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==[[19 September]] [[2005]] (Monday)==

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* One person is injured following an apparent [[Letter Bomb]] in the [[British]] [[Embassy]] in the [[Croatia]]n [[capital]] [[Zagreb]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4259504.stm (BBC)]

* One person dies following an apparent [[Parcel Bomb]] at the [[Kuwait]] information office in the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[capital]] [[Beirut]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4259544.stm (BBC)]

* [[North Korea]] agrees to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and return "at an early date" to the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050919/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear (Yahoo News/AP)] [http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-19T050401Z_01_YUE579659_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH.xml (Reuters)]

==[[18 September]] [[2005]] (Sunday)==

* [[Vice Admiral]] [[Thad Allen]] warns that [[New Orleans]] drinking water is still unfit to drink. He cautions that mayor [[Ray Nagin]]'s encouragement of residents outside the French Quarter to return is "extremely problematic" at this time. [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050918-124408-7214r.htm (Washington Times)]

* [[Insurgent]]s in the [[Iraq]]i [[capital]] of [[Baghdad]] kill three, including the [[Kurd]]ish [[Member of Parliament]], [[Faris Hussein]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4257224.stm (BBC)]

* [[President of Pakistan]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], addresses the American Jewish Congress. He broke bread and led [[salat]] from the [[Quran]], the first leader of a nation not recognizing [[Israel]] to do so. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4257370.stm (BBC)]

* [[Taliban]] fighters launch a series of attacks as Afghans vote in the [[Afghan parliamentary election, 2005]], the first legislative elections in [[Afghanistan]] in decades . [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-18T064519Z_01_MCC746415_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AFGHAN.xml (Reuters)]

* [[German federal election, 2005|Federal elections]] are held in [[Germany]]. Provisional results give the [[CDU]]/[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]] 35.2% of the vote and 225 seats, the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] 34.3% and 222 seats, [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] 9.8% and 61 seats, the [[Left Party (Germany)|Left Party]] 8.7% and 54 seats, and the [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green party]] 8.1% and 51 seats. There is likely to be several weeks of horse trading to form a workable coalition. [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1714167,00.html (Deutsche Welle Election Night Ticker)]

==[[17 September]] [[2005]] (Saturday)==

* Addressing the [[U.N. General Assembly]], [[Iranian President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] rejects an offer from the [[European Union]] to halt [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|its nuclear program]]: "The most far reaching step outside the requirements of the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty|NPT]] … in keeping with Iran's inalienable right to have access to a nuclear fuel cycle."

* At least 30 people die following an explosion at a [[market]] in the [[Iraq]]i [[capital]] of [[Baghdad]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4256484.stm (BBC)]

* [[Tayseer Allouni]], a reporter with [[Al Jazeera]], is arrested by [[Spain|Spanish]] police for the second time. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4254896.stm (BBC)]

* [[Ariel Sharon]], the [[Prime Minister of Israel]], threatens to "make every effort not to help" the upcoming [[Palestinian]] elections if [[Hamas]] takes part. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050917/wl_nm/mideast_sharon_dc (Reuters)]

*In the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|New Zealand general election]], the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]], led by [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Helen Clark]], seems best placed to form a new government. Although the opposition [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] of Dr [[Don Brash]] makes the greatest gains, these are mainly at the expense of minor parties. All the existing minor parties lose seats, with only the new [[Māori Party]] making gains. ([http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/partystatus.html Elections New Zealand])

==[[16 September]] [[2005]] (Friday)==

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: At least 10 people die as a [[Shia]] [[Mosque]] is bombed in [[Tuz Khurmatu]], Central [[Iraq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4251390.stm (BBC)]

* [[Hamas]] hold a huge [[salat|prayer]] rally in the now abandoned [[Jewish Settlements]] in the [[Gaza Strip]], leading thousands of [[Palestinian]] [[Muslim]]s in [[Friday Prayer]]s (Salat ul Jum'a). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4253536.stm (BBC)]

* 87 [[journalist]]s are arrested at a [[protest]] in [[Nepal]]. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126879166429_12/?hub=World (CTV)]

* The [[President of Pakistan]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], has evoked outrage by suggesting that [[rape]] victims in [[Pakistan]] are part of a "money making concern". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4251536.stm (BBC)]

* [[Hurricane Ophelia]] is downgraded to a [[tropical storm]] as it appears to head out to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. [http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050916-07143300-bc-us-ophelia.xml (Science Daily)]

* The [[Anniversary|Bicentennial]] of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] and the death of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Lord Nelson]] is commemorated by a [[historical reenactment|re-enactment]] of the [[1806]] waterborne [[state funeral]] procession on the [[River Thames]] in [[London]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4250654.stm (BBC)]

* [[New Zealand]] prepares to go to the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|polls]] on Saturday. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/index.cfm?c_id=1500891 (New Zealand Herald)]

==[[15 September]] [[2005]] (Thursday)==

* [[Nintendo]] finally reveals the controller for its [[Nintendo Revolution|next generation console]] on its website. Reactions from gamers are mixed. [http://www.nintendo.com/newsarticle?articleid=TfyOgnUc7zB-ZlzdQvMhKJOgS5LsR2nK (Nintendo)]

*[[George W. Bush|President Bush]] addresses the nation from [[French Quarter|Jackson Square]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] saying: "We have witnessed the kind of devastation no citizen of this great and generous nation should ever have to know. We will do what it takes and stay as long as it takes to help New Orleans to return their community and their lives." He provides the [[FEMA]] phone number to assist families in reuniting: 877&#8210;568&#8210;3317. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Katrina%20Bush (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)]

*The [[Clinton Global Initiative]] is inaugurated in [[New York]].

