Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/May 2005

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May 31

• Here's a nice pic of Dominique de Villepin, a guy already on ITN. -- 64.229.230.215 11:34, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Natalie Glebova from Toronto, Canada is crowned Miss Universe in Bangkok, Thailand. -- 64.229.230.215 11:30, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Deep Throat

• Former FBI official W. Mark Felt tells Vanity Fair that he was the Watergate source known as Deep Throat. Meelar (talk) 16:42, May 31, 2005 (UTC) & Cantus…☎ 17:04, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

May 30

• The Bush administration files a case against the European Union for providing illegal subsidies to aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Andros 1337 01:04, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

• Metropolitan Cornelius of Petra has been chosen to serve as locum tenens of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, following the deposition of Patriarch Irenaios I of Jerusalem amidst scandals regarding the sale of land in Jerusalem.
  • Last related Current events item from 5 May. No info on Cornelius in the Irenaios article (or anywhere in WP as far as I can tell) and, as the blurb is written, there should be a link to Metropolitan Cornelius. - BanyanTree 00:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
  • The Current events link had gotten removed by vandalism. It's back now with a link to the BBC article. I've also updated this headline and added a Cornelius stub article. --A.S. Damick 02:36, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
    • Added, with some slimming down. - BanyanTree 03:22, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

• Angela Merkel is officially declared the Chancellor candidate of the conservative opposisition in the federal election this year in Germany.
  • Added.

May 29

• Polls open in France regarding the ratification of the European Constitution. gkhan 12:10, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • France more or less rejects the European Constitution [1]578 (Yes?) 20:42, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

May 27

• Schapelle Corby, an Australian tourist in Bali, Indonesia, is found guilty of smuggling marijuana, fined 100,000,000 rupiah and sentenced to 20 years in prison, generating intense controversy in Australia and causing tension in the relationship with Indonesia. -- 199.71.174.100 19:31, 28 May 2005 (UTC) -- elaborated 199.71.174.100 01:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

May 26

• The 148 members of the World Trade Organization formally select Pascal Lamy of France as their 5th next Director-General. (WTO) -- 199.71.174.100 20:12, 28 May 2005 (UTC) -- revised 199.71.174.100 00:01, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Added. - BanyanTree 00:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

• A coalition of citizen groups will ask US Congress to file a "Resolution of Inquiry" to determine whether George W. Bush has committed impeachable offenses. The request cites the Downing Street memo and issues surrounding the Iraq war. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 18:00, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

The Downing Street memo is farely complete and readable by now. -- Toytoy 00:23, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

May 25

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Donald Tsang

• Donald Tsang resigns as chief secretary of the government in Hong Kong and declares his candidacy in the chief executive election to be held on July 10. — Instantnood 00:03, May 26, 2005 (UTC) -- revised by 199.71.174.100 04:30, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

• Voyager 1, the most distant man-made object, has entered the heliosheath and is on the cusp of leaving the Solar System and entering the interstellar medium. - BanyanTree 14:41, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Posted. -- PFHLai 23:55, 2005 May 25 (UTC)

• A massive power outage produced a blackout in the Russian capital of Moscow. Authorities are still investigating the matter and working on solving the problem.
  • Not posted. Page with bolded link was not updated. If it's just one city affected, it's local news. -- PFHLai 23:55, 2005 May 25 (UTC)

• Liverpool F.C. have defeated AC Milan 3-2 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul, winning its first UEFA Champions League title since 1984.
  • Posted. -- PFHLai 23:55, 2005 May 25 (UTC)

May 23

• Democrats will only filibuster judicial nominees in "extraordinary circumstances" under a compromise agreement forged in the United States Senate to avert a showdown on the Nuclear option.

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• In the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany, the social democrats lost power to the conservatives after 39 years in government. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder surprisingly announces federal elections in Germany in the fall of 2005.

May 20

• Hurricane Adrian, the first storm of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season, dissipates over western Honduras after becoming the first named tropical system to make landfall in El Salvador since 1997.

Updated. - BanyanTree 18:41, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

May 19

• CSKA Moscow beats Sporting Lisbon 3:1 at José Alvalade Stadium in Portugal to become the first Russian football club to win the UEFA Cup.
  • Posted. -- PFHLai 13:21, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

May 18

• The governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States harshly criticize Newsweek magazine after it retracts a story about Qu'ran desecration at Guantanamo Bay that led to deadly rioting. - BanyanTree 15:44, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Can't post this item as is. The article has no mention of the "deadly rioting" nor the "harsh criticism from governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan ..." Also, the article Guantánamo Bay Qur'an desecration allegations has a {{cleanup}} tag on it, making it a poor candidate to get featured on the MainPage. It's a good topic. Please "clean up" and beef up that article. Thanks. -- PFHLai 10:16, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

May 16

• Ethiopia's ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, claims a victory in the general elections. Voter turnout was over 90 percent.
  • Almost added this myself, but did not. 'Coz IMO, the article is too stubby. -- PFHLai 10:43, 2005 May 19 (UTC)

• The Parliament of Kuwait, in a 35-23 vote with one abstention, legalises women's suffrage for all women ages 21 and up, subject to Islamic law. It will take effect for the 2007 Parlimentary Election. --Kitch 18:10, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

May 13

• Pope Benedict XVI waives the five-year waiting period normally required before somebody's beatification process may begin and starts the process for his predecessor, John Paul II on the 24th anniversary of his assasination attempt.

