In the 1990s, the company returned to profitability and grew as a result of several major contracts from the UK Ministry of Defence for EH101 Merlin helicopters and for 67 licence-built Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, designated the WAH-64 and entering full operational service in 2005.

Other films which he has starred or co-starred are Dance to Win ( also known as War Dancing ) ( 1989 ), Love Potion No. 9 ( 1992 ) as Enrico Pazzoli, Dead Men Can't Dance ( 1997 ), Susan's Plan ( also known as Dying to Get Rich ) ( 1998 ), Merlin: The Return ( 1999 ) as Lancelot, Convergence ( also called Premonition ) ( 1999 ), The Void ( 2001 ), The Breed ( 2001 ), Code Hunter ( 2002 ), Nemesis Game ( 2003 ) Throttle ( 2005 ), and Phantom Below ( also known as Tides of War ) ( 2005 ).

In June 2005, a 70 percent stake in the four theme parks was sold to Blackstone Group of New York, an investment and advisory firm, under its Merlin Entertainments brand.

In 2005 a limited edition of George R. R. Martin's novel A Clash of Kings was released by Meisha Merlin, complete with numerous illustrations by Howe.

It was announced on 6 July 2005 that by the end of 2005, the Atlantic Patrol Task ( North ) was to be carried out by a single warship, a frigate or destroyer, only during the higher-risk months from July to October, while a Wave-class Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel with an embarked Merlin helicopter would supplement the warship for the duration of the hurricane season from May to November.

In early 2007 the Merlin Entertainments Group bought the majority of the shares of Tussauds Group from Dubai International Capital, which had taken over the shares in 2005.

The company was formed in January 2005 following the merging of spot-hire company Fragonset Railways Limited with charter train operating company Merlin Rail Limited.

Merlin expected to make a loss for the first few years as business was built up and was expected to be profitable in 2005.

Fragonset Railways Limited and Merlin Rail limited merged in January 2005 to form FM Rail Limited.

* 2005 Dino Merlin – Supermen

The English translation of his autobiography The Path of the Actor was edited by Andrei Kirillov and Bella Merlin, and was published by Routledge in 2005, marking the 50th anniversary of his death.

In 2005, he earned seventh consecutive Pro Bowl invitation, tying him for fourth in Rams history, behind Hall of Famer DT Merlin Olsen ( 14 ), Hall of Famer G Tom Mack ( 11 ), and LB Les Richter ( 8 ).

The park was acquired by Merlin Entertainments in 2005, who now operate the park, with the Lego Group retaining part ownership ( 30 %).

On July 13, 2005, Legoland was acquired by the Blackstone Group and control of the parks passed to Merlin Entertainments.

In July 2005, The Lego Group announced that it had reached a deal with private investment company the Blackstone Group to sell all four parks for € 375m to the Blackstone subsidiary Merlin Entertainments.

In Portugal, the global home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin has been working since 2005 with Briskman Entertainment, the producers of SIC Mulher's popular TV make-over show " Querido, mudei a casa!

* Merlin D. Tuttle, America's Neighborhood Bats ( 1988: ISBN 0-292-70403-8 ) ( 2005: ISBN 0-9742379-1-4, ISBN 0-292-71280-4 )

On July 14, 2005, Tom Biscardi, a long-time Bigfoot enthusiast and CEO of Searching for Bigfoot Inc., appeared on the Coast to Coast AM paranormal radio show and announced that he was " 98 % sure that his group will be able to capture a Bigfoot which they have been tracking in the Happy Camp, California area.

While an appeal of his suspension was pending, Rogers appeared at the 2005 All-Star Game in Detroit, where fans loudly booed him.

* Narrated and appeared on-camera for the 2005 PBS documentary Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World.

Doom has appeared in several forms in addition to games, including a comic book, four novels by Dafydd Ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver ( loosely based on events and locations in the games ), a board game and even a live-action film starring Karl Urban and The Rock released in 2005.

In 2005 Coleman appeared in WWE Superstar John Cena's music video for his single Bad, Bad Man ( from the album You Can't See Me ), Coleman played the part of himself as a bad guy taking the 1980s pop stars Madonna and Michael Jackson hostage.

He appeared in another episode of NBC sitcom Will & Grace in November 2005, and appeared in an additional three episodes in 2006.

On September 2, 2005, Harry Connick, Jr., helped to organize, and appeared in, the NBC-sponsored live telethon concert, A Concert for Hurricane Relief, for relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Brown appeared at Edinburgh 50, 000 – The Final Push, the final Live 8 concert on July 6, 2005, where he performed a duet with British pop star Will Young on " Papa's Got A Brand New Bag ".

