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Summary.     Click for More > Parliament swears in partial government  7 posts in Prime Minister Jaafari's cabinet, including the defence and oil, remain unfilled amid partisan haggling Pakistan seizes 'al Qaeda No. 3' Suicide bomber kills at least 47   Blair heads for historic third term  Tony Blair is heading for an 3rd term in government but with a greatly reduced majority Europe-wide events to mark VE Day   Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead  U.S. President was given a seat of honor for celebrations in Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory Rebels kidnap province chief Names named in US Iraq oil report Troops clash with protesters  Opposition says later 745 died in fighting that broken out after a night in which soldiers clashed with demonstrators Newsweek backs off Quran story  The report that U.S. interrogators desecrated copies of the Quran blamed for sparking violent riots in Afghanistan Troops retake rebel town Missing 41 troops feared dead  Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead Insurgent attacks kill at least 34 China rebukes Japan over shrine  Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi short her visit and flew home before a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens King Fahd hospitalized French voters reject EU charter
May.1  Vatican  New Pope delivers first blessing
 North Korea  N. Korea apparently tests missile
May.2  Afghanistan  '28 die' in munitions blast
 Baghdad  Bombs kill 12, wound 44
 UN  Annan urges anti-nuclear effort
May.3   Baghdad  
 Iraq  U.S.: letter to al-Zarqawi cites low morale
May.4   West Pakistan
  Iraq
 Baghdad  Many killed in violence
May.5   London  
May.6  Iraq  Car bomb blows apart market
May.7  Baghdad  Car bomb kills 22
 Lebanon  Anti-Syrian exile back in Lebanon
  European Union
May.9   Moscow  
 Georgia  Bush dances after arrival
May.10  Berlin  Holocaust memorial unveiled
 Georgia  Bush: Georgia 'beacon of liberty'
  Western Iraq
 Sunni Triangle  Suicide bombs cause carnage
May.11  Afghanistan  Riots over US Koran 'desecration'
  U.S. Congress
May.12  Turkey  Trial of Kurdish leader 'unfair'
May.13  Vatican  Pope seeks to beatify John Paul
  Uzbekistan  
May.14  Taiwan  Chen's DPP wins most votes
 Kyrgyzstan  Thousands of Uzbeks fleeing
May.15  Uzbekistan  Relatives search for bodies
 Baghdad  Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq
  Washington  
 U.S. Congress  Russians cited in oil-for-food probe
May.16  Uzbekistan  Toll rises as unrest spreads
May.17  Uzbekistan  Opposition says 745 died
 Florida  Cuban 'bomber' arrested
 U.S. Congress  Galloway takes on US oil accusers
May.18  Uzbekistan  Foreign envoys visit town of Andijan
 Washington  U.S. presses for Uzbek probe
 Portugal  CSKA seal Uefa Cup triumph over Sporting
  Uzbekistan
May.19  Iraq  Gunmen kill top Shiite cleric's aide
 Uzbekistan  President Karimov rejects deaths probe
May.20  South Korea  Stem cells tailored to patients
  Chile  
 Uzbekistan  Pressure grows for inquiry
May.22  Iraq  Romanian journalists freed
 Jerusalem  Laura Bush heckled
 Germany  Schroeder 'heads for poll defeat'
May.23  Baghdad  Rebels kill security chief
  Iraq
  Japan  
May.24  Baghdad  8 American soldiers killed
May.25   Azerbaijan
 Turkey  Liverpool crowned over AC Milan
 Western Iraq  U.S. unleashes 'surprise' offensive
 Washington  FBI records detail Koran claims
May.26  Washington  Abbas meets Bush at White House
May.27  Pakistan  Bomb kills 17 at shrine
  Saudi Arabia
 France  French hold final EU vote rallies
 Indonesia  2 bombs kill 19
May.28  Darfur  UN chief visits Darfur refugees
May.29   Paris  
  By 56% voters have overwhelmingly rejected the European Union's proposed constitution in a key referendum
 Beirut  Opposition claims Beirut election May.30  Paris  Chirac set for government shakeup  Iraq  Hilla suicide bombers kill 27 May.31   Moscow   Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years  Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion  Paris  Villepin named new PM  Washington  Watergate's Deep Throat revealed


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  New Pope delivers first blessing  Benedict XVI has given his first Sunday blessing from the same apartment window used by his predecessor N. Korea apparently tests missile  White House chief of staff: North Korea has conducted a test of a short-range missile '28 die' in munitions blast Bombs kill 12, wound 44 Annan urges anti-nuclear effort Parliament swears in partial government

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May.1   Vatican  
  North Korea  
 Iraq  Three quizzed over Hassan killing
 Egypt  200 held after attacks in Cairo
 Kurdistan  Bombing of Iraqi Kurds kills 25
 Australia  Australia: No hostage negotiations
 New York  Call to nuclear powers to disarm

