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[[August 31]]: [[62nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]<br>  
 
[[August 31]]: [[62nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]<br>  
 
[[September 6]]: [[John G. Roberts, Jr.|John Roberts]] hearings
 
[[September 6]]: [[John G. Roberts, Jr.|John Roberts]] hearings
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Cato Institute Events
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September 7, 2005
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Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Crisis -- Who Should Pay?
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Cato Policy Forum
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Featuring Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc. (www.centerltc.org); Vincent J. Russo, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Past President, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (www.russoelderlaw.com); with comments by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and moderated by Ceci Connolly,* National Health Policy Reporter, Washington Post.
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Cato Institute Events
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September 8, 2005
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Does Private Education Work for the Poor?
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12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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September 9, 2005
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Drug Cops and Doctors: Is the DEA Hampering the Treatment of Chronic Pain?
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9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Conference
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Cato Institute Events
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September 9, 2005
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The Trouble with Medicaid
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12:00 pm
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Cato Capitol Hill Briefing
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B-354 Rayburn House Office Building
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Featuring Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc.; Jagadeesh Gokhale, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; and Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
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September 13, 2005
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Education Myths: What Special-Interest Groups Want You to Believe about our Schools--And Why it Isn't So
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Cato Book Forum
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Featuring the author, Jay P. Greene, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute and Chair, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, with comments by Howard Nelson, American Federation of Teachers
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September 14, 2005
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4th Annual Constitution Day Conference
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10:30 am - 7:00 pm
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Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
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October 20-23, 2005
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The Art of Persuasion: Skills for Everyone
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Cato University
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Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
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November 3, 2005
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Monetary Institutions and Economic Development
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Cato Institute 23rd Annual Monetary Conference cosponsored by The Economist
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Cato Institute, Washington D.C.
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November 8, 2005
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Cato Institute Perspectives 2005
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City Seminar
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Four Seasons Hotel Houston, 1300 Lamar Street, Houston, TX
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November 10, 2005
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Cato Institute Perspectives 2005
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Hotel Crescent Court, 400 Crescent Court, Dallas, TX
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December 9, 2005
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Cato Institute Perspectives 2005
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City Seminar
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===Deaths in August===
 
===Deaths in August===

Revision as of 21:47, 16 August 2005

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Ongoing events

Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal
Angola Marburg virus outbreak
Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes of 2005
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)
Iran's nuclear program
Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
London bombings investigation
Maharashtra floods
Niger food crisis
Philippine electoral crisis
Plame CIA leak investigation
World Youth Day 2005
Zimbabwe home clearances

Upcoming events

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

Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

September 7, 2005 Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Crisis -- Who Should Pay? 12:00 pm Cato Policy Forum Featuring Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc. (www.centerltc.org); Vincent J. Russo, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Past President, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (www.russoelderlaw.com); with comments by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and moderated by Ceci Connolly,* National Health Policy Reporter, Washington Post.


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

September 8, 2005 Does Private Education Work for the Poor? 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm Conference


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

September 9, 2005 Drug Cops and Doctors: Is the DEA Hampering the Treatment of Chronic Pain? 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Conference


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

September 9, 2005 The Trouble with Medicaid 12:00 pm Cato Capitol Hill Briefing B-354 Rayburn House Office Building Featuring Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc.; Jagadeesh Gokhale, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; and Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute.


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

September 13, 2005 Education Myths: What Special-Interest Groups Want You to Believe about our Schools--And Why it Isn't So 12:00 pm Cato Book Forum Featuring the author, Jay P. Greene, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute and Chair, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, with comments by Howard Nelson, American Federation of Teachers


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

September 14, 2005 4th Annual Constitution Day Conference 10:30 am - 7:00 pm Conference Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

October 20-23, 2005 The Art of Persuasion: Skills for Everyone Cato University Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

November 3, 2005 Monetary Institutions and Economic Development Cato Institute 23rd Annual Monetary Conference cosponsored by The Economist 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Conference Cato Institute, Washington D.C.


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

November 8, 2005 Cato Institute Perspectives 2005 10:00 am - 2:00 pm City Seminar Four Seasons Hotel Houston, 1300 Lamar Street, Houston, TX


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

November 10, 2005 Cato Institute Perspectives 2005 10:00 am - 2:00 pm City Seminar Hotel Crescent Court, 400 Crescent Court, Dallas, TX


Cato Institute Events More information http://www.cato.org

December 9, 2005 Cato Institute Perspectives 2005 10:00 am - 2:00 pm City Seminar The Waldorf-Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY=

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 4: Little Milton
August 3: Ernest Smith
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

19: Ghost Festival (Chinese calendar)
19: Transfiguration (Eastern Orthodox)
29: August Bank Holiday (UK)

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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