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Black tar (raw) opium seized in Afghanistan, spring 2005. Photo by Bentlogic. 
9,000 mining workers will be made redundant in Romania in 2006 
Constanţa Shipyard 
Flag of the Netherlands 
Marine Logo 
Mexican President Vicente Fox 
U.S. Army 
Image from the Al-Andulas 12th century Quran manuscript 
Hurricane Frances, 2004 
IDA Ireland 
Red Cross 
Mongolia Opium poppy. Photo by Catherine GiayviaOpium poppy. Photo by Catherine Giayvia
Steamboat Geyser in eruption 
Belinda Stronach 
Huge Gay Pride parade held in Brazil 
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- May Day protests occur throughout Switzerland
- World's smallest democracy votes
- Julian Easter celebrated
- China introduces new jury trial system
- Tabletop fusion may lead to neutron source
- FOX News previews Grafton Street restaurant and "voice collector" in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- BBC News website expands RSS license terms to allow commercial use
- President Bush faces some tough questioning
- Pro-Palestinian graffiti sprayed on the wall of Israeli embassy in Denmark
- Soap opera writer, creator William J. Bell dies at 78
- Cyprus, Latvia and Malta are a step closer to adopting euro
- Swiss finish drilling world's longest overland tunnel
- Two university students shot, killed in Cameroon strikes
- Firefox browser reaches fifty million downloads
- Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd sees net profits jump 67%
- British Skylark rocket makes its final flight
- USA baseball proposes "three strikes" rule for steroid abuse
- World's oldest seaborne passenger vessel on tour as floating library
- B.C. elections debate fiery but not conclusive
- Apple updates iMac line
- Worst floods in 20 years for Georgia
- Canadian PM reaches an agreement with the New Democrat Party
- World Press Freedom Day marked in Serbia and Montenegro
- K'nesset Member Natan Sharansky resigns from coalition government to protest planned Gaza withdrawl
- Robot goes to preschool
- UBS sees net income jump 15 percent
- Time Warner loses personal data on 600,000 employees
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- UK Staffordshire South 2005 election postponed
- UK clothing firm to list on Icelandic Stock Exchange
- 2005 Afghan opium harvest begins
- Romanian officer injured while serving in Iraq
- Nine thousand Romanian miners to be laid off in 2006
- Franco-Belgian bank Dexia to extend into Southeastern Europe
- Hungarian chemicals company wants to acquire Oltchim Romania
- Left-side driving part of a planned Findlay, Ohio interchange reconfiguration
- Finger found in frozen custard by North Carolina man
- Issues of World Press Freedom Day raised in U.N., Africa
- 'Family Guy' returns to US television, loses in ratings to 'Housewives'
- Partizan increases its lead
- Italian biggest win at Italian Lottery Superenalotto
- Twelve more moons of Saturn discovered
- Serbia - Pahomije's case moved to Nis
- New York City Subway N service to be restored to Coney Island May 29, via the Sea Beach Line
- Boston's Faneuil Hall selects 2005 performers
- Former Haitian Prime Minister Neptune reported close to death
- Saskatchewan man escapes black bear attack
- Charity haircuts and collaborative art at spring festival in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Tito remembered 25 years after his death
- U.S. newspaper circulation continues 20-year slide
- New Mars Orbiter arrives for launch
- Romanian student wins NASA Space Settlement Design Contest
- Constanţa shipyard revenues increase by 63.5 percent in 2004
- Refurbished cafeteria opens in Romanian parliament
- Romanian media workers ask Iraqi ambassador for help regarding kidnapped journalists
- Romanian presidential advisor resigns
- Turbolinux adopted by China's largest bank
- Kashmir:Bus across Line of Control goes through peacefully
- Liverpool and Milan in Champions League final
- Doubts on yesterday's Italian Lotto and Superenalotto drawing
- Prime Ministers from Finland and Estonia meet
- Investigators find black box of crashed New Zealand mail plane
- Former Russian nuclear energy minister arrested by Swiss authorities on the behalf of the US
- Raymond N. Rogers, chemist who studied the Shroud of Turin, dies at age 77
