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June 1, 2005 (Wednesday)
- In Côte d'Ivoire, renewed violence in the west of the country costs at least 41 lives (Reuters AlertNet) (SABC) (BBC)
- In Italy, court in Bologna gives life sentences to five members of Red Brigades for the murder of government advisor Marco Biagi in 2002. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August March 2005: ← - January 2005 - February 2005 - March - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. 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January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October PLEASE PROVIDE LINKS TO NEWS STORIES AFTER EACH ENTRY NEWS STORIES WITHOUT LINKS MAY BE REMOVED 2005 in sports: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September This page deals with current events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the territories of those countries (such as Norfolk Island 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - Deaths in 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Shelby Dade Foote Jr ( November 17 1916 &ndash June 27 2005) was an American Novelist and a noted historian of the Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden John Thomas Walton (born October 8 1946 in Newport Arkansas, died June 27, 2005 in Jackson Wyoming) was a decorated Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. John Richard Whiteley, OBE DL ( 28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) usually known as Richard Whiteley, was Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians John Donald Fiedler ( February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005) was an American Voice actor and Character actor Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Chet Helms ( August 2 1942 – June 25 2005) often called the father of San Francisco's "1967 Summer of Love" was a Music promoter Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Paul Winchell ( December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) born Pinkus Wilchinski (the family later shortened it to Wilchin) Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Jaime Cardinal Sin, also Jaime Lachica Cardinal Sin ( August 31, 1928 &ndash June 21, 2005) ( Chinese name 辛海梅 Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Jack St Clair Kilby ( November 8, 1923 - June 20, 2005) was a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 2000 for his invention Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Syed Mushtaq Ali ( December 17, 1914 - June 18, 2005) was a former Indian Cricketer, and an aggressive Test batsman Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal (ˈalvɐɾu kuˈɲal Sé Nova Coimbra, 10 November 1913 — Lisbon Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Walter Lane Smith III (born April 29, 1936 - June 13, 2005) was an American Actor best known for his role as Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Juan José Saer ( 28 June 1937 - 11 June 2005) was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Richard Ghormley Eberhart ( April 5 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a prolific American poet who published more than a dozen Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Anne Bancroft ( September 17 1931 – June 6 2005) was an American method Actress. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Chloe Jones (born Melinda Dee Jones in Houston Texas) ( June 17, 1975 &ndash June 2, 2005) was an American Pornographic Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected George Lawrence Mikan Jr (June 18 1924 &ndash June 1 2005 nicknamed Mr Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most This article is about the Italian group "Red Brigade" may also refer to the Japanese Red Army/Anti-Imperialist International Brigade. Marco Biagi ( November 24 1950 - March 19 2002) was an Italian jurist See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. They are suspected members of the Communist Combatant faction of the Brigades (AGI) (IHT) (BBC)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
- Haim Yavin, one of Israel's most respected television news presenters has condemned the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, calling it "brutal", the first time he has spoken publicly on the subject. Haim Yavin (חיים יבין born Heinz Kluger on 10 September 1932) was one of Israel 's leading television anchors. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. News broadcasting (also known as newscast or newsbreak) is the Broadcasting of various news events and other Information via Name There are differences of opinion as to what the Palestinian territories should be called (BBC), (Boston Globe), (CBS), (The Guardian)
- The Shin Bet claim to have thwarted a double suicide bombing attack on Jerusalem, arresting 5 Islamic Jihad militants who had two explosive belts. The (שב"כ an acronym for Sherut Bitahon Klali (שירות ביטחון כללי lit This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين - Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn An explosive belt (also called suicide belt, Bomberpilot Jacket, suicide vest or shaheed belt) is (Haaretz)
- Arab residents of the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem protest Israeli plans to destroy 88 of their homes, many by Israeli court order, many of which pre-date the foundation of the State of Israel. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Silwan or " Kfar Shiloah " (כפר השילוח سلوان is a Palestinian neighborhood of 45000 adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, extending East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (BBC)
- Dan Halutz, the former Israeli Air Force commander, was appointed as the 18th Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces. ( דן חלוץ) (born August 7[[ 948]] in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli Air Force Lt The Israeli Air Force ( IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm" commonly known as חיל The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit (IDF official announcement)
- An Australian man of Vietnamese origin has been jailed for 20 years in Vietnam after being convicted of trying to smuggle 200g of heroin from Vietnam to Australia. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative (News Limited)
- Mexican Secretary of Interior Santiago Creel turns in resignation to president Vicente Fox in order to pursue his party's candidacy to the 2006 Presidential Election. Santiago Creel Miranda (b December 11 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician who served as Secretary of the Interior in Vicente Fox Quesada ( born July 2 1942) is a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and currently (BBC)
- The American Family Association, a Christian activist group, a week after ending its boycott of the Walt Disney Company, announced a boycott of the Ford Motor Company. The American Family Association (AFA is a 501(c(3 Non-profit organization that promotes conservative Christian values Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following In adding Ford to its ongoing boycotts of Kmart and the book One of the Guys by Robert Clark Young, the AFA argues that Ford promotes "the homosexual lifestyle. Kmart (sometimes spelled as " K-Mart " is a chain of department stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U One of the Guys is an earnestly Satirical and Picaresque novel by Robert Clark Young, published in 1999 concerning the fantastical adventures Robert Clark Young (born 1960) is an American author of novels, essays, and short stories. " (MSNBC)
- At least 20 people are killed and 40 are injured in a bomb blast in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. For the 2001 film see Kandahar (film; for the Kandahar meteorite of 1959 see Meteorite falls; for the places in Azerbaijan see Cəndəhar and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (BBC)
- Sweden shuts down the Barsebäck 2 nuclear reactor. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. (Planet Ark) (BBC)
- In Australia, embassy of Indonesia was closed after it received a package containing suspected "biological agent". For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The 2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax occurred when Indonesian Ambassador to Australia Imron Cotan received a suspect letter addressed The case is probably related to the sentence of Schapelle Corby (Bloomberg) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In the Netherlands, a national referendum on ratification of the European Constitution results in its rejection by a substantial margin. Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for Drug smuggling. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Dutch referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was a consultative Referendum that was held on 1 June 2005 to decide if the The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE commonly referred to as the European Constitution, was an unimplemented international Treaty intended (Reuters)
- In Bolivia, continuing protests against privatisation of basic utilities force congress to abandon a key session in the capital La Paz (BBC)
- In the June 6 issue of TIME Magazine, Wikipedia and its founder Jimmy Wales have been featured in a story on the rise of wiki technology. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of business from the Public sector (government to the Private sector (business Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative Capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and ***************************************************************************************** * * Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7 1966 is an American Internet entrepreneur known (TIME)
- The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, William Donaldson, announces that he will leave that post at the end of June. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility Charles William Donaldson (4 January 1935 - 22 June 2005 was an English satirist, writer rake and Playboy, author of The Henry (thestreet.com)
- In Crosby, Texas, United States of America an oil well owned by Louisiana Oil & Gas Co. Crosby is a Census-designated place (CDP in Harris County, Texas, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the exploded. <<NEWSLINK MISSING>>
June 2, 2005 (Thursday)
- In Brazil, police have issued 124 arrest warrants from people suspected of illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest over the last 15 years. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Illegal logging is the harvest transportation purchase or sale of timber in violation of national Laws The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal including The Amazon Rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonía 89 people are arrested, many of them from government agencies (Planet Ark) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- In Western Australia, large number of volunteers have helped 74 beached False Killer Whales return to sea. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The False Killer Whale ( Pseudorca crassidens) is a Cetacean and one of the larger members of the Oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae Only one dies on the ground (SMH) (ABC transcript) (News.com.au) (BBC)
- Cedar Revolution:
- In Lebanon, bomb kills journalist Samir Qasir, who had been critical of Syria (Al-Jazeera) (Arabic News)
- In Niger, 200 protesters march in the capital Niamey to demand that government alleviate the food shortage (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet)
- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan announces a report that states that the AIDS epidemic is accelerating despite the major efforts to stop it. The Cedar Revolution ( Arabic: ثورة الأرز - thawrat al-arz) or Independence Intifada ( intifāḍat al-istiqlāl) was a chain of demonstrations Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Samir Kassir (سمير قصير in Arabic) ( May 5 1960 &ndash June 2 2005) was a professor of history at Saint-Joseph University Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. Niamey, Population 674950 (2002 census is the Capital of Niger. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN News Centre) (Medical News Today) (Reuters)
- In the Maldives, parliament members support move to multi party democracy. The Maldives ( or, or Maldive Islands) officially the Republic of Maldives, is an Island nation consisting of a group of atolls stretching Before the parliamentary debate, government arrested number of dissidents (Dhivehi Observer) (Reuters) (BBC)
- Schabir Shaik, a financial advisor to South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, is found guilty of two counts of corruption and one of fraud in a 165-page judgment broadcast live as it was delivered over three days. A dissident, broadly defined is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine policy or institution Schabir Shaik is a South African businessman from the Berea, Durban, who rose to prominence due to his close association with former South African Deputy The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942 is a South African politician Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual The affair is considered to be a blow to Mr Zuma's ambitions to succeed the current president, Thabo Mbeki. Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942 is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1999 to 24 September 2008 (BBC)
- In Serbia several former soldiers are arrested after the transmission on Serbian TV of video showing them executing six Bosniak men from Srebrenica in July 1995. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The Bosniaks or Bosniacs (Bošnjak pl Bošnjaci bɔ'ʃɲaːt͡si are a South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia" Srebrenica ( Cyrillic: Сребреница srɛbrɛnitsa is a Town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska The video is evidence from the trial of former president Slobodan Milošević. Hitherto polls have shown that only half the population of Serbia believe that the Srebrenica massacre of 8000 men happened. The Srebrenica Massacre, also known as Srebrenica Genocide, was the July 1995 killing of an estimated 8000 Bosniak men and boys in the region of Srebrenica (BBC)
- John Kerry criticizes the media for its coverage of the Downing Street memo, and joins calls for an inquiry. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator The " Downing Street memo " (occasionally DSM, or the " Downing Street Minutes " sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the (WikiNews) (South Coast Today)
- The parliament in Latvia votes to ratify the European Constitution in an overwhelming majority of 71 to 5. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE commonly referred to as the European Constitution, was an unimplemented international Treaty intended (Spiegel online, German)
- In China, authorities have arrested Lu Jianhua and Chen Hui of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for espionage (Reuters)
- In the Philippines, male students organize a naked protest in Manila to demonstrate against too little funding in education (ABS-CBN, Philippines)
- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan dismisses senior official Joseph Stephanides for oil for food scandal (UN News Centre) (Bloomberg)
- Protests in European cities of Brussels and Helsinki against software patents occur. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ( CASS)( is the premier academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences of China it is also the most The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The City of Manila Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations The Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003 was intended Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Software patent does not have a universally accepted definition (NPE)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
- Two alleged Islamic Jihad members, involved in a twin suicide bombing attempt on Jerusalem were arrested by IDF forces. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the (Haaretz)
- Israel released 398 Palestinian prisoners, the final phase of an Israeli pledge to release 900 prisoners as a goodwill gesture towards Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Mahmoud Abbas (محمود عباس (born March 26, 1935) also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن was elected President (Haaretz)
June 3, 2005 (Friday)
- The German political party Alliance '90/The Greens opens a Wiki that allows all users to contribute to the party's manifesto for the German federal election, 2005 [1](Spiegel online, German)
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
- Two Israeli soldiers have claimed that they were ordered to kill Palestinian police officers following the deaths of six Israeli soldiers. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language. German federal elections took place on September 18, 2005 to elect the members of the 16th German Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force (BBC), (the Guardian)
- Israel has announced plans to construct a further 22 homes in an Israeli settlement on the West Bank. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured as a result of Jordanian attacks during the 1967 Six-Day War. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria (BBC)
- In Australia, a suspicious package containing white powder sent to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer led security guards to close the mail-room of Parliament House in Canberra and enact decontamination procedures. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. Federal Police later deemed the package harmless, but analysis continues. The Australian Federal Police (AFP is the Federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. (News.com.au) (BBC)
- Cedar Revolution:
- In Lebanon, opposition leaders blame Syria for the death of Samir Qasir and demand resignation of president Émile Lahoud (Daily Star), Lebanon) (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
- In Bolivia, president Carlos Mesa calls for a referendum for regional autonomy on October 16 to quell the demonstrations against him. The Cedar Revolution ( Arabic: ثورة الأرز - thawrat al-arz) or Independence Intifada ( intifāḍat al-istiqlāl) was a chain of demonstrations Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Samir Kassir (سمير قصير in Arabic) ( May 5 1960 &ndash June 2 2005) was a professor of history at Saint-Joseph University General Émile Jamil Lahoud ( اميل لحود; born 12 January 1936 is a former President of Lebanon. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (born August 12, 1953) is a Bolivian politician historian and President of Bolivia from October 17 A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western The elections for the constitutional assembly on the same day would reform the constitution in favor of the native majority (Forbes) (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration allegations:
- The commander of U. A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting and in some cases adopting a Constitution. A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity The Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005 began when Newsweek's April 30 issue contained a report about U S. Forces at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba reported five known incidents of mishandling the Qur'an by guards at the detention facility, including one incident in which a Qur'an was accidentally splashed with urine. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran (BBC)
- Judge Karon O. Bowdre, presiding over the federal trial of Richard M. Scrushy in Birmingham, Alabama, delivers what is called the Allen charge to the jury in that case, in the hope of breaking its deadlock and producing a verdict. Richard Marin Scrushy (born 1952) is the founder of HealthSouth, a global healthcare company based in Birmingham Alabama. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. (NY Times)
- New York City Radio Station WCBS-FM surprisingly drops its oldies format to become Jack FM at 1700 EDT. WCBS-FM (1011 MHz is a radio station in New York City owned by CBS Radio. Jack-FM is the Moniker and on-air Brand of 49 Radio stations in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
June 4, 2005 (Saturday)
- In the context of the Parti Québécois National Congress, Bernard Landry announces his surprise resignation as leader of the Parti Québécois, the major party in Quebec that advocates national independence for Quebec. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and Jean-Bernard Landry GOQ (born March 9, 1937) is a Quebec lawyer teacher politician who served as Premier of Quebec The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The Quebec sovereignty movement ( Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood ( Sovereignty) or some (CTV)
- Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration allegations:
- Following allegations that the Muslim holy book, the Quran, was urinated on in front of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Bush administration drastically changes its position on the credibility of these reports, and now admits that desecration did in fact occur. The Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005 began when Newsweek's April 30 issue contained a report about U A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Guantánamo Bay ( Spanish Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the south-eastern end of Cuba The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. (Wikinews)
- A French court finds the newspaper Le Monde guilty of defamation against the Jews and Israel, in an article published in 2002 which used "Jews" and "Israel" interchangeably. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Le Monde (The World is a PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (Haaretz)