*The [[Supreme court]] of [[Israel]] rejects the opinion of [[International Court of Justice]] for the removal of [[Israeli West Bank barrier]], but calls on part of the wall to be re-routed so as not to encroach on [[Palestinian]] lands. The world court had called the barrier illegal and ordered the wall be torn down. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1461428.htm (ABC News)] [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=128193340&p=yz8y939zx (Ireland Online)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: At least 26 [[Iraqi police]] die following two [[car bomb]]s in the [[Baghdad]]. Elsewhere, 3 [[Shia]] pilgrims are [[drive-by shooting|shot dead by a passenger]] in a passing car traveling to [[Karbala]], two Iraqi police members are killed near [[Kirkuk]] and three [[civil servant]]s die following an attack on the Ministry of Industry in East Baghdad. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4247646.stm (BBC)]

* [[Australia]]: The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] rushed to air its interview with former [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] Opposition leader [[Mark Latham]] after fending off legal challenges from [[News Corporation]], publishers of ''[[The Australian]]'' and the ''[[Herald Sun]]''. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/legal-battle-to-ban-latham-show-fails/2005/09/15/1126750082275.html (The Age)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1461400.htm (ABC News)].

*Most of world leaders at the [[United Nations General Assembly]] call for eliminating [[poverty]]. [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/ga10384.doc.htm (UN)]

==[[14 September]] [[2005]] (Wednesday)==

* The [[President of Pakistan]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], shakes hands with the [[Prime Minister of Israel]], [[Ariel Sharon]], the first time such an encounter has been made in public. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4247406.stm (BBC)]

* [[UN High Commissioner for Refugees]] and [[World Food Programme]] appeal for more funds to provide food for two million [[refugee]]s in [[Africa]], in countries such as [[Tanzania]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Liberia]] and [[Kenya]]. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/440b085f1f32d6276575f08462fdecdb.htm (Reuters)]

* Mandatory [[evacuation]] is ordered for [[Outer Banks]] in [[North Carolina]] as [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Hurricane Ophelia]] approaches. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091401832.html (Washington Post)], [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-14T204307Z_01_YUE474504_RTRUKOC_0_UK-WEATHER-OPHELIA.xml&archived=False (Reuters)], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1570436,00.html (Guardian)]

* Two [[United States of America|American]] air carriers, [[Delta Air Lines]] and [[Northwest Airlines]], have filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] [[bankruptcy]] protection. Delta has lost over six [[billion]] [[USD]] since the start of [[2001]].

* The [[Massachusetts General Court]] rejects a proposed amendment to ban [[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts]] by a vote of 157-39, meaning that [[Massachusetts]] will remain the only state in the United States to allow gay marraige.

* [[Uganda]]n Rebels of the [[Lord's Resistance Army]] cross the [[White Nile]] for the first time to carry out attacks near [[Juba, Sudan|Juba]], the capital of [[Southern Sudan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4246276.stm (BBC)]

* [[Hamas]] blows a hole through the wall between [[Egypt]] and [[Gaza]], allowing free passage for [[Palestinian]]s to and from Egypt for the first time since [[1967]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4244730.stm (BBC)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** 114 people die when a [[car bomb]] explodes in a [[Shia]] district of [[Baghdad]] called [[Kadhimiya]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4244068.stm (BBC)]

** 17 people die in the town of [[Taji]], near [[Baghdad]] when gunmen storm their homes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4244068.stm (BBC)]

*[[Frances Newton]] is executed by [[lethal injection]] by the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]] for the murder of her ex-husband and two children. She is the first [[African American]] woman executed in Texas since [[1858]]. [http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-15T005316Z_01_YUE503140_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CRIME-EXECUTION-TEXAS-DC.XML (Reuters)]

*[[Robert Wise]], film director, dies at the age of 91, at the [[UCLA|UCLA Medical Center]] in [[Los Angeles]].

==[[13 September]] [[2005]] (Tuesday)==

*The rebel [[National Liberation Front (Burundi)|National Liberation Front]] of [[Burundi]] breaks off peace negotiations with the new government of [[Pierre Nkurunziza]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4240976.stm (BBC)]

*Many [[petrol station]]s across the [[United Kingdom]] experienced increased demand ahead of the [[UK fuel protest|2005 fuel protests]]. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-13T174007Z_01_KWA340726_RTRUKOC_0_UK-EUROPE-FUEL-BRITAIN.xml (Reuters)]

*[[Sony]] recalls 3.5 million faulty [[PlayStation 2]] power adapters. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4240558.stm (BBC)]

*[[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] [[Hu Jintao]] meets with [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] at the [[United Nations]] during the Leaders' Gathering in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the UN's founding. [http://china.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node86400/userobject1ai1448160.html (East News)][http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050913-8.html (White House)]

* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] nominee [[John G. Roberts]] affirms before the [[U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Commmittee]] today his belief in a constitutional right to [[privacy]], which underpins many [[Amendments to the United States Constitution|Constitutional amendments]] (viz. [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|1]], [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|4]], [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|5]], [[Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution|9]], [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|13]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14]]) as well as [[Roe v. Wade]]. (This does not translate to support specifically for Roe v. Wade.) He answers questions regarding [[civil rights]] in [[war]]time, [[torture]] and the role on [[international law]] in interpreting the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4845368 (NPR)]

==[[12 September]] [[2005]] (Monday)==

* In [[Colombia]], an airplane hijacker and his son surrender peacefully after five hours of negotiations. Officials coaxed him out with what he later learned was a worthless [[bank cheque]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/12/colombia.plane.ap/index.html (CNN)]

* In [[Norway]], the [[Red-Green Coalition (Norway)|Red-Green Coalition]] led by [[Jens Stoltenberg]] wins the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005|2005 election]] to the [[Storting]] ([[Legislature]]). [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-12T233824Z_01_YUE276659_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-NORWAY-DC.XML&archived=False (Reuters)]

* [[2005 Los Angeles power outage|Los Angeles Power Outage]]:

** According to the Department of Water and Power, the power outage is of "non-malicious cause" triggered by an accidental error in connecting lines to a newly installed computer. DWP (Dept of Water and Power) General Manager Ron Deaton says repairs have been made and the system will be restored in an orderly manner. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-091205blackout_lat,0,7871549.story?coll=ny-top-headlines (Newsday)]

** Despite the disruption to two million customers, the system's successfully controlled shutdown prevented a [[power outage|blackout]] from extending beyond the region.

