User:Dan100/My contributions/July 2005
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- July 1: Deaths as Congolese government cracks down on pro-democracy protests
- July 1: UN/WHO making progress in treating HIV/AIDS, but will miss 2005 target - this was originally on Submit a story, but I completely re-wrote it
- July 2: Live 8 concerts to "End Poverty Now" taking place around the world
- July 3: Grandfather and grandson die after dinghy capsizes off North Wales coast
- July 5: Sunnis fighting al-Qa'eda insurgents in Western Iraq
- July 6: London to host 2012 Olympic Games - note, while I started and published this, it was later greatly expanded
- July 7: Coordinated terrorist attack hits London - I reported this first and maintained the article for the first hour or so
- July 8: Death toll from London bombings rises to 37
- July 8: London transport system returning to normal
- July 8: Security alerts in central London
- July 8: London bombing death toll rises to 'more than 50'
- July 8: Thirteen people died in London bus bombing
- July 9: London Tube bombs went 'bang bang bang, very close together'
- July 9: London bus bomb 'an hour late'
- July 10: Birmingham UK threat was 'real and very credible'
- July 12: Police make significant progress in London bombings investigation
- July 13: Shuttle launch on schedule despite launch pad accident
- July 13: Suicide bomber kills 24 children in Iraq
- July 15: Pollution in Arctic carried by seabirds - not started by me, but I *completely* re-wrote to get something publishable out of it.
- July 16: Space Shuttle Discovery launch on indefinite hold
- July 19: Niger facing food shortages after drought
- July 21: Prime Minister, Police chief urge London to 'get moving again'
- July 22: Armed police shoot man dead on London Underground
- July 23: Space Shuttle Discovery launch scheduled for Tuesday
- July 25: Britain's Royal Windsor Castle to get hydro-electric power plant
- July 27: Crew of Discovery inspect Shuttle for launch damage
- July 28: US, five Asian nations announce climate change partnership
- July 28: NASA: Discovery appears safe to return to Earth
- July 29: Armed police arrest two more July 21 bombing suspects in dramatic raids