- Israeli withdrawal halted until Palestinians disarm militants
- Pakistan captures al Qaeda suspect
- Explosions near British consulate in New York shatter windows
- 68% of Dutch consider their government "Lap Dog" of United States
- New York City Subway's skip-stop 9 service to make its last run May 27
- Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gets stuck in a small sand dune
- Germany gives 16.7 million euro loan to Albania to improve its water supply
- Mortgage advisers attempt to collect rent from neighbors after FBI raid in Union City, California
- British Conservative leader Michael Howard to step down
- Surprise win for RESPECT Party in UK 2005 General Election
- Australian PM apologises for deportation of Australian
- Romanian road traffic laws aligned to EU standards
- Coffeeheaven to enter Romanian market
- Sydney bus driver accused of kidnapping schoolchildren
- Romanian tourism to be rebranded
- India's NDA rejects PM's appeal to end boycott
- Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election
- Yemen's first-ever feature film to be screened at Cannes Festival
- U.S. Navy finds soldier shot wounded Iraqi at Fallujah in self defense
- Reactions to Apple's OS X Tiger
- North Carolina church kicks out Democrats
- Chili finger suspect arrives in San Jose, California for trial
- 20-horse field for Derby dash
- Kentucky Derby field chart
- United States begins testing equipment for demolition of a major VX nerve gas stockpile
- Muslim opens first Arab Holocaust museum in Nazareth
- CARTOSAT-I and HAMSAT satellites launched precisely by PSLV-C6, will have longer life
- Satellite imagery shows viewing stand for North Korean nuclear test
- VE Day 60th anniversary commemorated across Europe & USA
- New Zealand recalls squid boats
- UUP leader loses seat in 2005 UK General Election
- Bus drivers strike for six days in Auckland
- British supermarket Tesco wants to start a film downloading service
- Google suffers DNS outage
- Mars rover engineers build test sandbox
- Anti-Bush protest in Amsterdam
- Disneyland marks 50th anniversary
- Grafton, New York Peace Pagoda celebrates birth of Buddha with Flower Festival
- 75 Iraqi militants reported dead in U.S. offensive
- US VX nerve gas disposal test a success
- Victory Day 60th anniversary commemorated in Russia
- Ex-ambassador comes fifth in election in UK Foreign Secretary's seat whilst trying to highlight alleged torture in Uzbekistan
- Nuclear waste leaks at Sellafield facility on Cumbrian coast, England
- Long shots dashed hopes of favorites in Derby race
- Romanian Humanist Party changes name to Conservative Party
- German Holocaust memorial dedicated
- Major security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox browser
- Google News seeks patent for search system that returns ‘quality’ links
- Racing - Elvstroem a surprise entry at Newbury
- Craigslist founder ponders open journalism
- Moldovan Prosecutor General’s Office finishes investigation regarding Valeriu Pasat
- Two hundred digit number factored
- Ruling Liberals of British Columbia attack opposition in election campaign
- California refuses gay marriage ban
- Critics against USA and Israel in Summit of South American-Arab Countries in Brazil
- White House, Capitol Building evacuated as small plane enters no-fly zone
- Foot and mouth scare in New Zealand likely to be hoax
- North Korea removes spent nuclear fuel rods
- Italians interested in investing in Romanian tourism
- Romanian opposition gets more TV time than governing coalition
- Accuser admits he lied, former Canadian immigration minister cleared of wrongdoing
- Soviet rockets on sale in Moldovan breakoff region
- Chesapeake Bay Program issues first-ever water quality forecast
- Canadian Liberal government loses House of Commons vote, won't call election
- Former U.S. Homeland Security chief defends Canada border security
- Gaza settlers protest planned pull-out
- U.S. Senator Voinovich allows Bolton nomination to pass to full Senate vote
- Security flaws in Mozilla Firefox internet browser fixed
- European MEPs abolish right to opt-out of Working Time Directive
- Serbia and Montenegro: Red Star advances to cup finals
- Millions worldwide still in slavery
- Dog laws strengthened in Virginia county
- Microsoft Internet Explorer market share drops below 90 percent in U.S.