- Hundreds of people attend the funeral in Beirut of anti-Syrian columnist Samir Kassir, killed by a bomb on Thursday. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Samir Kassir (سمير قصير in Arabic) ( May 5 1960 &ndash June 2 2005) was a professor of history at Saint-Joseph University Opposition leaders Gibran Tueni and Saad al-Hariri, son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, are in attendance. Gebran Ghassan Tueni ( جبران تويني) ( September 15, 1957 &ndash December 12, 2005) was a Lebanese politician Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri (سعد الدين رفيق الحريري (born April 18, 1970 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim. Reuters
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces the postponement of legislative elections originally scheduled for July 17. The President of the Palestinian National Authority ( رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية) is the highest-ranking political position (equivalent to Mahmoud Abbas (محمود عباس (born March 26, 1935) also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن was elected President Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians He cited a report from the Palestinian election authority that it needs more time to implement changes in laws concerning seating of legislators. Hamas leaders object to the postponement. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة (New York Times), (Haaretz)
- Roberto Maroni, Italian Minister of Welfare, calls for Italy to stop using the Euro and revert to the Lira. Roberto Maroni (born March 15, 1955) is an Italian politician from Varese. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e The lira (plural lire) was the Currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002 Sunday Mail
June 5, 2005 (Sunday)
- In separate referendums, the voters of Switzerland decide to ratify the Schengen treaty, abolishing all its normal land border controls by 2007, and also approve the legalizing of civil unions for gay couples, for tax and inheritance purposes, but not for child adoption. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The term Schengen Agreement is used for two agreements concluded among European states in 1985 and 1990 which deal with the abolition of systematic Border controls In a nationwide Referendum on June 5, 2005, the Swiss people approved by 58% a Registered partnership law granting The Swiss Government had urged approval of both measures and the Swiss Parliament had previously passed legislation approving them. (BBC News)
- Wal-Mart holds its annual shareholders' meeting on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores The University of Arkansas, often shortened to U of A or just UA, is a public Co-educational Land-grant university Pending proposals include initiatives that would affect how Wal-Mart's board is selected and that would require a break-down of stock options by sex and race, and those addressing other issues. (WLNS News)
- In Lebanon, Hezbollah and Amal parties claim victory in the parliamentary election in the south of the country. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation For other uses of Amal see the disambiguation page. Amal Movement ( Arabic: abbreviation of أفواج المقاومة اللبنانية transliterated Both groups are supporters of Syria (Daily Star) (Reuters)
- In Kuwait, two women become the first females to be appointed to municipal council. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed They are Sheikha Fatima al-Sabah of the ruling Sabah family and engineer Fawziya al-Bahar (Al-Jazeera) (Gulf Daily News) (BBC)
- Scientists in Canada, France and USA report that they have developed a vaccine that works in monkeys against Marburg virus and Ebola (Medical News Today) (Science Daily) (BBC)
- In Spain, 250,000 people demonstrate in Madrid against a government plan to negotiate with the Basque ETA (EITB) (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
June 6, 2005 (Monday)
- Syrian vice-president Abdel-Halim Khaddam resigns during a Ba'ath party congress (BBC) (Jerusalem Post)
- In Ethiopia, police arrest more than 500 students who protest against the parliamentary elections. Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease The Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (also known as green monkey disease) Ebola is the common term for a group of Viruses belonging to genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, and for the disease which they Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. eu '''Euskadi Ta Askatasuna''' or ETA ( Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom" ˈɛːta is an illegal armed Basque nationalist Separatist Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Abdul Halim Khaddam (عبد الحليم خدام born 15 September, 1932 in Baniyas) is a Syrian politician and former Vice President of Syria The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي was founded in Damascus NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Ethiopia held general elections on May 15, 2005, for seats in both its national and in four regional government councils The ruling EPRDF party claims victory but official results have been delayed until July 8 due to complaints of electoral fraud and opposition protests (News24) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- In Burundi, former rebel group Hutu Forces for the Defence of Democracy wins 75 out of 129 seats in municipal elections (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- In Kyrgyzstan, the top prosecutor issues an arrest warrant for the former prime minister Nikolai Tanayev for mishandling government funds (Guardian Unlimited) (BBC)
- Bolivian president Carlos Mesa offers his resignation when unrest continues. Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር is the ruling political coalition in Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an Election. Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан Nikolay Timofeyevich Tanayev ( Russian: Николай Тимофеевич Танаев; born 5 November 1945 in Mihailovka village Penzenskaya The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (born August 12, 1953) is a Bolivian politician historian and President of Bolivia from October 17 (El Clarin)
- Debian GNU/Linux: Version 3. Debian ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free and open source software. 1, codenamed sarge, is released. (Press release)
- Apple Computer announces they would change the processors for their Macintosh computer lineup from IBM to Intel. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology - Ziff Davis; BBC News
- The Supreme Court of the United States found for the federal government in a 6-3 decision in the medical marijuana case Ashcroft v. Raich. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Medical cannabis refers to the use of the Cannabis plant as a physician-recommended Herbal therapy as well as synthetic THC and Cannabinoids Gonzales v Raich (previously Ashcroft v Raich) 545 US 1 (2005 was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled on The court also decided in Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. by ruling that the ADA applies to foreign cruise ships. Spector v Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd, 545 US 119 ( 2005) was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined (in a 6-3 decision that The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA is the short title of United States ( codified at et seq
- U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opened the 35th General Assembly meeting of the Organization of American States Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States The Organization of American States ( OAS, or as it is known in the three other official languages OEA) is an International organization, headquartered Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate Canal system is a city in Broward County, Florida, Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Secretary Rice called on member states to do more to protect democracy in the region, and strengthen civil society. (VOA News)
- The International Criminal Court announces an investigation into crimes against humanity in Darfur (Sudan Tribune) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Protests against privatisation of essential utilities continue in Bolivia (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Bougainville, Joseph Kabui is elected president of the autonomous government (Radio Australia) (BBC)
- In Australia, Chinese defector Chen Yonglin claims that the Australian government rejected his request for political asylum without interviewing him. The International Criminal Court ( ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Genocide, crimes against In Public international law, a crime against humanity is an act of Persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people and is the highest level of Darfur (دار فور daar foor, lit "realm of the Fur " is a region in Sudan. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea. Geographically, Bougainville is included in the chain of islands known as the Solomon Islands in Melanesia Joseph C Kabui (1954 - 7 June 2008) was a Secessionist leader and the first President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville An autonomous area is an area of a Country that has a degree of Autonomy, or freedom from an external authority For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Chen Yonglin ( is a former Chinese diplomat who sparked fears of a diplomatic incident through his defection to Australia in the summer of 2005. Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient Judicial notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his China states that his claims about a large espionage ring in Australia are false (ABC) (Taipei Times) (BBC)
- In Washington state, United States, the battle over the results of the 2004 gubernatorial election is settled by a county judge, approving the final count in favor of Christine Gregoire. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The election for governor of the US state of Washington on November 2 2004 gained national attention for its legal twists turns and extremely close finish Christine O'Grady "Chris" Gregoire (born March 24, 1947) is the Democratic Governor of the state of Washington
June 7, 2005 (Tuesday)
- Hungarian opposition candidate László Sólyom wins the 2005 presidential election in a 185-182 victory over Katalin Szili. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic László Sólyom (ˈlaːsloː ˈʃoːjom) (born on January 3 1942) is the President of Hungary, having overcome the governing Hungarian Katalin Szili (born May 13, 1956 in Barcs, Hungary) is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, a post to which she was elected [2]
- United States Senator Jon Corzine wins the New Jersey Democratic Party gubernatorial primary. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1 1947 is the Governor of New Jersey and a former United States Senator New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Doug Forrester, a former mayor, wins the New Jersey Republican Party gubernatorial primary after a heated contest with another former mayor, Bret Schundler. Douglas Forrester (born January 24 1953 in Glendale California A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Bret D Schundler (born January 14, 1959 in Colonia New Jersey) is an American Republican Party The November 2005 election will be the first since Governor James McGreevey resigned over a scandal in which he was revealed to be homosexual. Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government James Edward "Jim" McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American Democratic politician Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. (Boston Globe)
- Scientists at UCLA use a pyroelectric crystal heated from -34. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Pyroelectricity is the ability of certain materials to generate an Electrical potential when they are heated or cooled In Materials science, a crystal is a Solid in which the constituent Atoms Molecules or Ions are packed in a regularly ordered repeating 4 to 7. 2 degrees Celsius to produce an electric field of about 100,000 volts, accelerating hydrogen nuclei and producing helium nuclei in the subsequent collisions. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. In Physics, the space surrounding an Electric charge or in the presence of a time-varying Magnetic field has a property called an electric field (that can The volt (symbol V) is the SI derived unit of electric Potential difference or Electromotive force. The proton ( Greek πρῶτον / proton "first" is a Subatomic particle with an Electric charge of one positive Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical This cold fusion experiment has been repeated successfully, and other scientists have confirmed the results. Cold fusion, sometimes called low energy nuclear reactions (LENR or condensed matter nuclear science, is a set of effects reported in controversial laboratory experiments (CSMonitor) (Nature) (UCLA) (MSNBC)
- After a four hour long debate French centrist Party UDF refuse to vote confidence to the new government. The Union for French Democracy ( Union pour la Démocratie Française, UDF was a French centrist Political party. - Yahoo France - AFP
- General Motors announces that it will lay 25,000 people off. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. BBC News
- Siemens announces the sale of its mobile phone assets to the Taiwanese electronics company BenQ. BenQ Corporation (ˌbɛn ˈkjuː 明基電通股份有限公司 is a Taiwanese company that sells and markets consumer electronics computing and communications devices under the BBC News
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A day of violence erupts in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Haaretz.
- A spokesman for Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, dismisses rumors that Mugabe has died of a heart attack, after privately owned media report that Mugabe went to a local hospital to have his heart tested. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply CNN
- The leader of the opposition in the Indian Lok Sabha, Lal Krishna Advani, resigns from his post amid controversial comments he made about the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Lok Sabha (also titled the House of the People, by the Constitution) is the directly elected Lower house of the Parliament of India Lal Krishna Advani (लाल कृष्ण आडवाणी لال ڪرشنا آڏواڻي also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (Sindhi लाल किशनचंद Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu: (December 25 1876 – September 11 1948 was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan Advani had referred to Jinnah as a "secular" leader and drew intense criticism back at home in India. (BBC News)
- A new type of sauropod has been discovered with a short, stubby neck. Sauropoda (sɔˈrɒpədə or the sauropods (/ˈsɔroʊpɒd/ are a suborder or infraorder of the Saurischian ("lizard-hipped" Unlike all other known sauropods, whose long necks could get up to four times the length of their backs, Brachytrachelopan's neck was shorter than its backbone. This species was also unable to lift its neck and head above horizontal. (National Geographic)
- New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's veto of the plan to build the West Side Stadium, the key component to the New York bid, all but ends New York City's chances of receiving the 2012 Olympics, leaving the field to a face-off between Paris and London. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U Sheldon Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a lawyer a Politician and a member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as Speaker A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. The West Side Stadium (also known as the New York Sports and Convention Center) was a proposed football Stadium to be built on a platform over the The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London 2012. The City of New York Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. (NYtimes) (Reuters)
- The National Assembly of the Republic of China approves a package of amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of China to halve the number of seats in the Legislative Yuan and abolish itself. The National Assembly of the Republic of China ( refers to several Parliamentary bodies that existed in the History of the Republic of China. The Constitution of the Republic of China ( Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó SiànFǎ is the basic governing document for the Republic of China (ROC with jurisdiction The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and (Taipei Times) (TaiwanNews) (Reuters)
- In the Philippines, the government orders the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate a case where opposition tapped the telephone conversation of president Gloria Arroyo. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Wiretap redirects here For the radio program see WireTap (radio program Telephone tapping (or wire tapping / wiretapping in Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. They allegedly used it to create a tape where she is supposedly talking about electoral fraud (ABS-CBN) (Manila Bulletin) (Bloomberg)
- In Chile, the Santiago Court of Appeals cancels Augusto Pinochet's immunity from prosecution. Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an Election. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November Among other things, he faces charges of tax fraud. Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the Tax regime to one's own advantage in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law However, the court also ruled that he is too ill to face charges of human rights violations (Bloomberg) (BBC)
- Human Rights Watch demands investigation about the unrest in Uzbekistan, accusing the leaders of the country trying to cover up a "massacre" (Human Rights Watch) (Reuters AlertNet) (RIA Novosti)
- In Australia, Hao Fengjun, second Chinese defector, backs claims of Chen Yonglin about a large Chinese espionage network in the country (Radio Australia) (Reuters)
- In Brazil, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promises investigation on allegations that his party offered bribes to parliamentarians for political support (Bloomberg) (BBC)
June 8, 2005 (Wednesday)
- Claire Miles from Exeter in Devon gives birth by Caesarean section to two babies, one in each of her two half sized wombs. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Human Rights Watch is a United States -based international Non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on Human rights. Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES In Politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another Chen Yonglin ( is a former Chinese diplomat who sparked fears of a diplomatic incident through his defection to Australia in the summer of 2005. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pronounced /lu'iz i'nasju 'lulɐ da 'siwvɐ/; born October 27, 1945) known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name A Caesarean section (or Cesarean section in American English) also known as C-section, is a form of Childbirth in which a surgical BBC
- In Canada, rain begins to pound the province of Alberta starting an almost 3-week flooding crisis in the province. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905
- The infection source of Norway's recent outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease is surprisingly found to have been an industrial purification installation known as a scrubber, a device which cleans air using water. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Legionellosis is an Infectious disease caused by Bacteria belonging to the Genus Legionella. This article is about the pollution control device for other uses see Scrubber (disambiguation. Reportedly, such facilities have never before caused a Legionnaire's outbreak anywhere in the world. Ten people have been killed, and 52 infected, in the outbreak, which is Norway's largest ever. (Aftenposten)
- A previously unknown aria written by Johann Sebastian Bach in October of 1713 is discovered in documents from a German library. This article is about the musical term "aria" For other meanings or uses of the word see Aria (disambiguation. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is the first new work to be discovered by Bach since 1975. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (CNN)
- In Bolivia, widespread demonstrations continue. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Ex-president Carlos Mesa, who has already offered his resignation, states that there is a threat of civil war without immediate elections. Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (born August 12, 1953) is a Bolivian politician historian and President of Bolivia from October 17 A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office Congress will decide on Thursday whether to accept the resignation (Reuters AlertNet) (CNN) (BBC)
- The Philippine senate is evacuated after a bomb threat. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP (Reuters AlertNet)
- Ethiopian general elections: At least 22 Ethiopians are killed at demonstrations in Addis Ababa between police and students who accuse the ruling party of fraud in last month's general elections. Ethiopia held general elections on May 15, 2005, for seats in both its national and in four regional government councils NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር is the ruling political coalition in (News 24, South Africa) (Guardian)
- The European Commission and its president José Manuel Barroso survive the no confidence vote (EUpolitix) (IHT) (Bloomberg)
- HealthSouth and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reach a settlement. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. José Manuel Durão Barroso (ʒuˈzɛ mɐnuˈɛɫ duˈɾɐ̃ũ bɐˈʁozu born 23 March 1956 is the 12th President of the European Commission. A motion of no confidence (also vote of no confidence, censure motion, no-confidence motion, or confidence motion) is a Parliamentary motion HealthSouth Corporation ( based in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the nation's largest healthcare services providers The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility The company will pay $100 million to put the SEC investigation behind it.
June 9, 2005 (Thursday)
- Italian Clementina Cantoni a worker with CARE International who was held hostage in Afghanistan is released unharmed. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest CARE is one of the largest international relief and Humanitarian organizations in the world with programs in nearly 70 countries CARE is one of the largest international relief and Humanitarian organizations in the world with programs in nearly 70 countries Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, (Pakistan Dawn) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Syria, the ruling Baath party votes to end the state of emergency that has lasted for 40 years. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The Arab Socialist Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي was founded in Damascus A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors or order government agencies (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
- In Norway, Mullah Krekar, Kurdish founder of Ansar al-Islam, goes to court to resist deportation to Iraq. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (born July 7, 1956) Mullah Krekar ( Kurdish:مهلا کریکارis Ansar al-Islam ( Arabic: انصار الاسلام, Supporters or Partisans of Islam is a Kurdish Sunni Islamist Deportation, not to be confused with Extradition, generally means the expulsion of someone from a place or Country. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (Aftenposten) (Kurdishmedia) (Al-Jazeera)
- In Mexico, a court overturns the murder conviction of Raul Salinas de Gortari, brother of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Raúl Salinas de Gortari (b August or September 1946) is a Mexican businessman Carlos Salinas de Gortari ( Mexico City, April 3, 1948) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- An Amnesty International report states that numbers of killed and sexually abused women have increased in Guatemala. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest (Amnesty International) (BBC) (BBC)
- In Oman, Sultan Qaboos pardons 31 people previously convicted of a coup attempt. Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arabic: سلطنة عُمان) is an Arab Country in Southwest Asia on the southeast (Gulf Daily News) (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
- 2005 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Arlene, the first storm of the season, forms south of Cuba, and is expected to strike Cuba and the U.S. Gulf coast later in the week. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (NHC) (CNN)
- Protesters in Bolivia take over seven oil fields managed by BP and Repsol YPF. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. An oil field is a region with an abundance of Oil wells extracting Petroleum (crude oil from below ground BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major Repsol YPF SA, ( is an integrated Spanish oil and gas company with operations in 29 countries (IHT)
- In Australia, Parliament House and the embassies of the USA, the UK, Japan and South Korea receive suspicious packages containing white powder. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia. A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Federal Police later state that analysis showed the powder to be "harmless", and was sent as a hoax, following similar events in the past week. The Australian Federal Police (AFP is the Federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. (Radio Australia) (ABC) (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
- Zimbabwean opposition groups are preparing for a two-day general strike to protest over the huge number of arrests in recent days. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election A general strike is a Strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city region or country Police are on standby to quell protests. (IOL) (BBC)
- Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé names Edem Kodjo, leader of the opposition Patriotic Pan-African Party, as prime minister. TOGO was a Japanese roller coaster design company famous for inventing the Stand-up roller coaster. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (born June 6, 1966) has been the President of Togo since May 4, 2005; he was previously Édouard Kodjovi Kodjo, better known as Edem Kodjo (born May 23 1938) is a Togolese politician and diplomat who has twice served as Prime (Republique Togolaise) (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- A former Bank of America broker, Theodore Sihpol is acquitted by a jury in a New York Court of charges that he assisted a New Jersey hedge fund in trading illegally in mutual funds, at the expense of investors in the latter. Banc of America Securities Bank of America () is the largest bank by asset and second largest commercial Bank by deposits and Market capitalization in United New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. A hedge fund is a private Investment fund open to a limited range of investors which is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment (Lipper/HedgeWorld)
June 10, 2005 (Friday)
- In the Philippines, whistleblower Samuel Ong accuses, with audio evidence, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of rigging the 2004 elections, thus starting an electoral crisis. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP This is an article about a term For the 2008 RTÉ drama see Whistleblower (TV series. Samuel Ong is a former deputy director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI of the Philippines and is a Whistleblower, declaring that the Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. The Hello Garci scandal (2005—present (or just Hello Garci) is a Political scandal and electoral crisis in the Philippines. (IHT)
- The Colima volcano in Mexico increases its eruptive activity, with strong explosions. Colima's Volcano is the most active Volcano in Mexico, and has erupted more than 40 times since 1576. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. (CNN)
- The Bolivian Congress accepts the resignation of Carlos Mesa and names Supreme Court justice Eduardo Rodríguez as the new interim president (Bloomberg) Bolivian military says it is ready to intervene if protests continue (IHT)
- In Japan, a high school student throws a bomb into classroom in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert (born August 12, 1953) is a Bolivian politician historian and President of Bolivia from October 17 Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé (born March 2, 1956) is a former president of Bolivia; prior to that appointment he was the chief justice of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. 69 students are injured. (Japan Today)
- In Australia, a Queensland government inquiry states that medical doctor Jayant Patel should be charged with murder, fraud, negligence and medical malpractice due to the death of 87 of his patients. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. Jayant Mukundray Patel (born April 10, 1950) is a surgeon who is at the centre of a 2005 Scandal when he was accused of gross incompetence Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Negligence (Lat negligentia from negligere to neglect literally "not to pick up" is a legal concept in the Common law legal systems usually used to Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a Health care provider in which care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice Jayant Patel has left the country and his current location is unknown. (ABC) (SBS)
- In India, Subroto Roy, chairman of Sahara Group, goes public to state that he is healthy. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Subrata Roy also known as Subrata Roy Sahara or Saharasri (1948 -) was born in Araria, a small town of Bihar is head of Sahara Group Sahara India Pariwar is a multi-business conglomerate with diversified business interests that include Finance Real Estate Media & Entertainment Tourism & Hospitality and Roy had been out of the public eye since April and his absence had aroused rumors of death, illness, intrafamily conflict and political pressure. (Hindu) (ExpressIndia) (BBC)
- Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Saad al-Abdulla al-Sabah is taken to the hospital. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed
- The popular Battlefield 2 Demo was released to the public as a preview to the full version of the game Battlefield 2 launced on June 21, 2005. Battlefield 2 (abbreviated to BF2) is a computer game by the Swedish developer Digital Illusions in which players June 21 2005 (Tuesday In Canada, after 2 straight days of rain the city of Calgary AB is under another state of emergency ands
- Agerton's second mayor, Yona Levine.
June 11, 2005 (Saturday)
- The G8 announces the cancellation of the multilateral debt of eighteen of the poorest countries in the world (BBC)
- 2005 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Arlene makes landfall near Pensacola, Florida. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Debt is that which is owed usually referencing Assets owed but the term can cover other obligations Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the County seat of Escambia County. One death has been reported thus far. (ABCNews)
- In Ethiopia, opposition says that the leaders of Coalition for Unity and Democracy, Hailu Shawel and senior official Lidetu Ayalew, are under house arrest and demand their release. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Coalition for Unity and Democracy (ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ commonly referred to by its English abbreviation CUD or occasionally CDU its Amharic abbreviation Hailu Shawul (also spelled Shawel; Shawil) (born 1936) is an Ethiopian engineer and the chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Lidetu Ayalew (born 1969) is an Ethiopian politician and the President of the opposition United Ethiopian Democratic Party-Medhin Party UEDP-Medhin In Justice and Law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which (IOL) (BBC)
- In Portugal, former prime minister Vasco Gonçalves, one of the figures of the Carnation Revolution, dies (Guardian Unlimited) (BBC)
- In Poland, gay rights activists defy ban and march in the streets of Warsaw (Radio Polonia) (BBC)
June 12, 2005 (Sunday)
- Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, deliveres a Commencement addresses in Stanford University. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves (ˈvaʃku gõˈsaɫvɨʃ Lisbon 3 May 1922 &ndash 11 June 2005) was a Portuguese The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos was an almost bloodless military-led pro-democratic Coup d'état, started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Stanford University)
- French journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi interpreter Hussein Hanoun al-Saadi have been freed after five months of captivity in Iraq. Florence Aubenas (born February 6, 1961 in Brussels) is a French journalist who worked until 2006 for the French newspaper Libération Hussein Hanoun al-Saadi is an Iraqi interpreter and former Colonel in the Iraqi Air force, which he left in 1991 (BBC)
- Conflict in Iraq:
- 28 bodies, believed to mainly be Sunni Arabs, have been found in Baghdad sidestreets. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (BBC), (A.P)
- Four US Soldiers die from two roadside bombs in Baghdad, bringing the total death toll of US troops to over 1,700. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous (Associated Press)
- A series of Bombs strike the Iranian cities of Ahwaz and Tehran, leaving 8 people dead and dozens wounded. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The city of Ahvaz or Ahwaz (اهواز ahvāz or الأحواز is the capital of the Iranian province of Khūzestān. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of There has been no claim of responsibility. (BBC)
- Mike Tyson announces he will retire from boxing. Wikinews
- Lebanese general elections: Results of the third round of the Lebanese parliamentary elections in Mount Lebanon and the Beqaa show the triumph of Michel Aoun's list in the upper part of the region (Metn) and the success of Walid Jumblatt's coalition in the lower part (Chouf). The 2005 Lebanese General Elections were the first elections in thirty years without a Syrian military or intelligence presence in Lebanon. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Mount Lebanon ( Arabic: جبل لبنان as a geographic designation is the Lebanese mountain range known as the Western Mountain Range of Lebanon Michel Naim Aoun ( Arabic: ميشال عون (born 19 february 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a former Lebanese Matn ( Arabic: قضاء المتن, translit: Qada' el Matn sometimes spelled Metn, is a district ( Qadaa) in the Walid Jumblatt (وليد جنبلاط (born August 7, 1949) is the current leader of the Progressive Socialist Party "PSP" of Lebanon Chouf (also spelled Shouf Shuf or Chuf in Arabic جبل الشوف Jebel ash-Shouf) is a historical region of Lebanon, and also an administrative (Daily Star) (ABC) (IHT)(Daily Star) (Reuters) (Al-Jazeera) Last stage of the elections will be next sunday in North Lebanon.
- Kuwait appoints first female cabinet minister, Massuma al-Mubarak (Al-Jazeera) (Arab News) (IHT)
- In the Philippines, president Gloria Arroyo asks for unity in the face of so far unproven allegations of electoral fraud. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an Election. The army is in alert to thwart any coup attempts. Opposition organizes a brief protest to demand Arroyo's resignation (Sun Star, Philippines) (ABS-CBN)
- Kurdish parliament in Northern Iraq elects Masoud Barzani as a president of the region (Reuters)
- In China, official death toll in the flood in Heilongjiang Province rises to 92 (Xinhua) (People's Daily)
- Ethiopian opposition appeals for calm after the last week's protests (Reuters AlertNet)
- Nepal lifts a ban on Indian television stations. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Masoud Barzani ( Kurdish: مسعودبارزانی Mesûd Barzanî (born August 16, 1946) is the current President of the Autonomous Kurdish Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge ( Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang Manchu: Sahaliyan ula is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic (Deepika) (BBC)
June 13, 2005 (Monday)
- In Canada, after 5 days of non-stop rain, the city of Calgary, AB is under its first local state of emergency. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada The Elbow River has risen to an extreme high and the town of Bragg Creek, just west of the city, is totally evacuated. The Elbow River is a river located in southern Alberta, Canada. Bragg Creek is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, 30 kilometres west of Calgary (along Highway This would be the first of 3 waves of major flooding.
- An earthquake of magnitude 7. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer 9 hits Chile with epicenter in the northern region of Tarapaca near the Bolivian border, killing at least 8 people. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The epicenter or epicentre is the point on the Earth 's surface that is directly above the Hypocenter or focus the point where an Earthquake Provinces and municipalities Iquique 2 Iquique (Regional and provincial capital Alto Hospicio The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. (CNN)
- The jury in Michael Jackson's trial for child molestation finds the pop star not guilty on all counts. People v Jackson ( The People of the State of California v Michael Joseph Jackson) was a 2005 child molestation trial involving pop icon Michael Jackson. In Criminal law, an acquittal is a verdict of not guilty, or some similar end of the proceeding that terminates it with prejudice without a verdict (CNN), (BBC)
- Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson is unanimously elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states Jan Kenneth Glenn Eliasson (born 17 September 1940) is a Swedish Diplomat and Social Democratic Politician. The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis He will take over the presidency on September 20, 2005. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (RealOpinion.com)
- Ninety-two people, almost all children, have died after a flash flood hit a school in Shalan, Heilongjiang province, China. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic lowlying areas - washes rivers and streams ( Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang Manchu: Sahaliyan ula is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National (BBC).
