Australia and Thailand sign a free trade agreement. (Xinhua) The International Committee of the Red Cross and UNICEF state that there are more than 100 Iraqi children in custody of the US-led coalition, and a US soldier reports of child harassment in Abu Ghraib . (Der Spiegel via Pakistan News Service) The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held, with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to win with one-third of the vote. If no candidate wins at least 50 percent of the vote, the two top finishers will compete in a September runoff . The race for second place, between President Megawati Sukarnoputri and former army chief General Wiranto , is still too close to call. (VOA) (PolitInfo) Alfonso Durazo , spokesman and private secretary to Mexican President Vicente Fox , resigns over "political differences" with his boss, including the presidential ambitions of First Lady Marta SahagĂșn . The announcement came shortly after, but was not related to, a bad day for Fox's PAN party in state elections in its northern heartland. (BBC) (Reuters) July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ...
It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...
Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a committee of Swiss nationals and probably will be so as long as the ICRC exists. ...
UNICEF logo The United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ...
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A sample ballot paper showing the five presidential candidates and their vice-presidential running-mates. ...
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Runoff voting is a voting system used in single-seat elections. ...
Megawati Sukarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (born 23 January 1947), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to 20 October 2004. ...
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This is a list of presidents of Mexico. ...
Term of office: December 1, 2000 â present Preceded by: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Succeeded by: incumbent Date of birth: July 2, 1942 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Industrialist First Lady: Marta Sahagún Political Party: National Action Party Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the...
Marta Sahagún and US First Lady Laura Bush Marta Sahagún de Fox (born Marta Sahagún Jiménez) became the First Lady of Mexico on July 2, 2001 when she married President Vicente Fox Quesada. ...
The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ...