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• 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
May 3: Jagjit Singh Aurora May 3: Don Canham May 2: Bob Hunter
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
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
• 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
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)
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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