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June 30

Coat of Arms of Spain

• Spain's parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage, the third country to do so after the Netherlands and Belgium, and within two days of Canada's decision.

Posted. - BanyanTree 30 June 2005 13:31 (UTC)

June 29

• Bill C-38 passes in the Canadian House of Commons by a vote of 158 to 133, which will make Canada the third nation to fully recognize same-sex marriage when the Canadian Senate approves the bill.
  • 208.61.146.25 29 June 2005 01:59 (UTC)
  • Posted. --Golbez June 29, 2005 02:26 (UTC)

June 28

File:John-t-walton.jpg

• John T. Walton, one of the richest people in the world, died when his experimental ultralight aircraft crashed after takeoff near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. --Kitch 28 June 2005 11:52 (UTC)
  • Posted. --Golbez June 29, 2005 02:26 (UTC)
    • Is the Associated Press okay with Wikipedia using their photo on the Main Page ? It says "© AP" on the lower left corner of the photo. -- 199.71.174.100 30 June 2005 01:23 (UTC)
      • Huh, so it does. Whoops. Sorry. --Golbez June 30, 2005 06:31 (UTC)
      • No, and this is very embarrassing that we used the photo. Will remove right away and list on Images for deletion. - Ta bu shi da yu 30 June 2005 02:17 (UTC)

File:ITER Tokamak Cutout.jpg

• The 10bn-euro nuclear fusion reactor ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) will be built near Cadarache in southern France. (...) project participants said in a joint declaration after their meeting here (at the Moscow conference) Tuesday. [1] - background: [2]. This agreement seems quite significant to me, both on the scientific and international fronts. --Edcolins June 28, 2005 09:46 (UTC)
  • May I offer an alternative arrangement: Cadarache, in southern France, has been chosen as the site for the €10-billion ITER experimental nuclear fusion reactor. --Kitch 28 June 2005 11:52 (UTC)
    • Adding a dot at the end of the sentence would be better. Too bad I can't do it myself. Cheers. --Edcolins June 28, 2005 12:41 (UTC)
    • Also the image is labelled as "Flag of Bulgaria"! --Edcolins June 28, 2005 12:44 (UTC)
      • Eh? Whoa! Sorry about that! - Ta bu shi da yu 30 June 2005 06:50 (UTC)
      • The image is not {{Mprotected}}. BTW, the copyright status of the image is unknown. Should it be on the Main Page ? And, please add a full stop. Thanks. -- 28 June 2005 13:49 (UTC)
        • Thanks for the full stop. I found the image at "http://www.pnl.gov/energyscience/01-02/Iter.gif". As the image came from a .gov website, can a sysop add the {{PD-USGov}} tag, please ? Thanks. -- 28 June 2005 14:22 (UTC)

June 26

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June 24

• The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Detroit Pistons in the 2005 NBA Finals to win the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, their third NBA championship in 7 years. -- 64.229.205.141 13:41, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

That one's pushing it. ;) Then again, we had all those World Cup and US Open ones... --Golbez 18:46, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

C'mon ... Is there a basketball league in the world with a higher profile and an international following than the NBA ? The NBA Finals were definitely in the headlines in many newspapers around the world. -- 64.229.224.205 12:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The Detroit Pistons winning the NBA Finals was posted on ITN last year, why not this year ? -- 199.71.174.100 17:45, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Which news story should I remove to fit this one? Is this more important than any of those? This link is Broken 17:52, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Please displace the oldest one. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 18:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I concur. There is so much room on the right side on the Front Page, perhaps we don't need to remove anything. -- 64.229.207.200 23:32, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Only if you have a large monitor, which not everyone has. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:50, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The blank space on the right side of the Front Page disappeared yesterday because the Featured Article was very short. The blank space is now back. -- 64.229.225.42 28 June 2005 03:37 (UTC)

The blank space has disappeared once again, this time due to a very, very long DYK. ...sigh... -- 64.229.221.245 28 June 2005 12:21 (UTC)

The blank space is back. -- 199.71.174.100 29 June 2005 20:08 (UTC) Gone again with another short Featured Article. :-) Never mind. -- 199.71.174.100 30 June 2005 01:18 (UTC)

• In Iran, Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Tehran wins the 2005 presidential election, and will succeed President Mohammad Khatami on August 2. -- 64.229.224.205 13:02, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• The United States Supreme Court, in Kelo v. New London, rules that, under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, local governments may condemn private houses in order to use the land for uses that are primary commercial, so long as such use serves a demonstrated "public use."

