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• 25: Jane Jacobs
• 25: Peter Law
• 24: Steve Stavro
• 23: Ghafar Baba
• 22: Alida Valli
• 19: Scott Crossfield
• 13: Muriel Spark
• 13: Arthur Winston
• 12: William Sloane Coffin
• 12: Rajkumar
• 11: DeShaun "Proof" Holton
• 11: June Pointer
• 8: Gerard Reve
• 5: Gene Pitney
• 4: Denis Donaldson
• 2: Nina von Stauffenberg
• 2: Michael J. Novosel

• Abramoff scandal
• Ariel Sharon illness
• Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak
• Black sites scandal
• CIA leak grand jury investigation
• Cole Inquiry
• Demonstrations in Nepal
• Formation of a new Iraqi government
• Horn of Africa food crisis
• Iran's nuclear program
• Liberal leadership race in Canada
• Malawi food crisis
• Montenegrin independence campaign
• Muhammad cartoons controversy
• North Indian cyclone season
• Pacific typhoon season
• Southern Hemisphere cyclone season

• Acholiland insurgency
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
• Darfur conflict in Sudan
• Iraq War
• Ituri conflict in the DR Congo
• Ivorian Civil War
• Nepal Civil War
• Second Chechen War
• South Thailand insurgency

30: Laos, Parliamentary

3: Chad, President
4: England, Local government
6: Singapore, General Election
6 - 13: Fiji, General Election
14: Comoros, Federal president
16: Dominican Republic, Legislature
21: Montenegro, independence referendum
21: Cyprus, Parliament
28: Colombia, President
28: Peru, President (2nd Round)
28 and 29: Italy, Local government
28 and 29: Sicily, President and Regional Assembly
31: Montserrat, President
31: South Korea, Local government

2: Thailand, Legislative (Lower house)
9: Peru, President (1st Round) and legislature
9 and 10: Italy, Parliament
9: Hungary, Parliament (1st Round)
15: India, State legislature
19: Thailand, Legislature (Upper house)
21: Haiti, Parliament (2nd Round)
23: Hungary, Parliament (2nd Round)
27: Scotland, Moray by-election

28: Israel, legislature
26: Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada

Israel: Mordechai Vanunu
Libya: Benghazi Six
U.S.: Conrad Black
U.S.: José Padilla
U.S.: Lewis "Scooter" Libby

Chile: Alberto Fujimori (extradition)
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
Ethiopia: 111 defendants, including leaders of the CUD and journalists, for charges related to the 2005 elections.
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
— Saddam Hussein, among others
Netherlands: ICC
— Thomas Lubanga
Netherlands: ICTY
Russia: Nur-Pashi Kulayev
Sierra Leone: SCfSL
— Charles Taylor
South Africa: Jacob Zuma
UK: Leo O'Connor & David Keogh
U.S.: Brian Nichols
U.S.: Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling
U.S.: Tom DeLay
U.S.: Zacarias Moussaoui

28: Arbor Day (USA)
28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29: Greenery Day (Japan)
29: International Dance Day
29: Queen's Day (Netherlands)
30: Reunification Day (Vietnam)
30: Walpurgis Night (various European countries)

1: May Day
5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

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