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- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko fires Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and most of his cabinet amid accusations of corruption.
- Hurricane Katrina: Accusations of mismanagement escalate as disaster aid continues, and the death toll rises.
- Egypt votes in its first ever multi-party presidential elections, with President Hosni Mubarak expected to win a fifth six-year term.
- 2005 Philippine electoral crisis: The House of Representatives votes to end impeachment proceedings against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
- Final results of the Ethiopian general election in May are released, returning the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front to power.
- Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a residential area of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.