- New York City Henry Hudson highway retaining wall collapses
- Pope Benedict XVI begins process for sainthood of Pope John Paul II
- Protests spread in Afghanistan
- Uzbekistan protesters under fire after prison break
- Irish inflation back on the rise
- Bundestag approves EU Constitution
- Gaza settlers protest planned pullout
- North and South Korea to meet next week
- Serbia and Montenegro football: Partizan secures League title
- Kosovo's independence unacceptable for Serbian PM
- Mexican president defends emigration
- U.S. Defense Secretary announces closures and expansions of military bases
- Al Jazeera announces English-language channel for 2006
- Russian football club signs two Portugal internationals
- Bikers begin descent on South Carolina resort for rallies
- U.S. Senator calls for nationwide investigation into Army recruitment tactics
- Uzbek president blames outlawed Islamist group for deaths
- Ethiopians vote amid opposition charges of fraud
- MPAA sues six BitTorrent sites linking to TV shows
- Kahne takes Checkered Flag at Richmond
- Uzbeks fleeing across border to seek refuge
- Local elections held in Croatia
- Pilot gets six months for smuggling Chinese immigrants
- Jansa reelected President of Slovenian Democratic Party
- Hundreds of people gather in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Citizen "podcasting" goes mainstream
- Croatian local elections: results pending
- Police find owner of Wendy's chili finger
May 17, 2005[edit]
- Muslim leaders don't accept "pressured" apology
- Italian football: Roma and Lazio accused of fixing game
- Galloway and Pasqua deny any wrongdoing on their part in the oil-for-food program
- French Workers stay at home for Whit Monday
- "Do you know this pianist?" asks helpline
- Sony unveils Playstation 3
- BBC begins trial program allowing legal TV and radio downloads
- Pop starlet Kylie Minogue has early-stage breast cancer
- Microsoft develops anti-virus product
- Star Wars III premieres at Cannes
May 18, 2005[edit]
- Uzbek rebel leader on horseback wants an Islamic state
- Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia
- Birds attack people in Houston
- Kuwait parliament gives women the vote
- Landless Workers Movement marches to Brasilia in protest
- Tropical Storm Adrian forms in Eastern Pacific, threatens Central America
- Former Pasqua aide claims Iraq intended to reward Charles Pasqua, denies having received oil
- Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election
- Air France to launch new daily flight from Paris to Bucharest
- Traffic to be restricted on Romanian National Road 66
- VISA opens regional office in Bucharest
- Romanian parliament ratifies EU accession treaty
- Tense panel discussion on Srebrenica held in Belgrade
- Cuba to embrace free software
May 19, 2005[edit]
- Speaker breaks tie by voting for Canadian budget
- Dec. 2004 Sumatra quake was longest ever recorded
- Journalist detained at Council of Europe human rights conference in Warsaw
- Euro Disney SCA receives new CEO
- Exclusive Interview: Piano Man is possibly a British actor
- Adrian reaches hurricane-strength, will strike Central America tonight
- Amazon deforestation accelerating
- NOAA predicts increased hurricane activity in U.S.
May 20, 2005[edit]
- Marburg virus outbreak in Angola claims over 300 lives
- Illegal version of Star Wars III hits the internet hours after world-premiere
- FCC requires VoIP providers to have 911 service
- Adrian dissipates, producing heavy rains
- IDA Ireland opens Shanghai office
- Red Cross reveals it told U.S. officials about Koran disrespect on multiple occasions
May 21, 2005[edit]
- L.A. elects Latino Mayor
- Marburg virus outbreak in Angola claims over 300 lives
- Cuban dissidents hold rare public meeting
May 22, 2005[edit]
- BBC prepared for news blackout as staff strike
- Restrictions imposed in China textile trade with U.S.
