: Armed Forces Day (United States)
May 22: Trinity Sunday (Catholicism)
May 23: Buddha Purnima (Buddhism)
May 23: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 24th: St.Cyril and Methodius Day -Cyrilic Alphabet inventors ([Bulgaria]],
May 26: Feast of Corpus Christi (Catholicism)
May 27: Lag Ba'omer
May 29: Feast of Corpus Christi (Catholicism in the U.S.)
May 30: Memorial Day (United States)
May 30: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji)
June 2: Republic Day (Italy)
June 5: UN World Environment Day (San Francisco)
June 6: Jerusalem Day (Israel)

Ongoing trials

Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein, among others
India: Best Bakery case
India: Jayendra Saraswathi
Indonesia: Schapelle Corby
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Michael Jackson
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Brian Nichols
United States: Dennis Rader (BTK Killer)
United States: Ali Al-Tamimi

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