*[[Michael D. Brown]] resigns as the head of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States]] (FEMA) following several days of criticism concerning his handling of the disaster following [[Hurricane Katrina]], and allegations that his official biography is misleading and contains unsubstantiated claims. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9315184/ (MSNBC)]

*[[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:

** [[Israel]] withdraws the last of its troops from the [[Gaza Strip]], effectively completing its [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|unilateral disengagement plan]]. [http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-12T140205Z_01_SCH033455_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MIDEAST-DC.XML (Reuters)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/12/gaza/ (CNN)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/623605.html (Ha’aretz)]

** Following the [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|pullout]] many [[Palestinians]] rush into abandoned [[Israeli settlement]]s in celebration, some burning down [[synagogue]]s which Israel's [[Political minister|ministers]] voted against dismantling due to their religious significance, while others scavenged through the rubble of demolished [[settlement]] homes, taking furniture, doors, electricity cables and what ever else they could find. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1126405205939 (The Jerusalem Post)],[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3140767,00.html (YNETnews)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4238000.stm (BBC)], [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1126405205480&p=1078027574097 (Jerusalem Post)]

** Several hours after the [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|pullout]] two [[Qassam]] rockets are fired by [[Palestinian]] militants from the [[Gaza Strip]]. The first lands near the [[Israeli]] town of [[Sderot]], while the second lands near [[Kibbutz]] [[Yad Mordechai]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/623842.html (Ha’aretz)],[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3141107,00.html (YNETnews)]

* According to [[Palestinian]] witnesses, the Egyptian border patrol police opened fire at crowds swarming the [[Egypt]]-[[Gaza]] border at [[Rafah]], killing a [[Palestinian]] man and injuring another. An Egyptian spokesman later denied that Egyptian troops fired the shots that killed the man. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1287445.htm (Reuters)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C32C6D14-F5CA-4747-9022-7DE8FFC4F14B.htm (Al Jazeera)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4238000.stm (BBC)]

* Three [[Palestinian]] teenagers drowned as they rushed into the beachside at [[Neve Dekalim]] without knowing how to swim. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1568704,00.html (The Guardian)]

* [[eBay]] announced it will buy [[Skype]], the [[Luxembourg]]-based web telephone network, in a $2.6 billion deal. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4237338.stm (BBC)]

* [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] opens in a partnership between [[Disney]] and the [[Hong Kong]] government. This marks the first attempt of Disney tapping into the Chinese and southeastern Asian market. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4236718.stm (BBC)] [http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/12/news/fortune500/hongkongdisney/ (CNN)]

* [[Premier of Ontario|Premier]] [[Dalton McGuinty]] of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] rejects the use of [[Islamic]] [[sharia law]] as well as religious [[arbitration]] of all other faiths, declaring that one public law is to be used for all family disputes. The decision follows a year of debate and worldwide protests. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050912.wxsharia12/BNStory/National/ (Globe and Mail)]

* [[Oracle Corporation]] announced that it has agreed to purchase [[Siebel Systems]] for approximately $5.85 billion in cash. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4237810.stm (BBC)]

* England wins [[the 2005 Ashes]] 2-1. Final Test match ends in a draw. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4237610.stm (BBC)]

* Panic buying of petrol and diesel is in full swing across Britain, with long queues outside service stations in a worrying echo of the 2000 [[UK fuel protest|Fuel Protest]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4236676.stm (BBC)]

==[[11 September]] [[2005]] (Sunday)==

* An eleven minute video tape purporting to be from [[Al Qaeda]] is delivered to American network [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in [[Pakistan]] and shown on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', warns of future attacks on [[Los Angeles, California]] and [[Melbourne, Australia]]. [[Adam Yahiye Gadahn]], an American convert to [[Islam]], called the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] "blessed events" and commenting on possible attacks in the future stated, "This time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint and compassion." [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1126405205421 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Investigation/story?id=1115448&page=1 (ABC News)], [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-11T193328Z_01_EIC146603_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-SECURITY-THREAT-DC.XML&archived=False (Reuters)]

* [[New Orleans]] mayor [[Ray Nagin]] interviewed on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Meet the Press]]'' is critical of suggestions that tent cities be constructed to house [[Hurricane Katrina]] survivors. He promises to lead the rebuilding of the city saying: "New Orleaneans are the only ones to rebuild. We're going to rebuild New Orleans and make sure we have resources to get the job done." [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9240461/ (NBC)]

* According to [[exit poll]]s, [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Junichiro Koizumi]]'s long-ruling [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] has won a [[landslide victory]] in the [[Japan general election, 2005]]. [[Democratic Party of Japan|Democratic Party]] leader [[Katsuya Okada]] concedes defeat and announces his resignation as party leader. [http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-11T125348Z_01_SCH017657_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-JAPAN-ELECTION-DC.XML (Reuters)], [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8F7D3E44-79D4-40BF-B8C6-E93BBCE4F0E1.htm (Aljazeera)]

*The [[death toll]] of the [[Japanese Encephalitis]] outbreak in [[Uttar Pradesh]] has reached an official number of 650, with estimates of aid agencies about double this number. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4230562.stm (BBC)], [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/11/content_476816.htm (China Daily)], [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/10/AR2005091001208.html (Washington Post)].

