Portal:Current events/2005 November 12
November 12, 2005 (Saturday)
- Amir Peretz, the new head of the Israeli Labor Party, warns Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that if Sharon does not pick a date for an early election, Peretz will institute a motion of no-confidence forcing a snap election within 90 days.
- Iraq War:
- The UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, makes a surprise visit to Iraq and expresses support for an Arab League conference discussing cooperation with Iraq's many factions. (BBC)
- Four people die following a car bomb in Baghdad. (BBC)
- Tens of thousands of people gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv in a rally to mark a decade since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. (Ynetnews)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire premieres at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City