- Italians end voting in a two-day referendum about strict fertility treatment laws. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Assisted reproductive technology ( ART) is a general term referring to methods used to achieve Pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means The Catholic Church has recommended that Catholics boycott the poll, which needs 50% turnout to be valid. Initial turnout has been low and it is projected not to reach the 50% level. (Reuters AlertNet) (Reuters) (BBC) (IHT)
- In the Philippines, president Gloria Arroyo's press secretary Ignacio Bunye states that the president is ready to face proper impeachment charges if the opposition follows the proper legal process. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. Ignacio "Toting" Rivera Bunye is a politician in the Philippines. Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official Many politicians have expressed support to her. (ABS-CBN) (Manila Bulletin)
- Philippines police are ready to charge former National Bureau of Investigation deputy director Samuel Ong for illegal wiretapping and sedition (Sun Star)
- The last Australian peacekeeping troops leave East Timor. Samuel Ong is a former deputy director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI of the Philippines and is a Whistleblower, declaring that the Wiretap redirects here For the radio program see WireTap (radio program Telephone tapping (or wire tapping / wiretapping in This is about the law term For other uses see Sedition (disambiguation Sedition is a term of Law which refers to covert conduct For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. (SBS) (ABC) (Reuters)
- In South Korea, Kim Woo Choong, former head of Daewoo Group, intends to return to the country after five years living abroad. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Kim Woo-choong was the founder and former chairman of the Daewoo Group. This article is about the Chaebol Daewoo Group For the Korean auto company Daewoo Motors that is associated with Chevrolet, see GM Daewoo. He faces charges of fraud after the collapse of Daewoo Group (Korea Times) (Korea Herald) (Channel News Asia) (BBC)
- In Canada, Cineplex Odeon announces that it is purchasing Famous Players, uniting the two largest movie theatre chains. In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America 's largest Movie theatre operators with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United Famous Players is currently owned by Viacom and will be purchased for about $500 million CAD. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests In fear of unfair competition, the Federal Commission of Competition has announced that Cineplex needs to sell off 35 of its theatres. (CBC)
- In Nigeria, president Olusegun Obasanjo gives an order that all illegal oil refineries in the Niger River delta should be destroyed (Reuters SA) (IHT)
- In Mexico, army soldiers and federales take over the city of Nuevo Laredo near the US border. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal General (rtd Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, GCFR (Oluṣẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ olúʃɛ̙́ɡũ ɒ̙básandʒɒ̙́ (born circa March An oil refinery is an industrial Process plant where Crude oil is processed and refined into more useful Petroleum products, such as Gasoline The Niger River (ˈnaɪdʒɚ NYE-jer) is the principal River of western Africa, extending about 4180 km (2600 miles The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Federales is a Slang Spanish term for the Mexican Federal police, specifically the Federal Agency of Investigation (formerly the Nuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The whole local police force is detained for investigation in connection to drug trafficking and for drug testing. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs For the episode of the American television series The Office, see " Drug Testing " City's just-appointed police chief Alejandro Dominguez was assassinated last Wednesday. On Saturday, a policeman shot a federal agent (Houston Chronicle) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- 14 people drown off the coast of Morocco in a boat that tried to reach Spain (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
- In France, police arrests serial impostor Frederic Bourdin, who had taken a role of a schoolboy (BBC)
June 14, 2005 (Tuesday)
- A major earthquake strikes about 80 miles (130 kilometers) off the coast of northern California on Tuesday night, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast but with no immediate reports of damages or injuries. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An impostor or imposter is a person who pretends to be somebody else often to try to gain financial or social advantages through Social engineering, but just as often Frederic Bourdin (born 1974 is a French serial Impostor the press has nicknamed "The Chameleon " Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when (AP)
- Asafa Powell breaks the world record in the 100 meters (328 feet, 1 inch) Tuesday with a 9. Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter and the son of two ministers. 77 clocking at the Athens, Greece Olympic Stadium, making him the world's fastest human at 36. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's 85 km/h (22. 9 mi/h). (AP)
- The Supreme Court of Argentina declares unconstitutional two laws that granted immunity to Dirty War human rights abusers. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. This article refers to the Argentine Dirty War for the British film of the same name see Dirty War (film. (Bloomberg)
- Jacob Zuma, Executive Deputy President of South Africa, is fired for being implicated in a high-profile corruption trial. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942 is a South African politician The President of South Africa, in full the President of the Republic of South Africa is the Head of state and Head of government under South The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain (Reuters)
- Conflict in Iraq: 22 people have died following a suicide bombing in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Kirkuk (also spelled Karkuk or Kerkuk; Kurdish: كهركووك Kerkûk; Arabic: كركوك Turkish:Kerkük; For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC)
- Football (soccer) sex crime allegations:
- George Best, the former Manchester United star from Northern Ireland, has been arrested and bailed on suspicion of indecently assaulting a young girl. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered George Best (22 May 1946 &ndash 25 November 2005 was a Northern Irish professional football player best known for his years with Manchester United. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the investigation and prevention of crime Indecent assault is a form of Sex crime in many Jurisdictions Indecent assault is defined by UK Law as any unwanted sexual behaviour or touching (BBC)
- Robin van Persie, the Dutch Arsenal footballer, has been arrested in Rotterdam on suspicion of rape. Robin van Persie (born August 6 1983 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League team The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Rotterdam (pronounced) is the 2nd-largest City by population in the Netherlands, located in the province of Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person (BBC)
- Sudan rejects the UN's decision to use the International Criminal Court to try criminals in relation to the atrocities of the Darfur conflict, and instead opens its own recently-created special court. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The International Criminal Court ( ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Genocide, crimes against The War in Darfur is a military conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. (Al-Jazeera) (ReliefWeb), (ISN)
- A TNS/MRBI Irish Times opinion poll predicts that Ireland, previously seen as certain to vote yes, is likely to vote no in its planned referendum on the European Constitution. The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet news paper launched in the late 1850s. An opinion poll is a survey of Public opinion from a particular sample. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE commonly referred to as the European Constitution, was an unimplemented international Treaty intended Only 30% of voters indicated that they would vote for the constitution, the lowest level in any country in the European Union to date. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in (The Scotsman)
- A four-year-old boy is reported dead shortly after losing consciousness while riding Mission: SPACE at Walt Disney World's Epcot. Mission SPACE is a Motion simulator thrill ride at Epcot. It simulates what an Astronaut might experience aboard a spacecraft on a mission to Mars Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Epcot is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international Culture and technological Innovation. (CNN)
- According to Washington Post, US and Russian defense officials blocked NATO demand of investigation into crackdown of unrest in Uzbekistan (Washington Post) (ReliefWeb) (IHT)
- In Indonesia, lawyers of Schapelle Corby file appeal in Bali court (Australia) (Reuters)
- In Mexico, Raúl Salinas de Gortarí is released from prison on bail. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The North Atlantic Treaty Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for Drug smuggling. Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Raúl Salinas de Gortari (b August or September 1946) is a Mexican businessman A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Traditionally bail is some form of Property deposited or pledged to a Court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding He has been in prison for ten years (El Universal) (Reuters)
- JP Morgan Chase & Co. JPMorgan Chase & Co ( is the largest Banking institution in the United States by deposits and market capitalization and is one of the oldest operating announced a settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by Enron investors who claim that it helped the management of that company defraud them. Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation (formerly Enron Corporation, former NYSE ticker symbol ENE was an American Energy company based in JP Morgan will pay claimants US$2. 2 billion.
June 15, 2005 (Wednesday)
- Venezuela officially requests extradition of Luis Posada Carriles from USA (Reuters) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC))(BBC)
- The Serbian special war crimes tribunal asks the government to ask Argentina for extradition of Nebojša Minić, suspected of crimes against humanity in Kosovo in 1999 (B92) (Reuters) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
- Zambian government reopens a case against Kashiwa Bulaya, former health ministry official and ally of president Levy Mwanawasa. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles (born February 15, 1928) is a Cuban born Venezuelan anti- Castro terrorist The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal In Public international law, a crime against humanity is an act of Persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people and is the highest level of Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa ( 3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was a Zambian politician Bulaya is accused of diverting AIDS drugs funds (Times of Zambia) (AllAfrica) (Reuters)
- In Mexico, supreme court rules that former president Luis Echeverría can be charged with human rights violations connected to 1971 deaths of student activists (El Universal) (Bloomberg) (BBC)
- Microsoft is criticized for censoring Chinese blogs. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Luis Echeverría Álvarez (born January 17, 1922) served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976 Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES They are accused of censoring words such as "freedom", "democracy", and "human rights". (RealOpinion.com), (BBC)
- World leaders of the Group of 77 and China today launched in Doha the two-day second South Summit amid calls to wealthy countries to honour pledges of additional aid to close the gap between the rich and poor. "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of Developing nations designed to promote its members' collective Economic interests and create Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Doha (الدوحة or Ad-Dōḥah) is the Capital city of Qatar. (Xinhua), (Reuters) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
- Qatari Prime Minister Abdallah ibn Khalifah Al Thani and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder agree to begin a study to look into the feasibility of building a maglev line approximately 160 km long linking Qatar and Bahrain, powered by Transrapid technology developed by Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated Prime Ministers of Qatar (1970-Present See also Al Thani Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1959 Doha) was the Prime Minister of Qatar from 29 October 1996 until 3 April Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ (born 7 April 1944 German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005 MAGLEV, or magnetic levitation, is a system of transportation that suspends guides and (usually propels vehicles predominantly trains using magnetic forces The Kingdom of Bahrain (in مملكة البحرين,, literally Kingdom of the Two Seas) is an Island country in the Persian Gulf Transrapid is a German high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation. ThyssenKrupp AG ( is a large German industrial conglomerate, with more than 200000 employees Also being considered is a possible extension to the United Arab Emirates that would make the combined length of the line roughly 800 km. (AME Info) (Expatica)
- Spanish police arrest 17 suspected Islamic extremists in a series of raids around the country. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Eleven are alleged to be associated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and 5 are alleged to be connected to the Madrid train bombings of 11 March 2004. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (أبومصعب الزرقاوي, Abu Musab from Zarqa)) (October 30 1966 – June 7 2006 born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " (Times)
- The Israeli Shin Bet (SHABAK) states that one month ago it arrested an alleged eight-member Palestinian militant cell in Nablus that included four teenage would-be suicide bombers. The (שב"כ an acronym for Sherut Bitahon Klali (שירות ביטחון כללי lit Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Nablus ( sometimes Nābulus; Arabic:; næːblʊs is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons It claimed that the cell was part of Fatah (the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority), and that the Lebanese group Hezbollah was behind it. Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation (Haaretz) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
- A memo from 1998 from an executive of Cotecna Inspection S. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) A. suggests that Kofi Annan was aware of their bid to participate in the Oil-for-Food Programme, reawakening suspicions of a conflict of interest. Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations The Oil-for-Food Programme, established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) and terminated in late 2003 was intended (Yahoo! News) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)). Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. However, the IIC’s 2nd Interim Report of March 29, 2005, concluded that “the evidence is not reasonably sufficient to show that the Secretary General knew that Cotecna had submitted a bid on the humanitarian inspection contract in 1998. ”Second Interim Report (29 March 2005)
- In Russia, explosion and fire in an oil depot near Moscow kills two (RIA Novosti) (Russia Journal) (BBC)
- Catholic Archbishop Chaput warns Europe about growing anti-Semitism and intolerance. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending An oil depot (sometimes called a tank farm, installation or oil terminal) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil and/or Petrochemical Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Charles Joseph Chaput, OFM Cap (born September 26, 1944) is the current archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility (BeyondtheNews)
- Douglas Wood, an Australian hostage residing in California is released in Iraq after 47 days in captivity, and is now being moved to a secret location. Douglas Wood may refer to Douglas Wood (Producer, animation producer Douglas Wood (naturalist, naturalist Douglas Wood For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (ABC Online)
- In Guatemala, a mudslide kills 22 people and injures around 45 others. Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Mudslide redirects here it is also the name of a cocktail. A mudflow or mudslide is the most rapid (up to 80 km/h / 50 mph (Reuters AlertNet) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)) (Reuters AlertNet) (Link dead as of 03:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC))
June 16, 2005 (Thursday)
- A report by the Metropolitan Police in the UK states that children are being trafficked into the UK from Africa to be used as 'human sacrifices'. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Human sacrifice is the act of Homicide (the Killing of one or several Human beings in the context of a Religious ritual ( ritual killing (BBC), (Guardian)
- 26 of 60 tank cars carrying fuel oil derail near Rzhev, Russia (about 200 km / 125 miles northwest of Moscow), sending a very large amount of oil into the ground contaminating Moscow's water supply and the Volga River after flowing down the Vazuza River from the accident site. For Jay Leno's bespoke Tank -engined car see the Blastolene Special. An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Rzhev (Ржев is the uppermost town situated on the Volga River. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Vazuza (Вазуза is a river in Smolensk Oblast and Tver Oblast, Russia, a right tributary of the Volga River. It is not yet known if this incident is related to the bomb that was exploded on June 12 that derailed a passenger train. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another (RIA Novosti) (RIA Novosti) (Pravda)
- Conflict in Iraq: Five U.S. Marines die from a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Western Iraq. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Ramadi ( BGN: Ar Ramādī) is a City in central Iraq, about West of Baghdad For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. (BBC)
- A Jewish cemetery in West Ham has been attacked. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located east of Charing Cross. This was the 117th time a Jewish cemetery in Great Britain has been attacked in 15 years. (The Independent)
- In Cambodia, 6 unidentified gunmen take over a school in the town of Siem Reap near Angkor Wat and hold a number hostage for six hours. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Siem Reap City is the capital of Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) (អង្គរវត្ត is a Temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for King Suryavarman II A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security Reports of the number of hostages range from 24 to 70. Many of them were children from foreign families that work in the area. Gunmen demand money, weapons and a car. A Canadian child is executed by the gunmen before the rest are freed. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page (BBC) (CBC) (Channel News Asia) (Channel News Asia) (Reuters),(Reuters)