*Over 800,000 people in the [[Zhejiang]] province of [[China]] are evacuating as the province is hit by [[Typhoon Khanun]] which has a packing center winds of 144 kilometers per hour. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/11/content_476812.htm (Chinadaily)]

*The [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005]], held [[September 12]], is set to be a very close race, according to pollsters. The vote will determine the balance of power in the [[Storting]] for the coming four years. The centre-right government under [[List of Prime Ministers of Norway|Prime Minister]] [[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] faces a centre-left opposition led by [[Jens Stoltenberg]] of the [[Norwegian Labour Party]]. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1111846.ece (Aftenposten)]

==[[10 September]] [[2005]] (Saturday)==

* Four people are known to have died following a football match in the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] after a wall collapsed in the stadium the teams were playing in. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4235146.stm (BBC)]

* Several police have been injured when [[Loyalist]] gunmen open fire after the Whiterock [[Orange Order]] Parade in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4233850.stm (BBC)]

* [[New Iraqi Army|Iraqi force]]s and [[United States military|US troops]] attack [[Iraqi insurgent]]s in [[Tal Afar]]. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-10T112604Z_01_SCH022074_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ.xml (Reuters)]

* The [[2005 World Summit]] to take place on Wednesday, [[September 14]] is expected to be the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with more than 170 world leaders in attendance. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1566892,00.html (Guardian)] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168862,00.html (FOX)] [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15746&Cr=world&Cr1=summit (UN News)] [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/UN_inquiry_finds_mismanagement_and_failure_of_oversight (Wikinews)]

* Ahead of [[New Zealand]]'s [[September 17]] [[New Zealand general election, 2005|general election]], [[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[Don Brash]] denies lying about knowing of an anti-[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] pamphlet released by the [[Exclusive Brethren]]. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10344915 (New Zealand Herald)] [http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/576182/609854 (TVNZ)] [http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2005/09/10/1126323391.htm (TaiwanNews)]

* Three young backpackers are killed and eight injured in a rural [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] bus accident. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/backpackers-killed-in-bus-crash/2005/09/11/1125772738214.html?oneclick=true (Sydney Morning Herald)]

* [[Russia]] is planning to build the world's first low capacity floating nuclear power plant ([[FNPP]]) at a cost of $200,000. The plant will produce 1/150th the power of a standard Russian facility. [http://www.mosnews.com/money/2005/09/09/floatingnuclearplant.shtml (MOSNEWS)]

==[[9 September]] [[2005]] (Friday)==

* [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary]] [[Michael Chertoff]] appoints Vice Admiral [[Thad W. Allen]], chief of staff of the [[United States Coast Guard]], to direct [[Hurricane Katrina]] relief efforts in New Orleans, in place of [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] director [[Michael D. Brown]], who returns to Washington to direct planning for future disaster relief. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126286105472_12/?hub=TopStories (CTV.ca)]

* During a military exercise<!--someone changed this to "military movie"; please give a reference to prove this before stating it here-->, a [[Belgian Air Force]] [[F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] fighter jet crashes in the [[Wadden Sea]] (Waddenzee), near the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] island of of [[Vlieland]]. The pilot failed to [[ejector seat|eject]], and died in the crash. [http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=23528&name=Pilot+dies+in+F-16+crash (Expatica)]

* [[People's Republic of China]] [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] [[Hu Jintao]] meets with [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Martin]] in Ottawa. The event is met with protesters and supporters of the Chinese government. Martin and Hu agree on a new "Strategic Partnership", and sign a series of agreements on transportation, food inspection, and scientific research. Hu also meets with [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Adrienne Clarkson]]. [http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/09/09/China_Canada20050909.html (CBC)] [http://www7.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/2005_9_9_14_49_7_382.html (Chinesenewsnet)] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126274787031_63/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 (CTV.ca)]

* A federal [[grand jury]] in [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]] [[indictment|indicts]] [[Richard Hatch (reality TV)|Richard Hatch]], winner of ''[[Survivor: Pulau Tiga]]'', for [[income tax]] [[tax avoidance/evasion|evasion]] and [[fraud]] for [[presumption of innocence|allegedly]] failing to pay taxes on his winnings and misusing charity funds. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168844,00.html (Fox News)]

* An [[earthquake]] measuring 7.3 on the [[Richter scale]] is detected off the eastern coast of [[Papua New Guinea]], though no damage has been recorded. [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20050909p2g00m0in039000c.html (Manichi Daily News)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4228960.stm (BBC)]

*Australian Federal Opposition Leader [[Kim Beazley]] says the [[Government of Australia|Australian Government's]] proposed new [[anti-terrorism]] laws would not deter terrorism. Others say the laws would radicalise young Muslims and civil liberty groups say the laws would make Australian society more dangerous.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1456612.htm (ABC)][http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1456880.htm (ABC)]

* The [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] plans to recruit an additional 500 spies for its current staffing of 1,000 to counter terrorism. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16551843%255E601,00.html (The Australian)]

* [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] will exchange civilian prisoners on September 12 at the Waga border. Those exchanged have completed their sentences. [http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=77865 (The Indian Express)]

==[[8 September]] [[2005]] (Thursday)==

* One woman was killed and over a dozen were injured following a stampede when people fled the [[Saudi Arabian Airlines]] plane they were on after a [[hoax]] [[bomb threat]] was made. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-08T134049Z_01_MCC845703_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-AIRLINES-SRILANKA-SCARE-DC.XML&archived=False (Reuters)]

* Up to 33 [[India]]n troops die when a bridge they are crossing collapses in [[Himachal Pradesh]], North [[India]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4226500.stm (BBC)]

* Several people were injured when bombs exploded in a [[KFC]] and [[McDonalds]] restaurants in the [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Karachi]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4228206.stm (BBC)]

*[[Hosni Mubarak]] wins the [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005|first multi-candidate presidential election]] in the history of [[Egypt]] with 78 percent of the vote. [[Ayman Nour]] is the nearest runner-up with 12 percent. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168775,00.html (Fox News)]

*[[News Corporation]] says it will buy [[IGN]] Entertainment for $650 million. IGN is one of the largest multimedia sites on the internet and also owns the [[GameSpy]] Network and [http://www.askmen.com AskMen.com]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4226170.stm (BBC)]

*[[Hurricane Katrina]]:

