Ongoing events
• 2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland
• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
• German Visa Affair 2005
• Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
• Fuel prices
• Election of OAS Secretary General
• Stanislav Gross scandal in Czech republic
Upcoming events
Deaths in May
May 3: Don Canham
May 2: Bob Hunter
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
May 4: World Asthma Day
May 4: Youth Day (People's Republic of China)
May 4: Literary Day (Republic of China)
May 5: Kodomo no hi (Japan)
May 5: Children's Day South Korea
May 5: Liberation day (The Netherlands)
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Day of Prayer
May 5: Ascension Day
May 6: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Israel)
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 11: Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day (Israel)
May 12: Israeli Independence Day
May 15: Pentecost (Western Christianity)
May 16: Whit Monday (Western Christianity)
May 17: Constitution Day (Norway)
May 19: Ataturk Commemoration (Turkey)
May 21: Armed Forces Day (United States)
May 22: Trinity Sunday (Catholicism)
May 23: Buddha Purnima (Buddhism)
May 23: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 26: Feast of Corpus Christi (Catholicism)
May 27: Lag Ba'omer
May 29: Feast of Corpus Christi (Catholicism in the U.S.)
May 30: Memorial Day (United States)
May 30: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji)
June 2: Republic Day (Italy)
June 5: UN World Environment Day (San Francisco)
June 6: Jerusalem Day (Israel)
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 (BTK Killer)
United States: Ali Al-Tamimi
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