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| | | | | | Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. (Sponsorship scandal) • Bagram torture and prisoner abuse • Downing Street memo • Angola Marburg virus outbreak • European Constitution Ratification • London bombings investigation • Zimbabwe Home Clearances • 2005 Philippine electoral crisis • Plame CIA leak investigation • 2005 Maccabiah Games • 2005 Niger food crisis Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, is an atomic realization of Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ...
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Daylight saving time (also called DST, or summer time) is the portion of the year in which a regions local time is advanced by (usually) one hour from its official standard time. ...
Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: اÙÙØ§Ùرة; romanized: al-QÄhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ...
Frankfurt am Main? [ËfraÅkfÊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ...
City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...
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Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell Governing Body Vancouver City Council Latitude: Longitude: 49°16...
The City of Melbournes coat of arms Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of...
Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides...
Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ...
This article is about the city which is the capital of India. ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...
Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ...
The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ...
Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys second-largest urban area. ...
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The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1, 2005, and will last through November 30, 2005. ...
The 2005 Pacific hurricane season officially began May 15, 2005 in the eastern Pacific and June 1, 2005 in the central Pacific, and will last until November 30, 2005. ...
Image from the Times of India The Maharashtra floods of 2005 refers to the flooding of many parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, on the western coast of India...
Heavy Monsoon rains starting later June, 2005 in Gujarat created major flooding affecting many parts of the state. ...
A part of the Global Loop at Expo 2005 Expo 2005 is the Worlds Fair held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. ...
Aichi Prefecture (愛知県 Aichi-ken) is located in the Chubu region of Japan. ...
Oil price in 2003-2005 Oil prices from 1860-1999 in 1999 dollars. ...
The Gomery Commission, formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, is a federal Canadian commission headed by the retired Justice John Gomery for the purpose of investigating the sponsorship scandal, which involves allegations of corruption within the Canadian government. ...
The sponsorship scandal or AdScam is an ongoing scandal that may lead to the collapse of the current government of Canada. ...
In 2005, a 2,000-page U.S. Army report confirmed the abuse, torture and death of two unarmed civilian Afghan prisoners by U.S. armed forces in 2002. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Downing Street memo The Downing Street memo (occasionally DSM), sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the smoking gun memo, allegedly contains the minutes of a secret 23 July 2002 meeting among United Kingdom government, defence and intelligence figures, discussing...
The Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. ...
Family photo of European leaders at the signing of the constitutional treaty in Rome This article discusses the history of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, which was signed in 2004 and is currently awaiting ratification by European Union member states. ...
On Thursday 7 July 2005 a series of four bomb attacks struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
Operation Murambatsvina (Shona for Operation Drive Out Trash), also referred to as Operation Restore Order, began as a crackdown against illegal trading and illegal housing, conducted by the government of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. ...
President Arroyo during her televised message regarding the alleged wiretapped tapes President Arroyo during the State of the Nation Address, July 25 An electoral crisis emerged in the Philippines in June 2005. ...
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The Maccabiah Games is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics. ...
The 2005 Niger food crisis is a severe but localized food security crisis in the regions of northern Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, and Zinder of Niger. ...
Upcoming events September 6: John Roberts hearings September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ...
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Deaths in July July 31: Wim Duisenberg July 31: John Garang July 24: Francis Ona July 24: Sir Richard Doll July 23: Catherine Woolley July 22: George Wallace July 21: Long John Baldry July 20: James Doohan July 18: Amy Gillett July 18: John Tyndall July 18: William Westmoreland July 17: Edward Heath July 11: Gretchen Franklin July 9: Rafiq Zakaria July 6: L. Patrick Gray July 6: Claude Simon July 5: James Stockdale July 4: Hank Stram July 3: Nan Kempner July 3: Gaylord Nelson July 1: Luther Vandross July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ...
Order: 1st President Nationality: Dutch Vice President: Christian Noyer Lucas Papademos Term of office: June 1, 1998 â October 31, 2003 Preceded by: None Succeeded by: Jean-Claude Trichet Willem Frederik Duisenberg, commonly known as Wim Duisenberg, (July 9, 1935 â July 31, 2005) was a Dutch banker and politician. ...