**Emergency officials requisition 25,000 body bags as search and rescue operations continue in [[Louisiana]]. A spokesman for the state's department of health and hospitals said: "We don't know what to expect ... It means we are prepared." [http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1565187,00.html (The Guardian)]

* [[Ukraine]] [[President of Ukraine|President]] [[Viktor Yushchenko]] fires [[Prime Minister of Ukraine|Prime Minister]] [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] and most of his [[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine|cabinet]] amid accusations of [[political corruption|graft]] and serious infighting. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050908/wl_nm/ukraine_dc (Yahoo! News)]

*[[Guy Theunis]], a [[Catholic]] [[priest]] from [[Belgium]], has been arrested on a charge of republishing articles in a magazine that the authorities cite as encouraging [[genocide in Rwanda]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4225366.stm (BBC)]

*[[Reporters Without Borders]] accuses [[Yahoo!]] of assisting the [[People's Republic of China]] government to identify [[Shi Tao]], the journalist sentenced to 10 years jail in [[April 2005]]. Shi released on the Internet a government letter which advised the Chinese media not to report on the 15th anniversary of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests]]. [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13398 (Reporters sans frontières)] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/08/wyahoo08.xml (Daily Telegraph)]

*103 [[Croatia]]ns were arrested in [[Malta]] following supporter disturbances after a {{Wc|2006}} [[Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Groups|qualifying]] [[football (soccer)|football]] match which [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] unexpectedly failed to win. [http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H9087834.4yc (HINA)]

*[[Apple Computer]] has unveiled a pencil-thin [[iPod nano]] digital music player and a [[Motorola ROKR E1|long-anticipated cell phone]] that plays music like an [[iPod]], both aimed at extending its domination of the digital music market. Also, Apple discontinued their [[iPod mini]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/technology/circuits/08pogue.html (New York Times)] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/07/apple.ipod.reut/index.html (CNN)]

*[[California]] [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] announced he would [[veto]] a bill allowing [[same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]] citing the [[March 2000]] [[California Proposition 22 (2000)|Proposition 22]], a [[voter initiative]] that stated "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marriage8sep08,0,7314785.story?coll=la-home-headlines (LA Times)]

==[[7 September]] [[2005]] (Wednesday)==

* [[Michael Jackson]] has announced he will record and release a [[charity]] single dedicated to the victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Jackson has asked other recording stars to provide [[vocals]] for the single. [[Babyface]] has confirmed he will be participating. The single is titled "From The Bottom of My Heart" and is due for release in two weeks. All proceeds will go to the victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]].

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: 16 people die following a [[Car Bomb]] attack in the Southern [[Iraq]]i city of [[Basra]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4224344.stm (BBC)]

**American [[hostage]] [[Roy Hallums]] is rescued in [[Iraq]]. He was kidnapped in [[November 2004]] and later showed up on the video released by [[militants]]. [http://www2.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3009530 (dailybulletin)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: An investigation by [[B'Tselem]] and [[Haaretz]] casts doubt on the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] version of events which left 5 [[Palestinian]]s, including 3 [[minors]], dead in [[Tulkarm]] on [[August 24]]. IDF Chief of Staff [[Dan Halutz]] announces that he will open an investigation, and [[Colonel]] [[Kobi Barak]] declares that the operation was a "Failure". [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=B%92Tselem&itemNo=622316 (Haaretz)], [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=B%92Tselem&itemNo=621916 (Haaretz)]

* [[Hurricane Katrina]]

** [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] mayor [[Ray Nagin]] again urges the city's remaining holdouts to leave the area. New Orleans is now only 60% underwater. The number of dead in the city could be as few as 2,000 and as many as 20,000, according to estimates. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/07/news/katrina.php (IHT)]

**[[J. T. Alpaugh]], pool helicopter reporter for the major media, says today on [[NBC]]'s ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' that: "There is the strong smell of rotting water, an awful smell, something you don't ever want to have to smell" rising high into the air space around New Orleans. [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-heli5sep05,1,674864.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true (Los Angeles Times)]

**The [[United States]] government offers $2000 [[debit cards]] to each dispossessed family, to replenish immediate needs [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050908/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_washington (Yahoo)]

**The first deaths from disease have been recorded. The water borne bacterium ''[[Vibrio vulnificus]]'' has killed 5. [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article311127.ece (Independent)] [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/609605 (TVNZ)]

* [[Moussa Arafat]], cousin of [[Yassir Arafat]] and former [[Palestinian Authority]] security chief, is shot and killed by members of the [[Popular Resistance Committees]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4221326.stm (BBC)]

* [[Egyptian presidential election, 2005]]: The first ever [[Multi-party system|multi-party]] [[elections in Egypt]] are conducted, with [[incumbent]] [[Rulers and heads of state of Egypt|President]] [[Hosni Mubarak]] expected to win a fifth six-year [[term]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4221080.stm (BBC)], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4222340.stm (BBC)], [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07409650.htm (Reuters)]

* The [[California]] [[California State Assembly|State Assembly]] passes a bill recognizing [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]]. Earlier this week the state [[California State Senate|Senate]] approved the measure; it now heads to the desk of [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] where there is uncertainty whether he will sign or veto the measure. The legislation is the first passed by a U.S. state legislature recognizing same-sex marriage. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/06/MNsamesex06.TMP (San Francisco Chronicle)]

* A report by an independent inquiry commitee criticizes [[Secretary General of the United Nations|Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]], the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]] in the [[Oil for Food Scandal]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090701646.html (Washington Post)] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168648,00.html (FOX)]

==[[6 September]] [[2005]] (Tuesday)==

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:

** [[Israel]]i troops, who are still in the process of withdrawing from Gaza, shoot dead a [[Palestinian]] teenager as he and about 50 others breach a fence around the evacuated [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Gush Katif]] and climbed atop of [[IDF]] tanks. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4220914.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621804.html (Haaretz)]