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May.2   Afghanistan
  Baghdad
  UN
 Texas  Lynndie England pleads guilty
 Italy  Italy hits back over agent's death

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May.3   Baghdad  
  7 posts in Prime Minister Jaafari's cabinet, including the defence and oil, remain unfilled amid partisan haggling
 Somalia  PM escapes bomb as 7 die   Iraq U.S.: letter to al-Zarqawi cites low morale  London  Garcia fires Liverpool into final  United Kingdom  Election battle enters final day

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May.4   West Pakistan   Pakistan seizes 'al Qaeda No. 3'
  Abu Faraj al-Libbi, responsible for the al Qaeda's global operations, has been captured in frontier province
  Iraq     Suicide bomber kills at least 47
  A bomber attacked a crowd of recruits seeking jobs with the Kurdish police force in Erbil
 Netherlands  Milan into final on away goals over PSV   Baghdad Many killed in violence  Afghanistan  40 rebels dead in battle

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May.5   London     Blair heads for historic third term
  Tony Blair is heading for an 3rd term in government but with a greatly reduced majority
 Washington  Demotion for Abu Ghraib commander

May 6 ... more > Top ^

May.6   Iraq Car bomb blows apart market  England  Blair: I've listened and learned  England  World leaders congratulate Blair  North Korea  World 'must stop N Korea testing'  Latvia  Bush to meet Baltic leaders

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May.7   Baghdad Car bomb kills 22   Lebanon Anti-Syrian exile back in Lebanon  Latvia  Bush: Baltics 'should move on from war'  Iraq  Cabinet deal ending political deadlock   European Union   Europe-wide events to mark VE Day
  Commemorations are taking place to mark the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany

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May.8  Iraq  PM suffers cabinet setback  Northern Ireland  Trimble quits as NI party leader  Iraq  U.S. military: Al-Zarqawi aide captured

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May.9   Moscow     Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead
  U.S. President was given a seat of honor for celebrations in Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory
 Iraq  U.S. offensive near Syria kills 100   Georgia     Bush dances after arrival  U.S. President arrived in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the fourth stop in a 5-day trip  Iran  Iran 'to resume nuclear activity'

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May.10   Berlin   Holocaust memorial unveiled  Berlin is ending 17 years of charged debate over how Germany should remember that grim period of its history   Georgia Bush: Georgia 'beacon of liberty'   Western Iraq   Rebels kidnap province chief
  Insurgents have abducted the governor of the western province of Anbar and called for an end to US operations
 Iraq  U.S. Marines lead offensive  Greece  Athens anarchists release hostages   Sunni Triangle     Suicide bombs cause carnage  At least 46 Iraqis were killed and another 82 wounded in 5 separate bombings. Car bomb kills 26 in Tikrit

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May.11   Afghanistan Riots over US Koran 'desecration'  North Korea  N. Korea 'boosts nuclear arsenal'  Washington  Intruding pilots released without charges   U.S. Congress   Names named in US Iraq oil report
  A Senate report says 2 politicians from the UK and France were granted lucrative oil allocations by Saddam's Iraq

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May.12   Turkey     Trial of Kurdish leader 'unfair'  The European Court of Human Rights: Turkey's trial of Abdullah Ocalan was unfair  Northern England  Glazer wins control of Man United  England  Galloway accepts Washington call  Iraq  Gunmen, bombers strike Baghdad  U.S. Congress  Bush suffers blow on UN choice  Uzbekistan  'Dramatic scenes' in town of Andijan

May 13 ... more > Top ^

May.13   Vatican Pope seeks to beatify John Paul  Pakistan  Pressure 'keeping bin Laden quiet'  Afghanistan  Nine die in new anti-US violence   Uzbekistan   Troops clash with protesters
  Opposition says later 745 died in fighting that broken out after a night in which soldiers clashed with demonstrators
 Uzbekistan  'High death toll'  Pakistan  Key al Qaeda operative killed

May 14 ... more > Top ^

May.14   Taiwan Chen's DPP wins most votes  Baghdad  4 killed in suicide blast  Uzbekistan  President Karimov blames Islamists   Kyrgyzstan Thousands of Uzbeks fleeing  Washington  Miami Heat wins over Wizards in Game 4

May 15 ... more > Top ^

May.15   Uzbekistan Relatives search for bodies   Baghdad Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq  Ethiopia  Ethiopians flock to cast ballots   Washington   Newsweek backs off Quran story
  The report that U.S. interrogators desecrated copies of the Quran blamed for sparking violent riots in Afghanistan
 Uzbekistan  Locals expel town leaders  Austria  Czechs take world ice hockey title   U.S. Congress   Russians cited in oil-for-food probe  A Senate report accuses top politicians, including advisers to Putin, of engaging in illicit transactions with Iraq  Uzbekistan  Soldiers reported killed in clash

