Amanda McKittrick Ros Amanda McKittrick Ros (8 December 1860–2 February 1939) was a novelist born in Drumaness, Co Down in Ireland. She published her first novel Irene Iddesleigh at her own expense in 1898. She wrote poetry and a number of novels, and although she was not widely read, her eccentric, over-written, circumlocutory writing style has a cult following among critics as being some of the worst prose and poetry ever written. Amanda_McKittrick_Ros
Darío Silva Darío Debray Silva Pereira (born November 2, 1972 in Treinta y Tres), commonly known as Darío Silva, is a footballer who played as a striker and has recently come out of retirement following serious injury. He represented Uruguay 46 times at the international level, scoring 14 goals, and retired from international football after Uruguay failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Darío_Silva
2005 civil unrest in France The 2005 civil unrest in France of October and November (in French Les émeutes de banlieues de 2005) was a series of riots involving mainly the burning of cars and public buildings at night starting on 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois. Events spread to poor housing projects (the cités HLM) in various parts of France. 2005_civil_unrest_in_France
Extended Copy Protection XCP redirects here. For other uses, see XCP (disambiguation).Extended Copy Protection (XCP) is a software package developed by the British company First 4 Internet, (which on 20 November 2006, changed its name to Fortium Technologies Ltd - see links below), and sold as a copy protection or digital rights management (DRM) scheme for compact discs. It was used on some CDs distributed by Sony BMG and sparked the 2005 Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal; in that context it is also known as the Sony rootkit. Extended_Copy_Protection
2006 Asian Games The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia (following Tehran in 1974) to host the games. 2006_Asian_Games
Timeline of the 2005 French civil unrest The following is a timeline of the 2005 French civil unrest that began Thursday, October 27, 2005. Where the source lists events as occurring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on the date of the night, not the following morning. The extent table in the main article does the opposite. Timeline_of_the_2005_French_civil_unrest
2005 Amman bombings The 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated bomb attacks on three hotels in Amman, Jordan, on November 9, 2005. The attacks killed 60 people and injured 115 others. The explosions—at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Radisson SAS Hotel, and the Days Inn—started at around 20UTC) at the Grand Hyatt. The three hotels are often frequented by foreign diplomats. The bomb at the Radisson SAS exploded in the Philadelphia Ballroom, where a wedding hosting hundreds of guests was taking place. 2005_Amman_bombings
April 14, 2005 See also:April 13, 2005 - April 2005 - April 15, 2005 Microsoft Encarta launches a Nupedia-like version of its encyclopedia where anonymous users can submit their new or edited entries to be approved by a paid staff of editors. Server problems delayed the launch. (FairfaxDigital) (Business Week) (Encarta Blog) The claim that traces of the deadly poison ricin had been found in the London apartment of alleged al Qaeda operatives is proved wrong, according to a senior British official. (Seattle Times) April_14,_2005
Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2005 The 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum was held on 21 November 2005. The proposed new constitution was voted down by a 58% majority of Kenya's voters. Many government officials, including President Mwai Kibaki, had campaigned for a 'Yes' vote on the constitution, which divided the ruling National Rainbow Coalition into camps, for and against the proposal. Kenyan_constitutional_referendum,_2005