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Archived discussion for May 2005 from Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates.




The Downing Street memo is farely complete and readable by now. -- Toytoy 00:23, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
Donald Tsang
Donald Tsang
  • A massive power outage produced a blackout in the Russian capital of Moscow. Authorities are still investigating the matter and working on solving the problem.
    • Not posted. Page with bolded link was not updated. If it's just one city affected, it's local news. -- PFHLai 23:55, 2005 May 25 (UTC)
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Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia

NB:Image is redundant to commons Image:Flag de-nordrhein westfalen civil.png and will be deleted in a months time --Paddyez 15:17, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Updated. - BanyanTree 18:41, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pope Benedict XVI waives the five-year waiting period normally required before somebody's beatification process may begin and starts the process for his predecessor, John Paul II on the 24th anniversary of his assasination attempt.

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Correction:

(A candidate in Staffordshire South has died, so the election there has been postponed).

  • It would be nice to have something about the events in Nepal - there have been mentions in Current Events for the last three days, but I have no time to write an article to link to. The most appropriate article may be Gyanendra of Nepal. I don't see anything on Wikinews either.-gadfium 21:33, 3 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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    • Don't know about the pic. A nukiller explosion is a lot more eye-catching than (yet another) politician in a suit, nice red tie notwithstanding. (However, if it's so decided, on this other pic, he'd be looking into the page). Hajor 22:26, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think the 'sparkle' on his forehead is more eye-catching. :-) -- PFHLai 00:56, 2005 May 3 (UTC)