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• 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
• Live 8 • July 6: 2012 Olympics site announced
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
July 10: Kyrgyz presidential September 12: Norwegian parliamentary 2005: German federal 2005: New Zealand general September 25: Polish parliamentary October 9: Polish presidential
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
• 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
26: Flag Day (Romania) 28: Vidovdan (Serbian Orthodox)
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)
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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