- Venture capital investment in Ireland soars by 35%
- Mongolia's ex-communists ahead going into Sunday's election
- Endangered cow cloned in Brazil
- Greece wins 2005 Eurovision song contest
- Martin claims victory in Charlotte
May 23, 2005[edit]
- UK Transport Minister "pied" during launch of Future Heathrow group
- Brazilian news agency using free software for multimedia broadcasting
- U.S. senators reach compromise on use of filibuster
- Five Irish schoolgirls die in bus crash
- BBC drops programmes as third of staff join strike
- Romanian government approves new minorities law
- Bill Clinton visits Romania to take part in branding conference
- Karzai blames U.S. and Britain for increased opium production
- Romanian journalists freed
May 24, 2005[edit]
- Voyager 1 enters heliosheath at edge of solar system
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opens in 105 countries around globe
- Ebola outbreak in Congo
- World's tallest geyser erupts
- Preakness won by Afleet Alex, Kentucky Derby Winner Third
- Particle accelerator reveals long-lost writings of Archimedes
- Fox News viewership drops by half in 6 months
- Canadian MP crosses from Conservative to Liberal party
- Italian police under trial for events at 2001 G8 Genoa meeting
- Chilean army recruits missing
- Child released after spending entire life in Australian detention centre
- National Aromanian Day celebrated
- Kidnapped Romanian journalists return home
- Marshall Islands to request $3 billion more from U.S. for health effects of nuclear testing
- Democratic Republic of Congo adopts new constitution, plans elections
- Laura Bush visits Middle East in goodwill tour
- Dissident meeting held in Cuba
May 25, 2005[edit]
- Bird flu may infect 20 percent of world's population, kill millions
- Controversial Judge Priscilla Owen approved for seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
- Amnesty International calls for Guantanamo shutdown
- First pipeline opens from Caspian Sea
- London's Millennium Dome to become a concert arena
May 26, 2005[edit]
- Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reported "wounded"
- Researchers at UC Berkeley strike against "bad faith bargaining"
- Liverpool beats Milan on penalties in Champions League final
- Power crisis in Moscow and central Russia largest ever recorded
May 27, 2005[edit]
- Saudi Arabia's King Fahd admitted to hospital
- How tall is tallest? Chinese researchers measure tallest mountain
- Armagh man charged with 1998 bombing murders
- Schapelle Corby found guilty, sentenced to 20 years
May 28, 2005[edit]
- Actor Eddie Albert Dies at Age 99
- Low fares airline, Ryanair celebrates twenty years in business
- Mothers, teachers concerned about leukemia deaths at California elementary school
May 29, 2005[edit]
- France votes no in EU referendum
- Mobile ringtone tops the UK singles chart
- Exit poll: 55% of French voters say no to EU constitution
- Los Angeles firefighters battle Mt. Washington blaze
- Lapp Plats becomes first firm to float on IEX
- American Samoa asks again to be removed from U.N. colonies list
- Corruption endangers Brazilian government
- Citizen groups ask Congress to file formal "Resolution of Inquiry" against Bush
- Shared history textbook written by scholars from Japan, China, South Korea
- German Parliament votes yes on EU constitution; French referendum may vote no
- Defense rests in Michael Jackson case
May 30, 2005[edit]
- Polish writer Tomasz Pacyński dies
- UK and U.S. bombing raids against Iraq increased in 2002
- Amnesty International urges international investigations of top U.S. officials
May 31, 2005[edit]
- Former FBI Second-In-Command says he was "Deep Throat"
- Natalie Glebova is elected Miss Universe
- Scottish Radio Holdings set to buy Highland Radio for €7m
