Portal:Current events/2005 September 20
September 20, 2005 (Tuesday)
- Conflict in Iraq: Five U.S. troops die following three insurgent attacks, two in Ramadi and one in Baghdad. (BBC)
- North Korea announces that its offer to end its nuclear arms program is dependent on it being allowed to build a civilian nuclear reactor. (ABC)[permanent dead link], (BBC)
- 14 Indian soldiers die following an insurgent attack in the eastern state of Manipur. (BBC)
- Federal elections in Germany:
- There is still no clear course for coalition building, with deadlocks for all possible coalitions.
- Angela Merkel (CDU) and Franz Müntefering (SPD) were elected chairpersons of their respective Parliamentary parties.
- German green politician Joschka Fischer announced his retirement from leading the Green party in the newly elected Parliament, retiring to become an "elder statesman" in the back benches. Spiegel online