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The last three Concorde airliners to carry fare-paying passengers land within a space of five minutes at Heathrow
The 'Rose Revolution' in Georgia forces the resignation of president Eduard Shevardnadze after rigged elections
Ian Paisley's hard-line Democratic Unionist Party wins in elections to the suspended Northern Ireland Assembly
Mikheil Saakashvili, the real winner of Georgia's November 2003 presidential election, has a resounding victory in the replay
Lord Hutton publishes his report into the circumstances leading up to the suicide of Dr David Kelly
Bombs explode simultaneously on several commuter trains in Madrid during the morning rush hour, killing 190 people
In Russia's presidential election Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term
The Annan UN plan for the reunification of Cyprus is approved by the Turkish community but rejected by the Greeks
Ten new member states (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungrary, Malta, Cyprus) join the European Union
Chechen terrorists take an entire school hostage, in Beslan in southern Russia, resulting in more than 300 deaths
Representatives of the member states of the European Union accept a proposed European Constitution, subject to its ratification by each state
Palestinian president Yasser Arafat dies in a hospital near Paris
Prime minister Viktor Yanukovych is at first declared winner of a rigged (and subsequently annulled) presidential election in Ukraine
Tests reveal that Viktor Yushchenko, opposition candidate in Ukraine's presidential election, has been poisoned with dyoxin
Armed robbers, suspected of links with the IRA, steal more than £25 million from the Northern Bank in Belfast
Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko easily wins the re-run of the rigged presidential election in the Ukraine
John Paul II, dying after 26 years on the papal throne, is the third longest-serving pope in history
The Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles, subsequently to be known as the Duchess of Cornwall
Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope and takes the name Benedict XVI
The superjumbo Airbus A380 makes its first test flight from Toulouse
Tony Blair wins the Labour party an unprecedented third successive term, but with a majority reduced from 167 to 66
The French people become the first to reject, in a referendum, the proposed European Constitution
Four English suicide bombers cause 52 deaths on London's transport system during the morning rush hour
A Brazilian citizen, Jean Charles de Menezes, is killed on the London underground by police mistaking him for a terrorist
US cyclist Lance Armstrong retires from competition after winning a seventh successive victory in the Tour de France
