Events in December 2005
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Dec. 2
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Convicted killer Kenneth Boyd is executed in North Carolina becoming the 1000th prisoner to be put to death since the U.S. reinstated the death penalty in 1976. |
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Dec. 4
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Kazakhstan voters cast ballots in presidential polls. |
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Dec. 5
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"I am not afraid of execution", says the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein at his trial and accuses the court of being "made in America". |
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Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, at the helm since 1999 wins re-election by a landslide. |
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Dec. 6
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At least 108 persons are killed as an Iranian military plane crashes into an apartment in the Azadi suburb of Teheran. |
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Russia sees India as a "long-term partner" in the energy sector, says the President, Vladimir Putin, at the end of the sixth annual summit in Moscow. Promises to help New Delhi address problems in the civilian nuclear field. |
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Dec. 8
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The Red Cross and the Red Crescent gain an additional emblem that will let Israel join the global relief network. |
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Ecuadorean Maria Esther Capovilla (116) is confirmed the World's oldest person. |
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Dec. 10
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Over 100 persons are killed after a Nigerian plane crashes on landing at Port Harcourt city following a lightning strike. |
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Miss Iceland Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, a police officer, is crowned Miss World 2005 at the Chinese beach resort of Sanya. |
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More than 150 countries pass the Kyoto resolution to curb greenhouse gas emissions. |
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The IAEA Director-General, Mohamed ElBaradei, is presented with the 2005 Nobel Peace Price at the Norwegian capital Oslo. Ten Nobel laureates receive prizes in Stockholm. |
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Nasha Bibi (45) is rescued after lying buried for 63 days in Kamsar refugee camp near PoK capital Muzaffarabad since the October 8 earthquake. |
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Dec. 13
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The sixth World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting opens in Hong Kong amid huge protests. |
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Dec. 14
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The first East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur decides to set up a forum for dialogue on strategic issues. |
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Dec. 15
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High turnout in landmark Iraqi parliamentary polls amid sporadic violence. |
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Dec. 16
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The developing countries forge a grand alliance with least developed countries at the WTO meet. |
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Dec. 18
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The WTO draft agrees to eliminate farm export subsidies by 2013. |
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Evo Morales wins Bolivian presidential polls. |
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Dec. 19
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Threehundred and fiftyone persons are sworn in members of the first Afghan Parliament in more than 30 years, in Kabul. |
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Dec. 21
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Pop superstar Elton John "marries" his Canadian gay partner David Furnish at a ceremony in Windsor, London. |
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Dec. 22
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The ISRO's 3,080 kg satellite INSAT-4A is launched successfully from Kourou in French Guyana. |
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Dec. 23
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Lech Kaczynski is sworn in Poland President. |
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The Seoul National University declares Hwang Woo-suk's stem cell research fake. |
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Dec. 25
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Sri Lankan MP Joseph Pararajasingham is shot dead at a Church in Batticaloa town. |
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Dec. 28
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The Galileo navigational telescope is launched from Kazakhstan. |
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Dec. 29
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Indonesian army withdraws from Aceh. |
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