User:Dan100/My contributions/Jan-Jun 2005

Jan 9

 * 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

 * UK New Year's Day murder suspect jumps from seventh floor window
 * Abbas wins election, offers Israel 'hand of peace'

Jan 12

 * 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

 * 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

 * Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan, returns pictures
 * Graner found guilty of mistreatment at Abu Ghraib

Jan 16

 * Ariel Sharon gives 'free hand' to military for crack-down

Jan 17

 * Woman aged 66 gives birth

Jan 19

 * Research demonstrates GM crops can benefit wildlife
 * UK soldiers go on trial for abusing Iraqi prisoners

Jan 20

 * UN proposes world-wide natural disaster warning system

Jan 26

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * RAF Hercules crashes north of Baghdad killing ten
 * Kofi Annan notes high turnout in 2005 Iraq elections

Feb 6

 * Sports footwear companies progress towards eliminating sweatshops
 * Coup in Togo after President dies

Feb 7

 * Pirates killed 30 sailors in 2004

Feb 10

 * Iranian President vows to maintain nuclear program

Feb 12

 * Former Google employee says he was fired because of blog comments

Feb 14

 * Madrid skyscraper devastated by fire
 * Iran rejects EU nuclear reactor offer
 * Large explosion in Beirut kills many including former prime minister

Feb 15

 * Chinese mine blast kills over 200

Feb 17

 * 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

 * Plague kills scores in Democratic Republic of Congo

Feb 27

 * Two-headed baby has second head removed
 * Nine rescued from roof of blazing Taiwanese skyscraper

Mar 1

 * Britain unveils flu pandemic preparedness plan, buys 14m courses of treatment drug

Mar 5

 * World-wide measles deaths drop 40% over last five years
 * Italian journalist wounded after release in Iraq, security officer dead

Mar 6

 * Boeing allowed to bid for U.S. space launch contracts again

Mar 8

 * Syria begins withdrawing troops from Lebanon

Mar 9

 * Google releases Final version of Desktop Search

Mar 10
 * Bulgarian government says U.S. killed Bulgarian soldier in 'friendly fire' incident (greatly expanded by Eloquence)

Mar 11

 * US may not have known of Sgrena rescue operation

Mar 12

 * British 13-year-old given life for rape of teacher

Mar 29

 * Lorry drops thirteen tonnes of fish in British town

Mar 30

 * British computer magazine discovers electricity cost of running computers
 * Egyptians protest against President despite ban

Apr 1

 * Parents of Terri Schiavo to sell list of supporters to marketing firm

Apr 4

 * Talks held to avert Nigerian oil production strike

Apr 6

 * Nigeria destroys illegal small arms
 * Sixteen dead as US Chinook crashes in Afghanistan

Apr 9

 * Mozilla Foundation prepares third Firefox security update

Apr 15

 * Last British volume car manufacturer closes down

Apr 20

 * Google Maps, Google Local launches for Britain and Ireland

Apr 24

 * British government considering new nuclear power stations

Apr 26

 * Greenpeace protestors put solar panels on British Deputy Prime Minister's house
 * British mother paralyzed in stabbing communicates with police

Apr 27

 * World's largest passenger airliner makes first flight
 * Boeing secures $11bn of aircraft deals

May 1

 * Firefox browser reaches fifty million downloads

May 2

 * British Skylark rocket makes its final flight

May 6

 * British Conservative leader Michael Howard to step down

May 10

 * Major security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox browser

May 12

 * Security flaws in Mozilla Firefox internet browser fixed

May 25

 * London's Millennium Dome to become a concert arena

June 6

 * England off to electric start in Women's Euro 2005 football championship

June 10

 * British man involved in deal to drill for oil in Darfur

June 11

 * G8 finance ministers agree on deal to relieve debts of 18 poorest nations

June 15

 * Red and processed meats linked to bowel cancer

June 17

 * 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

 * Michelin's tyre mistake sends US Formula One Grand Prix into farce

June 20

 * Filmcrew working for Channel 4 arrested for soaking Tom Cruise in London

June 23

 * Solar sail craft may have made orbit

June 24

 * England and Wales see 60% increase in public injured by police vehicles
 * President Mugabe bulldozes homes of 200,000 across Zimbabwe

June 25

 * Nigeria's past rulers stole $400 billion in public money

June 27

 * Israeli soldier convicted in killing of British activist in Gaza Strip

June 28

 * France secures site for 10 billion euro nuclear fusion research project

June 29

 * US helicopter with 17 on board believed to have been shot down in Afghanistan

June 30

 * Bodies found at crash site of US helicopter in Afghanistan