• Protests in Uzbekistan over the imprisonment and trial in Andijan of 23 Muslims suspected to be Islamist extremists turn violent as Uzbek soldiers fire on the protestors, leaving at least nine dead and 34 wounded. Thirty soldiers have been taken hostage. A believed suicide bomber was killed in the Israeli Embassy in Tashkent, but some question whether or not he had a bomb. --Kitch 11:36, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
  • In relation to this, I have created the page 2005 Unrest in Uzbekistan. --Kitch 14:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
    • My link now redirects to the more detailed May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan. --Kitch 02:09, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

May 12

File:George Galloway MP.jpg

• The United States Senate, probing possible corruption in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, accused British Parliament member George Galloway and former French foreign minister Charles Pasqua of accepting millions of barrels of crude oil in exchange for support of the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Galloway is personally accused of using a leukemia foundation to funnel money to Hussein's regime. --Kitch 16:20, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
  • We should add that both deny the accusation and have previously won libel cases when these alligations originally appeared in newspapers some years ago. Seabhcán 11:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

May 10

• Suharto, former military dictator of Indonesia, is hospitalized with intestinal bleeding. --Kitch 19:08, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

May 9

• Aerial view of Sellafield

  Aerial view of Sellafield

  The Sellafield nuclear plant's Thorp reprocessing facility in Cumbria, England, is closed down due to the confirmation of a 20 tonne leak of highly radioactive uranium and plutonium fuel through a fractured pipe.
• John Conyers and 88 members of US Congress write an open letter to the White House about the new documents leaked which apparently reveals the secret agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom to attack Iraq in 2002.
  • link here: http://www.rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_iraq_letter_502 and elsewhere. --Firsfron 11:29, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Please indicate the updated page(s) in Wikipedia. Thanks. -- PFHLai 15:28, 2005 May 9 (UTC)
    • it's under John Conyers--Firsfron 18:09, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
      • RawStory.com is a liberal POV fork website. I can't find this anywhere on the U.S. major media or on any of the news wires. If it's not newsworthy enough for any mainstream media, then how is it good enough for In The News? --Kitch 11:13, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
        • Other links were included, including to the Times' article, but were later removed. I'm not sure why. --Firsfron 18:44, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

May 8

• Worldwide celebrations commemorate the 60th anniversary of V-E Day, the official end of World War II in Europe with the capitulation of Germany under Karl Dönitz. In several German cities, Germans also mourn the millions of people massacred under the National Socialist (Nazi) regime in the 1930s and 1940s.

  • File:Crc ros sta.jpg

    Alternative picture.-gadfium 08:11, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
  • If anyone wants more room on ITN for a fourth item, remove the second sentence of this item.-gadfium 08:53, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
    • I had to take this out because the updated info on the V-E Day page has been removed. See Template talk:In the news. -- PFHLai 15:28, 2005 May 9 (UTC)

May 7

• File:Uup.jpg

  Northern Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble, the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped reach the Good Friday Agreement, resigns from the leadership post he has held for ten years, after losing his seat in the British general election the previous day.
  • Is this a bit too 'local' ? We have an item on the whole UK election on ITN already. -- PFHLai 15:28, 2005 May 9 (UTC)

May 5

Correction:

• In the United Kingdom, the country heads to the polls to elect 645 of the 646 members of the UK House of Commons in the 2005 General Election. --G Rutter 07:49, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

(A candidate in Staffordshire South has died, so the election there has been postponed).

• In the United Kingdom, the country heads to the polls to elect all 646 members of the UK House of Commons in the 2005 General Election. -gadfium 02:14, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Added.-gadfium 05:31, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

May 4

• The Pakistani government announces that it has captured Abu Faraj al-Libbi. If verified, this is the most important Al-Qaeda suspect to have been arrested thus far.-gadfium 23:36, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Since I got no response to this, I've added it myself.-gadfium 02:07, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
    • If your a sysop you don't need to list on this page, do you? This page is just to help non-sysops edit the template (I thought). BrokenSegue 04:25, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
      • I don't need to, but I think it's a good idea so I get some peer review before putting something on the main page.-gadfium 07:32, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• The rights to develop the memorial at the Choeung Ek killing fields near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, have been given for 30 years to JC Royal Co. --Kitch 11:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Not sure if this is important enough for ITN.-gadfium 02:07, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

May 3

• It would be nice to have something about the events in Nepal - there have been mentions in Current Events for the last three days, but I have no time to write an article to link to. The most appropriate article may be Gyanendra of Nepal. I don't see anything on Wikinews either.-gadfium 21:33, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

May 2

• Foreign ministers gather in New York to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -gadfium 08:44, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Will add. Mgm|^(talk) 09:09, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
• Picture:
• José Miguel Insulza of Chile is elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States. —Cantus…☎ 21:45, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • Done. –Hajor 21:51, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

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• • Don't know about the pic. A nukiller explosion is a lot more eye-catching than (yet another) politician in a suit, nice red tie notwithstanding. (However, if it's so decided, on this other pic, he'd be looking into the page). –Hajor 22:26, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I think the 'sparkle' on his forehead is more eye-catching. :-) -- PFHLai 00:56, 2005 May 3 (UTC)

May 1

• Following Saturday's car bombings in Cairo, some 200 people have been brought in for questioning by Egytian police. 8 people were injured in the attacks. --Gkhan 05:34, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • We need to link to an article which has been updated to include the news item. Cairo is not suitable. We can't put this on ITN unless we have a Bombings in Cairo article or similar.-gadfium 07:00, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
  • April 2005 terrorist attacks in Cairo. –Hajor 14:17, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
    • Will add. Note that anything on ITN should also be at Current events, so I've added it there as well-gadfium 19:56, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
  • OK, thanks. It was on Current events, but the end of the month came and stole its 15 minutes of fame. –Hajor 20:16, 2 May 2005 (UTC)