It's a bit long and should probably link to the article on the case Kelo v. New London. I'd fix it up myself but it's almost 1:30 now and I'd proably make 10 gramatical errorrs. I need some sleep. This link is Broken 05:20, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Shortened and linked. - Ta bu shi da yu 05:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'd love to put it up, but you know we'd get complaints about ITN being US-centric. We already have Killen on there, I'm surprised they didn't raise holy hell about that one. --Golbez 06:38, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

To avoid such complaints I removed killin when adding this one. This link is Broken 11:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"#European hegemony" again ?  :-) A second US item is probably not too bad.... -- 199.71.174.100 15:32, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 20

Flag of Lebanon

• Cedar Revolution: The anti-Syrian bloc of Saad al-Hariri captured control of the National Assembly of Lebanon in the general election, winning 72 of the 128 available seats. --Kitch 17:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Posted. --Golbez 18:00, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

June 18

• The Associated Press publishes six leaked documents from the UK government related to pre-Iraq war planning and intelligence. (Wikinews) (Detroit Free Press) Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 01:50, 2005 Jun 19 (UTC)
• It's up now. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:12, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

June 17

• Voters in Iran cast their ballots among seven candidates to succeed President Mohammad Khatami in the 2005 Iranian presidential election. -- Ddye 19:03, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC), revised 64.229.221.114 21:48, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • My personal feeling is that "proceedings" don't count. Voting doesn't count; only the result of the vote matters. Others may disagree. However, once we have a victor, then this will certainly be ITN-worthy. --Golbez 03:18, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
  • I see your point, but there is precedent for this: the UK General Election in May, and the Dutch and French EU referenda votes all were reported in progress (and I'm sure there are older examples). I think that the attention the Iranian vote has received makes this as significant an event as those. But in any case I supppose we should wait now until we get official word on who'll be in the run-off. Ddye 13:09, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 14

• Executive Deputy President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, implicated in a high-profile corruption trial, is dismissed by President Thabo Mbeki. -- 199.71.174.100 16:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Posted. - BanyanTree 16:22, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Jamaican athlete Asafa Powell sets a new world record of 9.77 seconds in 100m sprinting. -- 16:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Posted by Admin: Golbez. Thank you ! :-) -- 17:12, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • Yeah, sorry, I usually mention posted here, but didn't get back to it this time. :) --Golbez 17:32, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

June 13

Jan Eliasson

• Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson is unanimously elected the next President of the UN General Assembly. -- 12:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Posted by Admin:BanyanTree. Thanks ! :-) -- 13:50, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 11

• A number of Lebanese politicians approach the United States claiming they are on a Syrian list of targets for assassination, according to U.S. President Bush. Syrian Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha vehemently denies the allegations.

• Please bold the article that contains the updated information as per the criteria. Thanks, BanyanTree 18:42, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson announcing an intention to retire from the sport after he loses to Kevin McBride in Washington, D.C.. Harro5 08:07, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

June 10

• The world's richest nations, the G8 nations, have agreed on a plan for debt relief for poor African countries.

• The article does not have this information, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious place to put it. Please read the criteria. Strange that there is no G8 Finance Ministers Meeting article. - BanyanTree 13:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is appointed new president of Bolivia. His duty is to arrange elections.

• Added.

June 8

Flog of Togo

Flog of Togo

• President Faure Gnassingbé names Edem Kodjo as the new Prime Minister of Togo. -- 64.229.229.120 16:30, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Added.

June 7

• American actress Anne Bancroft dies of cancer at age 73. —Cantus…☎ 22:40, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

100px|right|Olympic Rings

• The narrowing of the olympic bid as listed on the Current events page. Nrbelex ^(talk) 03:39, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Hungarian opposition leader Laszlo Solyom has won the 2005 presidential election, with a 189-182 victory over Katalin Szili.

