Ongoing events
• 2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland
• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
• Tsunami relief
• Cedar Revolution in Lebanon
• Tulip revolution : Kyrgyz revolution
• German Visa Affair 2005
• Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
• Fuel prices
• Anti-Japanese textbook protests in China
• Election of OAS Secretary General
• Stanislav Gross scandal in Czech republic
Upcoming events
Deaths in April
• 26: Augusto Roa Bastos
• 24: Ezer Weizman
• 23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
• 23: John Mills
• 16: Marla Ruzicka
• 9: Andrea Dworkin
• 6: Prince Rainier III
• 5: Dale Messick
• 5: Saul Bellow
• 2: Pope John Paul II
• 1: Harald Juhnke
Upcoming elections
May 5: UK general
May 17: British Columbia general
May 29: Lebanon general
June 17: Iran presidential
June 19: Guinea-Bissau presidential
September 12: Norwegian parliamentary
2005: New Zealand general
2005: Polish parliamentary & presidential
Recent election results
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
April 24: Togo 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
April 29: Greenery Day (Japan)
April 29: International Dance Day
April 29: Orthodox Good Friday
April 30: Orthodox Holy Saturday
April 30: Queen's Day (The Netherlands)
April 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam)
May 1: May Day
May 1: Orthodox Easter
May 2: Orthodox Easter Monday
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 3: Constitution Day (Poland)
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Day of Prayer
May 5: Ascension Day
May 8: Mother's Day (U.S., elsewhere)
May 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe)
May 9: Victory Day (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
May 10: Mother's Day (Latin America, Asia)
May 15: Pentecost
May 21: Armed Forces Day (United States)
May 23: Buddha Purnima (Buddhism)
May 23: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 27: Lag Ba'omer
May 30: Memorial Day (United States)
Ongoing trials
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
— Saddam Hussein, among others
India: Best Bakery case
India: Jayendra Saraswathi
Indonesia: Schapelle Corby
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Michael Jackson
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Brian Nichols
United States: Dennis Rader
United States: Ali Al-Tamimi
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