May 16 ... more > Top ^

May.16  Baghdad  At least 46 bodies found   Uzbekistan Toll rises as unrest spreads  Washington  US hardens stance on Uzbekistan

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May.17   Uzbekistan   Opposition says 745 died  The Free Peasants party has compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops   Florida     Cuban 'bomber' arrested  Federal agents arrested notorious Luis Posada Carriles near Miami   U.S. Congress Galloway takes on US oil accusers  Iraq  Iran-Iraq talk border security  Washington  Tensions rise over China currency

May 18 ... more > Top ^

May.18   Uzbekistan Foreign envoys visit town of Andijan  UN  UN calls for Uzbek deaths inquiry  Georgia  Live grenade 'was threat to Bush'   Washington U.S. presses for Uzbek probe   Portugal CSKA seal Uefa Cup triumph over Sporting   Uzbekistan   Troops retake rebel town
  Uzbek troops have retaken the town of Korasuv, where locals threw out their leaders in a popular protest

May 19 ... more > Top ^

May.19   Iraq Gunmen kill top Shiite cleric's aide  France  Leaders call for 'Yes'   Uzbekistan President Karimov rejects deaths probe  Sumatra  Tsunami-quake 'the biggest ever'  Indiana  Detroit eliminated Indiana in Game 6

May 20 ... more > Top ^

May.20   South Korea Stem cells tailored to patients  Iraq  3 U.S. soldiers die riding in convoy  Iraq  Saddam's attorney: Why no charges?  England  UK Quran protests at U.S. Embassy   Chile   Missing 41 troops feared dead
  Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead
  Uzbekistan   Pressure grows for inquiry  US, UN, EU and Nato officials have also called for an inquiry into the events  Texas  Suns ousted the Mavs  Kabul  Karzai angry at US Afghan 'abuse'

May 21 ... more > Top ^

May.21  Iraq  Attacks 'delay' rebuilding  Kabul  Afghan president pressed on opium  China  Bird flu emergency declared

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May.22   Iraq Romanian journalists freed   Jerusalem Laura Bush heckled   Germany Schroeder 'heads for poll defeat'  New Delhi  Explosions hit cinema halls  Washington  Karzai demands 'justice' from U.S.  Germany  Schroeder wants early election

May 23 ... more > Top ^

May.23   Baghdad Rebels kill security chief  Iraq  Bomb kills 10 at Baghdad restaurant   Iraq     Insurgent attacks kill at least 34
  2 car bombs killed at least 15 civilians and wounded at least 20 in the northern city of Tal Afar
 Washington  Bush rejects Karzai army demand   Japan   China rebukes Japan over shrine
  Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi short her visit and flew home before a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi

May 24 ... more > Top ^

May.24   Baghdad 8 American soldiers killed  U.S. Congress  US House backs stem cell funding

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May.25   Azerbaijan     Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens
  Oil is set to flow from Azerbaijan direct to the Mediterranean for the first time after a $3.6bn pipeline opened
 Western Iraq  U.S. forces encircle Iraqi city of Haditha  USA  Amnesty accuses US over 'torture'   Turkey     Liverpool crowned over AC Milan  Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks to claw back a 3 goal deficit to win the Champions League final   Western Iraq U.S. unleashes 'surprise' offensive   Washington FBI records detail Koran claims  Ethiopia  Fresh aid sought for Darfur work  Washington  Bush to offer Abbas direct aid

May 26 ... more > Top ^

May.26   Washington     Abbas meets Bush at White House  Palestinian leader is holding talks with Bush, hoping for an outright endorsement of the roadmap peace plan  Iraq  Iraq to launch huge Baghdad raids  Iraq  U.S. chopper shot down  France  French EU vote battle nears end

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May.27   Pakistan   Bomb kills 17 at shrine  Several hundred people were inside the Bare Iman shrine in Pakistan's capital Islamab when the blast struck   Saudi Arabia   King Fahd hospitalized
  King Fahd was doing 'well' after being hospitalized earlier in the day
  France     French hold final EU vote rallies  Supporters and opponents of the new EU constitution have held final rallies   Indonesia   2 bombs kill 19  The twin blasts occurred at a busy market in the Christian-dominated town of Tentena

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May.28   Darfur UN chief visits Darfur refugees  France  France begins crucial EU vote  Indonesia  Yudhoyono orders bomb probe  Lebanon  Lebanon voting in landmark poll

