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• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief • Cedar Revolution in Lebanon • Kyrgyz revolution in Kyrgyzstan • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices skyrocket • Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China • Election of OAS Secretary General
• April 18: Beginning of Papal conclave • April 24: 50th Bandung Conference
• 9: Andrea Dworkin • 6: Prince Rainier III • 5: Dale Messick • 5: Saul Bellow • 2: Pope John Paul II
• 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
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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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