Wiktionary:Words in the News/2005

Words in the News - Archive - 2005


 * distributed computing - Dec 30 - Distributed computing discovers largest known prime number
 * Pap smear - Dec 28 - Study says poor African American women less likely to receive pap smears
 * cabal - Dec 25 - Cheney-Rumsfeld "Cabal" alleged in the USA
 * Azeri - Dec 23 - Azeri passenger plane crashes
 * intercept - Dec 19 - President Bush defends NSA domestic intercepts
 * character assassination - Dec 11 - Author of Wikipedia character assassination takes responsibility
 * crucifix - Dec 7 - British schoolgirl told to return home for wearing crucifix
 * climate change - Dec 3 - Thousands demand climate change action
 * standoff - Dec 1 - Hostage standoff in North Reading
 * commute - Nov 30 - Virginia Governor commutes 1,000th US execution
 * annexation - Nov 28 - Confidential EU report about Israels annexation of East Jerusalem
 * genetically modified - Nov 19 - Australian science organisation discontinues genetically modified pea research
 * white phosphorus - Nov 17 - US use of white phosphorus in Iraq may constitute a war crime
 * trade deficit - Nov 15 - Globalization and trade deficit are connected says Greenspan
 * hunger strike - Nov 13 - Chinese hunger strike continues at Australian detention centre
 * class action - Nov 11 - Sony faces class action lawsuits for DRM
 * fundamentalist - Nov 9 - Vatican issues defence of evolution
 * globalization - Nov 7 - Gorbachev warns against rapid globalization
 * superjumbo - Nov 5 - Engine troubles delay Airbus superjumbo tour
 * intelligent design - Nov 2 - US state of Kansas in battle over "Intelligent Design" in education
 * peacekeeper - Oct 30 - Russian peacekeepers will not leave Transdniestria
 * teleconference - Oct 14 - Bush has a rehearsed tele-conference with US troops in Iraq
 * bird flu - Oct 14 - Girl's flu case found to be drug-resistant
 * podcast - Oct 12 - Yahoo launches new Podcast Search
 * chancellorship - Oct 10 - Schröder gives up German chancellorship ambitions
 * detainee - Oct 8 - President Bush may veto amendment that bans detainee mistreatment
 * butler - Sep 23 - Ask Jeeves to remove butler from website
 * autodialer - Sep 21 - Arizona applies ban on autodialers to mobile phone spam
 * hike - Sep 10 - British Gas announces a hike in energy bills of 14.2%
 * martial law - Aug 31 - New Orleans under Martial Law; total evacuation planned
 * jetliner - Aug 24 - Jetliner crash-lands in Peru
 * spacewalk - Aug 19 - Next Shuttle flight delayed to next year; ISS crew begin spacewalk
 * pullout - Aug 7 - Netanyahu quits over Israel's pullout plan
 * Xena - July 30 - Bigger than Pluto
 * roundup - July 22 - Egyptians conduct roundup of bombing suspects
 * same-sex - July 20 - Canada becomes 4th nation to allow same-sex marriage
 * two-minute silence - July 14 - Two-minute silence for London bombings marked across the EU
 * terrorist - July 7 - Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
 * BSE - July 1 - US officials accused of covering up human deaths from BSE and discouraging testing of suspected animals
 * hardliner - June 25 - Hardliner wins Iran presidential runoff
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 * exorcism - June 21 - Priest charged in exorcism death
 * escalate - June 20 - Scores killed and wounded in Iraq as violence escalates
 * G8 - June 11 - G8 finance ministers agree on deal to relieve debts of 18 poorest nations
 * requiem - June 8 - NYT - Requiem for a Stadium: Overtures Came Too Late
 * top-level domain - June 2 - New top level domain approved
 * proliferation - June 2 - Iran
 * referendum - May 29 - France votes no in EU referendum
 * pipeline - May 25 - First pipeline opens from Caspian Sea
 * filibuster - May 23 - U.S. senators reach compromise on use of filibuster
 * deforestation - May 19 - Amazon deforestation accelerating
 * desecration - May 15 - Muslim leaders don't accept "pressured" apology
 * black box - May 4 - Investigators find black box of crashed NZ mail plane
 * rocket - May 2 - British Skylark rocket makes its final flight
 * hoax - Apr 23 - Wendy’s accuser fingered for chili hoax/mobile home sale
 * allegedly - Apr 19 - Teen tram thief may yet work as tram driver
 * billionaire - Apr 18 - Virgin billionaire suggests hybrids to save MG Rover
 * toppling - Apr 10 - Thousands march on Baghdad in anniversary protest
 * execution - Apr 7 - Appeal launched for Australian citizen facing execution over marijuana charges
 * Al Qaeda - Apr 3 - Iraqi Abu Ghraib attack claimed by Al Qaeda
 * breathalyzer - Mar 31 - Man attempts to foil breathalyzer by eating feces
 * exonerate - Mar 30 - UN Secretary General Annan cleared of influencing oil-for-food contracts by Volcker report
 * nab - Mar 27 - EU nabs US$300 million illegal trafficking in Spain
 * far-flung - Mar 26 - Pilgrims journey to Jerusalem for Good Friday
 * refute - Mar 25 - Kidnapped Italian journalist refutes American government claims
 * reusable - Mar 25 - Yahoo adds Creative Commons search for locating reusable content
 * generic - Mar 23 - India signs on to chemical patents to comply with WTO order
 * open-source - Mar 23 - Google launches Google Code project
 * reservation - Mar 22 - Ten dead on Minnesota Indian reservation after school shooting
 * vegetative - Mar 21 - Bush signs historic Schiavo bill into law
 * protester - Mar 21 - Anti-war march in London
 * epicenter - Mar 20 - Powerful earthquake rocks southern Japan
 * test-firing - Mar 19 - Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile