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Ongoing events

Allegations of Qur'an desecration
2005 Atlantic hurricane season
2005 Pacific hurricane season
Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Fuel prices
Gomery Comm. (Sponsorship scandal)
Unrest in Uzbekistan
Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
Downing Street memo
Angola Marburg virus outbreak
European Constitution Ratification
Confederations Cup 2005
Zimbabwe Home Clearances
Philippine electoral crisis, 2005

Upcoming events

Live 8
July 6: 2012 Olympics site announced

Deaths in June

June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin
June 20: Jack Kilby
June 18: Syed Mushtaq Ali
June 13: Lane Smith
June 11: Juan José Saer
June 9: Richard Eberhart
June 6: Anne Bancroft
June 2: Chloe Jones
June 1: George Mikan

Upcoming elections

July 10: Kyrgyz presidential
September 12: Norwegian parliamentary
2005: German federal
2005: New Zealand general
September 25: Polish parliamentary
October 9: Polish presidential

Recent election results

May 5: UK general
May 14: ROC (Taiwan) National Assembly
May 15: Ethiopian general elections
May 17: British Columbia general
May 29: Lebanon general
May 29: French EC referendum
June 1: Dutch EC referendum
June 17: Iran presidential
June 24: Iran presidential runoff

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
and observances

June

26: Flag Day (Romania)
28: Vidovdan (Serbian Orthodox)

July

1: Canada Day
4: Independence Day (U.S.)
5: Tynwald Day (Isle of Man)
6: Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
7: San Fermín (Pamplona)
7: Qi Xi (China)
11: National Day of Commemoration (Ireland)
11: Naadam (Mongolia)
13: Bon Festival (Japan)
14: Bastille Day (France)
14: Flag Day (Sweden)

Ongoing trials

Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
Saddam Hussein, among others
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
UK: Harry Kewell v. Gary Lineker
US: Zacarias Moussaoui
US: Brian Nichols
US: Dennis Rader (BTK Killer)
US: Ali al-Tamimi

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