User:Dan100/My contributions/Jan-Jun 2005
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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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- Bulgarian government says U.S. killed Bulgarian soldier in 'friendly fire' incident (greatly expanded by Eloquence)
Mar 11
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[edit]- British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers
- Egyptians protest against President despite ban
Apr 1
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[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
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[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
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[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