July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ...
John Garang, August 2004 Dr. John Garang de Mabior (June 23, 1945 â July 30, 2005) was the vice president of Sudan and former leader of the rebel Sudan Peoples Liberation Army. ...
July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ...
Francis Ona Francis Ona (1953 - July 24, 2005) was a Bougainvillean seccessionist leader who led an uprising against the Government of Papua New Guinea motivated at least initially by his concerns over the operation of the Panguna mine by Bouganville Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. ...
July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ...
Sir Richard Doll Professor Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll, KBE CH FRS (28 October 1912â24 July 2005) was a British epidemiologist, physiologist, and a pioneer in the research linking smoking to health problems, being the first in the world to prove that smoking caused lung cancer, and increased the...
July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ...
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July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ...
Long John Baldry, (January 12, 1941 â July 21, 2005) was a pioneering British blues musician. ...
July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ...
James Doohan as Scotty on Star Trek James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 â July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Scotty in the television and movie series Star Trek. ...
July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
Amy Gillett Amy Gillett (January 9, 1976 - July 18, 2005) was an Australian cyclist and rower who represented Australia in both sports before her untimely death in a training accident when a motorist crashed into the Australian squad of cyclists she was training with. ...
July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
John Tyndall John Hutchyns Tyndall (July 14, 1934 â July 19, 2005) was a far-right British nationalist politician best known for leading the National Front in the 1970s and for founding the British National Party in the 1980s. ...
July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
General William Westmoreland William Childs Westmoreland (March 26, 1914 â July 18, 2005) was a U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968 and who served as US Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972. ...
July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ...
The Right Honourable Sir Edward (Ted) Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 â 17 July 2005), soldier and politician, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ...
July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ...
Gretchen Franklin (July 7, 1911 â July 11, 2005) was an English actress. ...
July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ...
Book authored by Zakaria Dr. Rafiq Zakaria (5 April 1920-9 July 2005) was an Indian politician and Islamic scholar. ...
July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ...
Louis Patrick Gray III (July 18, 1916 â July 6, 2005) was acting director of the FBI from 1972-73. ...
July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ...
Claude Simon (10 October 1913 - 6 July 2005) was the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature who in his novels combined the poets and the painters creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition. ...
July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ...
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 â July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy. ...
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ...
Hank Stram being carried off of the field Hank Stram (January 3, 1923 - July 4, 2005), was a former American Football coach. ...
July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ...
Nan Kempner (July 24, 1930-July 3, 2005) was a New York City socialite, famous for dominating society events, shopping, charity work and fashion. ...
July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ...
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 - July 3, 2005) was an American politician. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
Luther Vandross Luther Vandross (born Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. ...
Upcoming elections August 2: OH 2nd Congressional District (U.S.) August 31: Singapore presidential September 12: Norwegian parliamentary September 17: New Zealand general September 18: German federal September 25: Polish parliamentary October 9: Polish presidential TBD: CA 48th Congressional District (U.S.) The following is a list of figures who died in 2005. ...
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ...
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August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ...
The Singapore presidential election of 2005 will be held on 27 August 2005 to elect the President of Singapore. ...
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...
A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, is scheduled for 12 September 2005. ...
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
The 2005 New Zealand general election will be a nation-wide election for the New Zealand Parliament, and is to be held on 17 September 2005. ...
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ...
The German federal election of 2005 will be held on 18 September 2005 to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany, following the unsuccessful motion of confidence in Gerhard Schröder on 1 July . ...
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...
A general election to the Sejm is not scheduled yet, but there are two options: in spring, probably June 19, 2005 (or other Sunday in June) as it was promised in electoral campaign by winning party SLD, now as the support for ruling party goes down they opt for the...
October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ...
Presidential elections will be held in Poland on October 9, 2005. ...
