The census of the Philippines is enumerated every 5 years ( beginning on 1960, except in 2005 where it was moved to 2007 due to budgetary constraints ) and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats ( congressional apportionment ) and government program funding.

However, a 2005 study claimed the drop may have been due to an increase in the incorrect classification of many bankruptcies as " consumer cases " rather than " business cases ".

Overall, it has been suggested that the purchase of Compaq was not a good move for HP, due to the narrow profit margins in the commoditized PC business, especially in light of IBM's 2005 announcement to sell its PC division to Lenovo.

The textiles sector experienced an approximate 17 % drop in exports due in part to the appreciation of the Dominican peso against the dollar, Asian competition following expiration of the quotas of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement, and a government-mandated increase in salaries, which should have occurred in 2005 but was postponed to January 2006.

After an agreement with the European Union in 2005, this tax exempt regime is due to disappear on 31 December 2010.

In 2005, a referendum was held in Brazil on the sale of firearms and ammunition to attempt to lower the number of deaths due to guns.

Originally due to finish in October 2004, it was subsequently extended until April 2005.

On October 15, 2005, Brazil called for more troops to be sent due to the worsening situation in the country.

In late 2005 Indonesia faced a ' mini-crisis ' due to international oil prices rises and imports.

In April 2006, Lynch was awarded the " National Chairman of Volunteers " Award for Volunteer Excellence by the American Red Cross, due to his leadership during the 2005 floods.

Hewitt pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Shanghai in November 2005 so that he could be with his wife Bec, who was due to give birth.

" ( The ' 40 Winks Restaurant ' and adjacent filling station are now long gone ; the remainder of this property was shut down for one year in 2005 per due to ongoing code violations.

Haslett was fired after the 2005 season, in which the Saints finished 3 – 13 and did not play one regular season contest in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina.

* 2005 – 2006 C Joel Hilgenberg ( 2005 induction ceremonies postponed to October 27, 2006, due to Hurricane Katrina )

* 2005 – 06: Bernard " Buddy " Diliberto ( 2005 induction ceremonies postponed to October 27, 2006 due to Hurricane Katrina )*

It is now mostly gone ( in part due to the construction of the new circuit ) or converted to a normal public road, but since 2005 a vintage car event has been hosted on the old track layout, including part of the parking area.

For most of the period between 2002 and 2005, the FARC-EP was believed to be in a strategic withdrawal due to the increasing military and police actions of new president Álvaro Uribe, which led to the capture or desertion of many fighters and medium-level commanders.

Neighbours, which is celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2005, was aired on the US channel Oxygen in March 2004, however it attracted few viewers, perhaps in part because it was scheduled opposite well-established and highly popular US soap operas such as All My Children and The Young and The Restless, and due to low ratings it was cancelled shortly afterwards.

Lampsi was canceled in June 2005 due to declining ratings.

Agreements with the EU have regulated fishing in the area to an extent but some inshore patrols would still be beneficial due to instances of illegal fishing. First steps in this direction have been taken by the US, which delivered a 27 foot ( 8. 2 m ) Boston Whaler inshore patrol vessel in 2005.

This placed especially great pressure upon lower to middle income groups ; by 2005 the median ratio of indebtedness to income had grown to 125 %, due primarily to expensive boom time mortgages that now often exceed the value of the property.

For hundreds of years, St. Kitts operated as a sugar monoculture, but due to decreasing profitability, the government closed the industry in 2005.

Total Solar Irradiance upon Earth ( TSI ) was earlier measured by satellite to be roughly 1. 366 kilowatts per square meter ( kW / m² ), but most recently NASA cites TSI as " 1361 W / m² as compared to ~ 1366 W / m² from earlier observations et al., 2005 ", based on regular readings from NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment ( SORCE ) satellite, active since 2003, noting that this " discovery is critical in examining the energy budget of the planet Earth and isolating the climate change due to human activities.

* 2005 – Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14, 000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country ( Syrian occupation of Lebanon ).

* 2005 – A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities.

In August 2005, India revealed its new anti-hijacking policy.

In 2005, owner Arthur Blank's $ 10 million investment in the facility's upgrade gave the players a more relaxing environment and, introduced its players to a training-camp style unlike few in the NFL had seen before.

The Ásatrú Alliance publishes the " Vor Tru " newsletter, and held its 25th annual " Althing " gathering in 2005.

* 2005 – The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.

A court case allowing the União do Vegetal to import and use the tea for religious purposes in the United States, Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court on November 1, 2005 ; the decision, released February 21, 2006, allows the UDV to use the tea in its ceremonies pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Expected to have few changes before its introduction in 2005, the Vantage brought back the classic V8 engine to allow the company to compete in a larger market.

The UK's Financial Services Authority stated that the fine related to the company's inadequate bribery and corruption controls, claiming that between January 14, 2005 and September 30, 2007 Aon had failed to properly assess the risks involved in its dealings with overseas firms and individuals.

Nowadays Afyon is known for its marble ( in 2005 there were 355 marble quarries in the province of Afyon producing high quality white stone ), its sucuk ( spiced sausages ), its kaymak ( meaning either cream or a white Turkish Delight ) and various handmade weavings.

Also, Sub-Saharan Africa was part of its region until April 2005, when AfriNIC was officially recognized by ICANN as the fifth Regional Internet Registry.

* Telecom New Zealand — Operated an AMPS / TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years ( 2005 ) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it.

In 2005, Clinton criticized the Bush administration for its handling of emissions control, while speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal.

* General assessment: an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era ; quality has improved ; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network ; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers ; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now exceeds the population

In late 2005, the FABF acquired two Mil Mi-35 ' Hind ' attack helicopters from Russia in apparent response by moves by neighbouring Côte d ' Ivoire to bolster its own air attack capabilities during the Ivorian Civil War.

The system was formally launched on 1 September 2005, and in 2008 the Bundestag moved to a new system based on its evaluation.

In October 2005, Borland acquired Legadero, in order to add its IT Management and Governance ( ITM & G ) suite, called Tempo, to the Borland product line.

A third network, Centrafrique Telecom Plus closed down in late 2005 after failing to attract more than 5, 000 subscribers and after failing to renew its license, in accordance to the new Bozize government.

Fluctuation in the Turkish lira, which suffered from hyperinflation every year until its replacement by the Turkish new lira in 2005, exerted downward pressure on the Turkish Cypriot standard of living for many years.

As of April 2005, BP is considering a trial of large-scale sequestration of carbon dioxide stripped from power plant emissions in the Miller oilfield as its reserves are depleted.

In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television programme Seven Natural Wonders, Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain, surpassed only by the Dan yr Ogof caves.