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• Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief • Cedar Revolution in Lebanon • Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Terri Schiavo controversy • Papal election, 2005
• April 8: Funeral of Pope John Paul II • 9 April: Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles • 11 April: Election of OAS Secretary General • May 8: 60th Anniversary of V-E day
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• 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
April 5: Qing Ming Jie April 21: Ridvan April 22: Earth Day in the United States April 23: Passover April 25: ANZAC Day in Australia, New Zealand April 29: Orthodox Good Friday April 30: Orthodox Holy Saturday May 1: May Day May 1: Orthodox Easter May 2: Orthodox Easter Monday May 3: Constitution Day in Poland May 5: Cinco de Mayo in Mexico May 5: Ascension Day May 8: Mother's Day in the United States May 15: Pentecost
April: Papal election May 17: British Columbia general June 17: Iran presidential June 19: Guinea-Bissau presidential September 12: Norwegian parliamentary 2005: New Zealand general 2005: Polish parliamentary & presidential 2005/2006: UK general
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
Chile: Augusto Pinochet ICTY: Slobodan Milošević Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others India: Best Bakery case India: Jayendra Saraswathi Netherlands: Volkert van der Graaf Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri United States: Michael Jackson United States: Zacarias Moussaoui United States: Brian Nichols United States: Dennis Rader
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