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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
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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 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
4: World Asthma Day 4: Youth Day (People's Republic of China) 4: Literary Day (Republic of China) 5: Kodomo no hi (Japan) 5: Children's Day (South Korea) 5: Liberation day (The Netherlands) 5: Cinco de Mayo 5: National Day of Prayer 5: Ascension Day 6: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Israel) 8: Mother's Day (U.S., elsewhere) 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe) 9: Victory Day (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) 9: Europe Day 10: Mother's Day (Latin America, Asia) 11: Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day (Israel) 12: Israeli Independence Day 15: Pentecost (Western Christianity) 16: Whit Monday (Western Christianity) 17: Constitution Day (Norway) 19: Ataturk Commemoration (Turkey) 21: Armed Forces Day (United States) 22: Trinity Sunday (Catholicism) 23: Buddha Purnima (Buddhism) 23: Victoria Day (Canada) 24: St.Cyril and Methodius Day (Bulgaria) 25: Revolution Anniversary Day (Argentina) 26: Feast of Corpus Christi (Catholicism) 27: Lag Ba'omer 29: Feast of Corpus Christi (Only U.S.) 30: Memorial Day (United States) 30: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji)
2: Republic Day (Italy) 5: UN World Environment Day (San Francisco) 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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