** The [[Israel]]i [[Minister for Education]], [[Limor Livnat]], has called on her government to expand [[Jewish Settlement]]s in the [[West Bank]] as "dividend" of the pullout of the [[Gaza Strip]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4220300.stm (BBC)], [http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13718&Itemid=1 (IMEMC)]

** The [[Israel]]i Housing Minister, [[Yitzhak Herzog]], told [[Israel Radio]] that Israel does not intend of construct in E1 area between the [[Maale Adumim]] [[Israeli Settlement]] and [[Jerusalem]] in the coming years, adding that Israeli Government statements to the contrary were part of the “internal conflict” at the [[Likud]] party. ([http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13724&Itemid=1 IMEMC])

*[[Hurricane Katrina]]:

**[[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson Parish]], [[Louisiana]] President [[Aaron Broussard]] told [[CBS]]'s '' Early Show'' anchor Harry Smith today: "Bureaucracy has murdered people in the Greater New Orleans area and bureaucracy needs to stand trial in Congress today. Take whatever idiot they have at the top and give me a better idiot." [http://newsbusters.org/comment/reply/978 (News Busters)]

**President [[George W. Bush]] announced today he would head an investigation into the New Orleans disaster response. He told reporters in the Cabinet Room: "People want us here to play a blame game. We got to solve problems. We're here to solve problems. There'll be ample time for people to figure out what went right and what went wrong." [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9A8844CD-9E3F-461E-9751-C8485E06FD43.htm (Al Jazeera)]

**[[Barbara Bush]] comes under criticism while visiting [[Hurricane Katrina]] relief centers in [[Houston, TX]]. Mrs. Bush stated on the [[NPR]] program "[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]: "So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this (chuckles)--this is working very well for them." The former First Lady also said that the fact that the 15,000 evacuees in the Astrodome might want to stay in Texas was "kind of scary". [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719 (EditorAndPublisher.com)]

* [[Cairo]]: At least 34 people were killed and 60 injured by flames and an ensuing stampede when a fire broke out in the theater run by [[Egypt]]'s Culture Ministry; about 1,000 people were watching the play. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050906/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_fire (Y! & AP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4217706.stm (BBC)]

* Four people died and 27 were wounded following an explosion in [[Gaza|Gaza City]] at the home of [[Nidal Farhat]], a senior [[Hamas]] member.[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621342.html (Haaretz & AP)]

* [[Typhoon Nabi]] kills at least 21 in Japan with over 50 still missing. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050906/wl_asia_afp/japanweathertyphoon (AFP)] Over 100,000 people were told to evacuate. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/06/typhoon_japan_20050906.html (CBC)]

* Almost 600 people have now been officially declared dead in an [[outbreak]] of [[Japanese Encephalitis]] in [[India]]. Officials fear the actual [[death toll]] might be much higher because many deaths in rural areas are not reported. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4220150.stm (BBC)]

*[[Australia]]n telecommunication company [[Telstra]]'s [[share price]] tumbles to a two year low of $4.32AU as [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]] condemns their new management team as disgraceful and the Australian [[Securities and Investment Commission]] launches a criminal probe of Telstra's leaked and negative statements. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16518806%255E601,00.html (The Australian)] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16552277%255E601,00.html (The Australian)]

* [[President of the Philippines|Philippine President]] [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] survives the [[2005 Philippine electoral crisis|2005 political crisis]] as the plenary session of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] of the [[Philippines]] dropped the impeachment complaint filed against her. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/06/international/i101657D48.DTL (SFGate.com)] [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=15527 (ABS-CBN News)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1454572.htm (ABC Austrlia)]

==[[5 September]] [[2005]] (Monday)==

* A [[Russian Navy]] fighter jet crashes and sinks to a depth of 1,100 meters near [[Shetland Islands|Shetland]] in the [[Norwegian Sea]] during a military exercise. The jet, a [[Sukhoi Su-33]], slid off the flight deck of aircraft carrier ''[[Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov|Admiral Kuznetsov]]'' after the plane's arresting cable broke during the landing attempt; the pilot ejected out of the plane and survived. Due to the plane's reportedly containing secret [[high tech|high-tech]] military equipment, Russian authorities have decided to destroy it using underwater bombs. [http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/16112_sucrash.html (Pravda.Ru)], ''[[Aftenposten|(Aftenposten)]]''

* [[Ethiopian general elections, 2005]]: The National Elections Board of [[Ethiopia]], following repeat voting in 31 areas, announces that the ruling [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front|EPRDF]] coalition has retained control of the government, obtaining 59 percent of the seats in Parliament. ([http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=48905&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA IRIN])

* [[Typhoon Nabi]] (Category 3) reaches the [[Japan]]ese coasts. It will make landfall today, and is expected to take 3 days to cross the island of [[Kyushu]]. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-05T122230Z_01_ROB503780_RTRUKOC_0_UK-WEATHER-JAPAN-TYPHOON.xml (Reuters)]

* [[Hurricane Katrina]]: [[United States Senate|Senator]] and former [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Hillary Clinton]] calls for a "9/11 Style Inquiry" into the [[Government of the United States|U.S. federal government]]'s response to the Hurricane. [http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/12564823.htm (The Myrtle Beach online)]

* A [[Aerial tramway|cable car]] crash at [[Sölden]], [[Ötztal]], in the [[Austria]]n [[Alps]] leaves nine people dead when a helicopter carrying construction materials dropped concrete onto the cable. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4216052.stm (BBC)] [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1194591,00.html (Sky News)]

* American [[jurist]] [[John G. Roberts, Jr.]] is nominated by [[President of the United States|US President]] [[George W. Bush]] as the next [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9215790/ (MSNBC)] Bush withdrew Roberts' original nomination to succeed retiring [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] [[Sandra Day O'Connor]].

