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| | | Mahmoud Abbas is elected president of the Palestinian Authority, following the death of Yasser Arafat | |
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| 2005 |
| | | Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri is killed when a massive bomb is detonated as his car passes in Beirut | |
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| 2005 |
| | | A student at Red Lake High School in Minnesota kills five fellow students and two staff members before committing suicide | |
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| 2005 |
| | | John Paul II, dying after 26 years on the papal throne, is the third longest-serving pope in history | |
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| 2005 |
| | | The Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles, subsequently to be known as the Duchess of Cornwall | |
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| 2005 |
| | | Patriarch Christodoulos attends the funeral in Rome of Pope John Paul II | |
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| 2005 |
| | | Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope and takes the name Benedict XVI | |
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| 2005 |
| | | Following local and international pressure after the death of Rafik Hariri, Syria withdraws the last of its troops from Lebanon | |
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| 2005 |
| | | The superjumbo Airbus A380 makes its first test flight from Toulouse | |
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| 2005 |
| | | Tony Blair wins the Labour party an unprecedented third successive term, but with a majority reduced from 167 to 66 | |
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