- Suicide bombs detonate on public transport in London, fifty-two聽dead
- Hurricane Katrina hits New聽Orleans
- Pope John Paul II聽dies
- Kyoto Protocol agrees measures to control climate聽change
- Israel forces Jewish settlers out of Gaza聽Strip
- Live 8 campaign聽launched
- Routemaster buses taken out of regular聽service
- 2012 summer Olympics awarded to聽London
- Maxmara fashion group and the Whitechapel Gallery launch art prize for聽women
- Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize for聽Literature
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