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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)
- Former 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)
- Patriarch Irenaios I of Jerusalemamidst 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. Damick02:36, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
- federal election this year in Germany.
- Added.
May 29
- Polls open in European Constitution. gkhan12:10, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
- France more or less rejects the ]
May 27
- 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
5thnext Director-General. (WTO) -- 199.71.174.100 20:12, 28 May 2005 (UTC) -- revised 199.71.174.100 00:01, 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 Baastalk: new18:00, 2005 May 27 (UTC)
- The Downing Street memo is farely complete and readable by now. -- Toytoy 00:23, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
May 25
- 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)]
- 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 Nuclear option.
NB:Image is redundant to commons Image:Flag de-nordrhein westfalen civil.png and will be deleted in a months time --Paddyez 15:17, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
- 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.
May 19
- UEFA Cup.
- Posted. -- PFHLai 13:21, 2005 May 20 (UTC)
May 18
- The governments of ]
- Can't post this item as is. The article has no mention of the "deadly rioting" nor the "harsh criticism from governments of 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. -- PFHLai10:16, 2005 May 19 (UTC)
- Can't post this item as is. The article has no mention of the "deadly rioting" nor the "harsh criticism from governments of
May 16
- general elections. Voter turnoutwas 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 Kitch 18:10, 16 May 2005 (UTC)]
May 13
- John Paul IIon the 24th anniversary of his assasination attempt.
- Protests in Kitch 11:36, 13 May 2005 (UTC)]
- In relation to this, I have created the page Kitch 14:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)]
- My link now redirects to the more detailed Kitch 02:09, 14 May 2005 (UTC)]
- My link now redirects to the more detailed
- In relation to this, I have created the page
May 12
- The 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
- Kitch 19:08, 10 May 2005 (UTC)]
May 9
- 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)
- 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? --
- it's under John Conyers--Firsfron 18:09, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
May 8
- Worldwide celebrations commemorate the 60th anniversary of .
May 7
May 5
Correction:
- 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 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)
- 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)
- Since I got no response to this, I've added it myself.-gadfium 02:07, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
- The rights to develop the memorial at the 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 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -gadfium 08:44, 2 May 2005 (UTC)]
- Picture:
- Cantus…☎21:45, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
- Done. –Hajor 21:51, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
- 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. --Gkhan05:34, 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)]
- Will add. Note that anything on ITN should also be at
- 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)]