June 6

• President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa offers his resignation to Congress for a second time this year after weeks of street protests. —Cantus…☎ 02:20, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

• Now that the blurb on Qur'an desecration is the third item, maybe a new pic is in order. How about this photo of Jack Straw to go with the current top news item ? -- 199.71.174.100 00:57, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Apple Computer announces it is abandoning the PowerPC architecture on its line of Mac personal computers for Intel microprocessors by 2006. —Cantus…<big>☎ 18:37, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
  • Big news in the computing world, but not big news in general. violet/riga (t) 22:18, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 5

• In tennis, Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5 to win the men's singles title in the 2005 French Open, becoming the first player to win the title in his debut Roland Garros appearance since 1982. —Cantus…☎ 21:45, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
• In tennis, Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Mary Pierce to win the women's singles title, then Rafael Nadal beats Mariano Puerta for the men's singles title in the 2005 French Open. (The first half about the women's title is already posted. Thanks.) -- 65.95.107.239 17:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • The section about the woman's French Open can be removed because it was only in the ITN template as it was an up-to-date news event. Phoenix2 17:58, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 4

White House spokesman Scott McClellan

• Following allegations that the Muslim holy book Koran was desecrated in front of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Bush administration drastically changes its position on the credibility of these reports. At first they completely deny it, and then, on Friday (June 3), reveal that these allegations were indeed true. (Wikinews)
  • Too bad Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration allegations wasn't updated. This should be the more appropriate page to post on ITN. -- 64.229.4.103 03:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• In tennis, Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the women's singles title in the 2005 French Open. (Please add this, but NOT as the top news, though. Thanks.) -- 64.229.223.240 15:23, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I've added it. Items aren't ranked in order of importance, but rather the order in which they occurred. (Six minutes - not bad!) — Dan | Talk 15:29, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the rapid response. I'm impressed. :-) If we are going chronologically, should the blurb on Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration move down a bit ? Or is it on top just to go with the photo ? -- 64.229.4.103 03:11, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Walter Mondale, 77, former Vice President of the United States under Jimmy Carter, United States Senator from Minnesota, Democratic and presidential nomineee in 1984 dies following complications arising from a massive stroke.
  • "Walter Mondale dies" returns one hit, a page attacking Mondale. "Walter Mondale died" returns two hits, one of which refers to the death of his brother, one in which the phrase appears in the quote 'raise your hand if you thought Walter Mondale died ten years ago'. →Iñgōlemo← ^talk 00:00, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
  • This appears to be a hoax. — Dan | Talk 00:10, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

June 2

• Anurag Kashyap, an eighth-grader from Poway, CA, wins the 78th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC.
  • Posted. --Golbez 04:08, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Natalie Glebova, representing Canada, won the 2005 Miss Universe Pageant in Bangkok about a day before the Spelling Bee was held.

• • Right. Very important news... I'd rather see Miss Universe up there on ITN. This at least has international relevance... And she is prettier. :-) -- 64.229.5.138 14:06, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Did I miss something? Is it April Fools Day again?
    • Please remove this one quickly. Shouldn't be there at first place. No international relevance. --Edcolins 19:39, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
      • International relevance is required? Ideally, but we sometimes have major stories not of international relevance; for example, I first heard about Jim McGreevy's resignation on ITN. Edcolins, would you rather have some football score over news like that, just because the two teams were from different sides of an imaginary line? --Golbez 20:23, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

• Europe: protests against Software patents
  • Fails to meet criteria. --Golbez 04:08, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
• The Latvian Parliament Ratifies the EU Constitution 71-5. —Cantus…☎ 16:05, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • Blurbs need links to Wikipedia articles that contain the updated information. See the criteria. - BanyanTree 17:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • Oh come on, I know this. I didn't have the time to look for the links. —Cantus…☎ 17:59, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • The European Constitution article does contain the information, but I don't think we have a more specific article, as we do with the Dutch and French referenda. Accordingly, this shouldn't go on ITN.-gadfium 23:44, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

June 1

European Union

• The Netherlands begins voting in a consultative referendum on the proposed EU Constitution. Pre-referendum polling suggests that Dutch voters will reject the constitution by a wider margin than in the French referendum. Majromax 15:18, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Posted BrokenSegue 15:31, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)