An election is to be held in the 48th Congressional District of California to choose a United States Representative to replace Christopher Cox, who is expected to resign soon now that the Senate has confirmed him as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
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Recent election results June 1: Dutch EC referendum June 17: Iran presidential June 24: Iran presidential runoff July 3: Albanian general election July 10: Kyrgyz presidential July 16: Kuomintang Chairmanship July 24: Guinea-Bissau presidential The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
The Dutch referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is a referendum to be held on 1 June 2005 to decide whether the Netherlands should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union. ...
June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ...
The Iranian presidential election of 2005, the ninth presidential election in Iranian history, took place in two rounds, first on June 17, 2005, and then as a run-off on June 24. ...
June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ...
The Iranian presidential election of 2005, the ninth presidential election in Iranian history, took place in two rounds, first on June 17, 2005, and then as a run-off on June 24. ...
July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ...
Albania will be holding its parliamentary elections in an undefined date between the 3rd of July and the 3rd of August 2005. ...
July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ...
Kyrgyzstan held a presidential election on 10 July 2005. ...
July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ...
The Chinese Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2005 was held on July 16, 2005 in the Republic of China (Taiwan) between Ma Ying-jeou and Wang Jin-pyng. ...
July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ...
Guinea-Bissau held a presidential election on 19 June 2005, and a second round run-off vote was held on 24 July. ...
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 Israel and the Arab League states The Arab-Israeli conflict is a long-running conflict in the Middle East regarding the existence of the state of Israel and its relations with Arab states and with the Palestinian population (see Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, 18 June 2002. ...
The Chechen Republic (Chechen: ÐоÑ
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The Second Congo War was a conflict taking place largely in the territory of Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) that began in 1998 and officially ended in 2002. ...
This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...
This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...
The country of Sudan The Darfur conflict is an ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a government-supported militia recruited from local Arab tribes, and the non-Arab peoples of the region. ...
Armed insurgents French troops try to separate the belligerents. ...
Upcoming holidays and observances August 1: Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 1: Civic Holiday (Canada) 9: National Day (Singapore) 14: Tisha B'Av (Judaism) 15: Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox) 15: Assumption of Mary (Roman Catholic) 29: Late Summer Holiday (UK) List of wars - List of wars before 1000 - List of wars 1000-1499 - List of wars 1500-1799 - List of wars 1800-1899 - List of wars 1900-1945 - List of wars 1945-1989 - List of recent wars List of wars from 1990 1990- 1991 Gulf War 1990- 1992 Rwanda Civil...
August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ...
Emancipation Day is a national holiday in Trinidad and Tobago which celebrates the Emancipation of slaves in the British Empire on August 1, 1834. ...
August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ...
In Canada, there are two definitions to the term Civic Holiday. ...
August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ...
The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a country. ...
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...
Tisha BAv (×ª×©×¢× ××× tishâÄh bÉ-Äá¸) is a major annual fast day in Judaism. ...
Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. ...
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
The Dormition of the Theotokos is the Eastern Orthodox commemoration of the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus. ...
Icon of the Theotokos of Vladimir, one of the most venerated of Orthodox Christian icons of the Virgin Mary. ...
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
The Assumption has been a subject of Christian art for centuries According to Roman Catholic theology and the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, the body and soul of Mary, the mother of Jesus, venerated by these denominations as the Blessed Virgin Mary or...
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian body in the world. ...
August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ...
September 5: Labor Day (Canada & USA) September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ...
Labour Day (or Labor Day) is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ...
Ongoing trials Chile: Augusto Pinochet ICTY: Slobodan Milošević Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal — Saddam Hussein, among others Singapore: Took Leng How UK: Railtrack shareholders US: Zacarias Moussaoui US: Brian Nichols US: Ali al-Tamimi General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ...
Slobodan MiloÅ¡eviÄ Slobodan MiloÅ¡eviÄ listen? (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан ÐилоÑевиÑ, pronounced ; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. ...
The Iraqi Special Tribunal is a body established under Iraqi national law to try Iraqi nationals or residents accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or other serious crimes committed between 1968 and 2003. ...
Saddam Hussein SaddÄm Hussein Ê»Abd al-MajÄ«d al-TikrÄ«t, spelled Husayn or Hussain; (Arabic صداÙ
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Took Leng How, a 22 year old Malaysian, is the prime suspect for murdering eight-year old Huang Na on 10 October 2004, in Singapore. ...
