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Ongoing events

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)

Upcoming events

Deaths in May

May 6: Narayan Pokharel
May 4: David H. Hackworth
May 3: Jagjit Singh Aurora
May 3: Don Canham
May 2: Bob Hunter

Upcoming elections

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

Recent election results

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

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

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)

June

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)

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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