- In Japan, former tycoon Yoshiaki Tsutsumi confesses to financial fraud and insider trading. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in Yoshiaki Tsutsumi (堤義明 Tsutsumi Yoshiaki, born May 29, 1934) is a Japanese businessman In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Insider trading is the trading of a Corporation 's Stock or other securities (e (Japan Today) (Channel News Asia)
- Chilean authorities have found a weapons arsenal in Villa Baviera, former Colonia Dignidad, during the investigation of the colony's founder Paul Schaefer (BBC)
- Uzbekistan deports four members of human rights group International Helsinki Federation after they had investigated unrest in Andijan. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the An arsenal is an establishment for the construction repair storage and issue of Weapons and Ammunition. Villa Baviera (Bavaria Village formerly known as Colonia Dignidad (Dignidad Colony is a Chilean hamlet in Parral Commune Linares Province Villa Baviera (Bavaria Village formerly known as Colonia Dignidad (Dignidad Colony is a Chilean hamlet in Parral Commune Linares Province Paul Schäfer Schneider (born December 4, 1921) is the founder and former leader of a sect and agricultural commune of German immigrants called Colonia Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights ( IHF) is a self-governing group of non-governmental not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights Andijan ( Andijon in Uzbek also Andizhan is the fourth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the Andijan Province. (Mosnews) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Brazil, minister José Dirceu resigns due to allegations that he knew about bribery but insists that he is innocent (BBC) (Forbes)
- Eastern Orthodox Church demotes former patriarch Irenaios I to a rank of a monk (Jerusalem Post/AP) (BBC)
- The police chief of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Alejandro Domínguez, is gunned down just seven hours after his inauguration. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld José Dirceu de Oliveira e Silva (b Passa Quatro Minas Gerais, March 16, 1946) is a Brazilian Politician. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Irenaios Skopelitis born 1939 was the primate of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem from 2001 to 2005 MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective Nuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
June 17, 2005 (Friday)
- A mudslide in San Antonio Senahu, Guatemala, kills 23 people, including several children. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mudslide redirects here it is also the name of a cocktail. A mudflow or mudslide is the most rapid (up to 80 km/h / 50 mph Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Most of the dead were of Mayan descent. The Maya peoples constitute a diverse range of the Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America. (alternet)
- The murder weapon used to kill Leon Trotsky is purported to have surfaced in Mexico. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. (BBC)
- A United Nations investigation has concluded that Rafik Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, was killed by a truck bomb. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. (BBC)
- Controversial Pakistani scientist AQ Khan is said to be stable after suffering a heart attack. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Abdul Qadeer Khan ( عبدالقدیر خان; born April 1 1936 in Bhopal, India) is a Pakistani scientist and metallurgical engineer (BBC)
- In Kyrgyzstan, hundreds of protesters seize a government building in the capital of Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан They support presidential candidate Urmat Baryaktadasov, who was denied registration because the government says he is also a citizen of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Police later seized the building. (RIA Novosti) (CNN) (Guardian Unlimited) (BBC)
- The 2005 Presidential election begins in Iran. The Iranian presidential election of 2005, the ninth presidential election in Iranian history took place in two rounds first on June 17, 2005, the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Most pre-voting polls favor Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Persian:اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī) Hashemi Bahramani (Middle East Online) (Al-Jazeera) (Reuters) (IHT)
- Cambodian police have arrested a security guard who allegedly planned the hostage drama in Siem Reap. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Siem Reap City is the capital of Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. (Channel News Asia) (Reuters)
- The Supreme Court of the Republic of China rejects the opposition's appeal to nullify the results of the 2004 presidential election. The Judicial Yuan (司法院 is one of five branches of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan in Taipei and serves as the highest judicial organ in REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Election for the 11th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第十一任中華民國總統、副總統選舉 the third direct presidential election in Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian won the election by a narrow majority. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. (Channel News Asia) (Bloomberg)
- In the United Kingdom, the Ugandan-born bishop of Birmingham Rt Rev Dr John Sentamu is named the new Archbishop of York. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu FRSA (born 10 June 1949 in Kampala, Uganda) is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the first ever black person to be appointed an Archbishop of the Church of England. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican (BBC) (Reuters)
- The Vatican announces that it has taken the unusual step of suspending the announced beatification of the Reverend Leon Dehon in order to investigate charges of anti-Semitism. The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed via Greek μακάριος makarios) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic church The Reverend is a style used as a Prefix to the names of many Christian Clergy and ministers It is correctly called a style rather Leon Gustav Dehon ( March 14, 1843 &ndash August 12, 1925) was a Catholic clergyman Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility AP
- Dennis Kozlowski, the former chief executive of Tyco International, and Mark Swartz, its erstwhile chief financial officer, are found guilty by a New York state court jury on all but one of 31 counts of grand larceny, conspiracy, falsifying business records and securities fraud. Leo Dennis Kozlowski (born November 16 1946, Newark New Jersey) is a former CEO of Tyco International, convicted of misappropriating Tyco International Ltd is a highly diversified global manufacturing company incorporated in Bermuda, with United States operational headquarters in Princeton New New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A jury a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial Verdict (a finding of fact on a question officially submitted to them (Houston Chronicle)
June 18, 2005 (Saturday)
- In Canada, the rain died down and the state of emergency came to an end. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page With one evening of pounding rain, hail and cold temperatures, the Elbow River spilled over the dam for the first time. Hail is a form of precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice (hailstones The Elbow River is a river located in southern Alberta, Canada. Again the low-lying areas of Calgary, AB were evacuated, the town of Bragg Creek, the towns of High River and Okotoks, and the small town of Sundre were all evacuated. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Bragg Creek is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, 30 kilometres west of Calgary (along Highway
June 19, 2005 (Sunday)
- In the United Kingdom, flash flooding severely affected several North Yorkshire villages and towns, including Thirsk, Helmsley and Hawnby, when the rivers Swale and Rye burst their banks. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in Thirsk is a small Market town in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Helmsley is a market town in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England It is situated on the River Rye. Hawnby is a small crossroads village and Civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire. The River Swale is a River in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, emptying The River Rye could be River Rye (Ireland River Rye Yorkshire SpecialShortpages
- In Formula One the 2005 United States Grand Prix was taking place when only 6 cars raced because of tyre company Michelin not being able to supply safe tyres to the teams running on Michelin tyres. The 2005 United States Grand Prix was one of the most controversial Michelin (full name SCA Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) ( based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne Région
June 20 2005 (Monday)
- In USA, chief US immigration judge Michael Creppy rules that Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk can be deported because he was a concentration camp guard during World War II (WBNS, Ohio) (Washington Post) (Reuters)
- In Brazil, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva names energy minister Dilma Rousseff as a cabinet chief because of José Dirceu's resignation (AE Brazil) (Reuters)
- Turkey sentences Islamist extremist Metin Kaplan, the "Caliph of Cologne", to life in prison for his role in a plot to blow up the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the John Demjanjuk, born Ivan Demjanjuk (born April 3, 1920) is an Ukrainian-born retired auto worker and naturalized United States citizen who gained notoriety Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pronounced /lu'iz i'nasju 'lulɐ da 'siwvɐ/; born October 27, 1945) known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and Dilma Vana Rousseff Linhares (Born December 14, 1947) is a Brazilian Economist and Politician from the Worker's Party José Dirceu de Oliveira e Silva (b Passa Quatro Minas Gerais, March 16, 1946) is a Brazilian Politician. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only Metin Kaplan (born November 14, 1952, in the Turkish province of Erzurum) is the leader of the Radical Islamist movement Kalifatsstaat The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah
- Cedar Revolution: The Anti-Syrian bloc of Saad al-Hariri captured control of the Lebanese Legislature in the Lebanese general election of 2005, winning 72 of the 128 available seats. The Cedar Revolution ( Arabic: ثورة الأرز - thawrat al-arz) or Independence Intifada ( intifāḍat al-istiqlāl) was a chain of demonstrations Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri (سعد الدين رفيق الحريري (born April 18, 1970 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The Parliament of Lebanon (known as Le Parlement in Lebanon is the Lebanese national legislature. The 2005 Lebanese General Elections were the first elections in thirty years without a Syrian military or intelligence presence in Lebanon. (Yahoo!)
- A Suicide bomber in Iraq kills 13 policemen, and injured more than 100 people, in the city of Irbil, northern Iraq. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Iraqi Police Service (IPS are the uniformed Territorial Police Force responsible for the enforcement of Civil law within Iraq. Arbil (also written Erbil or Irbil; BGN: Arbīl; Kurdish: ههولێر Hewlêr For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. BBC News
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
- One Israeli is killed in West Bank ambush after Palestinian militants shot his car. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, calling it retaliation for arrests of Islamic Jihad members. Jihad (جهاد ʤɪhæːd an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. (Ynet), (Haaretz)
- An unarmed Palestinian teenager, Ihab an-Nabahin, is shot by Israelis in a closed border area of the Gaza Strip, and killed according to Palestinian sources. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west (BBC) (Al-Jazeera)
- According to the Israeli army, a Palestinian female suicide bomber was caught in the Erez Crossing, carrying explosives and a detonator in her underwear. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Though the majority of suicide bombers have been male female suicide bombers have carried out a number of attacks since 1985 Israeli media added that she planned to carry out a suicide bombing attack in the Soroka hospital, where she received medical treatment and was scheduled for a doctor's appointment (the army has not confirmed this. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for ) The woman was identified as Wafa Samir Ibrahim Bass and said she was sent by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (كتائب شهداء الأقصى is a coalition of Palestinian militias in The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades decline to comment. (Haaretz NewsFlash), (Ynet) (BBC) (Al-Jazeera)
- British Potato Council demonstrates for the removal of the term "couch potato" from the Oxford English Dictionary because potatoes are "inherently healthy" (BBC) (Guardian Unlimited)
- In Japan, magnitude 4. A couch potato is a person who spends most of his or her free time sitting or lying on a Couch. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English The potato is a Starchy Tuberous crop Vegetable from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. 9 earthquake hits central Niigata Prefecture, with little reported damage and no tsunami risk (Japan Today) (Reuters AlertNet)
- International Whaling Commission meets in Ulsan, South Korea. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located on Honshū Island on the coast of the A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when The International Whaling Commission ( IWC) is an international body set up by the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW, which Ulsan is a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, facing the East Sea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Japan tries to ease its restrictions to whaling but its suggestion to exclude proposed creation of whale sanctuaries is voted down (CNN) (Reuters) (Japan Today)
- John Rigas, founder of cable company Adelphia Communications is sentenced to 15 years in prison on last summer's securities fraud conviction. Whaling is the hunting of Whales and dates back to at least 6000 BC John J Rigas (born November 14, 1924 in Wellsville New York) was one of the founders of Adelphia Communications Corporation, which at its peak Adelphia Communications Corporation, named after the Greek word "brothers" was the fifth largest cable company in the United States before filing for Bankruptcy A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual In Law, a conviction is the Verdict that results when a Court of law finds a Defendant guilty of a Crime. (Bloomberg)
- The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness opens at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 21, 2005 (Tuesday)
- In Canada, after 2 straight days of rain, the city of Calgary, AB is under another state of emergency ands now the Elbow River is now flowing steadily over the Glenmore Dam. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada The Glenmore Reservoir is a large manmade reservoir on the Elbow River in the southwest quadrant of Calgary Alberta. The towns of Bragg Creek, High River, Sundre, Okotoks, Drumheller, and Cochrane have to be evacuated. Bragg Creek is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, 30 kilometres west of Calgary (along Highway Drumheller is a town (formerly a city on the Red Deer River in the Badlands of east-central Alberta, The low lying area of Calgary also have to be evacuated. This wave of floods is the last of the floods and the damage of the floods is almost incalculable.
- The Cosmos 1 experimental solar sail spacecraft, a project of international space advocacy group The Planetary Society and science based entertainment company Cosmos Studios, is launched by a Russian R-29R Volna ICBM from a Russian Delta III submarine submerged in the Barents Sea. Cosmos 1 was a project by Cosmos Studios and The Planetary Society to test a Solar sail in space Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails, especially when they use Light sources other than the Sun) are a proposed form of A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. Space advocacy can be described as the general position supporting pleading or arguing forthe idea or cause of space exploration and settlements The Planetary Society is a large publicly supported non-government and not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to Astronomy. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending R-29 is a family of Russian Submarine-launched ballistic missiles designed by State Rocket Center Makayev Space launch vehicle Volna ("wave" in Russian is a converted SLBM used for launching Artificial satellites into orbit Project 6667B submarines ( NATO reporting name Delta are Soviet -built strategic nuclear missile Submarines designed to threaten targets in the A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability The Barents Sea (Barentshavet Баренцево море is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. However, the spacecraft is feared lost, for the rocket failed 83 seconds after launch. (PhysOrg) (Washington Post) (BBC) (SBS) (The Planetary Society)
- The LA Times suspends an experiment called "wikitorial" after three days because of vandalism. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed A wikitorial is a term coined by the Los Angeles Times to describe a traditional Editorial that can be edited in the fashion of a Wiki (computer Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable (MSNBC) (BBC)
- In Israel 8 people are killed and about 200 injured when a train is reported to have struck a truck on a level crossing near Kiryat Gat. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Kiryat Gat (קִרְיַת גַּת كريات جات, is a city in the Southern District of Israel. (BBC)
- At Stonehenge in England, some 19,000 people gather to celebrate the rising sun on the summer solstice. Stonehenge is a Prehistoric Monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury Solstices occur twice a year when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most oriented toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes
- Clearup operation continues in North Yorkshire after the serious flash flooding on Sunday Night / Monday Morning. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in The towns of Thirsk, Helmsley and Hawnby were seriously affected, as were several villages when the rivers Swale and Rye burst their banks. Thirsk is a small Market town in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Helmsley is a market town in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England It is situated on the River Rye. Hawnby is a small crossroads village and Civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire. Rye ( Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain and forage crop
