Australia Timeline, Year 2005

From: Mikhail Sidorin <mikhail.sidorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:59:30 GMT

Australia Timeline, Year 2005


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Event of the Year:

Dec. 1  2005  SINGAPORE.  Young Australian hanged

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SUMMARY:

Jan. 27 First Iraqis cast their vote Jan. 28 MELBOURNE. Williams gets Aussie title over Davenport Jan. 30 MELBOURNE. Safin fightback ends Hewitt dream Mar. 2 INDONESIA. Cleric jailed over Bali bombings Mar. 3 Dismay over Bali bombing sentence Apr. 2 INDONESIA. 9 feared dead in quake crash May. 1 Australia: No hostage negotiations Jun. 1 Jakarta condemns terror threat Jun. 15 IRAQ. Jubilant ex-hostage tells of rescue Jul. 1 ENGLAND. Federer cruises to final over Hewitt Sep. 12 ENGLAND. England take Ashes after Oval draw Nov. 7 SYDNEY. 17 held in Australia terror swoop Nov. 13 SYDNEY. Terror accused nuclear link Nov. 25 Lara secures new Test runs record Dec. 1 SINGAPORE. Young Australian hanged Dec. 12 SYDNEY. Second night of riots Dec. 18 SYDNEY. Arms seized in beach raid Dec. 26 SYDNEY. Media magnate Kerry Packer dies


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DETAILS: (See more at Australia Timeline: http://www.mapreport.com/countries/australia.html)

Jan. 27 First Iraqis cast their vote Iraqi expatriates have begun the global voting process for Iraq's first democratic elections in almost 50 years: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/27/iraq.main.int

Jan. 28 MELBOURNE. Williams gets Aussie title over Davenport Serena staged a remarkable recovery to beat Lindsay and win her second Australian Open title: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4214545.stm

Jan. 30 MELBOURNE. Safin fightback ends Hewitt dream Marat Safin win the Australian Open final 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 and end Hewitt's dream of winning his home Grand Slam title: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4217717.stm

Mar. 2 INDONESIA. Cleric jailed over Bali bombings A court has found Abu Bakar Ba'asyir guilty of conspiracy over the 2002 bombings, in which 202 people died: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4312199.stm

Mar. 3 Dismay over Bali bombing sentence Australia and the U.S. have expressed disappointment at the 30-month jail sentence handed to Abu Bakar Ba'asyir

Apr. 2 INDONESIA. 9 feared dead in quake crash An Australian helicopter has crashed while assisting relief operations on the island of Nias: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4404123.stm

May. 1 Australia: No hostage negotiations The government will not negotiate with a group that has taken Douglas Wood hostage in Iraq

Jun. 1 Jakarta condemns terror threat A suspected biological agent was mailed to the Indonesian embassy in Australia

Jun. 15 IRAQ. Jubilant ex-hostage tells of rescue Australian Douglas Wood, held in captivity for more than a month and a half appeared from his hospital room: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/15/iraq.australian.hostage

Jul. 1 ENGLAND. Federer cruises to final over Hewitt Defending champion swatted Australian aside 6-3 6-4 7-6 to reach the Wimbledon final

Jul. 26
    SYDNEY.  New South Wales head steps down

Aug. 11
    ENGLAND.  Warne claims record 600th wicket

Sep. 12 ENGLAND. England take Ashes after Oval draw Kevin Pietersen scored an outrageous maiden Test century at The Oval to ensure a draw on the last day

Sep. 14
    INDONESIA.  2nd embassy blast death sentence

Oct. 3
     Australia issues new Bali warning

Oct. 30
     Australia hosts bird flu summit

Oct. 31
    MELBOURNE.  Diva secures third Melbourne Cup

Nov. 1
     Australia warns of terror threat

Nov. 7 SYDNEY. 17 held in Australia terror swoop Prosecutors began outlining planned attacks against citizens after police made arrests on terrorism charges: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/07/australia.terror

Nov. 13 SYDNEY. Terror accused nuclear link Australian police stopped and questioned 3 recently arrested terror suspects near Australia's only nuclear reactor

Nov. 15
     Mass labour rallies

Nov. 16
    SYDNEY.  Schwarzer puts Australia in finals

Nov. 25 Lara secures new Test runs record West Indies batsman has become the leading Test runscorer of all time, passing the 11,174 mark set by Border

Nov. 28
     Clean sweep Aussies beat Windies

Dec. 1 SINGAPORE. Young Australian hanged Singapore hanged young drug smuggler Tuong Van Nguyen, despite widespread condemnation in Australia: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/australia.singapore.reut

Dec. 11
    SYDNEY.  Howard condemns riots

Dec. 12 SYDNEY. Second night of riots Violence triggered by race tensions has hit Sydney for a 2nd night, with youths damaging cars and shops: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4521442.stm

Dec. 18 SYDNEY. Arms seized in beach raid Police have seized weapons including swords, iron bars and petrol bombs to prevent a repeat of racial violence

Dec. 21
    SYDNEY.  Man charged over messages

Dec. 26 SYDNEY. Media magnate Kerry Packer dies Australia's richest man has died peacefully at the age of 68 at home among his family

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Mikhail Sidorin See links to more details at Australia Timeline: http://www.mapreport.com/countries/australia.html .

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