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May.29  Iraq  Forces prepare Baghdad crackdown  France  EU referendum goes to French vote   Paris   French voters reject EU charter
  By 56% voters have overwhelmingly rejected the European Union's proposed constitution in a key referendum
  Beirut Opposition claims Beirut election

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May.30   Paris Chirac set for government shakeup   Iraq Hilla suicide bombers kill 27  Sudan  MSF arrested man over report  European Union  French 'Non' puts EU in turmoil

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May.31   Moscow   Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
  Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion
  Paris   Villepin named new PM  President Chirac has appointed Interior Minister to replace Jean-Pierre Raffarin as prime minister  Iraq  Saddam trial 'within two months'  Western Iraq  Provincial governor found dead   Washington Watergate's Deep Throat revealed  Southern Afghanistan  At least 10 dead in blast

N. Korea apparently tests missile  White House chief of staff: North Korea has conducted a test of a short-range missile '28 die' in munitions blast Annan urges anti-nuclear effort U.S.: letter to al-Zarqawi cites low morale Many killed in violence Europe-wide events to mark VE Day



World, May 2005 War & Army Timeline ... See World War & Army timeline Top ^
2005
May.1   North Korea
May.1  New York  Call to nuclear powers to disarm
May.2   Afghanistan
May.2   UN
May.2  Texas  Lynndie England pleads guilty
May.3   Iraq
May.4   Baghdad
May.4  Afghanistan  40 rebels dead in battle
May.5  Washington  Demotion for Abu Ghraib commander
May.6  North Korea  World 'must stop N Korea testing'
May.7   European Union
  Commemorations are taking place to mark the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany
May.8  Iraq  U.S. military: Al-Zarqawi aide captured May.9   Moscow   Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead
  U.S. President was given a seat of honor for celebrations in Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory
May.9  Iraq  U.S. offensive near Syria kills 100 May.9  Iran  Iran 'to resume nuclear activity' May.10   Western Iraq Rebels kidnap province chief
  Insurgents have abducted the governor of the western province of Anbar and called for an end to US operations
May.10  Iraq  U.S. Marines lead offensive May.10   Sunni Triangle   Suicide bombs cause carnage  At least 46 Iraqis were killed and another 82 wounded in 5 separate bombings. Car bomb kills 26 in Tikrit May.11  North Korea  N. Korea 'boosts nuclear arsenal' May.13  Pakistan  Pressure 'keeping bin Laden quiet' May.13   Uzbekistan Troops clash with protesters
  Opposition says later 745 died in fighting that broken out after a night in which soldiers clashed with demonstrators
May.13  Pakistan  Key al Qaeda operative killed May.15  Uzbekistan  Soldiers reported killed in clash May.17   Uzbekistan Opposition says 745 died  The Free Peasants party has compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops May.18   Uzbekistan Troops retake rebel town
  Uzbek troops have retaken the town of Korasuv, where locals threw out their leaders in a popular protest
May.20  Iraq  3 U.S. soldiers die riding in convoy May.20   Chile Missing 41 troops feared dead
  Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead
May.21  Iraq  Attacks 'delay' rebuilding May.23   Baghdad Rebels kill security chief May.23   Iraq   Insurgent attacks kill at least 34
  2 car bombs killed at least 15 civilians and wounded at least 20 in the northern city of Tal Afar
May.23  Washington  Bush rejects Karzai army demand May.24   Baghdad 8 American soldiers killed May.25  Western Iraq  U.S. forces encircle Iraqi city of Haditha May.25   Western Iraq U.S. unleashes 'surprise' offensive May.26  Iraq  Iraq to launch huge Baghdad raids May.26  Iraq  U.S. chopper shot down May.29  Iraq  Forces prepare Baghdad crackdown


World, May 2005 Disasters Timeline ... See World Disasters timeline Top ^
2005 May.2   Afghanistan '28 die' in munitions blast May.11  Washington  Intruding pilots released without charges May.19  Sumatra  Tsunami-quake 'the biggest ever' May.20   Chile Missing 41 troops feared dead
  Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead
May.21  China  Bird flu emergency declared


World, May 2005 Business Timeline ... See World Business timeline Top ^
2005 May.12  Northern England  Glazer wins control of Man United May.17  Washington  Tensions rise over China currency May.20   South Korea Stem cells tailored to patients May.21  Iraq  Attacks 'delay' rebuilding May.24  U.S. Congress  US House backs stem cell funding May.25   Azerbaijan   Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens
  Oil is set to flow from Azerbaijan direct to the Mediterranean for the first time after a $3.6bn pipeline opened
May.31   Moscow Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years
  Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion



World, May 2005 Sports Timeline ... See World Sports timeline Top ^
2005 May.3  London  Garcia fires Liverpool into final May.4  Netherlands  Milan into final on away goals over PSV May.12  No