* Three [[teenage]] girls admit starting a fire in [[Paris]] on [[September 3]] which left 16 people dead. [http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=31640 (CFRA Canada)]

* [[Google]] taps into the Chinese local markets by opening their fifth international Local Search Engine on [[Google China]] at [http://bendi.google.com/ bendi.google.com]. [http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2005-09-06/0210712408.shtml (SINA)]

* [[Ibrahim Rugova]], the [[President of Kosovo]], has announced that he has [[lung cancer]] but will not be stepping down. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4215422.stm (BBC)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: Two [[British Soldiers]] have been killed following a roadside [[IED]] bomb in [[Basra]], southern [[Iraq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4215472.stm (BBC)]

* [[Mandala Airlines Flight 091]]: A [[Mandala Airlines]] flight crashes into a residential area of the Indonesian city of [[Medan, Indonesia|Medan]], killing at least 100 passengers. Among the dead are the governor and former governor of [[North Sumatra|Sumatra Utara]], [[Rizal Nurdin]] and [[Raja Inal Siregar]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/indonesia.plane/ (CNN)]

*A painting discovered in the [[Kunsthalle Bremen]] [[museum]] in [[Bremen]], [[Germany]] is believed by [[art historian]]s to be a previously-unknown work by [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Edvard Munch]]. ([http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article310683.ece The Independent])

==[[4 September]] [[2005]] (Sunday)==

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]: [[PNA]] President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] said that 97.5 percent of [[Gaza Strip]] lands that Israel would evacuate from were state-owned lands and that the Islamic University was entitled to receive lands in order to expand its facilities.[http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=10285 (IPC)]

*[[Hurricane Katrina]]:

**Estimates of the death toll in [[New Orleans]] are made by [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|H&HS]] Secretary [[Michael Leavitt]]: "I think it's evident it's in the thousands. It's clear to me that this has been sickeningly difficult and profoundly tragic circumstance" [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_WASHINGTON?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (Express News)]

**The [[Coast Guard]] asks people in the New Orleans area to hang brightly colored or white sheets, towels or anything else that might help draw attention to those needing assistance. [http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076849 (The Times-Picayune)]

**[[Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] visits her native [[Alabama]] and defends President Bush's response to the hurricane saying "Nobody, especially the president, would have left people unattended on the basis of race." [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_RICE?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (Express News)]

**With 250,000 refugees already in [[Texas]], Gov. [[Rick Perry]] ordered emergency officials to begin preparations to airlift some of them to other states that have offered to help. [http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8CDK8R85.html (Denton Record Chronicle)]

**1,800 aerial photos of [[Gulf Coast]] destruction areas are posted by the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] on the web which display each neighborhood in high resolution. [http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/ (NOAA)]

**The [[United States]] receives offers of financial and humanitarian assistance from multiple nations and international groups, including [[NATO]] and [[Iran]]. Iran says all aid will be sent through the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Crescent]] organization. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.world.aid/index.html (CNN)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=122870+04-Sep-2005+RTRS&srch=Iran (Reuters)]

*[[Typhoon Talim]] brings torrential rains and landslides in east [[People's Republic of China]]'s [[Anhui|Anhui Province]], claiming 53 lives and leaving 12 missing. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/04/content_3442526.htm (Xinhua)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4212636.stm (BBC)]

*[[Wistar Institute]] scientists say they will present details of research on their creation of "miracle mice" next week at a Cambridge University conference on [[Regeneration]]. The experimental animals are able to regenerate amputated limbs or body organs.[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16417002%255E30417,00.html (The Australian)])

*In [[Bregenz]], [[Austria]], a [[Germany|German]] woman attacks the [[Roy Lichtenstein]] painting ''Nudes in Mirror'' with a [[jackknife]]. Witnesses say that the woman claimed that the painting was not authentic. Although there were several slashes in the painting, valued at €4 million, it can be repaired. ([http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050904/us_nm/austria_lichtenstein_dc Reuters])

==[[3 September]] [[2005]] (Saturday)==

*[[William Rehnquist]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]], dies of [[thyroid cancer]] at the age of 80. He was appointed Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in 1971 by [[Richard Nixon]] and was named Chief Justice by [[Ronald Reagan]] in [[1986]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/03/national/w202446D41.DTL (San Francisco Chronicle)]

*[[Hurricane Katrina]]:

**The oil-rich nation of [[Qatar]] has offered the United States $100 million to assist in the humanitarian crisis triggered by Hurricane Katrina. [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.world.aid/index.html (CNN)]

**Spain joins the global effort to stem US oil crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina by providing the United States with 70,000 barrels a day during September. [http://www.iht.com/getina/files/273417.html (International Herald Tribune)]

**Over 40,000 military personnel will be deployed along the [[Gulf Coast]] in the coming week: [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] is ordering 7,000 additional active duty forces to the Gulf Coast to add to the 4,000 active duty personnel and 21,000 National Guard troops already in the area. The Pentagon announced an additional 10,000 troop deployment from the National Guard. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050903.html (The White House)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4211528.stm (BBC)]

**The [[White House]] announced that President [[George W. Bush]] will return to undisclosed parts of the [[Gulf Coast]] on Monday. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4211528.stm (BBC)]

** The racial and [[socio-economic]] fallout from response to Hurricane Katrina continues to grow. Poor black people, says [[Lani Guinier]], a [[Harvard University]] law professor, are "the canary in the mine. Poor black people are the throwaway people. And we pathologize them in order to justify our disregard." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301548.html (Washington Post)]

**"The people of our city are holding on by a thread," Mayor [[Ray Nagin]] says. [http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/news/ci_2998268 (The Argus)]

*[[People's Republic of China]] [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] [[Hu Jintao]] has postponed his scheduled visit to [[Washington]] in the coming week. He plans to meet with President Bush later in the month while attending the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in [[New York City]]. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002470076_webchina03.html (Seattle Times)]

* A [[Unilateralism|unilateral]] three-month [[ceasefire]] is declared by [[Nepal]]'s [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|Maoist rebels]] as negotiations begin with an alliance of poltical parties. Their leader, [[Pushpa Kamal Dahal]], said they would "not launch any offensive" during the truce. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4210722.stm (BBC)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1452594.htm (ABC)]