Railtrack was a group of companies which owned the tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and some stations of the British railway system from its privatisation in 1996 until 2002. ...
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Moussaoui mugshot Zacarias Moussaoui (born May 30, 1968) is a French terrorist of Moroccan descent involved in the conspiracy that resulted in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...
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Brian Nichols Brian Gene Nichols (born December 10, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a suspect in the shooting deaths of Judge Rowland W. Barnes, court reporter Julie Brandau, and deputy sheriff Sgt. ...
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Ali al-Tamimi in 2004 Ali Al-Tamimi is an American biologist and Islamic scholar, and convicted terrorist. ...
Related pages About this page Year in... Wikipedia Announcements The following is a list of articles devoted to events from 2005 in narrow subject areas: Culture 2005 in architecture 2005 in film 2005 in games 2005 in literature 2005 in music 2005 in television 2005 in video gaming 2005 in Art People Deaths in 2005 State leaders in 2005...
| - More torrential monsoon rains have returned to Mumbai in India, as it tries to recover from the recent floods. The death toll in the floods rises to about 1,000. (BBC)
- 7 more suspects are arrested in Brighton following the 21 July 2005 London bombings. (BBC)
- Wim Duisenberg, the former head of the Rabobank, the Central Bank of the Netherlands and the European Central Bank, is found dead in the pool of his villa in the south of France. His death seems to have been caused by a cardiac arrest. (BBC)
- Chile's Christian Democratic Party declares Michelle Bachelet as the presidential candidate of the ruling coalition (Mercopress) (BBC)
- Russia's defence minister Sergei Ivanov bars the country's defense ministry from contacting ABC News after the channel broadcast an interview with Chechen rebel Shamil Basayev (RIA Novosti) (Mosnews) (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
- In Ivory Coast, former rebels known as the New Forces refuse to disarm before legislative reforms (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Indonesian pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto is charged with involvement with the murder of Munir Said Thalib (Jakarta Post) (BBC)
- In India, separatist group National Socialist Council of Nagaland extends its ceasefire with the government by six months (Newindpress) (India Daily) (Reuters India)
- In Iran former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani appeals for the release of an imprisoned dissident writer Akbar Ganji. Ganji has been in a hunger strike for more than 50 days and is possibly near death (Reporters Without Borders) (IRNA) (IranMania)
- Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., a company founded by the late diet guru Robert Atkins to promote low-carb products, enters chapter 11 due to a loss of public interest. (Fox News)
July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Monsoon in the Vindhya, a mountain chain in central India A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. ...
Mumbai (Marathi: मà¥à¤®à¤¼à¤¬à¤ IPA: ), formerly known as Bombay (IPA: ), is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and is the most populous Indian city with a 2005 estimated population of about 17 million. ...
Image from the Times of India The Maharashtra floods of 2005 refers to the flooding of many parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, on the western coast of India...
Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ...
Wikinews has news related to this article: Four small explosions strike Londons transport system On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of Londons public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. ...
Order: 1st President Nationality: Dutch Vice President: Christian Noyer Lucas Papademos Term of office: June 1, 1998 â October 31, 2003 Preceded by: None Succeeded by: Jean-Claude Trichet Willem Frederik Duisenberg, commonly known as Wim Duisenberg, (July 9, 1935 â July 31, 2005) was a Dutch banker and politician. ...
Rabobank is a Dutch bank with offices all over the world, although primarily in the Netherlands. ...
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB, The Dutch Bank) is the central bank of the Netherlands. ...
The European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany is the central bank of the eurozone, in charge of monetary policy for the 12 countries that use the new euro currency. ...
There are many Christian Democratic parties. ...
Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is a Chilean socialist politician and Chiles first female Defense Minister. ...
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov (СеÑгей ÐоÑиÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ðванов in Russian) (born January 31, 1953, Leningrad) is the Defense Minister of the Russian Federation. ...
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...
