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The annual register : world events 2005
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- Creator
- edited by D. S. Lewis ; deputy editor, Wendy Slater
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Bethesda, Maryland ; Oxford, England : Cambridge Information Group, 2006
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (626 pages) : illustrations, photographs
- ISBNs
- 1600300693
- OCLC
- ocn927473084
- Includes index.
- "First edition in 1758 by Edmund Burke."
- THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2005. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : WORLD EVENTS 2005 -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ABBREVIATIONS OF NON-UN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS -- PREFACE -- EXTRACTS FROM PAST VOLUMES -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2005. -- I. THE YEAR IN REVIEW -- II. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- UNITED KINGDOM -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- GERMANY -- FRANCE -- ITALY -- BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, AND LUXEMBOURG -- NORDIC COUNTRIES -- AUSTRIA -- SWITZERLAND -- EUROPEAN MINI-STATES -- SPAIN -- GIBRALTAR -- PORTUGAL -- MALTA -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- TURKEY -- III. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- POLAND -- ESTONIA-LATVIA-LITHUANIA -- CZECH REPUBLIC -- SLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- BOSNIA & -- HERZEGOVINA -- CROATIA -- MACEDONIA -- SLOVENIA -- SERBIA & -- MONTENEGRO -- RUSSIA -- BELARUS-UKRAINE-MOLDOVA -- ARMENIA-GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN -- IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CANADA -- MEXICO -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- CUBA, JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS -- BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & -- TOBAGO, THE BAHAMAS -- GUYANA, BELIZE, AND SURINAME -- UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES -- NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA -- US DEPENDENCIES -- BRAZIL -- ARGENTINA -- PARAGUAY-URUGUAY-CHILE-PERU-BOLIVIA-ECUADOR-COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA -- V. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- ISRAEL -- PALESTINE -- EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- IRAQ -- IRAQ : GOVERNORATES AND ETHNIC DIVISIONS -- SAUDI ARABIA -- YEMEN -- ARAB STATES OF THE GULF -- SUDAN -- SUDAN : NORTH, SOUTH AND DARFUR -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- WESTERN SAHARA -- VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA -- ETHIOPIA-ERITREA-SOMALIA-DJIBOUTI -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- UGANDA -- NIGERIA -- GHANA-SIERRA LEONE-THE GAMBIA-LIBERIA -- WEST AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE STATES-CENTRAL AFRICAN FRANC ZONE
- SENEGAL-MAURITANIA-MALI-GUINEA-CÔTE D'IVOIRE- BURKIN A FASO-TOGO-BENIN-NIGER -- CAMEROON-CHAD-GABON-CONGO-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- GUINEA-BISSAU-CAPE VERDE-SÃO TOMÉ & -- PRÍ NCIPE -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- BURUNDI AND RWANDA -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- BOTSWANA-LESOTHO-NAMIBIA-SWAZILAND -- SOUTH AFRICA -- VIII. SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- KAZAKHSTAN-TURKMENISTAN-UZBEKISTAN- KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN -- INDIA-PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH-SRI LANKA-NEPAL-BHUTAN -- INDIAN OCEAN STATES -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- BURMA (MYANMAR)-THAILAND-MALAYSIA-BRUNEI-SINGAPORE-VIETNAM-CAMBODIA-LAOS -- ASIAN TSUNAMI OF DECEMBER 2004 : EXTENT AND DEATH TOLL -- INDONESIA-EAST TIMOR-PHILIPPINES -- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA-HONG KONG-TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA -- MONGOLIA -- X. AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC -- AUSTRALIA -- PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- NEW ZEALAND -- PACIFIC ISLAND STATES -- XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES -- DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS -- ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- FRANCOPHONE AND PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES -- NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) -- EUROPEAN UNION -- THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE(OSCE) -- EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT(EBRD) -- OTHER EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS -- ARAB ORGANISATIONS -- AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES -- ASIA-PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS -- AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS -- XII. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN 2005 -- XIII. THE SCIENCES -- SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- XIV. THE LAW -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN UNION LAW -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- LAW IN THE USA
- XV. RELIGION -- XVI. THE ARTS -- OPERA -- MUSIC -- BALLET AND DANCE -- THEATRE -- CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- VISUAL ARTS -- ARCHITECTURE -- LITERATURE -- XVII. SPORT -- XVIII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- MEETING THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE : RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE TASKFORCE -- UN DARFUR REPORT : SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- UN INVESTIGATION COMMISSION ON KILLING OF HARIRI : SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE INTO THE UN OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME -- TEXT OF THE DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION -- UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR GOVERNMENT -- UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS : POPULATION, GDP AND GROWTH -- XIX. OBITUARY -- XX. CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 2005 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX