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• 2005 Giro d'Italia • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Stanislav Gross scandal • Gomery Comm. (Sponsorship scandal)
May 6: Narayan Pokharel May 4: David H. Hackworth May 3: Jagjit Singh Aurora May 3: Don Canham May 2: Bob Hunter
May 14: ROC (Taiwan) National Assembly May 15: Ethiopian parliamentary May 17: British Columbia general May 29: Lebanon general May 29: French EC referendum June 17: Iran presidential June 19: Guinea-Bissau presidential September 12: Norwegian parliamentary 2005: New Zealand general 2005: Polish parliamentary & presidential
March 12: Malta local council March 13: Central African Rep. federal March 13: Liechtenstein parliamentary March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary April 24: Togo presidential May 5: UK general
• 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
12: Israeli Independence Day 12: International Nurses Day 15: Pentecost (Western Christianity) 15: Buddha's Birthday (H.K., Macau, S.Korea) 16: Whit Monday (Western Christianity) 17: Constitution Day (Norway) 17: Day of the Galician Letters (Galicia) 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) 26: Mother's Day (Poland) 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 6: Jerusalem Day (Israel) 6: Queen's Birthday (New Zealand) 24: St-Jean-Baptiste Day (French Canada)
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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