Chechen can mean: Chechen people, an ethnic group Chechen language Related to Chechnya This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Shamil Basayev Shamil Salmanovich Basayev (Russian: Ð¨Ð°Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ñ Ð¡Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐаÑаев) (born January 14, 1965) is a Chechen leading an armed group acting in the north Caucasus region of Russia, principally in Chechnya. ...
Côte dIvoire (often called Ivory Coast in English; see below about the name) is a country in West Africa. ...
Munir Said Thalib (December 8, 1965 â September 7, 2004), affectionally known simply as Munir, is Indonesias most famous Human Rights and anti-corruption activist. ...
A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war, for any of various reasons. ...
Order: 4th President of Iran Vice President: Hassan Habibi Term of office: August 3, 1989 â August 2, 1997 Preceded by: Ali Khamenei Succeeded by: Mohammad Khatami Date of birth: 1934 Place of birth: Nough, Iran Political party: Militant Clergy Association Akbar Hashemi Bahramani (Persian: ÙØ§Ø´Ù
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Akbar Ganji (اکبر Ú¯ÙØ¬Û in Persian) is an Iranian journalist and writer, imprisoned in Evin prison since April 22, 2000 after he took part in a conference held in Berlin on April 7 and 8, 2000. ...
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ...
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc is the company founded in 1989 by Dr Robert Atkins to promote the Atkins Diet. ...
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Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code governs the process of reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. ...
July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
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Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ...
CzechTek is annual teknival held at the end of July in the Czech Republic. ...
This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...
Location of Basra Basra (also spelled BaÅrah or Basara; historically sometimes written Busra, Busrah, and the early form Bassorah; Arabic: , Al-Basrah) is the second largest city of Iraq with an estimated population of c. ...
A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ...
The President of Iraq is Iraqs head of state and chief of government. ...
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- Astronomers have discovered a large new trans-Neptunian object, provisionally named 2003 UB313, which is larger than Pluto. (Sky and Telescope). Also announced today was the discovery of two other large new Kuiper Belt objects, 2003 EL61 and 2005 FY9. New observations reveal 2003 EL61 to be about 70% the diameter of Pluto. The object is also orbited by a moon. (New Scientist)
- Following a militant attack at Srinagar's city centre at Lal Chowk more than 10 people have been left injured. (Rediff)
- Hamas, the main Palestinian opposition party in the Palestinian Authority, hold a mass wedding on the West Bank in which 226 couples performed the Nikah. (BBC)
- The remaining three London bombing suspects have been arrested after raids in the UK and Italy. (BBC)
- The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has announced that all foreign students (around 1,400) are to leave the nation's Madrassas and go home. (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq: At least 25 New Iraqi Army recruits have been killed following an apparent suicide bomb attack in Rabia, near Mosul, in North West Iraq. (BBC)
- Indian officials have raised the death toll of those suspected dead in the 2005 Maharashtra floods to more than 800. (BBC)
- Indian bomb disposal experts have found traces of explosive in the train which exploded on Thursday killing 7 people. (BBC)
- BBC News has been told, by the activist settler Noam Livnat, that 20,000 Israeli soldiers had signed a petition vowing to block any attempt at removing Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip. (BBC)
- In Vietnam, death toll on bird flu rises to 42. (Thahn Nien News) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Initial results show that Ugandans have voted for a return to multi-party politics in a national constitutional referendum. The poll was marred by a low turnout.(BBC)
- Robert Kilroy-Silk resigns as leader from Veritas, the political party he founded. (Guardian)
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2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
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A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any object in the solar system with all or most of its orbit beyond that of Neptune. ...
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Artists rendering of the Kuiper Belt and more distant Oort cloud. ...
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Moons of solar system scaled to Earths Moon The common noun moon (not capitalized) is used to mean any natural satellite of the other planets. ...
The word militant can refer to any individual engaged in warfare, a fight, combat, or generally serving as a soldier. ...
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The Hamas emblem shows two crossed swords, the Dome of the Rock, and a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ...
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The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...
Nikkah is the contract between a bride and bridegroom and part of a Islamic marriage. ...
