2005 Porsche Supercup, Championship standings
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Filderstadt Tennis Club in Filderstadt, Germany that was part of Tier II of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held from 3 October until 9 October 2005. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $98,500 first-prize money.


2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová /  Anastasia Myskina defeated  Květa Peschke /  Francesca Schiavone 6–0, 3–6, 7–5


2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles
Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta.


2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová and Anastasia Myskina won the title by defeating Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone 6–0, 3–6, 7–5 in the final.


2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, by defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 6–4 in a rematch of the previous year's final.


2005 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Portland Grand Prix
The 2005 Portland Grand Prix was the sixth race for the 2005 American Le Mans Series season held at Portland International Raceway. It took place on July 30, 2005.


2005 Portland Grand Prix, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2005 Portland Timbers season
The 2005 Portland Timbers season was the 5th season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defunct USL First Division, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.


2005 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Standings
Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs  First round of playoffs


2005 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL First Division, Results summary
Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2005 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL-1 Playoffs, Awards and All-League Teams
First TeamF: Fabian Dawkins (Atlanta Silverbacks); Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps) (MVP & Leading Goalscorer); Mauricio Salles (Puerto Rico Islanders)M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (Portland Timbers); Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Steve Klein (Vancouver Whitecaps); Kirk Wilson (Rochester Raging Rhinos)D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact); Taylor Graham (Seattle Sounders) (Defender of the Year); Scot Thompson (Portland Timbers)G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (Goalkeeper of the Year)Coach: Nick De Santis (Montreal Impact) (Coach of the Year)


2005 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, USL-1 Playoffs, Awards and All-League Teams
Second TeamF: Dan Antoniuk (Portland Timbers); Johnny Menyongar (Minnesota Thunder); Melvin Tarley (Minnesota Thunder)M: Darren Caskey (Virginia Beach Mariners); Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder); Rodrigo Rios (Atlanta Silverbacks); Petter Villegas (Puerto Rico Islanders))D: Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact)G: Preston Burpo (Seattle Sounders)


2005 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Final roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2005 Portland Timbers season, Squad, Statistics, Appearances and goals
All players contracted to the club during the season included.


2005 Portuguese legislative election
The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on 20 February. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.


2005 Portuguese legislative election
These elections were called after the decision of President Jorge Sampaio on 30 November 2004 to dissolve the Parliament as an answer to the political instability caused by the government led by Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD) in coalition with the PP. Santana Lopes had become Prime Minister in July 2004, after José Manuel Durão Barroso left the country in order to become President of the European Commission in a decision that divided the country, because many Portuguese were expecting that the Socialist President Jorge Sampaio would dissolve the Parliament and call a legislative election. However, after five unstable months, President Sampaio decided to dissolve Parliament and call fresh elections. The Prime Minister nevertheless announced the resignation of the government on 11 December, in an action with no practical effects whatsoever.


2005 Portuguese legislative election
The campaign started officially on 6 February and the major topics were the problematic state of the country's finances, unemployment, abortion and even José Sócrates's alleged homosexuality.


2005 Portuguese legislative election
Headed by Sócrates, the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) won the election with a landslide victory, winning in 19 of the 22 electoral constituencies, including in districts such as Viseu and Bragança that historically voted for the right. The Socialist Party conquered its first absolute majority, receiving 45% of the electorate vote and 52% of the seats in the Parliament. The centre-right parties, mainly the Social Democrats, were punished for their performance in government, and lost more than 11% of votes they had garnered in the previous election. On the left, the Left Bloc achieved its best result ever and made the biggest climb, gaining 5 MPs, while the CDU (Communists and the Greens) gained 2 MPs and reversed their downward trend of the last elections.


2005 Portuguese legislative election
A curiosity about this election is that, as of 2020, both leaders of the two main parties, José Sócrates and Pedro Santana Lopes, are no longer members of their respective parties.


2005 Portuguese legislative election
Voter turnout was the highest since 1995, as 64.3% of the electorate cast a ballot.


2005 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The Assembly of the Republic has 230 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 116 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of no confidence to be approved.


2005 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the district magnitude. The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Laguë method, which are more generous to small parties.


2005 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
For these elections, and compared with the 2002 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:


2005 Portuguese legislative election, Parties
The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 9th legislature (2002-2005) and that also partook in the election:


2005 Portuguese local elections
The Portuguese local election of 2005 took place on 9 October. The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country.


2005 Portuguese local elections
The Socialist Party may be considered the major defeated party of this election due to a slight loss of mandates. The Socialists did, however, achieve a better percentage of the vote in relation to the election of 2001.


2005 Portuguese local elections
On the right, the Social Democratic Party stole some municipalities from the Socialists, some of them in coalition with the People's Party that was reduced to only one municipality in stand-alone candidacies, Ponte de Lima, continuing its decline in comparison, for example, with the 36 mayors achieved in 1976.


2005 Portuguese local elections
On the left, the Unitarian Democratic Coalition, led by the Communist Party, regained some of its former influence, taking 4 municipalities and several parishes from the Socialists in the districts of Beja, Évora and Setúbal and Leiria achieving a total of 32 mayors, and winning, for the first time, the election in Peniche. The Leftwing Bloc kept the presidency of its single municipality, Salvaterra de Magos.


2005 Portuguese local elections
The election was also remarkable for the several victories of independent candidates, most of them former Socialist, Social Democratic and People's Party candidates who were expelled or given no confidence by their respective parties and, even so, became mayors. The best known were Valentim Loureiro in Gondomar, Fátima Felgueiras in Felgueiras and Isaltino Morais in Oeiras.


2005 Portuguese local elections, Results, Municipal Councils, City control
The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 2001 Census.


2005 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2005 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 April 2005 at the Autódromo do Estoril. Alex Barros won the MotoGP race, his last career victory, as well the last victory for a Brazilian rider until then.


2005 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.


2005 Pot Black
The 2005 Pot Black  was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place on 29 October 2005 at the Royal Automobile Club in London, England. All matches were played over one frame.


2005 Pot Black
Pot Black returned after a 12-year absence (or 8 including Senior Pot Black) and unlike the original TV series of matches being recorded in 2 days and transmitted months later, this new format was shown on BBC1's Grandstand showing highlights of the matches during the programme before showing the final live. Presented by the usual BBC snooker team of Hazel Irvine, Steve Davis and John Parrott and commentary by Clive Everton. Referees include Jan Verhass and Michaela Tabb who refereed the final.


2005 Pot Black
Out of this year's players, only Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan had previously played in Pot Black in its old form while the latter two and Matthew Stevens played in Junior Pot Black and White being the only former champion competing.


2005 Pot Black
Matthew Stevens won the final 1–0 (53–27) against Shaun Murphy.


2005 Preakness Stakes
The 2005 Preakness Stakes was the 130th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 21, 2005, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. Afleet Alex, who was jockeyed by Jeremy Rose, won the race by four and three quarter lengths over runner-up Scrappy T. Approximate post time was 6:21 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:55.04. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 125,687, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 2005.


2005 Preakness Stakes, Race description
Scrappy T broke well and went to the early lead, then was overtaken by High Limit and Going Wild who set a reasonably fast pace. Afleet Alex settled behind the leaders, then started his move on the far turn, racing wide to pass other horses. Scrappy T retook the lead as they rounded into the stretch, but his jockey Ramon Domínguez looked back and saw that Afleet Alex was gaining ground on the outside. Dominguez swung the whip left-handed and Scrappy T swerved sharply away, directly into the path of Afleet Alex.


2005 Preakness Stakes, Race description
The two horses clipped heels and Afleet Alex stumbled to his knees, his nose nearly touching the ground. "I thought for sure we were going down", said Jeremy Rose, the jockey of Afleet Alex. "The thought process was I was going to get run over. The instinct was just to hang on and try to get my balance back."


2005 Preakness Stakes, Race description
The crowd gasped, but Afleet Alex regained his balance and was quickly back into stride. Rose, a young jockey who was riding in the Preakness for the first time, was credited for skill in staying on, but gave the credit to Afleet Alex. "He was just that athletic, and I was just that scared", he said. Scrappy T had reopened his lead after the incident but Afleet Alex soon ran him down and pulled away to win by 4 3⁄4 lengths.


2005 Preakness Stakes, Race description
"Over 30 years, I've seen some horses take some bad steps in races and still win", said trainer Tim Ritchey. "I've never seen a horse stumble that badly and lose his momentum that much to come back on and win in a grade I race like this." Veteran sportswriter Steve Haskin wrote that it "remains arguably the single most athletic feat by a Thoroughbred seen in many years."


2005 Premier Hockey League
The 2005 Premier Hockey League Season was the debut season of the Premier Hockey League, and was held in Hyderabad, India. Five teams participated in this season: Hyderabad Sultans, Sher-e-Jalandhar, Bangalore Lions, Maratha Warriors and Chennai Veerans. The title was won by Hyderabad Sultans and Chandigarh Dynamos got promotion to premier division as Chennai Veerans were relegated.


2005 Premier League Darts
The 2005 888.com Premier League was the first season of a Premier League Darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.


2005 Premier League Darts
Phil Taylor, Colin Lloyd, Peter Manley, John Part, Roland Scholten, Wayne Mardle and wildcard entrant Mark Dudbridge were the seven players who competed in a round-robin tournament which had a total prize fund of £140,000 – with £50,000 going to the eventual winner.


2005 Premier League Darts, Format
The Premier League started in Stoke-on-Trent on 20 January 2005 before moving around the country. The league system the players play each other twice over 12 legs, with two points for a win and one for a draw. All 12 legs were played regardless of whether a result had already been achieved. Phil Taylor achieved two 11–1 wins, although the last few legs were irrelevant to the match result.


2005 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.


2005 Premier League Darts, Player statistics
The statistics shown are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.


2005 Premier League Snooker (2004/05)
The 2005 (May) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the shot clock.


2005 Premier League Snooker (2004/05)
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Mark Williams.


2005 Premier League Snooker (2004/05), League phase
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)


2005 Premier League Snooker (2004/05), Play-offs
* 34–71 (55), 0–68, 0–134 (124), 15–61, 9–(73)** 36–61, 38–85 (78), 6–74, 8–(121), 33–81*** 52–70, 19–(75), 0–(134), 1–(71), 34–60, 0–(95)


2005 Premier League Snooker (2005/06)
The 2005 (Dec) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 15 September to 4 December 2005.


2005 Premier League Snooker (2005/06)
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 6–0 against Stephen Hendry.


2005 Premier League Snooker (2005/06), League phase
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses), century breaks shown in bold.)


2005 Premier League Snooker (2005/06), Play-offs
* (136)–0, (100) 105–1, (66)–72 (66), 0–103 (60), 50–75, (116) 122–0, (134)–0, (85)–0** 43–88, 98–36, 62–21, (57) 67–26, (60) 97–0, 13–(89), (61) 76–0*** (97)–6, 62–60, 73–29, 88–0, 65–41, 65–51


2005 Premier League speedway season
The 2005 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).


2005 Premier League speedway season, Season summary
The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2005 season.


2005 Premier League speedway season, Season summary
Two fixtures, Hull Vikings v Glasgow Tigers and Hull Vikings v King's Lynn Stars, were not ridden due to Hull being evicted from their track.


2005 Premier League speedway season, Season summary
The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by the Rye House Rockets.


2005 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup
The 2005 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 38th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition.


2005 Premier League speedway season, Premier League Knockout Cup, Final
King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97–83.


2005 Premios Juventud
The 2nd Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on September 22, 2005.


2005 Premios Juventud
This was the last edition to be held in September.


2005 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees
Daddy Yankee and Shakira were the leading nominees, both with 8 nominations. Mexican group RBD follows with 5 nominations in various categories.


2005 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees
The night's biggest winners were  Daddy Yankee and Shakira. Other takers included RBD and Jennifer Lopez, with four and two statuettes respectively. In Sports, famous baseball shortstop Alex Rodríguez ("Most Electrifying Guy Jock"), and Mexican track and field phenom Ana Guevara ("Most Electrifying Gal Jock") each received statuettes.


2005 President's Cup (Maldives)
The 2005 President's Cup was the 55th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs.


2005 President's Cup (Maldives), Broadcasting rights
The broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2005 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.


2005 President's Cup (Maldives), Qualifier
Top 4 teams at the end of 2005 Dhivehi League will be qualified for the President's Cup.


2005 Presidents Cup
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2005 Presidents Cup
The 6th Presidents Cup was held between September 22 and 25, 2005. It was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, United States. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 181⁄2–151⁄2. The honorary chairmen was former President of the United States George H. W. Bush.


2005 Presidents Cup, Format
Both teams had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. The competition was four days long with 34 total matches worth a single point each. Although the number and type of matches played was the same as in previous events, the schedule was slightly altered. Six foursome matches were played on the first day and six four-ball matches were played on the second. On the third day, five four-ball matches were played in the morning and five foursome matches were played in the afternoon. The competition concluded with twelve singles matches on the final day. Because of the unresolved outcome in the previous President's Cup, an additional change was made to the structure. Under the new format, the singles matches would go to extra holes if at the conclusion of the 18 hole round the match was all-square and the Cup had not been decided.


2005 Presidents Cup, Teams
Ernie Els, who was the second ranked player in the International team, did not play because of a knee injury.


2005 Presidents Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2005 Primera A
The Primera A 2005 season (officially "Torneo Primera A 2005") started in April 2005 resulting Policia Nacional as winners and promoted to Anaprof, while CD Atalanta lost second promotion playoff series against Sporting '89.


2005 Primera B de Chile
The 2005 Primera B de Chile was second tier’s 55th season. Santiago Morning was the tournament’s champion, winning its third title.


2005 Primera División of Chile
The 2005 Primera División de Chile season was both 77th and 78th season of top-flight football in Chile.


2005 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Apertura
The 2005 Torneo Apertura was the season's first tournament. Cobreloa was the defending champions.


2005 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Clausura
The 2005 Torneo Clausura was the season's second tournament. Unión Española was the defending champion after beating Coquimbo Unido in the Torneo Apertura final.


2005 Primera División of Chile, Torneo Clausura, Promotion playoffs
O'Higgins reached its promotion to Primera División after beating Deportes Melipilla 4–3 in the aggregate result, in this way Rancagua–based side broke a five-year absence in top level. Whilst Deportes Puerto Montt remained in the top level after beating Provincial Osorno on penalties.


2005 Prince Edward Island Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 2005 Prince Edward Island Scott Tournament of Hearts was held Jan. 21–26 in at the Crapaud Community Curling Club in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island. The winning team was Team Rebecca Jean MacPhee who represented Prince Edward Island, finished with a 4-7 round-robin record at the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
A referendum was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on November 28, 2005, to determine whether to adopt the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system  in 2003.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
The referendum failed, with "Yes" receiving only 36.42% of the popular vote.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
However, a subsequent nonbinding plebiscite in November 2016 resulted in a vote of 52.4% in favour of MMP vs. 42.5% for the First-past-the-post system. This was followed by a referendum pitting FPTP and MMP against each other in conjunction with the April 23, 2019 provincial election. The result of that referendum was 49% for MMP vs. 51% for FPTP, but neither side reached the threshold of a majority in 60% of the seats for the referendum to be binding.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Results
The question asked was: Should Prince Edward Island change to the Mixed Member Proportional System as presented by the Commission of PEI's Electoral Future?


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Results
* In order to pass, the referendum had to receive 60% of the province-wide popular vote and a simple majority in 60% (16 of 27) of the electoral districts.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Analysis
The referendum was held in response to some extraordinarily lopsided results in PEI from the first-past-the post system - cases where the opposition was reduced to only one or two seats despite having a combined 45% share of the vote.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Analysis
The referendum failed to pass by a vote of 64% to 36% in favour of the status quo for a number of reasons, but for Jeannie Lea, the primary lesson to be learned appears to be the need for a referendum such as this to be done as a two-step process, in which the first step is to ask whether a change is considered desirable and the second step involves the choice of a specific model, as was done successfully in New Zealand under the 1992/93 referendum.


2005 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, Analysis
Otherwise, a bias is created because some people will vote against the proposed because they would prefer something somewhat different. On the other hand, in a 2018 referendum held in the Canadian province of British Columbia, which included a two step question, the voters rejected switching to proportional representation (PR) voting by a similar (61% to 39%) margin.


2005 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2005 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for second in the Ivy League.


2005 Princeton Tigers football team
In their sixth year under head coach Roger Hughes, the Tigers compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 245 to 163. Ben Brielmaier and Justin Stull were the team captains.


2005 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 5–2 conference tied with Harvard for second in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 192 to 109.


2005 Princeton Tigers football team
The Tigers played their home games at Princeton Stadium, on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


2005 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2005 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 2 October 2005. It was the 84th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


2005 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Hurricane Run, a three-year-old colt trained in France by André Fabre. The winning jockey was Kieren Fallon.


2005 Pro Bowl
The 2005 Pro Bowl was the NFL's all-star game for the 2004 season. The game was played February 13, 2005, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The final score was AFC 38 – NFC 27. The most valuable player was Peyton Manning of the Colts. The game holds the record as the latest Pro Bowl played during the calendar year, and the latest NFL game.


2005 Pro Bowl, Game summary
The game started off slowly. The AFC was forced to punt away its first possession, and the NFC missed a field goal from 43 yards out. Two plays later, the AFC opened up scoring with a 62-yard pass from Peyton Manning to his Indianapolis Colts teammate, Marvin Harrison. The NFC drove back quickly, but Donovan McNabb's pass was intercepted by Joey Porter. Manning then hooked up with Hines Ward for a 41-yard score, and the AFC led 14–0.


2005 Pro Bowl, Game summary
The NFC came back with a time consuming drive that spanned the end of the first quarter to the beginning of the second, and ended with a 12-yard run by Brian Westbrook to bring the NFC within 7. However, David Akers' attempted onside kick would prove costly, as Ward recovered the kick and returned it 39 yards for a score, the first ever kickoff return for a touchdown in Pro Bowl history. Daunte Culpepper attempted to bring the NFC back, but was intercepted by Takeo Spikes.


