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=== Upcoming holidays<br>and observances ===
 
=== Upcoming holidays<br>and observances ===
 
====August====
 
====August====
[[August 1|1]]: [[Emancipation Day]] <small>([[Trinidad and Tobago]])</small><br>
 
[[August 1|1]]: [[Civic Holiday]] <small>([[Canada]])</small><br>
 
 
[[August 9|9]]: [[National Day]] <small>([[Singapore]])</small><br>
 
[[August 9|9]]: [[National Day]] <small>([[Singapore]])</small><br>
 
[[August 14|14]]: [[Tisha B'Av]] <small>([[Judaism]])</small><br>
 
[[August 14|14]]: [[Tisha B'Av]] <small>([[Judaism]])</small><br>
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[[August 15|15]]: [[Assumption of Mary]] <small>([[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]])</small><br>
 
[[August 15|15]]: [[Assumption of Mary]] <small>([[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]])</small><br>
 
[[August 29|29]]: [[Late Summer Holiday]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>
 
[[August 29|29]]: [[Late Summer Holiday]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>
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====September====
 
====September====
 
[[September 5|5]]: [[Labor Day]] <small>([[Canada]] & [[United States|USA]])</small><br>
 
[[September 5|5]]: [[Labor Day]] <small>([[Canada]] & [[United States|USA]])</small><br>

Revision as of 13:01, 2 August 2005

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Ongoing events

• 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes
2005 Maharashtra floods
2005 Gujarat Flood
Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Fuel prices
Gomery Comm. (Sponsorship scandal)
Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
Downing Street memo
Angola Marburg virus outbreak
European Constitution Ratification
London bombings investigation
Zimbabwe Home Clearances
2005 Philippine electoral crisis
Plame CIA leak investigation
2005 Niger food crisis

Upcoming events

8 August: STS-114 landing
September 6: John Roberts hearings

Deaths in August

August 1: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Upcoming elections

August 2: OH 2nd Congressional District (U.S.)
August 31: Singapore presidential
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 1: Dutch EC referendum
June 17: Iran presidential
June 24: Iran presidential runoff
July 3: Albanian general election
July 10: Kyrgyz presidential
July 16: Kuomintang Chairmanship
July 24: Guinea-Bissau 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
and observances

August

9: National Day (Singapore)
14: Tisha B'Av (Judaism)
15: Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox)
15: Assumption of Mary (Roman Catholic)
29: Late Summer Holiday (UK)

September

5: Labor Day (Canada & USA)

Ongoing trials

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

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