* The [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] announces [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] [[Typhoon Nabi]] is set to hit [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] and the [[Ryukyu Islands]] and possibly [[Kyushu]] on [[Monday]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1452378.htm (ABC)]'''

* [[President of France|French President]] [[Jacques Chirac]], 72, will be hospitalised for a week after suffering a "minor vascular incident" which is affecting his vision. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4211240.stm (BBC)]

==[[2 September]] [[2005]] (Friday)==

* [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] tours the area devastated by [[Hurricane Katrina]] amidst growing criticism of his lack of leadership. Media reports say he will not visit [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]. Bush said order would be restored and New Orleans would emerge from its "darkest days". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4208986.stm (BBC)]

* [[Vladimir Putin]] tells mothers of [[Beslan school hostage crisis|Beslan children killed a year ago]] that the [[United Russia|government]] could not guarantee complete security in the face of [[terrorism]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/02/russia.beslan.putin/index.html (CNN)]

* The [[NASA]] [[Mars Exploration Rover Mission]] robotic [[Spirit rover]] sends back a partial panoramic view from the top of "[[Husband Hill]]" at [[Gusev (Martian crater)|Gusev Crater]] on [[Mars]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4206348.stm (BBC)]

==[[1 September]] [[2005]] (Thursday)==

*A judge in [[Aruba]] orders the conditional release of [[Joran van der Sloot]], the 18-year-old Dutch citizen being held in connection with the disappearance of [[Natalee Holloway]].

*[[Al Jazeera]] broadcasts a video tape claimed to be supplied by [[Al-Qaeda]] which apparently shows suicide bomber [[Mohammad Sidique Khan]] prior to the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] stating that he would take part in the attacks. He warned Westerners that they would not be safe because of their "crimes against humanity." [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5249082,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704 (Guardian/AP)]

*[[Hurricane Katrina]]:

**[[George W. Bush|President Bush]] in an early morning interview with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Diane Sawyer]] at the [[White House]] said: "I fully understand people wanting things to have happened yesterday" [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HurricaneKatrina/story?id=1086311&page=1 (ABC)]

**Unknown assailants open fire on a [[UH-60 Black Hawk]] military helicopter at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] [[Louisiana Superdome|Superdome]], halting evacuations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4205074.stm (BBC)] [[n:Shots reported during Superdome evacuation|(Wikinews)]]

**US financial markets opened with mixed volatility in reaction to disruptions to the nation's oil distribution system along the Gulf coast and concerns for consumer spending. By the closing bell the [[NASDAQ]] and [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] dropped two percent. [[George W. Bush|President Bush]] and [[Federal Reserve]] Chairman [[Alan Greenspan]] and top economic advisers gave the markets a favorable bump after a noon meeting to consider financial impacts of Hurricane Katrina's devastation. [http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=google&guid=%7B110CA7EA%2DC83D%2D4369%2DAE3F%2DA082CE036F38%7D& (MarketWatch)]

**Both houses of the [[United States Congress]] are set to reconvene later in the day, prior to their scheduled return [[September 6]], to pass $10.5 billion in emergency spending [[legislation]] relating to storm relief. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=askwHltK.MiU&refer=us (Bloomberg)]

*[[Typhoon Talim]] passes over [[Taiwan]], killing at least 1 person and injuring 24. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4200406.stm (BBC)]

*On the eve of [[People's Republic of China]] [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] [[Hu Jintao]]'s first visit to North America next week, a PRC foreign ministry spokesman warned against any government providing [[Republic of China|Taiwan (ROC)]] with missile defense systems. Hu Jintao arrives in [[Washington, D.C.]] on Monday, then visits [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]] before visiting the [[United Nations General Assembly]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4204612.stm (BBC)]

*Russia marks the first anniversary of the [[Beslan]] [[Beslan_school_hostage_crisis|tragedy]] in which militants seized nearly 1,200 hostages, killing 331, more than half of them children. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5248562,00.html (The Guardian)]

*[[Iraq]] [[hanging|hanged]] three men in the first executions in the country since the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion]]. They were part of the [[Jaish Ansar al-Sunna]] group and had been convicted of [[kidnapping]] and [[murder]]ing three [[police]]men and abducting, [[Rape|raping]] and killing Iraqi women. [[President of Iraq|Iraqi President]] [[Jalal Talabani]] refused to sign the [[Execution warrant|death warrant]]s, but his Deputy President [[Adel Abdul Mehdi]] signed instead. Talabani has also said he will refuse to sign the death warrant of [[Saddam Hussein]] should he be convicted and sentenced to death. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1761079,00.html (Times Online)]

*The [[Common Chimpanzee]] [[genome]] sequence has been released, revealing genetic differences between chimps and [[human]]s including differences in a region of the genome thought to be involved in speech acquisition. [http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-31-voa82.cfm (VoA)])

*As part of celebrations for the 40th Anniversary for the founding of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] in the [[People's Republic of China]], 20,000 people gather at the [[Potala Palace|Potala Palace Square]] for a cultural performance. [[Communist Party of China|CPC]] [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China|Politburo]]'s [[Jia Qinglin]] attended. [http://dzrb.dzwww.com/dzzb/dzzb-gnxw/t20050902_1178601.htm (Dazhong Daily)]

*The [[California]] [[California State Senate|Senate]] passes the first bill to allow [[same-sex marriage in the United States]]. The vote of 21 in favor and 15 against sets the stage for a showdown in the state [[California State Assembly|Assembly]], which narrowly rejected a similar bill in June by a margin of 2 votes. Since the June vote some major California organizations have changed stance to support same-sex marriage, including the influential latino group: the [[United Farm Workers]]. [[Latino]]s account for 34 percent of the population in the state.. [http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid20283.asp (The Advocate)] [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/02/SAMESEX.TMP (San Fransico Gate)]

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