2005 Pro Bowl, Game summary
That interception led to another Manning touchdown, this time a 12-yard pass to Antonio Gates which gave the AFC a comfortable 28–7 lead. The NFC once again came down the field, led by Culpepper, but the drive was not without problems. On the second play, Torry Holt caught a pass but was hit by Tory James, causing a fumble. John Lynch recovered the fumble for the AFC, but the play was negated after a penalty on Marcus Stroud. Akers ended up kicking a 33-yard field goal to bring the score to 28–10, which is how the first half ended.


2005 Pro Bowl, Game summary
The third quarter was all NFC, who started off the half by scoring within the first 3 minutes, when Michael Vick hit Holt with a 27-yard pass to make the score 28–17. They later picked off Tom Brady when Lito Sheppard intercepted a pass on the NFC 31. The drive ended when Vick ran it in from 3 yards out, making the score 28–24. Adam Vinatieri and Akers then traded field goals before LaDainian Tomlinson added a rushing touchdown to make the score 38–27.


2005 Pro Bowl, Game summary
The NFC made one final drive late in the game, but Vick was intercepted (the third pick of the game for the AFC) by Nate Clements, and Drew Brees kneeled to end the game. Manning, whose 3 passing TDs led the AFC's offense, won the Most Valuable Player award while Vick was called the greatest of all time by the announcers.


2005 Proximus Diamond Games
The 2005 Proximus Diamond Games was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier II category of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 February until 20 February 2002. First-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.


2005 Proximus Diamond Games, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Els Callens defeated  Anabel Medina Garrigues /  Dinara Safina, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4


2005 Proximus Diamond Games – Doubles
Cara Black and Els Callens were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, by defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues and Dinara Safina 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2005 Proximus Diamond Games – Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Venus Williams.


2005 Proximus Diamond Games – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo won the title, defeating Williams in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4.


2005 Proximus Diamond Games – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Puerto Rican unicameralism referendum
A referendum on how many chambers the Legislative Assembly should have was held in Puerto Rico on July 10, 2005. The proposed change to a unicameral legislature was supported by 83.94% of those voting, although voter turnout was just 22.58%. However, another referendum would have to be held to approve the specific amendments to the constitution that are required for the change. The House of Representatives subsequently let the bill die, so the changes were not realised. Had the changes been approved, the legislature would have become unicameral from 2009 onwards.


2005 Puerto Rican unicameralism referendum, Campaign
The Puerto Rican Independence Party supported the victorious "yes" vote in favor of one chamber. The Popular Democratic Party did not take an official stance on the matter, with its leadership supporting or opposing the measure. The New Progressive Party opposed the constitutional amendment under electoral review, but supported abstention from the vote.


2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Tiller and played its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium. Purdue played eleven games in the 2005 season, finishing with a 5–6 record and missing a post-season bowl game for the first time since 1996. Purdue was predicted by many as a dark horse for the Big Ten title, but after a strong 2–0 start, lost six straight before rebounding to finish a more respectable 5–6.


2005 Qantas Television Awards
The inaugural New Zealand Qantas Television Awards were staged on 12 November 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand.


2005 Qantas Television Awards
The awards show and most of the awards were presented by Petra Bagust and Jason Gunn, with additional awards presented by Helen Clark and Don Brash (or more specifically, parodies of them from the TV show Facelift), Oscar Kightley, Dave Fane, Jaquie Brown and Oliver Driver. Prime's Charlotte Dawson served as a backstage correspondent.


2005 Qatar Ladies Open
The 2005 Qatar Ladies Open (known as the 2005 Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons), was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, in February 2005.


2005 Qatar Ladies Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2005 Qatar Ladies Open, Finals, Doubles
Alicia Molik /  Francesca Schiavone defeated  Cara Black /  Liezel Huber, 6–3, 6–4


2005 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but both chose not to compete in 2005.


2005 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles
Anastasia Myskina was the defending champion, but lost in round two.


2005 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles
Maria Sharapova won the title, defeating Alicia Molik in the final.


2005 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles, Main draw, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2005 Qatar Open
The 2005 Qatar Open, known as the 2005 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons,  was a men's ATP tournament held in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was held from 3 January through 10 January 2005. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.


2005 Qatar Open, Finals, Doubles
Albert Costa /  Rafael Nadal defeated  Andrei Pavel /  Mikhail Youzhny, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3


2005 Qatar Open – Doubles
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions. Damm partnered with Jared Palmer, losing in the first round. Suk partnered with Pavel Vízner, losing in the quarterfinals.


2005 Qatar Open – Doubles
Albert Costa and Rafael Nadal won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, against Andrei Pavel and Mikhail Youzhny.


2005 Qatar Open – Singles
Roger Federer defeated Ivan Ljubičić 6–3, 6–1 to win the 2005 Qatar Open singles competition. Nicolas Escudé was the defending champion but did not defend his title.


2005 Qatar Total German Open
The 2005 Qatar Telecom German Open was a women's tennis event that was played in Berlin, Germany from 2 May to 8 May 2005. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. Justine Henin-Hardenne won the singles title.


2005 Qatar Total German Open, Finals, Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva /  Vera Zvonareva defeated  Cara Black /  Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3


2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29 September-1 October 2005 at the Losail International Circuit.


2005 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.


2005 Qeshm earthquake
The 2005 Qeshm earthquake occurred on November 27 at 13:52 IRST (10:22 UTC) on the sparsely populated Qeshm Island off Southern Iran, killing 13 people and devastating 13 villages. It was Iran's second major earthquake of 2005, following that at Zarand in February. The epicenter was about 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) south of Tehran, close to Iran's southern borders. Initial measurements showed that the earthquake registered about 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale, although that was reduced to 5.8 after further analysis. More than 400 minor aftershocks followed the main quake, 36 of which were greater than magnitude 2.5. The earthquake occurred in a remote area during the middle of the day, limiting the number of fatalities. Iranian relief efforts were effective and largely adequate, leading the country to decline offers of support from other nations and UNICEF.


2005 Qeshm earthquake
Qeshm Island is part of the Simply Folded Belt, the most seismically active part of the Zagros fold and thrust belt. Similar to most earthquakes in the area, the 2005 event resulted from reverse slip faulting. Since it lies in such a seismically active area, there is a high risk of destructive earthquakes in Iran; 1 in 3,000 deaths are attributable to earthquakes. One geophysicist has cited the lack of strict building codes as a serious concern.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Background
Iran experiences at least one minor earthquake per day on average, and the Zagros region is particularly prone to seismic activity. During the last 100 years, Iran has been hit by more than 130 events stronger than magnitude 5, with damaging earthquakes near Qeshm recorded in 1360, 1703, 1884, 1897, 1902, and 1905. The majority of Iranian quakes occur in the upper crust, close to the surface, which means that they are potentially more destructive.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Background
In terms of earthquake protection, Iran was named the "worst offender" in 2004 by Professor Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Bilham, a geophysicist who specializes in earthquake-related deformation and hazards, blames construction practices for many of the deaths in Iranian earthquakes. Since the start of the 20th century 1 in 3,000 Iranians have died in  earthquake-related incidents. The United Nations' Common Country Assessment for Iran states that the greatest damage occurs in rural areas, for which no building code exists.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Background
Large cities have a building code that takes account of the seismic hazard, but it is not rigorously followed, despite the susceptibility of three quarters of Iranian major cities to damaging earthquakes. The risk posed by poor engineering is of significant concern to the populace and an impediment to economic development. The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake, with at least 42,000 fatalities, cost Iran roughly 7.2 percent of its Gross National Product (GNP) for that year, and wiped out two years of economic growth.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Geological setting
Iran lies within the complex zone of collision between the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate; near Qeshm the rate of convergence is about 25 millimeters annually. Part of this convergence is accommodated by crustal shortening and thickening within the Zagros fold and thrust belt, with the remainder occurring to the north of the Iranian Plateau. The most active part of the Zagros is the Simply Folded Belt, which is characterised by large folds formed above a layer of late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Hormuz salt, which locally reaches the surface in the crests of some anticlines as salt diapirs.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Geological setting
The sequence of sedimentary rocks above the salt layer comprises a basal Cambrian conglomerate beneath a thick sequence of limestones of Palaeozoic to late Cretaceous age, known together as the "Competent Group" owing to their relatively high mechanical strength, overlain by a sequence of weaker marls and interbedded limestones of latest Cretaceous to early Miocene age, topped by Neogene sandstones and conglomerates. There is evidence of intermediate level detachment at some of the weaker layers, which means that folds at different stratigraphic levels may have different locations, orientations, or wavelengths. Measurements of earthquake focal mechanisms and hypocentral depths show that shortening is accommodated by a mixture of high-angle and low-angle reverse faulting, within either the lowest part of the sedimentary cover or in the basement beneath the Hormuz salt.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Geological setting
The island of Qeshm is elongated WSW–ENE, parallel to the coastline and the regional trend of the main fold axes. Neogene sedimentary rocks outcrop at the surface over the whole island, apart from a diapir of older Hormuz salt that pierces through to the surface at its western end. The sediments are affected by a series of large, mainly anticlinal folds that show a variety of trends in the central part of the island. The axis of the Laft anticline runs mainly NW–SE, while the Salakh anticline trends roughly W–E and the Suza anticline and Ramkan syncline trend SW–NE. The island shows clear evidence of recent uplift in the form of marine terraces, with the highest terrace identified at 220 meters (720 ft) above sea level. An uplift rate of 0.2 millimeters annually has been estimated from uranium series dating (230Th/234U) of aragonite from corals on the terraces.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Characteristics
The earthquake was initially measured at 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale, although later analysis suggests a slightly lower value of 5.8. The epicenter was near the village of Gavarzin in central Qeshm, and a hypocentral depth of 10 kilometers (6 mi) was estimated. The focal mechanism derived for the earthquake indicates that it was the result of reverse faulting on a fault plane dipping either to the north at 50° or to the south-southeast at 40°.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Characteristics
No evidence has been found of surface faulting, but a 3-kilometer-long (2 mi) set of bedding-parallel cracks was observed on the northwestern flank of the Ramkan syncline, interpreted as representing probable slip along bedding planes, possibly due to further tightening of this fold. Other NW–SE trending tensional cracks observed further southwest along the syncline are more likely to be due to salt movement at depth.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Characteristics
Surface displacement during the earthquake was measured using SAR interferometry. The computed area of uplift is elongated W-E, with a maximum value of about 20 centimeters (8 in) centered over the eastern end of the Latif anticline. A smaller area of subsidence was observed to the south of the uplifted area, and the lack of a sharp boundary between the two suggests that the fault does not come to the surface.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Characteristics
The pattern of displacement is consistent with a north-dipping fault rupturing between about 8 kilometers (5 mi) and 4 kilometers (2 mi) in depth, which also provides a good match to the results of seismic modeling using body waves, although a SSE-dipping plane remains possible. This depth range strongly suggests that the fault affected the lower part of the sedimentary cover, while not ruling out some basement involvement. The mismatch between the orientation of the fault planes that caused the earthquake and the observed surface folds suggests that deformation at these two levels is decoupled by the presence of a detachment, possibly within marl layers.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Characteristics
Most aftershocks occurred at significantly greater depths than the mainshock and are dominated by strike-slip focal mechanisms. This suggests that the mainshock triggered later movement on a complex set of right and left lateral strike-slip faults within the basement, together accommodating north-south shortening beneath the Hormuz salt layer.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Characteristics
On September 10, 2008, there was another major earthquake on Qeshm, with a magnitude of 5.9 and hypocentral depth of 8 kilometers (5 mi). The pattern of uplift observed for this earthquake is also consistent with rupturing within the lower sedimentary sequence, but on a fault with two segments, dipping overall to the southeast. The earthquakes of 2005 and 2008 may have ruptured adjacent segments of the same southeast-dipping reverse fault. Seven deaths were reported as a result of the 2008 earthquake.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake hit at 13:52:19 IRST, or 1:52 pm (10:22:19 UTC), and lasted between 10 and 30 seconds. It killed 13 people and injured 100 on Qeshm Island. In Zirang (Ziranag), a village on Qeshm, 80 percent of the buildings were demolished. Seven villages experienced extensive damage, and 13 villages were destroyed: Tonban, Ramekan, Gevarzin, Khaledin, Direstan, Kushe, Karavan, Turyan, Tom senati, Gorbehdan, Ziranag, Giahdan, and Gourian. There were reports of intensity III effects on the Mercalli scale from Bandar Abbas, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah and Ras al-Khaimah; Intensity IV (Light) effects occurred at Sharjah. Shaking from the earthquake was also noted in Oman. No major damage occurred directly at the epicenter; residents of Qeshm reported that the shaking smashed windows, leading citizens to evacuate their homes fearing collapse. In total more than 2,000 people were affected.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties
One major hospital damaged by the earthquake was inundated with the injured and lacked medical supplies for treatment. An airport on the epicentral island sustained damage, and power lines on the island were severed. The director of Tehran's seismological building dismissed fears of a tsunami, saying that the Persian Gulf was not deep enough to allow for one. In one school, some people suffered broken legs when the building collapsed, but there were  no fatalities. Buildings in Dubai, including the Emirates Towers, were evacuated because of concerns that the structures might collapse, but no such incidents occurred. One woman described the locals as "panicked". Television stations throughout Iran released footage of quake damage and of injured residents being taken to hospitals.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties
A landslide and 36 major aftershocks of more than magnitude 2.5 (in total, 400 aftershocks) followed the earthquake. A former Portuguese fortress, built by Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque in 1507, sustained heavy damage to its eastern wall but otherwise remained intact.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Damage and casualties
If the earthquake had occurred during the early morning while residents were asleep, rather than mid-afternoon (1:52 pm local time), it could have been deadlier as housing in the epicentral area consisted chiefly of mud and brick.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Relief efforts and aftermath
Aid workers from the domestic region began delivering supplies such as food, blankets, and tents. A dispatch of 101 relief helpers, 40 IRCS staff, and four people from the public relations department at ReliefWeb also assisted survivors. Three ambulances, 46 trucks, three helicopters, 12 vans, nine cars, two minibuses, and two sniffer dogs were also dispatched to help citizens of quake-struck areas.


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Relief efforts and aftermath
Injured residents were transported to Bandar Abbas by helicopter. An Iranian police official, citing concerns about possible looting, said all movement into and out of damaged houses would require prior approval from the governor's office, the police, and the Unexpected Events Committee on the island. UNICEF offered assistance to Iran, and the official in charge of response stated: "we are preparing to respond if needed". They elaborated that the Iranian authorities "appeared to have things under control".


2005 Qeshm earthquake, Relief efforts and aftermath
In 2007, the Asian Centre on Seismic Risk Reduction was formed in response to the regular earthquakes experienced in south, west, and central Asia, to "encourage regional and inter-regional networking and partnerships to reduce seismic damage". Earthquakes account for 73 percent of natural disaster deaths in these locations.


2005 Quebec municipal elections
The Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections in its municipalities on November 6, 2005.


2005 Quebec municipal elections
The municipalities in Quebec for the 2005 election were different from the previous 2001 election, as many municipalities had voted to de-amalgamate.


2005 Quebec municipal elections
Every municipality in Quebec held elections except Port-Cartier, Thetford Mines, Sept-Îles and in the village and parish of Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna (they were held in 2006).


2005 Quebec municipal elections
In addition to the municipalities, the prefects of 8 regional county municipalities were elected:


2005 Quebec municipal elections
Selected results of the November 6 elections are as follows


2005 Quebec municipal elections, Nicolet
Hélène Langis was elected as the councillor for Nicolet's sixth ward. She later resigned, and a by-election was held to choose her replacement on December 17, 2006:


2005 Quebec student protests
The 2005 Quebec student protests were a series of student strikes and student protests in opposition to budget cuts of C$103 million in the Grants and Loans program by the Charest government. It occurred between February 24 and April 2005 and involved thousands of CEGEP and universities students from across Quebec.


2005 Quebec student protests, Background
During the 2003 Quebec general election campaign, the Liberal Party of Quebec, led by Jean Charest, made a promise to freeze education cost. Having to deal with a rough budget, and because of the election promise, the Quebec government changed the Grants and Loans program by transforming $103 million of grants into loans, nearly doubling the debt of the poorest students.


2005 Quebec student protests, Background
Coalitions representing most CEGEPs and universities started to negotiate with the government. Talks and protests, in the form of marches, went on for over a year. Students from most CEGEPs and universities took the streets on April 14, 2004 (the first anniversary of the Charest government's election) and November 10, 2004.


2005 Quebec student protests, Student strike
During their January 29–30, 2005 congress, the students' unions members of the ASSÉ (Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante) and other independent students' unions decide to form the Coalition de l'Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante Élargie (CASSÉÉ) to coordinate the upcoming strike campaign. ("Cassé" is a French word equivalent to "broke".)


2005 Quebec student protests, Student strike
The strike was initiated on February 21, by a member of the CASSÉÉ, the anthropology students' association from University of Montreal (Association étudiante d'anthropologie de l'Université de Montréal). But the real start was given on February 24 when over 30,000 students members of the CASSÉÉ, and a few other unions joined the strike.


2005 Quebec student protests, Student strike
The FECQ and the FEUQ, federations of CEGEP and university unions, called for a student strike on March 4 and March 9 respectively. By March 15, over 100,000 students were on strike. This turn of events surprised many, as these organizations were traditionally opposed to strikes/boycotts as a negotiation tactic.


2005 Quebec student protests, Student strike
On March 16, 2005 students from traditionally more moderate institutions like École Polytechnique de Montréal, as well as from Concordia University and McGill's Post-Graduate Student Society joined the strike for 24 hours. Between 10,000 and 100,000 students (80,000 being the number most reported) took the streets for a peaceful march in Montreal, creating the largest student protest staged in Quebec until March 22, 2012.


2005 Quebec student protests, Student strike
The École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal and McGill University undergraduates Students' Society of McGill University joined the strike on March 18 for 24 symbolic hours, though the McGill boycott went largely unobserved and further action was rejected by the student body through an online poll. This constituted the first strike since 1967 for the HEC and the first strike in 40 years for Polytechnique.


2005 Quebec student protests, Agreement
On April 2, the student federations and the government reached an agreement that was still left to be voted on by the individual student associations during the week. This agreement consists of a CAN $70M refunding for 2005–2006 and a return of the $103M for the next 4 years, totaling $482M. This money comes from 3 levels: the millennium grant foundation, the federal government and the provincial government.


2005 Quebec student protests, Agreement
The FEUQ officially endorsed the agreement, while the FECQ maintained a neutral position, saying it was "interesting enough" to be voted on by the individual members' unions. The CASSÉÉ rejected it. Over the next week, the movement mostly ended, with over two thirds of the students voting for a return to class during the week. However, at least 20 unions representing over 100,000 students rejected the offer and by April 11, there were still approximately 20,000 students boycotting class. During the following 2 weeks, most associations ended or suspended the boycott to allow the students to complete their semester.


2005 Quebec student protests, Symbol
The symbol of support for the student strike was a small square of red cloth worn upon clothing as a kind of ribbon. The Parti Québécois MNAs, then in opposition, wore the red square to demonstrate their support for the striking students.


2005 Quebec student protests, Symbol
On March 30, a group of students hoisted the symbol opposed to student poverty on Mount Royal Cross. It took a full day before authorities were able to remove it. On its lower panel, it was written: "Arrêtons de sacrifier nos enfants", which means: "Let's stop sacrificing our children."


2005 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 13 June 2005 by the Governor-General, Michael Jeffery.


2005 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2005 Queensland Cup
The 2005 Queensland Cup season was the 10th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2005 Queensland Cup
The North Queensland Cowboys finished as minor premiers and defeated the Burleigh Bears 36–6 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium to claim their first premiership. Norths Devils fullback Greg Inglis was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.


2005 Queensland Cup, Teams
Brothers-Valleys, who joined the competition in 2004, withdrew after just one season and were not replaced, with the competition featuring 11 teams for the first time since 2001.


2005 Queensland Cup, Teams
The Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys were again affiliated with the Toowoomba Clydesdales, Norths Devils and North Queensland Young Guns respectively.


2005 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
North Queensland took out the minor premiership and qualified for the finals for the first time since joining the Queensland Cup in 2002, losing just three games in the regular season. In the finals, they defeated Burleigh in the major semi final to book a spot in their first Grand Final. Defending premiers Burleigh, who finished the season in 3rd, defeated Norths in the Week 1 qualifying final to set up a contest with the Young Guns. After losing, the Bears hosted Redcliffe, defeating them 24–19 and qualifying for their third straight Grand Final.


2005 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
The Young Guns opened the scoring in the 8th minute, when Neil Sweeney kicked a penalty goal after prop Jaiman Lowe was taken high by Bears' second rower Adam Hutchison. Seven minutes later, North Queensland recorded the first try of the game when centre David Myles sliced through some soft defence to score. They extended their lead to 12–0 when five-eighth Shane Muspratt burrowed over from dummy half to score. In the 28th minute, Burleigh finally got on the board thanks to a long range try to former North Queensland Cowboy Trent Leis. Two minutes before half time, the Young Guns extended their lead to 12 when Neil Sweeney scored under the posts thanks to a Brent McConnell line break.


2005 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
The second half was scoreless until the final 10 minutes, when the Young Guns ran in three unanswered tries on their way to their first premiership. In the 70th minute, hooker Clint Amos dived over from dummy half, pushing the lead to 18. From the set following the kick off, captain Daniel Strickland burst through the Bears' defensive line and sent fullback Jason Barsley away to score under the posts.


2005 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
Finally, in the 76th minute, a McConnell chip kick was regathered by Muspratt, who kept it alive, with the ball going through five sets of hands before Myles finished the play for his second try. The win marked the first time a team from outside of south east Queensland would win the Grand Final.


2005 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
Three players from the victorious Young Guns' side, Gavin Cooper, Matthew Scott and Scott Bolton, would go on to become club legends for the North Queensland Cowboys, with all three winning an NRL premiership with the club in 2015.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season
The 2005 season for Quick-Step–Innergetic began in January at the Tour Down Under.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season
Three riders announced their retirements from cycling in 2004. Johan Museeuw made 2004 his last year of professional racing after riding for the team for 2003, 2004 and with the team's predecessor Mapei–Quick-Step for 6 years. Richard Virenque seven-time winner of the Mountains classification in the Tour de France also retired, he won the last two of his seven victories at Quick-Step. Laurent Dufaux Two-time winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné also retired at the end of 2004 after one year with the team.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races
The one-day race season for QuickStep started at the Doha International GP in January. It wasn't until Gran Premio di Lugano in February where the team would get their first victory. Rik Verbrugghe won the race from a breakaway sprint against Patrice Halgand.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races
Quick-Step went 1st and 2nd at this years edition of Omloop Het Volk with Nick Nuyens attacking with 15 km to go and holding a 14-second lead to the line. Then Tom Boonen managed to sprint the rest of the peloton to gained 2nd in the race.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races
Other victories of the season included Pozzato at the Giro del Lazio and Bettini at Züri Metzgete.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
The Spring classic started off with Milan–San Remo in March. With 10 km before the start of the final climb Il Poggio Bettini came to the front of the bunch and put in a hard effort to create a gap. This forced Fassa Bortolo to chase and do the work allowing Boonen to stay tucked out of the wind. Shortly after Kashechkin made it across to Bettini helping him to gain a 15-second advantage on the peloton this soon rose to 30 seconds with only Fassa Bortolo doing any work at the front.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
As the Duo reached the base of the Poggio their lead was back down to 15 seconds. As the riders climbed attacks were launched and the duo absorbed. With 2 km to go the riders were all back together with Fassa Bortolo driving the pace for Petacchi. Bettini launched his leadout with 600m to go Petacchi took his wheel then sailed past to win by two bike lengths. Boonen ended up with the best result for the team finishing 8th his best result to date.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
The second classic of spring was E3 Prijs Vlaanderen. Boonen had won this race in 2004 so he was the faverourite for this edition. The race started with an 11-man break going up the road, Kevin Hulsmans was in the break for the team. This allowed the team to not work so much in the early kilometers. With 64 km to go and with Bramati and Cretskens driving the pace the breakaway had a one-minute advantage. Soon after an attack was launched containing 6 riders including Boonen and Andreas Klier.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
It didn't take the 6 long to catch the breakaway out in front, due to a train crossing the peloton got within 10 seconds of the now 17 strong breakaway. With 57 km to go and starting to climb the Taaienberg Klier attacked with Boonen sticking right on his wheel. The pair managed to hold the gap to the rest of the breakaway and at 50 km to go they had 30 seconds. On the top of the Knokteberg with 27 km to go the pair now held a 22-second advantage on the remaining 5 riders in the chase group.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
As the race continued the time gap reduced to 11 seconds with 19 km to go. At the base of the final climb the Tiegemberg, Boonen and Klier had 20 seconds in hand over the chase group. With two kilometers the duo had secured podium places holding 30 seconds over Peter van Petegem and the chase group behind. With Boonen accelerating from behind Klier with 200m to go he secured his second consecutive victory in the race.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
The third classic for this season was the Tour of Flanders. The Team took Boonen as their sprinter for the race although the last few editions had been won by a breakaway. The team had planned to bring Bettini but he came down with mononucleosis. It took a while for the first break of the day to form, no riders from the team were present they were going all in to bring Boonen to the sprint.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
On climb number 10 with the team leading the peloton Ballan launched an attack which Quick-Step tried to cover but Ballan made it across to solo leader Zaballa. By climb 11 the duo had 45s on the Quick-Step led peloton. On climb 14, Boonen, Klier and Van Petegem bridged across to Petito and Zabel, with Ballan still out in front. Those six riders were riding flat out and essentially the race would be decided between them.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
Discover-Channel tried their best to tow the peloton back up but with Quick-Step, T-Mobile, Fassa Bortolo and Lotto not contributing the peloton had a very slim chance. With 10 km to go the 6 riders were still together, Van Petegem then attacked with Boonen countering. Van Petegem looked back to see if others would chase but they hesitated. No one expected sprinter Boonen to attack, he quickly gained 50 meters. With 5 km to go Boonen held a very slim 10s over the chasers. As Boonen rounded the final corner he had enough time to raise his hands and celebrate his victory.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
This years Gent–Wevelgem was 208 km in length, the team bought Boonen with them as their main man. After winning E3 and being the winner last year, Boonen was the faverourite to win. With 85 km to ride a group of 30 went up the road containing: Boonen, Cretskens, Hulsmans and Knaven. As the race continued the group managed to gain 1 minute on the chasers with Boonen driving the pace at the front. With 41 km to go Flecha attacked Boonen was unable to follow but Pozzato was able to.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
With 25 km to go the Pozzato group had 20s on the Boonen group. Boonen sat up back into the peloton hoping the peloton would catch and he could win the sprint. Meanwhile, Pozzato was looking strong coming into the final 7 km until a crash on a corner took him out of contention. With the peloton not catching the breakaway Boonen finished 26th in the sprint.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
The 'Hell of the North' this year would be ridden without 'The Lion of Flanders' who retired at the end of last year. After his impressive Tour of Flanders win Boonen was the faverourite for Paris–Roubaix this year. With 50 km of racking to go an 11-man group had formed at the head of the race with a 2-minute advantage over the peloton. Soon after Cancellara punctured and was forced to drop back, the breakaway kept on riding with Boonen pushing the pace.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
With just over 10 km to go Boonen increased the pace dropping everyone except George Hincapie and Juan Antonio Flecha. With 5 kilometers to go no one was attacking the chasers were 40s back with the cancellara group 3 minutes down and the peloton a further minute behind. The three-man sprint was launched by Flecha with 250m to go with Boonen coming down the banking to take victory and Hincapie giving it all to take second. This victory means Boonen became the 9th cyclist to win Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix in the same year. With the previous two being Peter Van Petegem in 2003 and Roger De Vlaeminck in 1977.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
In the Dutch classic, The Amstel Gold Race, Patrik Sinkewitz managed to stay with the front runners the whole race and ended up sprinting for eighth.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
Trying to improve on last years 21st position Sinkewitz lead the team in this years edition of La Flèche Wallonne. With 32 km left to race Rik Verbrugghe attacked hoping to bridge up to the leaders and repeat what he did in 2001 and win the classic. He managed to catch up to one of the riders out in front but the peloton soon caught them both. The peloton was still mostly together by the time the last climb came. Di Luca attacked and managed to win the uphill sprint with Sinkewitz managing 7th just 4 seconds down.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
The final Spring Classic of the year was Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The team brought 2003 winner Paolo Bettini hoping for him to repeat the feat. After 171 km of racing the breakaway had 2'40" over the peloton which was splintering due to many attacks by many riders. Bettini was one such rider. He managed to get into a chase group of 11 riders and split away from the peloton. 12 km later the chase group was down to 7 with Bettini still in contention.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
With 68 km to go the chase had caught the break but the peloton was only 20 seconds behind in the next 14 km many riders would jump across the gap until Rebellin pulled the two groups together making one group of 30. With 52 km to go Voigt attacked and Vinokourov followed these two would not be caught over the rest of the race. Bettini punctured over the top of La Redoute, luckily Sinkewitz was there to tow him back into contention.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Spring classics
Cadel Evans attacked with 3 km to go he was soon joined by Bettini and Michael Boogerd, the three rode hard getting to within 40 seconds of the leaders but it was a case of too little too late. Evans attacked on the final climb with Boogerd countering, Boogerd finished third with Bettini managing fourth.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, One-day races, Fall races
The Fall classics started with Paris–Brussels where Pozzato managed an 11th in the sprint. The following month in October Pozzato managed 14th in Paris–Tours. None of the other Fall classics provided great results except for Giro di Lombardia; where Bettini took a sprint victory from companions Gilberto Simoni and Fränk Schleck. This was the first victory of the Team in this race, although it was won in 1998 by the team's predecessor Mapei–Bricobi.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
The Tour Down Under was the first race that Quick-Step raced in 2005. The best result achieved by a rider was Dimitri De Fauw who placed 9th in the first stage in the bunch sprint.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
February brought the second stage race of the season for the team the Tour of Qatar. Tom Boonen was the rider Quick-Step were in Qatar to support. He opened his season by taking Stage 1 beating Mario Cipollini and Robbie Hunter to the line. Boonen added to his tally by also taking Stage 2 from a reduced sprint of 18 riders this time beating Fabrizio Guidi and Robbie McEwen. By winning the first two stages and 9th, 2nd and 3rd in the remaining stages Boonen was able to win the Points classification by 50 points to McEwen. He also managed 4th Overall in the race and 2nd in the Youth classification.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
Paris–Nice was the first race of the 2005 UCI ProTour. Quick-Step took Boonen for the sprints and World time-trial champion Michael Rogers for the Overall contention. The Tour opened with a 4 kilometer prologue with Rogers finishing 6 seconds down in 10th position. Stage 1 Boonen was considered the absolute favorite based on his results at the Tour of Qatar last month. During stage 1 the peloton suffered a crash which caused a split with 10 kilometers to go resulting in 23 riders being off the front.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
This bunch was led by Quick-Step who pulled the gap out to 41 seconds by the finish line they also delivered the win to Boonen who out sprinted Luciano André Pagliarini and Jaan Kirsipuu. Stage 2 was shortened to 46.5 kilometers after snow blocked the original route. Boonen too his fourth victor of the season in another bunch sprint. This gave him enough bonus seconds to take the leaders yellow jersey and also the points classification. With Stage 3 having another up hill finish Boonen looked poised to take a third win in a row.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
However, when it came down to the sprint with 400m to go Boonen was blocked in and couldn't manoeuvre around Jens Voigt so had to settle for 7th on the stage. Guido Trenti was better positioned and managed to finish the stage in 2nd behind Vicente Reynés. Stage 4 had more of a hilly finish so Boonen was not considered a favorite although he did finish in the top 10, 32 seconds behind stage winner and new leader Fabian Cancellara. Stage 7 was quite a tough stage with Boonen, Lotz and Hulsmans all not finishing. Bram Tankink was the best placed rider overall finishing the race in 24th.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
At the same time as Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico was occurring. The team won Stage 5 from a breakaway with Servais Knaven in an edition where Sprinters Petacchi and Óscar Freire took every other stage. In the end the best placed rider was Wilfried Cretskens who finished 61st.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
As April came along the third major tour began the Vuelta a Pais Vasco. Rogers was the designated leader for the race. Stage 1 was a hilly stage with puncher Di Luca taking the Stage, Rogers stayed safe and finished at the same time in 10th position. Rogers was able to keep up with the favorites most stages, in the final time-trial he took 6th and this was enough to secure 8th overall in the race.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
With the season Boonen has had and the bonus of his home race he was touted as the faverourite for overall contention at the Tour of Belgium. Stage 1 was a sprint stage which Boonen won he won easily where "The only threat... was LPR's Danilo Napolitano...". Boonen also won Stage 2 and finishing 2nd in Stage 3a, it all came down to the final time-trial. Boonen successfully defended his lead by finishing second on the stage winning both the Overall and Points classification.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
The first edition of the Eneco Tour of Benelux was good for the team taking the prologue with Verbrugghe and holding on for 6th overall as the tour concluded.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
The Deutschland Tour was the final Pro Tour stage race of the season for Quick Step. Leading the team was defending champion Patrik Sinkewitz he would be racing against big names such as Jan Ullrich, Alexandre Vinokourov, Levi Leipheimer and Cadel Evans. Stage 1 was a 170 km hilly stage, after 30 km of racing Bram Tankink, Bernhard Eisel and Juan José Cobo attacked and formed a breakaway. They stayed away from the peloton for the whole stage at one point having a 10-minute advantage.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
With 16 kilometers to go Tankink attacked his companions and soloed to victory 48 seconds in front of Cobo and 3 minutes in front of the peloton. Stage 2 was a flat stage with two category 2 climbs at the end. These two climbs meant that when the race got to the finish line only 29 riders remained and most of them were climbers. Filippo Pozzato took the reduced bunch sprint only millimeters in front of Jörg Jaksche.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
Tankink lost just under 3 minutes to Pozzato, this meant that going into stage 3 Tankink held the leaders jersey with 13 seconds back to now second placed Pozzato. 23 seconds down was team leader Sinkewitz sitting at the same time as the other contenders. Stage 3 was a day for the sprinters with a small breakaway going up the road but the team rode on the front the whole stage keeping their leaders out of trouble.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
With 30 km to go many riders tried to attack and get away from the peoloton but Quick Step slowly wound them back in. With 2 km to go the race was going to end in a bunch sprint Liquigas–Bianchi was riding on the front for their sprinter Pagliarini. Lampre's Bennati was able to sprint to victory with Pozzato coming second. Stage 4 was the first Mountain stage of the tour as the riders reached the final climb the pace was too much for Sinkewitz and he struggled to keep up, as did many contenders.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
He was able to limit his losses and finish 10th on the stage moving him to 9th overall, 3 minutes down on stage winner Leipheimer. On Stage 5 Pozzato placed 9th during the sprint finish. The second Mountain stage, 7, was a tough one for the team with leader Sinkewitz losing 1:48 to Evans, dropping to 11th overall, and Pozzato pulling out. The decisive stage 8 time-trial was won by Ulrich with Sinkewitz finishing in 24th 2:34 down. Although he lost time on the leaders he gained one place on the Overall which he held through stage 9.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
The Tour of Britain was a very dominating race for the team, winning 4 of the 6 stages plus the overall. Stage 1 was a day for the sprinters with Nick Nuyens launching at 250m to go and holding on to win by 2 seconds to Michael Blaudzun. Stage 2 was a day for the breakaway with Roger Hammond winning the stage and Mark Cavendish leading the peloton home finishing 3rd with Luca Paolini coming home 4th. Stage 3 brought a second stage win for the team with Paolini winning the sprint from breakaway companions Bram Schmitz and Russell Downing.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
With breakaway rider Sergei Ivanov taking line honors it was Paolini who led the bunch across the line for stage 4 with Cavendish having to take the runner-up spot. Stage 5 was an all important time-trial Nuyens took his second stage win by an impressive margin of 0.75 seconds to Kurt-Asle Arvesen. This brought his lead to 8 seconds over Blaudzun.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Stage races
The final stage of the tour was a sprint stage and Paolini took his second stage win while Nuyens held on to win overall becoming the second rider in the history of the modern race to lead from start to finish. Paolini also took the win in the Points classification after a very consistent tour.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
On 3 May the team announced their line up for the Giro d'Italia. Stage 1 of the Giro was a Flat stage with an up hill finish, Paolo Bettini managed to surprise his rivals with a punchy attack allowing him to take the stage by three seconds this put him into the Maglia rosa for the first time in his career. Bettini lost the leaders jersey on Stage 2 after second placed Robbie McEwen won the stage and took enough time to lead Bettini by eight seconds.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
During Stage 3 Davide Bramati was assaulted by two spectators who stole his race number. The stage was a hilly stage, race leader McEwen lost 1 minute on a group of 50 riders in which was Bettini this gave Bettini the lead once again. Stage 4 was initially won by Bettini but he was relegated after being deemed to cause the crash of Baden Cooke in the final sprint, Bettini did retain the leaders jersey and now led the points classification.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Danilo di Luca of Liquigas–Bianchi took his second stage win on stage 5 pushing Bettini into second in both the Points and Overall classifications. In Stage 6 Bettini took a bonus 6 seconds in an intermediate to take the lead of the Giro once again. Stage 7 was another hilly stage this ended with Bettini losing the lead and dropping to 12th overall and 3rd in the points classification.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The next sprint stage was stage 9 in which Bettini got pipped on the line by Alessandro Petacchi, still in third on the points classification but now only 1 point behind first position. It was only after McEwen didn't finish the tough mountain stage 13 that Bettini once again was leading the points classification. The Points jersey switched to Di Luca after stage 14 but then back to Bettini the following day after Bettini finished third to Petacchi. Bettini held the points classification all the way to Milan to secure his first Points classification win in the Giro d'Italia. Bettini was the best placed rider overall finishing 38th.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
On 30 June the team announced that they would ride the Tour supporting Tom Boonen in the sprints with Patrik Sinkewitz and Michael Rogers aiming for the overall victory. Rogers was a faverourite for the opening time-trial however he "couldn't find the right rhythm" and finished the stage in 45th. Stage 2 was more successful with Boonen taking the sprint in front of Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen this put him into the lead of the Points classification. Boonen went two for two also taking victory in the Stage 3 sprint extending his lead in the points classification.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Tour de France
Boonen managed second place to McEwen in Stage 5 this helped him hold the Green jersey till the end of Stage 11 where he did not start due to a knee injury. With Boonen now out Guido Trenti led the team for the sprints, he managed a fourth behind McEwen in Stage 13. Rogers and Sinkewitz both lost over 20 minutes on stage 14 thereby ruining any chance they had of a high General classification placing. At the end of the Tour Rogers was the best placed rider at 41st position.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
The team's Vuelta started off better than any of the previous Grand Tours with Rik Verbrugghe finishing the individual time trial 1 second behind winner Denis Menchov. This result meant that Verbrugghe would wear the Mountain classification jersey in Stage 2. With the dynamic duo of sprinters Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini the team had a good chance of victory on the flat stages. The first opportunity for this came on Stage 3 where Boonen finished in third behind Alessandro Petacchi.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
On Stage 6 Juan Miguel Mercado finished in 5th position 49 seconds down on Roberto Heras moving him up to 8th overall. Stage 8 gave Quick-Step the next chance at victory, a flat stage resulting in a sprint finish. However, when it came down to the end Petacchi was too strong and the team managed 3rd with Bettini and 5th with Boonen. Stage 9 was a 48 kilometer time-trial which resulted in Mercado losing 4 places and dropping to 13th Overall.


2005 Quick-Step–Innergetic season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España
Mercado gained those places back in the following stage by finishing 6 seconds down on race leader Menchov in the hilly finish. Boonen abandoned the race before the start of Stage 14 stating that the following mountain stages wouldn't help his chances of winning the world championships. This left Bettini as the team leader coming into stage 16 where he then beat Petacchi to the line claiming his first Vuelta stage. At the end of the Vuelta Mercado finished the highest place in a grand tour this season that was 10th.


2005 Quran desecration controversy
The 2005 Quran desecration controversy began when Newsweek's April 30, 2005, issue contained a report asserting that United States prison guards or interrogators had deliberately damaged a copy of the Quran. A week later, The New Yorker reported the words of Pakistani politician Imran Khan: "This is what the U.S. is doing—desecrating the Koran." This incident caused upset in parts of the Muslim world.


2005 Quran desecration controversy
The Newsweek article, parts of which were subsequently retracted, alleged that government sources had confirmed that United States personnel at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had deliberately damaged a copy of the book by flushing it in a toilet in order to torment the prison's Muslim captives.


2005 Quran desecration controversy
The Newsweek article stated that an official had seen a preliminary copy of an unreleased U.S. government report confirming the deliberate damage. Later on, the magazine retracted this when the (still) unnamed official changed his story. A Pentagon investigation uncovered at least five cases of Quran mishandling by U.S. personnel at the base, but insisted that none of these were acts of desecration. The Pentagon's report also accused a prisoner of damaging a copy of the Quran by putting it in a toilet.


2005 Quran desecration controversy
In 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union, suing under the Freedom of Information Act, secured the release of a 2002 FBI report containing a detainee's accusation of ill-treatment, including throwing a Quran into a toilet. This specific accusation had been made on several occasions by other Guantanamo detainees since 2002; Newsweek's initial account of a government report confirming it sparked protests throughout the Islamic world and riots in Afghanistan, where pre-planned demonstrations turned deadly. A worldwide controversy followed.


2005 Quran desecration controversy
The Newsweek affair turned the spotlight on earlier media reports of such incidents. Accusations of Quran desecration as a part of U.S. interrogations at prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as Guantánamo Bay had been made by a number of sources going back to 2002.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, History
There were over a dozen pre-Newsweek reports in the mainstream media alleging U.S. Quran abuse, including the following:


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The Newsweek report
On April 30, 2005, Newsweek magazine published an article claiming that an unnamed United States official had seen a government report supporting a "previously unreported" charge. Among the previously unreported cases that sources reportedly told Newsweek: interrogators, in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Quran down a toilet and led a detainee around with a collar and dog leash. The prospect that U.S. personnel may have deliberately defaced the Quran provoked massive anti-U.S. demonstrations throughout the Islamic world, with at least 17 deaths during riots in Afghanistan.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The Newsweek report
The Newsweek article, by reporter Michael Isikoff, was one of over a dozen such reports of similar incidents that had surfaced in prior months in the U.S. and UK media, but the first involving a U.S. government source acknowledging an inquiry into the event. The Isikoff article was later retracted by Newsweek, which nonetheless defended both its reporter and the story, stating "neither we nor the Pentagon had any idea it would lead to deadly riots." The case turned the spotlight on other reports of desecration of the Quran at Guantánamo.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The Newsweek report
The article went largely unnoticed for five days. On May 6, Pakistani politician, Imran Khan, held a press conference. Khan criticized his country's government, saying, "This war on terrorism is self-defeating if, on the one hand, you [Musharraf] are demanding that we help them and on the other hand, they are desecrating the book on which our entire faith is based." Khan's press conference was rebroadcast throughout the Muslim world.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The Newsweek report
The Newsweek report cited an anonymous source, said to be a senior government official, who claimed to have seen a confidential investigative report documenting the alleged incident — in which interrogators, "in an attempt to rattle suspects, reportedly flushed a Quran down a toilet." However, on May 16, Newsweek retracted the statement that the abuse had been uncovered by an "internal military investigation." after the source of the story was later unable to confirm where he had seen the information. In its May 23 issue, Newsweek stated that


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The Newsweek report
Our original source later said he couldn't be certain about reading of the alleged Quran incident in the report we cited, and said it might have been in other investigative documents or drafts. Top administration officials have promised to continue looking into the charges, and so will we. But we regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The Newsweek report
Neither Newsweek nor the Pentagon foresaw that a reference to the desecration of the Quran  was going to create the kind of response that it did. The Pentagon saw the item before it ran, and then they didn't move us off it for 11 days afterward. They were as caught off guard by the furor as we were. We obviously blame ourselves for not understanding the potential ramifications.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, International reaction
On May 10 and continuing the following week, many anti-American protests took place. In Afghanistan, demonstrations that began in the eastern provinces and spread to Kabul were reported to have caused at least seventeen deaths. The United Nations, as a precautionary measure, withdrew all its foreign staff from Jalalabad, where two of its guest houses were attacked, government buildings and shops were targeted, and the offices of two international aid groups were destroyed. Demonstrations also took place in Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan and Indonesia, leading to the death of at least 15 people.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, International reaction
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said, "The report had real consequences, people have lost their lives. Our image abroad has been damaged." However, in a press release issued by the United States Department of State on May 12, General Richard B. Myers claimed that the Newsweek story was not a chief cause of the riots: "He has been told that the Jalalabad, Afghanistan, rioting was related more to the ongoing political reconciliation process in Afghanistan than anything else."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, International reaction
On May 27, thousands of demonstrators gathered in what The New York Times referred to as "waves of protest" in Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and the Middle East, "mostly centered on Friday prayer gatherings". The New York Times reported that U.S. flags were burned at some demonstrations, and that, although most of the protests were peaceful, overt calls for an "Islamic revolution" were loudly supported by the crowds in Pakistan, further complicating a difficult political situation for General Musharraf.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, International reaction
A Red Cross spokesperson Simon Schorno confirmed that U.S. personnel at Camp X-ray had displayed "disrespect" to the Quran, and that U.S. officials knew of this activity. Delegates from the International Committee of the Red Cross informed U.S. authorities, who took action to stop the alleged abuse, said Schorno. He declined to specify the nature of the incidents.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, International reaction
"We're basically referring in general terms to disrespect of the Quran, and that's where we leave it", Schorno told The Associated Press. "We believe that since, U.S. authorities have taken the corrective measures that we required in our interventions."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, International reaction
The cousin of Shehzad Tanweer, who participated in the 7 July 2005 London bombing, claimed that Tanweer's ideology was reinforced by allegations of Quran abuse, "incidents like desecration of the Koran" had "always been in his mind."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, US military findings
On June 3, 2005, a U.S. military investigation by the base commander, Brigadier General Jay Hood, reported four (possibly five) incidents of "mishandling" of the Quran by U.S. personnel at Guantánamo Bay. Hood said his investigation "revealed a consistent, documented policy of respectful handling of the Quran dating back almost two and a half years."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, US military findings
The U.S. Pentagon confirmed Friday a list of abuses involving the Qur'an, Islam's holy book, by American personnel at Guantanamo Bay, but said the incidents were relatively minor.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, US military findings
The report laid out the circumstances of these incidents and disciplinary actions taken. It also stressed that such mishandling was rare, and that guards were usually respectful of the Quran, following strict regulations the military laid down for handling the Quran. (The Quran handling policy was codified in a policy letter in January 2003 in response to reports by the Red Cross of Quran abuse.)


2005 Quran desecration controversy, US military findings
The Hood report also listed 15 reported incidents of detainees mishandling their own copies of the Quran, including complaints made by other detainees. One of these cases involved a prisoner "attempting to flush a Quran down the toilet and urinating on the Quran."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, US military findings
The statement did not provide any explanation about why the detainees might have abused their own holy books.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
The Newsweek article and the ensuing controversy turned the spotlight on other reports of Qu'ran desecration and spurred additional investigations by others. After a verdict by a federal court on May 25, 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) obtained documents from the FBI interrogations of Guantánamo Bay detainees dating back to August 2002. The documents stated that some detainees had claimed to have witnessed Quran desecration (including "flush[ing] a Quran in the toilet"), among other acts, on many occasions by their guards — in a document dated August 1, 2002. The pertinent excerpt reads as follows:


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
[ P]rior to his capture, [name redacted] had no information against the United States. Personally, he has nothing against the United States. The guards in the detention facility do not treat him well. Their behavior is bad. About five months ago, the guards beat the detainees. They flushed a Koran in the toilet. The guards dance around when the detainees are trying to pray. The guards still do these things.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
The ruling of the court forcing the release of this and other documents came under the Freedom of Information Act.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
The ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said, in a news release, that "The United States government continues to turn a blind eye to mounting evidence of widespread abuse of detainees held in its custody."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
The FBI declared that it could not investigate the matter, as it was up to the Defense Department to do so. For its part, the Pentagon, through its spokesman Lawrence Di Rita, appeared to have transitioned from flat denials to vagueness and unsettled syntax: "There have been instances, and we'll have more to say about it as we learn more, but where a Quran may have fallen to the floor in the course of searching a cell." Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, told reporters that "past accusations have had credibility issues."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
James Jaffer, an attorney working for the ACLU, was quoted by the New York Times as stating that errors in the Newsweek story had been used to discredit other investigative efforts conducted by his organization and other groups "that were not based on anonymous sources, but [on] government documents, reports written by FBI agents."


2005 Quran desecration controversy, FBI documents and other reports
Many questioned the veracity of such accounts, noting that the FBI, in 2004, had released a captured Al-Qaeda training manual which Bush Presidency spokesmen claimed shows that Al-Qaeda members are trained to make false accusations once captured.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The SERE connection
Several reports have alleged a connection between events at Guantanamo Bay and a Department of Defense program "Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape" (SERE).


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The SERE connection
On May 16, 2005, Juan Cole published an email from a former SERE attendee who reported abuse of the Christian holy book in training. The emailer had no direct knowledge of operations at Guantanamo, but noted that this tactic sounded similar to that alleged in the Newsweek story.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The SERE connection
In July 2005, an article in The New Yorker magazine suggested that the SERE program involved a number of techniques which paralleled those allegedly used at Guantánamo Bay, including the desecration of religious texts. The writer contacted Juan Cole's anonymous source who said that in 1999 he attended a Navy SERE program in California.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The SERE connection
The SERE program's chief psychologist, Col. Morgan Banks, issued guidance in early 2003 for "behavioral science consultants" who helped to devise Guantánamo's interrogation strategy—although Banks has emphatically denied that he advocated the use of SERE counter-resistance techniques to break down detainees. However, General James T. Hill, chief of the U.S. Southern Command, confirmed that a team from Guantanamo went "up to our SERE school and developed a list of techniques" for "high-profile, high-value" detainees.


2005 Quran desecration controversy, The SERE connection
According to an op-ed in the November 14, 2005 The New York Times by M. Gregg Bloche and Jonathan H. Marks, two lawyers with no first-hand knowledge of SERE, "General Hill had sent this list -- which included prolonged isolation and sleep deprivation, stress positions, physical assault and the exploitation of detainees' phobias -- to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who approved most of the tactics in December 2002. Some within the Pentagon warned that these tactics constituted torture, but a top adviser to Secretary Rumsfeld justified them by pointing to their use in SERE training, a senior Pentagon official told us last month."


2005 RCA Championships
The 2005 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from July 18 through July 25, 2005. It was the first event of the 2005 US Open series. Robby Ginepri won the singles title.


2005 RCA Championships, Finals, Doubles
Paul Hanley /  Graydon Oliver defeated  Simon Aspelin /  Todd Perry, 6–2, 3–1 (retired)


2005 RCA Championships – Doubles
Jordan Kerr and Jim Thomas were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.


2005 RCA Championships – Doubles
Paul Hanley and Graydon Oliver won the title, defeating Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry, who retired from the final with Hanley and Oliver leading 6–2, 3–1.


2005 RCA Championships – Singles
Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals.


2005 RCA Championships – Singles
Robby Ginepri won the title, defeating Taylor Dent, who retired from the final due to heat exhaustion with Ginepri leading 4–6, 6–0, 3–0.


2005 RCSL season
The 2005 Rugby Canada Super League season was the eighth season for the RCSL.


2005 RCSL season, Championship Final
The Newfoundland Rock (Eastern Division champions) defeated the Saskatchewan Prairie Fire (Western Division Champions) 26-13 in the Championship Final, played in Regina, Saskatchewan on 13 August 2005 to win the MacTier Cup.


2005 RH52
2005 RH52 is an extreme trans-Neptunian object from the extended scattered disc in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 130 kilometers (81 miles) in diameter. It was first observed on 3 September 2005, by astronomers with the Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, United States.


2005 RH52
The detached, extended scattered disc object (ESDO) is on a highly eccentric orbit and belongs to the extreme trans-Neptunian objects.


2005 RH52, Orbit and classification
2005 RH52 belongs to a small group of detached objects with perihelion distances of 30 AU or more, and semi-major axes of 150 AU or more. Such extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs) can not reach such orbits without some perturbing object, which lead to the speculation of Planet Nine.


2005 RH52, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 39–270 AU once every 1923 years and 10 months (702,689 days; semi-major axis of 154.68 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.75 and an inclination of 20° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first official observation at Mauna Kea in September 2005.


2005 RH52, Numbering and naming
As of 2018, this minor planet has neither been numbered nor named by the Minor Planet Center. The official discoverer(s) will be defined when the object is numbered.