2005 _ CURRENT EVENTS


___ 12-27-2004 ___
Massive 9.0 earthquake spawns deadly tsunami in Indoneasia more than 250,000 dead
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# Indian Ocean ; natural disaster


___ 12-06-2004 ___
International Climate Conference opens in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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# UNFCCC (COP-10)


___ 11-15-2004 ___
Secretary of State C.Powell resigns
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# Bush Administration


___ 11-11-2004 ___
Y.Arafat dead in Paris hospital
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# PLO terrorist ; Israeli-Palestinian conflict ; Palestinian Authority ; Fatah party


___ 11-03-2004 ___
A narrow victory for G.Bush after Ohio vote decided
J.Kerry does not challenge Ohio votes and concedes race
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# (see.also... 2000 presidential election controversy ; Florida)


___ 10-27-2004 ___
A. Sharon gets approval from Knessset to pull-out from Gaza
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# Israeli-Palestinian conflict


___ 10-27-2004 ___ **
H.Karzi wins presidential election in Afghanistan
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___ 10-27-2004 ___ ***
Cassini space probe sends images of Jovian moon Titan
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# space exploration - Jupiter


___ 10-26-2004 ___
Cingular Wireless gets regulatory approval to buy AT&T Wireless
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# telecommumications ; anti-trust


___ 10-07-2004 ___
Oil tops $ 53-per-barrel ; record high
__________________


___ 10-07-2004 ___ **
M.Stewart goes to federal prison for five months ; after that five months of house arrest
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# insider trading


___ 10-04-2004 ___
Spaceship One wins the X-PRIZE
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# sub-orbital flight


___ 09-26-2004 ___
Hurricane Jeane hits east coast of Florida
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# extreme weather


___ 09-16-2004 ___
Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama
__________________
# extreme weather


___ 09-15-2004 ___
Texas school financing plan known as "Robin Hood" declared unconstitutional - legislature given 1year to come up with a new plan
__________________


___ 09-07-2004 ___
War in Iraq reaches a tragic milestone 1000 Americans dead
__________________


___ 09-04-2004 ___
Hurricane Frances hits South Florida and moves up the coast
__________________
# extreme weather


___ 09-03-2004 ___
Terrorists attack school in Russia and take over 1000 hostages
__________________


___ 08-20-2004 ___
Record high oil price (week long run)
__________________
# commodity market ; transportation costs ; inflation
ref _> OPEC ; Exxon-Mobile


___ 08-14-2004 ___
Summer Olympics open in Athens, Greece
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___ 08-13-2004 ___
Hurricane Charlie hits Florida
__________________
# severe weather


___ 07-25-2004 ___
L. Armstrong wins a record 6th straight Tour de France
__________________
# cyclist ; testicular cancer survivor


___ 07-06-2004 ___
Democrat, J.Kerry, chooses freshman senator J.Edwards (N.Carolina) as his running mate
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# 2004 presidential race ; incumbents G.W. Bush / D.Cheney


___ 06-28-2004 ___
The transfer of power in Iraq happens 2 days early to avoid problems with insurgents
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# Iraq War


___ 06-21-2004 ___
Space Ship One, the first privately funded manned space venture, succeeds in suborbital flight
__________________
# X-PRIZE ; commercial space flight- space tourist


___ 06-05-2004 ___
Former Republican president Ronald Reagan died following a long battle with Alzheimer's
__________________
# 40th president; California governor; actor ; wife - Nancy Reagan


___ 05-18-2004 ___
Massachusetts becomes the first state to recognize same sex marriage
__________________
# LGBT civil rights ; social conservatives - Republican opposition ;
ref_> DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) ; Don't Ask - Don't Tell / military policy


___ 05-02-2004 ___
Abuse of Iraqi POWs by the U.S. military causes a stir around the world
__________________
# Iraq war - regime change ; prisoner abuse - torture - international treaty ; Geneva Convention


___ 03-27-2004 ___
First ever recorded hurricane, Catarina, in South Atlantic near Brazil
__________________
# severe weather
ref_> global warming - climate change; 2nd recorded Mar.2010 Tropical Storm 90Q


___ 03-27-2004 ___ **
NASA tests scramjet
__________________
# Mach 5+ (five times SPEED of SOUND) ; SUPERSONIC


___ 03-22-2004 ___
A.Yassin, a Hamas leader, has been killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip
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# Palestinian terrorist organization ; occupied territories


___ 03-20-2004 ___
Pakistan surrounds militants on its border with Afghanistan
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# Al Qaeda


___ 03-18-2004 ___
A new planetoid, Sedna, found orbiting 8 billion miles away
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# NASA - Hubble space telescope


___ 03-18-2004 ___ **
Second ever presidential election in Taiwan (Republic of China)
__________________
# parliamentary government ; coalition government


___ 03-14-2004 ___
V.Putin wins re-election in Russia
__________________
# head of state - president


___ 03-11-2004 ___
Coordinated terrorist attacks target subway in Spain
- simultaneous bombs in ten locations (03-12-04) millions gather in streets to mourn & protest
__________________
# Basque separatist organization

ref_> 11-M


___ 03-05-2004 ___
Martha Stewart found guilty on all four obstruction charges
__________________
# media mogul - insider stock trading


___ 03-02-2004 ___
Evidence of past water found on Mars
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# robotic probe - geology


___ 02-23-2004 ___
Orders to buy Comanche helicopter have been cancelled
__________________
# Pentagon - army aviation


___ 02-13-2004 ___
Hundreds of same sex marriages are being performed each day in San Francisco, CA
__________________
# LGBT civil rights - marriage equality
ref_> social conservative / Republican opposition ; DOMA


___ 02-04-2004 ___
Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds same sex marriage
__________________
# LGBT civil rights - marriage equality
ref_> social conservative / Republican opposition ; DOMA


___ 01-25-2004 ___
Opportunity rover lands on Mars - the Spirit rover, which landed three weeks ago, has been experiencing technical problems
__________________
# NASA - unmanned planetary space probe; robotic space probe


___ 01-03-2004 ___
The Spirit probe lands successfully on Mars - the Opportunity probe is about three week away
__________________
# NASA - unmanned planetary space probe; robotic space probe



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