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*<!-- Nov 22 --> Dr '''[[Angela Merkel]]''' of the [[Christian Democratic Union]] is elected [[Chancellor of Germany]], becoming the first woman to hold the post. |
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*<!-- Nov 21 --> [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] of [[Israel]] leaves the [[Likud|Likud Party]] to found the new [[centrism|centrist]] '''[[National Responsibility|National Responsibility Party]]''' and calls for an [[Israel legislative election, 2006|election in March 2006]]. |
*<!-- Nov 21 --> [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] of [[Israel]] leaves the [[Likud|Likud Party]] to found the new [[centrism|centrist]] '''[[National Responsibility|National Responsibility Party]]''' and calls for an [[Israel legislative election, 2006|election in March 2006]]. |
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*<!-- Nov 20?--> [[DNA testing]] is performed on the bodies of several people who died in a raid in [[Mosul]], [[Iraq]] to determine if '''[[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]''' was killed. |
*<!-- Nov 20?--> [[DNA testing]] is performed on the bodies of several people who died in a raid in [[Mosul]], [[Iraq]] to determine if '''[[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]''' was killed. |
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Revision as of 17:01, 22 November 2005
- Dr Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union is elected Chancellor of Germany, becoming the first woman to hold the post.
- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel leaves the Likud Party to found the new centrist National Responsibility Party and calls for an election in March 2006.
- DNA testing is performed on the bodies of several people who died in a raid in Mosul, Iraq to determine if Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed.
- Michael Scanlon, an aide to former United States House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, pleads guilty to a felony charge in the Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa of the leftist United People's Freedom Alliance takes office as President of Sri Lanka.