- In Manchester, UK, 30 police raid a house at 5 a. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located m. and arrest a 40-year old man on suspicion of involvement in suicide bombings in Iraq. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Another man resident in the same house is believed to have gone to Iraq in February to carry out a bombing. Last week, police in Spain and Germany also made arrests in connection with bombings in Iraq, but it is not known if the cases are related. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. (BBC)
- New Zealand's telecoms network crashes for five hours when a rat chews one of the North Island's main fibre-optic cables at the same time as a workman damaged another cable in another part of the island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Mobile phone and Internet communications were badly affected, and the Stock Exchange had to close for several hours. (BBC)
- In Mexico, Zapatista rebels are in alert, pulling out of villages and closing their radio stations. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Zapatista Army of National Liberation ( Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed Revolutionary group based in Chiapas The reasons are unknown, although the move may be due to an army drug raid in Los Altos. Subcomandante Marcos announces that foreign aid workers can stay only at their own risk. Subcomandante Marcos, also known as Delegado Cero in matters concerning the Other Campaign, describes himself as the spokesman for the Mexican rebel Later news indicate that Zapatistas are gathering for a conference. Marcos announces that the movement is entering a "next step in the struggle" and that the organization has reorganized itself to survive the loss of current leadership. (Indymedia Chiapas, English translation (Indymedia Chiapas, English translation) (Reuters) (Reuters AlertNet) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Brazil, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demands that the opposition present proof of its allegations that government had given bribes for political support (Reuters) (BBC)
- In Lebanon, a remote control bomb that had been placed under the passenger seat of his car kills anti-Syrian politician George Hawi, former secretary general of Lebanese Communist Party (Daily Star) (Ya Libnan) (Al-JAzeera) (IHT) (Reuters)
- In the Philippines, congress begins an inquiry into allegations that president Gloria Arroyo had rigged votes in last year's presidential elections. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pronounced /lu'iz i'nasju 'lulɐ da 'siwvɐ/; born October 27, 1945) known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية George Hawi ( جورج حاوي in Arabic) (1938 &ndash June 21, 2005) was a Lebanese Politician and former secretary general of The Lebanese Communist Party ( LCP; Arabic: الـحـزب الشـيـوعـي اللبـنـانـي Hizbu-sh-shuy‘uī-l-lubnānī) is a Left-wing The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. President states that she will comment on the process later. Her supporters and the opposition demonstrate in Manila (INQ7, Philippines) (Manila Times) (Sun Star) (Channel News Asia)
- In Zambia, former health ministry official Kashiba Bulaya has been charged again with accepting a bribe from a Bulgarian firm that manufactures anti-retrovirus drugs against AIDS. The City of Manila The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Government's decision to halt the case a month ago aroused protests. (Reuters SA) (BBC)
- A U. S. Court of Appeals struck down a regulation of the SEC designed to ensure an independent board of directors for mutual funds, holding that the SEC didn't comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal A mutual fund is a professionally managed type of collective investments that pools money from many investors and Invests it in Stocks bonds, The federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA of 1946 governs the way in which administrative agencies of the United States federal government may propose (Chamber of Commerce)
- A hitherto unknown poem by Sappho was identified on an Oxyrhynchus papyrus by scholars of Cologne university, and published in the Times Literary Supplement [3]. Sappho (ˈsæfoʊ in English Attic Greek el Σαπφώ sapːʰɔː Aeolic Greek el Ψάπφω) was an Ancient Greek lyric Oxyrhynchus (Ὀξύρρυγχος "sharp-nosed" ancient Egyptian Pr-Medjed; Coptic Pemdje; modern Egyptian Arabic The University of Cologne ( German Universität zu Köln) is one of the oldest universities in Europe and with over 44000 students one The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969 is a weekly literary review published in London by News International
- The popular video game, Battlefield 2, was officially released. Battlefield 2 (abbreviated to BF2) is a computer game by the Swedish developer Digital Illusions in which players
June 22, 2005 (Wednesday)
- German car manufacturer BMW acquires the Formula 1 team Sauber Petronas. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 Sauber is a Swiss constructor of racing cars for Sportscar racing and Formula One. In the next season the new team will be probably known as BMW Sauber. BBC Sport
- The entire network of the Swiss Federal Railways shuts down due to a power failure in its overhead wire system. Swiss Federal Railways ( German: SBB Schweizerische Bundesbahnen French: CFF Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses Italian: FFS Ferrovie federali svizzere Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit Electrical energy to Trams Trolleybuses or Trains at a distance from the The power failure is also affecting international transit through Switzerland as such intercity trains use the same system. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Initial reports indicate that the power failure started with a voltage drop in Ticino (in the St. Gotthard region) that then spread to the entire system. Canton Ticino or Ticino ( Italian: tiˈtʃiːno French and German: Tessin and) is the southernmost canton of The initial failure happened at about 1700 local time, with some power supplies restored about 2015, but the last trains did not reach their destinations until 0300. (SwissInfo) (BBC)
- In Chad, a referendum for allowing presidents, particularly Idriss Déby, run for office for three straight terms, passes. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Lieutenant General Idriss Déby Itno (born 1952 is the President of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. (Reuters SA)
- According to former U. S. ambassador to South Korea Donald Gregg and former journalist Don Oberdorfer, George W. Bush in 2002 turned down an offer from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to discuss the issue of nuclear weapons. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Donald P Gregg worked for the CIA for 31 years from 1951-1982 then was National Security Advisor to Vice-President George H Don Oberdorfer (b 1931 is an American professor at Johns Hopkins University and was a journalist for 38 years 25 of them with The Washington Post George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born 16 February 1941 Vyatskoye, Soviet Union; official biographies state 16 February 1942 Baekdu (Reuters)
- An Italian military tribunal in La Spezia has sentenced 10 German former Nazi officers in absentia to life imprisonment for their role in a World War II massacre of 560 civilians in the Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema. La Spezia ( Spèsa in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German In absentia is Latin for "in the absence" In legal use it usually pertains to a defendant's right to be present in court proceedings Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Sant'Anna di Stazzema is a village in Tuscany in central Italy (BBC News)
- In Colombia, congress approves a draft bill that offers sentences of only eight years to those members of paramilitary militias who give up their weapons. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service It demands that they confess, return the stolen property and disarm. Critics of president Álvaro Uribe say that the law is too lenient (IHT) (Colombia Journal) (Reuters AlertNet)
- International Whaling Commission meeting in Ulsan, South Korea, does not support Japan's suggestion to resume coastal whaling or increase its own scientific one. Álvaro Uribe Vélez ('alβ̞aɾo u'ɾiβ̞e 'β̞eles born July 4 1952 in Medellín) is a Colombian politician and lawyer who is currently the 39th President The International Whaling Commission ( IWC) is an international body set up by the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW, which Ulsan is a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, facing the East Sea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Whaling is the hunting of Whales and dates back to at least 6000 BC Commission also voted down a request that Japan could catch 150 minke whales a year (Japan Today) (Channel News Asia) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki names energy and minerals minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as his deputy president. Minke Whale ( or Lesser Rorqual is a name given to two species of Marine mammal belonging to a Clade within the suborder of Baleen whales The The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The President of South Africa, in full the President of the Republic of South Africa is the Head of state and Head of government under South Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942 is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1999 to 24 September 2008 Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (pʰumziːle mlamboŋǀʱuːkʼa born 3 November 1955 is a South African politician who was Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 The Deputy President of South Africa is the acting President of South Africa when the President is outside the country's borders unable to fulfill the duties of the office She is the first woman to hold the position. (SABC) (Reuters SA) (News24) (BBC profile)
- The Peruvian government condemns supreme court decision to drop the case of former president Alberto Fujimori for forging signatures for 2000 elections (Reuters AlertNet)
- The Peruvian government states that it will allow limited growing of coca plant for traditional uses (MercoPress (BBC)
- In Brazil, heated arguments in the congress result in fighting and the session is suspended. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (Japanese name) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28 1938 is a Peruvian and Japanese ref> Fujimori secures Japanese haven 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Not to be confused with Cocoa. Coca is a Plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to north-western South America |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Fighting begun when former chief of staff José Dirceu, who had rejoined the congress, tried to defend the government against the bribery allegations (Bloomberg)
- In Ethiopia, main opposition group Coalition for Unity and Democracy states that government investigators have dropped all their complaints about possible election fraud. José Dirceu de Oliveira e Silva (b Passa Quatro Minas Gerais, March 16, 1946) is a Brazilian Politician. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Coalition for Unity and Democracy (ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ commonly referred to by its English abbreviation CUD or occasionally CDU its Amharic abbreviation Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an Election. Government still has not released any results (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- United Nations Security Council votes to send 750 more peacekeepers to Haiti for elections and extend the UN mandate to February 15, 2006 (UN News Centre) (ReliefWeb)
- In Poland, opposition demands resignation of prime minister Marek Belka because of allegations that declassified files show he had ties to communist-era security services. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Marek Belka (pronounce ['marεk 'bεlka]) (b January 9, 1952 in Łódź) is a Polish professor Belka refuses to do so, stating that he signed a contract to be allowed to go to study trip to USA (Radio Polonia) (Warsaw business Journal) (Reuters)
June 23, 2005 (Thursday)
- The Supreme Court of the United States decides 5-4 in the case Kelo v. New London that local governments can seize residential and commercial property for private development projects against the will of property owners as a "public use" under the 5th Amendment. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Kelo v City of New London, 545 US 469 (2005 was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of Eminent domain The Fifth Amendment ( Amendment V) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, is related to legal procedure (Market Watch),(New York Times)
- Elderly former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 killing of three civil rights workers, the notorious crime that galvanized the civil rights movement and inspired the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are Edgar Ray "Preacher" Killen (born 17 January 1925) is an American former Ku Klux Klan organizer who conspired to kill three The Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders involved the 1964 slayings of three political activists during the American Civil Rights Movement. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Mississippi Burning is a 1988 Crime drama Film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon handed down the maximum possible sentence for the 80-year-old former Baptist preacher, a punishment which will likely keep him in prison for the rest of his life. (Reuters)
- In Indonesia, the team that is investigating the death of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib states that the Indonesian intelligence agency BIN may be involved. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Munir Said Thalib ( December 8, 1965 &ndash September 7, 2004) affectionately known simply as 'Munir' was one of Indonesia 's most Munir died of arsenic poisoning en route to the Netherlands on September 7, 2004. Arsenic (ˈɑrsənɪk is a Chemical element that has the symbol As and Atomic number of 33 The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " (Channel News Asia)
- Thousands of workers from UPM-Kymmene and Stora Enso, two leading Finnish companies in the paper industry go on strike over pay and working hours. UPM-Kymmene Oyj (usually referred to simply as UPM;,) is a Finnish pulp paper and timber manufacturer. Stora Enso Oyj () is a Finnish &ndash Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American ( United States, Canada) Northern European ( Finland, Sweden Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Finland provides two thirds of the paper supply for the European magazine market. Industry analysts believe that the strike may have serious repercussions on the magazine market of Europe. (BBC)
- In the United Kingdom, Prince William graduates from St Andrews University (BBC) (BBC "slideshow") (Guardian Unlimited) (Reuters)
- Japanese Sohgo Security Services announces a security robot GuardRobo D1 (Reuters/msn)
- In the USA, large fires break out in Arizona and California. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In Arizona, 250 people are evacuated and 10 houses destroyed northeast of Phoenix. Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, Two fires break out in California in Morongo Valley and San Bernardino Valley (Los Angeles Times) (KESQ) (Reuters)
- In Spain, regional Basque parliament elects Juan Jose Ibarretxe as their new president (EITB) (Berria) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Romania, orthodox priest Daniel Corogeanu was arrested for 24 hours and faces charges for death of nun Maricica Irina Cornici. Morongo Valley is a Census-designated place (CDP in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The San Bernardino Valley centered approximately at 34°04' N 117°17 'W lies at the south base of the Transverse Ranges. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born March 15, 1957) is a Basque politician Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania He allegedly crucified her for exorcism and claims that her death was the "Will of God". Crucifixion (from Latin crucifixio, noun of process crucifixio, from perfect passive participle crucifixus, fixed to a cross from Exorcism (from Late Latin exorcismus, from Greek exorkizein - to adjure is the practice of evicting Demons or other evil Four nuns who helped him were arrested as well. Church has closed the convent. (Scotsman) (Reuters)
- In Israel, Mordechai Vanunu appeals to the supreme court to order Shin Bet to release letters he wrote during his time in prison. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Mordechai Vanunu (מרדכי ואנונו born in Marrakech, Morocco on October 13 1954 is an Israeli former nuclear The (שב"כ an acronym for Sherut Bitahon Klali (שירות ביטחון כללי lit Security service claims that the letters contain sensitive information (Haaretz (Reuters)
- In Lebanon, victorious anti-Syria coalition demands resignation of pro-Syrian president Émile Lahoud. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية General Émile Jamil Lahoud ( اميل لحود; born 12 January 1936 is a former President of Lebanon. They hold him responsible for assassinations of opposition figures (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Malawi, parliament debates about possible impeachment of president Bingu wa Mutharika. The Republic of Malawi (məˈlɑːwi or; formerly Nyasaland) is in southern Africa. Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official Bingu wa Mutharika (born February 24, 1934) is a Malawi economist politician and the current President of Malawi. United Democratic Party accuses him for violation of the constitution and misusing public funds. Debate is interrupted when the speaker of the house Rodwell Munyenyembe collapses. Rodwell Thomas Changara Munyenyembe (b 1936 - d 2005 is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament from Malawi. (Nation Online, Malawai (about proposed impeachment) (BBC) (Reuters)
- Cameroon accuses Nigeria of attacks in the disputed and oil-rich Bakassi peninsula (AllAfrica) (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- The investment bank Morgan Stanley agrees to an out-of-court settlement with Italian dairy group Parmalat. The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Bakassi is the Peninsular extension of the African territory of Calabar into the Atlantic Ocean. Morgan Stanley ( is a global Financial services provider headquartered in New York City New York United States Parmalat SpA ( is a Multinational Italian Dairy and food corporation The new management of the reorganized Italian company sued Morgan Stanley for work it did that may have assisted the old management in looting the company. (BBC)
- In the equatorial Pacific Ocean, a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifts off at 1403 GMT, and successfully places its payload, the 12,125-pound Intelsat Americas 8 satellite, in orbit. The equator (sometimes referred to colloquially as "the Line") is the intersection of the Earth 's surface with the plane perpendicular to the The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions In military aircraft or space exploration the payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or space ship including as Cargo, Munitions scientific instruments This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. (Spaceflight Now) (Sea Launch)
- MapleStory South East Asia is launched.
