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=== Upcoming holidays<br>and observances ===
 
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[[August 11|11]]: [[Qi Xi]] <small>([[Chinese calendar]])</small><br>
 
 
[[August 14|14]]: [[Independence Day]] <small>([[Pakistan]])</small><br>
 
[[August 14|14]]: [[Independence Day]] <small>([[Pakistan]])</small><br>
 
[[August 14|14]]: [[Tisha B'Av]] <small>([[Judaism]])</small><br>
 
[[August 14|14]]: [[Tisha B'Av]] <small>([[Judaism]])</small><br>

Revision as of 08:48, 12 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
Wikimania
Edinburgh Festival
Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest

Upcoming events

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

Deaths in August

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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