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General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ; born August 11, 1943, Near Delhi, India) became de facto Head of Government (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive powers) of Pakistan on October 12, 1999 following a bloodless coup détat. ...
A Madrasah complex in Gambia The word madrasah in Arabic as well as in other Islamic languages such as Urdu, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian etc. ...
This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...
The New Iraqi Army(3-4000 soldiers) is being developed by the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) with the ultimate task of assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. ...
Recruit or Army recruit is a term often colloquially used to refer to the lowest military rank in various armed services, particularly the grade of Private E-1 in the United States Army. ...
A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...
MosÅ«l (36°22â² N 43°07â² E Arabic: al-Mawsil), Kurdish: Mûsil, or Nineveh (Syriac: Ü¢ÜÜ¢ÜÜ) is a city in northern Iraq/Central Assyria. ...
A death toll is the number of dead as a result of war, violence, accident, natural disaster, extreme weather, or disease. ...
Image from the Times of India The Maharashtra floods of 2005 refers to the flooding of many parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, on the western coast of India...
BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ...
An Israeli settlement refers to housing development for Israeli Jews in areas within the control of Israel (as a result of the 1967 Six Day War), but contested by Palestinians residing in those areas. ...
A death toll is the number of dead as a result of war, violence, accident, natural disaster, extreme weather, or disease. ...
Influenza A virus, the virus that causes Avian flu. ...
Ugandans voted to restore a multiparty political system in a constitutional referendum held on 28 July 2005. ...
Voter turnout is a measure of the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in any given election. ...
Robert Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is a British politician and is well-known as the presenter of his former daytime television confessional talk show, Kilroy. ...
Veritas is a United Kingdom political party, formed in 2005 as a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ...
- Conflict in Iraq:
- Two people have died following an explosion which destroyed a train tanker carrying oil, believed to have been caused by a bomb on the tracks. [Death Toll Confirmed](BBC)
- Six Iraqi Soldiers have died following clashes in two Baghdad streets. (BBC)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli soldiers, who had suspected him of involvement in a Suicide bombing. (BBC)
- Seven people have been killed and 38 others injured in an explosion on a moving passenger train in India. (BBC)
- The Provisional IRA issues a statement formally ordering an end to the armed campaign it has pursued since 1969 and ordering all its units to dump their arms, with effect from 1600 BST today (1500 UTC). The IRA has been on "cease-fire" since 1996 and said it would follow a democratic path ending more than 30 years of violence. It will not, however, disband.(BBC) (RTE) (Guardian) (Transcript of Statement)
- The strongest tornado in Britain in 25 years, rating a 2 on the Fujita scale, hits Birmingham, damaging homes and injuring 20 people. (BBC)
- The Islamic Human Rights Commission has released a statement which claims that the number of attacks on South Asians in the UK has risen 13 fold since the July 2005 London bombings. (BBC)
- Ugandans are voting in a referendum to decide whether to readopt a multi-party system (East African) (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- In India, Lal Krishna Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party and seven others are charged with inciting riots in Ayodhya in 1992 (Newindpress) (The Hindu)
- In the United States, the House of Representatives approves the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, 217-215, sending the approved treaty to President George W. Bush. (Yahoo!)
- The United States, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia have formed a partnership aiming to cut the emissions of gasses that lead to global warming. The agreement is known as the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate.
- In the USA, number of Muslim-American scholars announce a fatwa that condemns terrorism and religious extremism (U.S State Department) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Serbia, Ljiljana Zelen-Karadžić, wife of Radovan Karadžić, goes public to ask her husband to give himself up (Fena) (B92) (IHT) (Reuters)
- Poland recalls its ambassador to Belarus and demands that the European Union impose sanctions after Belarusian police storms the offices of the country's Polish minority (EUobserver) (Reuters AlertNet) (IHT)
- In Canada, gene lab confirms that alleged sasquatch hairs actually belong to a bison (CBC) (Reuters)
- In Bulgaria, Bulgarian Socialist Party fails to form a government due to hung parliament. President Georgi Purvanov approaches the National Movement of former king Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Euronews)
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