June 24, 2005 (Friday)
- Five people are found shot to death at their Yuma, Arizona home, and a sixth victim dies at a local hospital [4]
- Juan Rivera Was Found Dead In His Carteret N. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yuma is a city in and the County seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for J Home
- Share prices of American airlines fell sharply as oil neared $60 a barrel. (Reuters)
- The United States House of Representatives voted to prevent United Airlines from transferring its pension plan obligations to the government insurer, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. United Air Lines Inc, trading as United Airlines ( is a major airline of the United States. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or PBGC) is an independent agency of the United States government that was created by the Employee Retirement Income (Chicago Sun-Times)
- An Italian judge ordering the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA on charges of kidnapping terrorism suspect Abu Omar allegedly in order to have him tortured in Egypt dramatizes a growing rift between the U.S. and its allies in the War on Terrorism. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr ( حسن مصطفى أسامة نصر) (born 18 March, 1963) also known as Abu Omar, is an Egyptian Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U (IHT)
- Ohio Governor Bob Taft says he will not resign, despite ethical questions around him and his administration. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Governors Initially after the American Revolution, parts of the area now known as Ohio were claimed by New York, Virginia, and Connecticut This article is about the man who was governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007 (Akron Beacon-Journal)
- The Irish Republican Army apologises unreservedly to the family of 14-year old Kathleen Feeney, whom it shot dead in Derry in November 1973. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the The IRA had previously blamed the British Army for the killing. (BBC), (RTE)
- Sir Donald Tsang is sworn in as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the Great Hall of the People following his appointment by the Election Committee. Sir Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen, GBM, KBE, JP (born 7 October 1944 is the current Chief Executive and Head of Government of Hong The Chief Executive of Hong Kong ( is the head of Hong Kong Government and the principal representative of the Hong Kong. The Great Hall of the People ( is located at the western edge of Tiananmen Square, Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is used for legislative and The Hong Kong Chief Executive election of 2005 was held to fill the vacancy of the territory's top office (BBC)
- Iranian presidential election, 2005
- Second round of voting begins in presidential elections between candidates Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian presidential election of 2005, the ninth presidential election in Iranian history took place in two rounds first on June 17, 2005, the An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( Persian:اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī) Hashemi Bahramani Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدینژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRNA) (Iran Focus) (Al-Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi announces that she will boycott the election (Al-Jazeera)
- 26 Iranians have been arrested for poll violations. This is a list of Nobel Prize Laureates awarded for their outstanding contributions to Humanitarian causes for Peace, work in Literature Shirin Ebadi (شیرین عبادی - Širin Ebâdi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Lawyer, Human rights activist An election boycott is the Boycotting of an Election by a group of voters each of whom abstains from voting (Al-Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins the Iranian presidential elections. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدینژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Reuters)
- In China, death toll in summer floods has risen to 536 (Xinhua) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In the Indian state of Bihar, Maoist rebels clash with police, leaving at least 21 people dead. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Bihar ( Hindi:बिहार Urdu: بہار bɪhaːr) is a state in eastern India. Maoism, variably and officially known as Mao Zedong Thought ( is a variant of Marxism derived from the teachings of the late Chinese leader Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force (The Hindu) (BBC)
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
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- Palestinian militants kill an Israeli in drive-by shooting near the Israeli settlement of Beit Haggai, in the West Bank outside Hebron. Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured as a result of Jordanian attacks during the 1967 Six-Day War. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Hebron ( al-Ḫalīl or al-Khalīl, Standard Hebrew: Ḥevron Tiberian Hebrew: Ḥeḇrôn is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south (BBC) (Al-Jazeera)
- Palestinian Authority arrests eight Palestinians in connection with the previous day's killing of a Palestinian policeman, accusing Said Amin of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades of leading the killers. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (كتائب شهداء الأقصى is a coalition of Palestinian militias in (Al- Jazeera)
- Billy Graham began his last crusade in New York. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian The City of New York He led the first of three services at Flushing Meadows Corona Park (New York Times)
June 25, 2005 (Saturday)
- In Destin, Florida, a 14-year-old Louisiana girl is killed in a shark attack. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadow Park or Flushing Meadows Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Destin is a city located on the Emerald Coast of Florida, in Okaloosa County. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Sharks ( Superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of Fish with a full cartilaginous Skeleton and a highly streamlined body
- A second case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in the United States. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE) commonly known as Mad-Cow Disease ( MCD) is a fatal Neurodegenerative disease in Cattle The United States of America —commonly referred to as the (Chicago Tribune)
- Elections in Bulgaria: The people of Bulgaria are voting today and the government of Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski, the country's former Tsar, is expected to be defeated. Elections in Bulgaria gives information on Election and election results in Bulgaria. The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian List of Heads of Government of Bulgaria (1879-Present Principality of Bulgaria (1878-1908 Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Royal history Simeon is the son of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Giovanna di Savoia. This is a list of Bulgarian monarchs from the earliest historical records to 1946 when the monarchy in the country was abolished (Reuters)
- Pope Benedict XVI's new book contains material critical of the European Union's efforts that he characterizes as an "attempt to build a human community absolutely without God" and Western liberalization of abortion. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in An (The Associated Press)
- Hong Kong's new leader, Donald Tsang, promises to rebuild the trust of the people in the government of the Chinese territory. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Sir Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen, GBM, KBE, JP (born 7 October 1944 is the current Chief Executive and Head of Government of Hong China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National (The Associated Press)
- The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, a political party, says it would boycott the deal between the government and Tamil rebels for sharing tsunami relief because it shortchanged Muslims. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Tamil people (also called Tamils or Tamilians) ( are an Ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in India, and the north-eastern (BBC)
- China's southern province of Guangdong suffers great damage from the flooding Pearl River. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the (The Associated Press)
- In Iran, the hardline Mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wins Friday's run-off election for the nation's presidency with 62% of the vote. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدینژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Iranian presidential election of 2005, the ninth presidential election in Iranian history took place in two rounds first on June 17, 2005, the The President of Iran is the highest elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, second only to the Supreme Leader. (BBC) (Bloomberg News)
- Residents in St. Louis, Missouri are allowed back to their homes early today after an explosion at an industrial gas plant forced emergency evacuations Friday. An explosion is a sudden increase in Volume and release of Energy in an extreme manner usually with the generation of high Temperatures and the release Emergency evacuation is the movement of people from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event (The Associated Press)
- The board of the NAACP unanimously selects business executive Bruce S. Gordon as the civil rights organization's next president. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations Bruce Scott Gordon (born February 15 1946) is an African American business executive who spent most of his career with Verizon and currently (Guardian)
- Billy Graham meets former President Bill Clinton onstage before a crowd of 80,000 during the second of three services of his last crusade at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadow Park or Flushing Meadows Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City The City of New York (AP) (New York Times)
- Naturally, Sadie airs in Canada
June 26, 2005 (Sunday)
- Richard Whiteley, who for 23 years presented the Channel 4 game show Countdown, died aged 61. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Richard Whiteley, OBE DL ( 28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) usually known as Richard Whiteley, was
- The Kremlin has called for an inquiry into fighting that took place on June 4, 2005, between Chechens and Avars. View01jpg|thumb|right|250px|Remains of the Kolomna Kremlin]] Kremlin (Кремль Kreml) is the Russian word for "fortress" "citadel" or "castle" Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chechens ( Chechen: Hохчи / Noxçi) constitute the largest native Ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group Russian president Vladimir Putin threatens that if any future incidents take place, "the North Caucasus will burn. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East " (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- The Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom, apologises to New Zealand for the actions of two Israeli citizens, believed to be Mossad agents, who attempted to gain New Zealand passports under false pretences in 2004. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (סילבן שלום born 4 October 1958) is an Israeli politician and former Foreign Minister (2003-06 and Finance Minister New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Mossad ( HaMossad leModi'in v'leTafkidim Meyuhadim) (המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים - Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations The apology allows diplomatic relations between the two countries to return to normal. (NZ Herald)
- U. S. officials meet with Iraqi insurgents in attempt to quell attacks. The Iraqi insurgency is composed of diverse mix of militias foreign fighters all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the US-led Coalition in Iraq More than 30 are killed in series of suicide bombings across the country. (The Times), (NY Times)
- Elections in Bulgaria
- The Socialists win a plurality with 31. Elections in Bulgaria gives information on Election and election results in Bulgaria. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution 44% of the vote, with incumbent Prime Minister and ex-Tsar Simeon Saxe-Coburg receiving 20. Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Royal history Simeon is the son of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Giovanna di Savoia. 13%. Despite the plurality, the results fall far short of pre-election forecasts for the Socialists. (Reuters)
- Ataka, a nationalist party founded only two months before, wins 7. 9% of the vote. The party opposes membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The North Atlantic Treaty (Int'l Herald Tribune)
- Florida beaches reopen after the shark attack Saturday that killed Jamie Daigle. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the (CNN)
- Fires in the Southwestern United States threaten a small community and close a highway in Utah. Fire is the heat and light energy released during a Chemical reaction, in particular a combustion reaction. The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit such as the 37 Blazes in California, Arizona, and Nevada have already consumed 200,000 acres (800 km²). (Guardian)
- Colombia launches a large counter-offensive against FARC (BBC) (CNN)
- In Chile, senator Jorge Lavandero receives suspended sentence for child molestation. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo also known by the Acronym of Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person upon another Opposition criticizes the sentence (CNN)
- In Kenya 49 people die and 174 are hospitalized after drinking industrial alcohol (Standard, Kenya) (Reuters AlertNet) (Guardian Unlimited)
- In Paris, former sports minister Guy Drut withdraws from the Paris' bid to host 2012 Olympic Games because he is charged with involvement with corruption (GamesBids) (BBC)
- Syrian court acquits human rights activist Aktham Naisse (Al-Jazeera) (Al bawaba
- Rev. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Guy Drut (born December 6, 1950) is an Olympic champion and politician who won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city 2012 ( MMXII) will be a Leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Billy Graham finishes what might be his final crusade. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian He preached before a crowd of 90,000 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadow Park or Flushing Meadows Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City The City of New York (New York Times)
June 27, 2005 (Monday)
- Domino Harvey dies of an OD, Harvey was a legendary bounty hunter and her biography was made a movie with Keira Knightley as Domino. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- The Supreme Court of the United States releases a unanimous decision in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., finding that P2P file sharing companies can be held liable for the copyright infringement of their users. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. MGM Studios Inc v Grokster Ltd 545 US 913 ( 2005) is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court unanimously held that For other uses of the term see Peer-to-peer (disambiguation For peer-to-peer networks used for file sharing see File sharing See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a 'Copyright infringement' (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material that is covered by Copyright law in a manner that violates (Wired), (Financial Times)
- Walmart heir John T. Walton dies when his ultra-light plane crashes right after taking off in Jackson, Wyoming. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores John Thomas Walton (born October 8 1946 in Newport Arkansas, died June 27, 2005 in Jackson Wyoming) was a decorated (CNN)
- Kenya releases three men suspected of conspiracy to a suicide bombing in 2002 and links to al Qaeda. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The (BBC) (Reuters)
- South Africa's Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has organized a nationwide strike to protest job losses and unemployment. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU is a Trade union Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. (IOL) (Reuters SA) (BBC) (Bloomberg)
- In the Philippines, president Gloria Arroyo apologizes and admits that she took a phonecall to an election official during the presidential elections last. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. She denies any vote fixing and refuses to resign. (Manila Bulletin (Sun Star) (Reuters)
- In Mexico, Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatistas announces a "new political initiative" after a week-long meeting in the jungle. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Subcomandante Marcos, also known as Delegado Cero in matters concerning the Other Campaign, describes himself as the spokesman for the Mexican rebel The Zapatista Army of National Liberation ( Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed Revolutionary group based in Chiapas (Indymedia Chiapas - Spanish and English) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Greek prosecutor launches a preliminary investigation to determine if Greeks fighting for Bosnian Serbs were involved with the Srebrenica massacre. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of Bosnia-Herzegovina, predominantly concentrated in the Republic of Srpska The Srebrenica Massacre, also known as Srebrenica Genocide, was the July 1995 killing of an estimated 8000 Bosniak men and boys in the region of Srebrenica (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Bosnia, Bosnian Serb police arrests 11 for connection with war crimes. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied (Reuters)
- Israeli military tribunal convicts ex-soldier Wahid Taysir of manslaughter for killing British peace activist Tom Hurndall in April 2003. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder. Thomas "Tom" Hurndall (29 November 1981 &ndash 13 January 2004 was a British photography student a Volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement The victim's family accuses Israeli army of using Taysir as a scapegoat. scapegoat was a Goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement in Judaism during the times (Jerusalem Post) (Ha'aretz) (Times) (BBC)
- Dennis Rader plead guilty in the Sedgwick County District Court to ten counts of murder in the BTK trial. Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9 1945 is an American Serial killer who murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita Kansas Sedgwick County (standard abbreviation SG) is a county located in the U
June 28, 2005 (Tuesday)
- Operation Red Wing, a counterterrorism mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, involving four U.S. Navy SEAL members, took place. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Operation Red Wing was a failed counter insurgent mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, involving four members of the U Counter-terrorism or counterterrorism refers to the practices tactics, techniques and strategies that Governments militaries, Police departments Kunar ( کُنَر) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country and on the border with Pakistan 's Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Three of the SEALs were killed during the operation, whilst a fourth was protected by local villagers and was rescued by the US military. In addition, an MH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying 8 Nightstalkers - members of the Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) - and 8 US Navy SEALs was shot down while attempting to come to their rescue to provide extraction in the mountains of the Kunar province, Afghanistan. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
- Garda Siochána (Irish police) dig up a garden in a Dublin suburb to search for the remains of a baby murdered in the 1970s. ga '''''Garda Síochána na hÉireann''''' (ˈgaːrdə ʃiːˈxaːnə nə ˈheːɾʲən Irish for "Peace Guard of Ireland" often rendered Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The child's mother states that she became pregnant twice, aged 11 and 15, as a result of incest. Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons (often within the immediate family that is illegal or socially Taboo. On both occasions her family murdered her newborn child. One of the two murdered children was found dumped on a Dún Laoghaire street in 1973. Dún Laoghaire (in Irish d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə sometimes spelled Dún Laoire; Anglicised as Dunleary, dʌn ˈlɪəri is a suburban Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. (RTÉ)
- Bill C-38 passes through the Canadian House of Commons, placing Canada on track to become the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, likely by July. The Civil Marriage Act (full title " An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes " was Legislation legalizing The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the approval of the Civil Marriage Act. (CBC)
- AMD files an antitrust lawsuit against rival chipmaker Intel (Tom's Hardware)
- Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends the acquittal of five men accused of raping Mukhtaran Bibi. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The Supreme Court ( Urdu: عدالت عظمیٰ) is the apex court in Pakistan 's judicial hierarchy the final arbiter of legal and constitutional In Criminal law, an acquittal is a verdict of not guilty, or some similar end of the proceeding that terminates it with prejudice without a verdict Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Mukhtaran Bibi ( born c 1972 now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī, مختار مائی) is a Pakistani woman from the village of Meerwala, in the rural (BBC)
- In the Solent, Queen Elizabeth II conducts a Fleet Review of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from Britain and 35 other nations to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The Solent is a stretch of Sea separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II For a full list of ships present see List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2005 The International Fleet Review A warship is a Ship that is built and primarily intended for Combat. A merchant vessel is a Ship that transports Cargo and Passengers during peace time A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail Schooners Brigantines Brigs and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the Ironically, the largest ship in attendance is the French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Development Construction The carrier replaced ''Foch'', a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in 2001 Naval vessels from as far away as Japan and South Korea are in attendance. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The tall ships will conduct a re-enactment of a Napoleonic War naval battle later in the day. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions (BBC)
