Portal:Current events/2005 November 19
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[edit] 19 November 2005 (Saturday)
- In the town of Haditha in Iraq, a squad of United States Marines is alleged to have murdered about two dozen Iraqi civilians in the aftermath of an ambush there in which a roadside bomb and automatic weapons had been used against the Marines.
- American Grammy Award winning singer Christina Aguilera marries Jordan Bratman in Napa Valley, CA.
- In a speech to U.S. troops in South Korea, U.S. President George W. Bush rejects calls for a timetable for withdrawing US troops from Iraq, laying out why he believes the American presence in Iraq should continue. (ABC Australia) (Reuters) (Yahoo)
- After negotiations, Maoist rebels in Nepal agree to work with opposition politicians in a common front against the rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The Nepal Civil War has killed more than 12,000 people since 1996. (Times of India) (BBC)
- Prince Albert of Monaco is formally enthroned. (CNN)
- Lisa Lynette Clark, a 37 year old woman from Gainsville, Georgia, weds her teenage son's 15-year-old best friend after being released from jail on the charge of child molestation. This sparks another controversy regarding Ephebophilia since Mary Kay Letourneau and Debra Lafave made news. (Seattle PI)
- Oliver George Walkers 9th Birthday
