96, No. 4, December 2005, p. 649 )

They arrived at the South Pole on the 12th of December 2005.

In December 2003 Aston Martin announced it would return to motor racing in 2005.

The results of this work was the report A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America's Collections, which was published in December 2005 and concluded that immediate action is needed to prevent the loss of 190 million artifacts that are in need of conservation treatment.

In December 2005 Belarus bought 10 L-39 jet trainer aircraft from Ukraine, and plans were announced to buy 18 used Su-30K fighters.

Since the 2002 civil war in Côte d ' Ivoire, relations between it and Burkina Faso have been filled with accusations of Burkinabé support for rebels on one side and claims of mistreatment of Burkinabé workers on the other .< ref > Blaise Campaoré :<< La crise ivoirienne inquiète le Burkina >>, Le Figaro, December 11, 2005 </ ref > Côte d ' Ivoire remains Burkina Faso's largest regional trading partner in spite of their disputes and tens of thousands of Burkinabés continue to work in the Ivory Coast.

On July 28, 1999 Bal Thackeray was banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1999 till December 10, 2005 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.

The channel's journalistic output has been overseen by Controller of the channel, Kevin Bakhurst, since 16 December 2005.

On 19 December 2005 Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Bimini, Bahamas, with an unscheduled stop at Watson Island, Miami, Florida, crashed off Miami Beach, Florida.

Hot spots in the present civil war. The war started on December 23, 2005, when the government of Chad declared a state of war with Sudan and called for the citizens of Chad to mobilize themselves against the " common enemy ," which the Chadian government sees as the Rally for Democracy and Liberty ( RDL ) militants, Chadian rebels, backed by the Sudanese government, and Sudanese militiamen.

On December 24, 2005, Chad declared itself as in a " state of belligerance " with neighboring Sudan.

Due to lack of budget and care, the 389 km Temuco to Puerto Montt section was abandoned in 1992 but after a $ 44m upgrade it has been back in use since 6 December 2005 with daily service between Victoria ( north of Temuco ) and Puerto Montt ; today, however only the service between Victoria and Temuco still operates.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

In December 2004, the EU leaders announced that accession negotiations with Croatia would start on March 17, 2005 provided that Croatian government cooperates fully with the ICTY.

A bomb defused in Dublin in December 2005 was believed to have been the work of the CIRA.

Centrale tram stop in Tamworth Road opened on 10 December 2005, increasing journey times slightly.

Kane made her Wicked debut on the 1st National Tour, playing the role from March 9 through December 19, 2005.

On 18 and 19 December 2005, a successful nationwide referendum was carried out on a draft constitution which set the stage for elections in 2006.

Two founding documents emerged from this: The Transition Constitution, and the Global and Inclusive Agreement, both of which describe and determine the make-up and organization of the Congolese institutions, until planned elections in July 2006, at which time the provisions of the new constitution, democratically approved by referendum in December 2005, will take full effect and that is how it happened.

That constitution was adopted by referendum in December 2005, and decreed into law on 18 February 2006.

Robert X. Cringely did an hour long interview with Engelbart on December 9, 2005 in his NerdTV video podcast series.

# Thriving on Vague Objectives — December 6, 2004 to September 11, 2005

* 2005 – Chad – Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.

December 21, 2005.

On December 6, 2007, FASA founder Jordan Weisman announced that his new venture, Smith & Tinker, had licensed the electronic gaming rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies from Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows version 2 came out on 9 December 1987, and proved slightly more popular than its predecessor.

In 1999, Brøderbund / The Learning Company released Totally Mad, a Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 compatible CD-ROM set collecting the magazine's content from # 1 through # 376 ( December 1998 ), plus over 100 Mad Specials including most of the recorded audio inserts.

On December 17, 1997, Microsoft and SGI initiated the Fahrenheit project, which was a joint effort with the goal of unifying the OpenGL and Direct3D interfaces ( and adding a scene-graph API too ).

From December 2003 until October 2005, he worked for Microsoft Corporation in the " patterns & practices " group.

From here, Microsoft issued three release candidates between July and November 1999, and finally released the operating system to partners on December 12, 1999.

In response to a submission from Arbortext, Inso, and Microsoft, a W3C working group on XSL started operating in December 1997, with Sharon Adler and Steve Zilles as co-chairs, with James Clark acting as editor ( and unofficially as chief designer ), and Chris Lilley as the W3C staff contact.

* Asheron's Call ( 2 November 1999 )-Published by Microsoft, and purchased back from Microsoft in December, 2003.

* Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings ( 22 November 2002 )-Published by Microsoft, and shut down in December, 2005.

In December 2005, the Microsoft corporation announced that MCI will join it by providing Windows Live Messenger customers " Voice Over Internet Protocol " ( VoIP ) service to make telephone calls.

Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows Millennium Edition on December 31, 2003.

In December 2005, a vulnerability was reported to Microsoft by Symantec.

In December 2005, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team and

On December 23, 2005, it was announced that NBC Universal would acquire an additional 32 % share of the television channel from Microsoft, solidifying its control over television operations and allowing NBC to further consolidate MSNBC's backroom operations with NBC News and its other cable properties.

On 8 December 2006 and 16 January 2007 respectively, Rare's owners Microsoft Corporation filed US and EU trademark claims on the Ultimate Play The Game name and logo.

In December 2011, Microsoft released an XMPP interface to the Messenger service.

Microsoft FrontPage has since been replaced by Microsoft Expression Web and Sharepoint Designer, which were first released in December 2006 alongside Microsoft Office 2007.

Microsoft discontinued Microsoft FrontPage in December 2006.

On December 19, Viacom signed a five year, $ 500 million contract with Microsoft that included content sharing and advertisement.

Microsoft purchased a nonexclusive license for 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products in December 1980 for $ 25, 000.