- In France, police search offices of specialty chemicals company Rhodia and finance ministry in the investigation of accounting irregularities and inside trading. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Rhodia is an international chemical company based in La Défense, France, a suburb of Paris. The finance minister is a Cabinet position in a Government. A minister of Finance (also called financial affairs the treasury the economy or economic Accountancy or accounting is the measurement statement or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by Lenders managers, Insider trading is the trading of a Corporation 's Stock or other securities (e Finance minister Thierry Breton was a member of the Rhodia board. Thierry Breton (born January 15, 1955 in Paris) was the French Minister of Economy Finance and Industry in the governments of Rhodia is an international chemical company based in La Défense, France, a suburb of Paris. (Business Week) (Forbes) (IHT)
- Countries backing the ITER fusion reactor meet in Moscow to decide if the experimental fusion reactor will be built in Cadarache, Southern France, instead of Japan. ITER is an international Tokamak ( Magnetic confinement fusion) research/engineering proposal for an experimental project that will help to make the transition from In Physics and Nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple- like charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Cadarache in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France is a Research center for Nuclear energy created in 1959 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. (PhysOrg) (European Commission) (BBC) (IHT)
- Emperor Akihito of Japan and empress Michiko pay an unannounced visit to the memorial of Korean war dead during his visit in Saipan. is the current of Japan, and the 125th Emperor according to Japan's traditional order of succession. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Michiko Empress of Japan, (born October 20, 1934) formerly and later the Crown Princess of Japan ( April 10, 1959 to January Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Saipan (saɪˈpæn /saɪˈpɑn/ or /ˈsaɪpæn/ in English is the largest Island and Capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern (Japan Today Asahi Shimbun) (Reuters)
- A team of US and Canadian scientists announces that they may have found a way of vaccination against Lassa fever. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Vaccination is the administration of Antigenic material (the Vaccine) to produce immunity to a disease Lassa fever is an acute viral Hemorrhagic fever first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa in Borno State, Nigeria located in the (BBC) (Reuters)
- Italian police detain Angelo Sacco after a shooting spree in Bogogno, near Milan. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Bogogno is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Three people are dead. (AGI) (BBC)
- Guinea-Bissau's former president Kumba Yala declares that he accepts the results of presidential elections in the country "in the interest of peace and democracy" but still insists that he actually won. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau (ˈgɪni bɨˈsaʊ República da Guiné-Bissau ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ giˈnɛ biˈsau is a country in Western Africa, and one of the smallest Kumba Ialá (also spelled Yala) (born 15 March 1953) is a Guinea-Bissau Politician and former No candidate has won 50% of the vote and the next round of elections commences in July. (Reuters SA) (BBC)
- United Nations rapporteur Manfred Nowak states that the United States may be secretly holding prisoners on military vessels. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Rapporteur (derived from French is used in international and European legal and political contexts to refer to a person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation Manfred Nowak (b Bad Aussee, 26 June 1950) is an Austrian Human rights lawyer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking (BBC)
- In Egypt presidential candidate Ayman Nour pleads not guilty in forging signatures in his party's registration. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour (أيمن عبد العزيز نور (born 10 October 1964) is an Egyptian Politician, a former member of that country's His supporters demonstrate outside the courthouse. Nour is regarded as the main rival canditate to incumbent president Hosni Mubarak. (Arab News) (Al-Jazeera) (BBC) (Reuters)
- Ugandan parliament votes to remove the law that limits presidential terms to two 5-year terms. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Opposition critics say that it intended to make Yoweri Museveni president-for-life. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ( (born c 1944 Ntungamo, Uganda) has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986 President for Life is a Title assumed by some Dictators to remove their Term limit, in the hope that their Authority, legitimacy, and Police disperses opposition demonstrators with tear gas. A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a (BBC) (Reuters) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Supreme court of Canada rules that Rwandan Leon Mugesera should be deported. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the Léon Mugesera is a Rwandan man resident in Quebec, Canada since 1992 He is accused of incitement during Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda 's minority Tutsis and the moderates of its Hutu majority (Canada.Com) (Reuters)
- In Malawi, parliament speaker Rodwell Munyenyembe dies, four days after he collapsed during a heated parliamentary debate. The Republic of Malawi (məˈlɑːwi or; formerly Nyasaland) is in southern Africa. Rodwell Thomas Changara Munyenyembe (b 1936 - d 2005 is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament from Malawi. (News24) (Reuters AlertNet) (BBC)
- In Pakistan, fault in undersea cable severs some of the country's internet and mobile phone links abroad. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Repairs may take three days. (Pakistan Dawn) (Channel News Asia (Reuters)
- In Germany, former deputy defense minister Holger Pfahls admits that in 1990 he took a bribe worth million euros from arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber in connection of a sale of armored vehicles to the USA. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e Karlheinz Schreiber (born March 25, 1934 in Petersdorf (Thüringen) a German -born Canadian citizen who is a Lobbyist, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He is in trial accused of taking bribes from Saudi Arabia in a similar deal in 1991. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi (Deutsche Welle) (Bloomberg)
- In Australia, councillor Paul Tully wants to exhume the bodies of outlaws Steve Hart and Dan Kelly, two members of Ned Kelly's gang, because he suspects they may have survived and fled to Queensland. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Edward "Ned" Kelly (3 June 1855 &ndash 11 November 1880 was an Australian Bushranger, and to some a Folk hero for his defiance of the colonial Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent (ABC) (Australian) (BBC)
- A federal jury in Birmingham, Alabama acquits Richard Scrushy, the former chief executive of HealthSouth, of all criminal charges arising out of the $2. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Richard Marin Scrushy (born 1952) is the founder of HealthSouth, a global healthcare company based in Birmingham Alabama. HealthSouth Corporation ( based in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the nation's largest healthcare services providers 7 billion in accounting fraud at that company. Creative accounting and earnings management are Euphemisms referring to Accounting practices that may ”follow the letter of the rules of Standard
June 29, 2005 (Wednesday)
- The United States House of Representatives passes a $1. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 17 billion funding bill for Amtrak in fiscal year 2006, an amount that is still short of the $2 billion Amtrak was originally seeking. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The funding was approved in an amendment to a more general transportation and treasury appropriations bill. The House also removed the requirement in the bill that would mandate Amtrak to end passenger train service on currently unprofitable routes. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another The funding has yet to be approved by the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
- The United States Capitol in Washington D.C. was briefly evacuated due to an aircraft that entered restricted airspace. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
- New York officials release the design for the signature building of the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan The building will be called "The Freedom Tower" and shine a ray of light from its spire. 1 World Trade Center, or the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the new World Trade Center complex currently under construction in Lower Manhattan in
- In Spain, Manuel Fraga, the last politician from the era of Francisco Franco, loses in elections in Galicia. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Manuel Fraga e Iribarne (born November 23, 1922) is a Spanish Politician from the northwest region of Galicia. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain.
- A Belgian jury finds two Rwandans, Etienne Nzabonimana and Samuel Ndashyikirwa, guilty of involvement in the Rwandan genocide. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the Étienne Nzabonimana (born 1950 formerly a Small businessman in Kirwa, Rwanda, was convicted in Belgium on June 29, 2005 Samuel Ndashyikirwa, formerly a Small businessman in Kirwa, Rwanda, was convicted in Belgium on June 29, 2005 for his role The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda 's minority Tutsis and the moderates of its Hutu majority
- Hezbollah shells Israeli positions with mortars and rockets in the disputed Shebaa farms, wounding five soldiers and killing one, The Israeli military shelled areas around several villages in southern Lebanon and planes launched missiles. Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation Golan Heights The Shebaa Farms (مزارع شبعا; חוות שבעא Havot Sheba‘a or הר דוב Har Dov) is a small area of land with disputed Israel intends to file a complaint against Lebanon and UNIFIL for failing to prevent aggression by Hezbollah. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution
- UN special envoy Anna Tibaijuka meets Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, discussing about a recent urban crackdown that has left 300. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Dr Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election 000 people homeless
- In Serbia, Belgrade court convicts 10 officials from the government of Slobodan Milošević for an assassination attempt against then-opposition leader Vuk Drašković. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Vuk Drašković (Вук Драшковић (b November 29 1946, Međa, Žitište, Serbia, former FPR Yugoslavia) leader they include special police commander Milorad Ulemek and chief of state security Radomir Marković (B92) (Reuters AlertNet)
- In Ethiopia, government promises to rerun some elections in constituencies where there have been allegations of election fraud (IOL) (Reuters AlertNet) Government also arrests four journalists who had criticized the government crackdown against protesters (Reuters AlertNet)
- Venezuela forms Petrocaribe, an energy cooperation pact with 13 Caribbean states to supply them with cheaper oil. Milorad "Legija" Ulemek ( Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад "Легија" Улемек (aka NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an Election. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Petrocaribe S A is a Caribbean oil alliance with Venezuela to purchase Oil on conditions of preferential payment The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados opt out (Caribbean Net News) (Reuters) (Bloomberg)
- International Federation for Human Rights demands that International Criminal Court investigate human rights abuses of Colombian paramilitary group Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) (World peace Herald) (BBC)
- In Liberia, Gyude Bryant, president of transitional government, states that he is going to use death penalty against those who commit gboyo human sacrifice, especially presidential candidates trying to boost their chances (Liberian Observer) (AllAfrica) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Giant sudoku puzzle appears near Bristol, England (BBC)
June 30 2005 (Thursday)
- In Belgium, the Parliament Speaker Herman De Croo cancels a lunch with a delegation from the Iranian parliament, led by Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, because of the Iranians' insistence on not serving alcoholic drinks, and a meeting with senate president Anne-Marie Lizin because of the men in the delegation refusing to shake hands with her, a non-related woman. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation The International Federation of Human Rights aka Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme (FIDH is a federation of non-governmental human rights organizations The International Criminal Court ( ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Genocide, crimes against Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire Charles Gyude Bryant (born January 17, 1949) is a former Chairman of the Government of Liberia. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Human sacrifice is the act of Homicide (the Killing of one or several Human beings in the context of a Religious ritual ( ritual killing is a Logic -based number-placement Puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column each row and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Herman Francies Joseph De Croo (born August 12, 1937 in Opbrakel is a Belgian liberal politician For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Majlis of Iran ( Persian: مجلس شورای اسلامی lit Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (غلامعلی حداد عادل in Persian) born in 1945 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian philosopher politician and former chairman Anne-Marie Lizin (born January 5 1949 in Huy) is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party.
- In Russia, a court in St. Petersburg sentences two men for the 1998 murder of liberal MP Galina Starovoitova. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Galina Vasilyevna Starovoitova (Галина Васильевна Старовойтова ( 17 May 1946, Chelyabinsk - November 20, 1998 Organizer Yuri Kolchin received 20 years in prison, Vitaly Akishin receives 23.
- Indian police in Delhi have arrested tiger poacher Sansar Chand
- In Lebanon, former Minister of Finance, Fouad Siniora is appointed prime minister. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the Felidae family the largest and the most powerful of the four " Big cats quot in the Genus Poaching is the illegal Hunting, Fishing or Harvesting of wild plants or animals Sansar Chand (c1765-1823 was a famous ruler of the state of Kangra in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings Fouad Sanyoura Fuad Siniora Fouad Saniora Fouad Seniora ( فؤاد السنيورة, Fu'ād As-Sanyūrah is the Prime This page lists Prime ministers of Lebanon. By an unwritten agreement following independence the holder of this post must be a Sunni Muslim.
- The Sudanese government releases jailed Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi and lifts a ban of his Popular Congress Party. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Dr Hassan 'Abd Allah al-Turabi (الدكتور حسن عبد الله الترابي in Arabic) commonly called Hassan al-Turabi (sometimes transliterated He was detained for plotting a coup
- Somalian gunmen hijack a ship carrying United Nations food aid and demand $500. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security 000 ransom for the crew. Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property to secure their release or it can refer to the sum of money involved
- Spain's parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriages, the third European country to do so after the Netherlands and Belgium, and in the same week as Canada. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Same-sex marriage in Spain was legalized in 2005 In 2004 the nation's newly elected Socialist government led by President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The bill passed by a margin of 40 votes, with 187 votes in favor, 147 opposed, and four abstentions.
- There are conflicting reports about Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian ambassador to United States. Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud ( الأمير بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود born 2 March 1949 is a Saudi politician The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi The United States of America —commonly referred to as the BBC reports that he has resigned but the Saudi embassy says he is just in a holiday.
- International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo states that they have credible evidence of crimes against humanity in Darfur. The International Criminal Court ( ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Genocide, crimes against Luis Moreno-Ocampo (born 4 June 1952, Buenos Aires) is the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC Darfur (دار فور daar foor, lit "realm of the Fur " is a region in Sudan. Sudan refuses to extradite those suspected of war crimes. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa.
- In France, a court in Paris convicts 14 militant separatists from ETA and Breton Revolutionary Army
- In the Philippines, agriculture minister Arthur Yap resigns because of charges of tax evasion
- In India, Gautam Goswami, main suspect of a massive flood relief scam connected to 2005 Indian Ocean earthquake, gives himself up after several weeks and is remanded to judicial custody. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Separatism refers to the advocacy of a state of cultural ethnic tribal religious racial or gender separation from the larger group often with demands for greater political autonomy eu '''Euskadi Ta Askatasuna''' or ETA ( Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom" ˈɛːta is an illegal armed Basque nationalist Separatist The Breton Revolutionary Army ( French: Armée Révolutionnaire Bretonne, ARB) is an illegal armed organization that is part of the Breton nationalism The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Arthur Yap ( is a Poet and a painter Biography He was born in Singapore the sixth child of a carpenter and a housewife Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the Tax regime to one's own advantage in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Gautam Goswami is an Indian civil servant, now facing allegations of corruption. The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005 located off the west coast of northern He is also under another investigation of misusing public funds meant for social programs.
- Time Magazine says that it will hand over records in compliance with a court order in the investigation of the leak of a covert CIA operative's name. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all This decision in the matter of Valerie Plame could avoid jail time for one of its reporters, Matthew Cooper. Valerie Elise Plame Wilson (born 19 April 1963) known as Valerie Plame, Valerie E Matthew Cooper (born 1962 is a former reporter for Time who along with New York Times reporter Judith Miller was held in Contempt
- The EPA says that a chemical used to make Teflon is "likely" to cause cancer. Teflon is a Registered trademark and Brand name of the DuPont company for products made from three types of fluorine-containing polymers ( Fluoropolymers The compound is used in the creation of cookware and clothing.
- Survivors of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis claim that Iran's president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was among their captors. The Iran hostage crisis ( Persian: تصرف سفارت آمریکا was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (محمود احمدینژاد; born October 28, 1956) is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran The United States is looking into the matter.
- In Scotland, Western Isles Council approves plans to build a large wind farm in North Lewis
- In Brazil, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva orders an investigation into allegations of corruption at the energy company Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA
- In Egypt, Ayman Ismail, co-defendant in the case of forged signatures with Ayman Nour, withdraws his guilty plea, stating that government security agents pressured him to do so. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Elections General elections to the council are held on a four year cycle A wind farm is a group of Wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pronounced /lu'iz i'nasju 'lulɐ da 'siwvɐ/; born October 27, 1945) known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour (أيمن عبد العزيز نور (born 10 October 1964) is an Egyptian Politician, a former member of that country's
- In the United States President George W. Bush names U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Cynthia A. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility Glassman as acting chair, replacing William Donaldson, who announced his retirement early this month, effective today. Charles William Donaldson (4 January 1935 - 22 June 2005 was an English satirist, writer rake and Playboy, author of The Henry
- In Minnesota, the state legislature fails to come to an agreement on the state budget for the 2006-2007 biennium. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The Minnesota Legislature is the legislative branch of government in the U Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. At midnight, the government shuts down, leading to cries of derision from state residents and both of the state's largest newspapers, the left-leaning Star Tribune and the right-leaning St. Paul Pioneer Press. A government shutdown occurs when a government discontinues providing services that are not considered "essential Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal The Star Tribune (also Star Trib or Strib, as it is often referred to is the largest Newspaper in the U Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined The St Paul Pioneer Press is a Newspaper based in St Paul Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area
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