She is a playable character in X-Men Legends ( 2004 ), X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse ( 2005 ), Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 ( 2009 ), and Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds ( 2011 ), and appeared as an enemy in the first Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

In 2005, she appeared as flight attendant Claire Colburn alongside Orlando Bloom, in Elizabethtown, a movie written and directed by Cameron Crowe.

In 2005 Torvalds appeared as one of " the best managers " in a survey by BusinessWeek.

In 2005, she appeared in the role of Rita Skeeter, the toxic Daily Prophet journalist in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

He has also played county cricket in England, mainly for Lancashire ( 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2007 ) where he appeared in twenty-eight first-class games for the club.

In 2005, Cruz appeared as Dr Eva Rojas in the action adventure Sahara.

" Also in 2005, Cruz appeared in Chromophobia, screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and released the following year.

On 16 December 2005, senior Sinn Féin member Denis Donaldson appeared before TV cameras in Dublin and confessed to being a British spy for twenty years.

Whitehouse wrote, produced and appeared with Chris Langham in the 2005 comedy drama Help, also for the BBC.

Since 2005, Clemens has also appeared in many commercials for Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B.

No Enterprise-specific novels appeared at all in 2005 and the first post-cancellation novel, Rosetta by Dave Stern, did not appear until February 2006.

Austin moved to New York City in 2005 and appeared in the New York Musical Theater Festival's production of Bonnie & Clyde.

The latest reconstruction, by M. L. West, appeared in the Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 151 ( 2005 ), 1-9, and in the Times Literary Supplement on 21 June 2005 ( English translation and discussion ).

* 2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president ; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.

* In 2005, David McLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party is forced to resign after claiming the highest taxi expenses of any MSP.

In December 2005, jailed Intifada leader Marwan Barghouti broke ranks with the party and announced that he had formed a new political list to run in the elections called the al-Mustaqbal (" The Future "), mainly composed of members of Fatah's " Young Guard.

In 2005, Lucas gave US $ 1 million to help build the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D. C. to commemorate American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Around this time, Joschka Fischer emerged as the unofficial leader of the party, which he remained until resigning all leadership posts following the 2005 federal election.

* 1945 – Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – James Forman, American civil rights leader ( b. 1928 )

On 10 July 2005 interim President and opposition People's Movement leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev won the presidential election in a landslide victory.

As of 2005, its commander was Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi, a cousin of the former Libyan leader.

The Communist Party retained political control after winning the March 2005 parliamentary elections and re-elected its leader, Vladimir Voronin, as president in collaboration with the opposition.

Frankel ( 2005 ) shows the Bismarck cult fostered and legitimized a new style of right-wing politics, and made possible the post-Bismarckian crisis of leadership, both real and perceived, that had Germans seeking the strongest possible leader and asking, " What Would Bismarck Do?

* 1951 – Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ( d. 2005 )

The 2005 Padres featured bright spots, however, including ace pitcher Jake Peavy, the NL strikeout leader, and closer Trevor Hoffman, who claimed his 400th save.

Newstalk ZB is the New Zealand market leader, but Radio Live is continuing to try to establish itself with a greater presence in the talk radio market since its inception in 2005.

President Saleh was reported to have decided in 2005 not to run for another term in office, but was later convinced by a public demonstration calling him to continue as leader of the country to run again.

Abbas won the January 2005 presidential election by a comfortable margin, solidifying himself as the successor to Arafat as leader of the Palestinians.

* January 27 – Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer ( d. 2005 )

* March 11 – Ron Todd, British trade union leader ( d. 2005 )

On 4 April 2005, President Rüütel nominated Reform party leader Andrus Ansip as Prime Minister designate by and asked him to form a new government, the 8th in 12 years.

The Nigerian government accuses MASSOB of violence ; MASSOB's leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, was arrested in 2005 and is being detained on treason charges ; MASSOB is calling for his release.

On September 22, 2005, the statue of Po ' pay, ( Popé ) the leader of the Pueblo Revolt, was unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington D. C.

In particular, Evo Morales of Bolivia ( elected in December 2005 ) was a coca growers union leader.

Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry joined the ADB on 31 December 2005, saying that foreign companies repatriated much of the profit made in Fiji, rather than investing it locally, while taking advantage of the infrastructure funded by Fijian taxpayers without paying any taxes themselves.