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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; 2005 [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Atlantic]] and [[2005 Pacific hurricane season|Pacific]] hurricanes<br/>
&bull; [[2005 Maharashtra floods]]<br>
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&bull; [[Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal]]<br/>
&bull; [[2005 Gujarat Flood]]<br>
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&bull; [[Marburg virus#2004-2005 outbreak in Angola|Angola Marburg virus outbreak]]<br/>
&bull; [[Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal]]<br>
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&bull; [[Bagram torture and prisoner abuse]]<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/>
 
&bull; [[Gomery Commission|Gomery Comm.]] ([[Sponsorship scandal]])<br/>
&bull; [[Bagram torture and prisoner abuse]] <br/>
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&bull; [[2005 Gujarat Flood|Gujarat flood]]<br/>
&bull; [[Downing Street memo]] <br/>
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&bull; [[7 July 2005 London bombings#Investigation|London bombings investigation]]<br/>
&bull; [[Marburg virus#2004-2005 outbreak in Angola|Angola Marburg virus outbreak]] <br/>
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&bull; [[2005 Maharashtra floods|Maharashtra floods]]<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; [[2005 Philippine electoral crisis|Philippine electoral crisis]]<br/>
&bull; [[Operation Murambatsvina|Zimbabwe Home Clearances]] <br>
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&bull; [[Plame Affair|Plame CIA leak investigation]]<br/>
&bull; [[2005 Philippine electoral crisis]] <br>
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&bull; [[Wikimania]]<br/>
&bull; [[Plame Affair|Plame CIA leak investigation]]<br>
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&bull; [[Operation Murambatsvina|Zimbabwe Home Clearances]]<br/>
&bull; [[2005 Niger food crisis]]<br>
 
&bull; [[Wikimania]]<br>
 
&bull; [[Edinburgh Festival]]<br>
 
&bull; [[Cindy Sheehan|Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest]]
 
  
 
===Upcoming events===
 
===Upcoming events===

Revision as of 00:00, 14 August 2005

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Ongoing events

• 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes
Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal
Angola Marburg virus outbreak
Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest
Downing Street memo
Edinburgh Festival
European Constitution Ratification
Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Fuel prices
Gomery Comm. (Sponsorship scandal)
Gujarat flood
London bombings investigation
Maharashtra floods
Niger food crisis
Philippine electoral crisis
Plame CIA leak investigation
Wikimania
Zimbabwe Home Clearances

Upcoming events

August 31: Venice Film Festival
September 6: John Roberts hearings

Deaths in August

August 13: David Lange
August 9: Judith Rossner
August 8: John H. Johnson
August 8: Barbara Bel Geddes
August 7: Peter Jennings
August 6: Robin Cook
August 6: Ibrahim Ferrer
August 5: Raul Roco
August 1: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Upcoming elections

August 27: Singapore 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 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
August 2: OH 2nd Congressional District (U.S.)
August 10: Ethiopian 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

14: Independence Day (Pakistan)
14: Tisha B'Av (Judaism)
15: Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox)
15: Assumption of Mary (Roman Catholicism)
15: Independence Day (India)
15: Victory over Japan Day
19: Transfiguration (Eastern Orthodox)
29: August Bank 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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