User:Dan100/My contributions/Jan-Jun 2005
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Jan 9[edit]
- Severe storm hits United Kingdom in the early morning
- Voting underway for successor to Yasser Arafat
- Palestinian election ends, exit polls give Abbas lead
- Extraordinary feature found on Saturn's moon Iapetus
Jan 10[edit]
- UK New Year's Day murder suspect jumps from seventh floor window
- Abbas wins election, offers Israel 'hand of peace'
Jan 12[edit]
- Spanish trawler missing, three die in UK as storms hit northern Europe
- UK mounts rescue operation for Spanish trawler in distress in North Atlantic storm
- Iraqi violence may restrict elections
Jan 13[edit]
- US government stops looking for weapons of mass destruction
- Third in line to British throne dresses as Nazi
- Suicide attack at Karni crossing between Gaza Strip, Israel
Jan 15[edit]
- Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan, returns pictures
- Graner found guilty of mistreatment at Abu Ghraib
Jan 16[edit]
Jan 17[edit]
Jan 19[edit]
- Research demonstrates GM crops can benefit wildlife
- UK soldiers go on trial for abusing Iraqi prisoners
Jan 20[edit]
Jan 26[edit]
- Sharon to open discussion with Abbas
- Bush requests $80bn to pay for on-going military operations
- People killed as three trains crash in Los Angeles
- Distributed computing climate change model gives bleak results
- ESA's Smart-1 takes its first close-up images of the Moon
- Condoleezza Rice confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State by Senate vote
Jan 27[edit]
- Report: British serial killer murdered 250
- One hundred dead after air raid in Darfur, Sudan
- Driver who caused Los Angeles train crash charged with murder
- New York radio station apologises after 'humorous' tsunami song
Jan 29[edit]
- Annan invites Iraqis to exercise democratic rights
- US Navy chooses US-Europe US101 helicopter to be next Marine One
- Chinese airlines agree purchase of Boeing 787 Dreamliners worth US$7.2bn
Jan 31[edit]
- RAF Hercules crashes north of Baghdad killing ten
- Kofi Annan notes high turnout in 2005 Iraq elections
Feb 6[edit]
Feb 7[edit]
Feb 10[edit]
Feb 12[edit]
Feb 14[edit]
- Madrid skyscraper devastated by fire
- Iran rejects EU nuclear reactor offer
- Large explosion in Beirut kills many including former prime minister
Feb 15[edit]
Feb 17[edit]
- Second U.S. anti-missile defence system test fails
- Boeing unveils long-range 777
- China overtakes U.S. as world's largest consumer
Feb 20[edit]
Feb 27[edit]
Mar 1[edit]
Mar 5[edit]
- World-wide measles deaths drop 40% over last five years
- Italian journalist wounded after release in Iraq, security officer dead
Mar 6[edit]
Mar 8[edit]
Mar 9[edit]
Mar 10
- Bulgarian government says U.S. killed Bulgarian soldier in 'friendly fire' incident (greatly expanded by Eloquence)
Mar 11[edit]
Mar 12[edit]
Mar 29[edit]
Mar 30[edit]
- British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers
- Egyptians protest against President despite ban
Apr 1[edit]
Apr 4[edit]
Apr 6[edit]
Apr 9[edit]
Apr 15[edit]
Apr 20[edit]
Apr 24[edit]
Apr 26[edit]
- Greenpeace protestors put solar panels on British Deputy Prime Minister's house
- British mother paralyzed in stabbing communicates with police
Apr 27[edit]
May 1[edit]
May 2[edit]
May 6[edit]
May 10[edit]
May 12[edit]
May 25[edit]
June 6[edit]
June 10[edit]
June 11[edit]
June 15[edit]
June 17[edit]
- British motorists showered with cash on motorway
- US trade deficit increases to record high in first quarter 2005
- Dell would be 'happy' to sell PCs running Mac OS X
June 19[edit]
June 20[edit]
June 23[edit]
June 24[edit]
- England and Wales see 60% increase in public injured by police vehicles
- President Mugabe bulldozes homes of 200,000 across Zimbabwe