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.

Israel dismantled 18 settlements in the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, and all 21 in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank in 2005, but continues to both expand its settlements and settle new areas in the West Bank in spite of the Oslo Accords which barred both Israeli and Palestinians from undertaking unilateral actions that would alter the status quo.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

7th Heaven and Reba were originally canceled after the 2005 – 06 season, but were ultimately renewed at the last minute with 13-episode deals ( the former show was later given a full-season order, while the latter served as a midseason replacement and, in spite of becoming The CW's highest-rated comedy of the 2006 – 07 season, ended rather abruptly ).

It was reported on 31 March 2005 that Toyota would withdraw Daihatsu from the Australian market after sales fell heavily in 2005, in spite of the overall new-car market in Australia growing 7 %.

In 2005, he directed and starred in the short Five Minutes, Mr. Welles ( 2005 ), which represented a culmination of D ' Onofrio's desire to improve on his performance as Welles in Ed Wood, which in spite of D ' Onofrio's striking physical resemblance to the actor / director, reportedly left director Tim Burton underwhelmed.

A Y chromosome haplogroups study published in 2005 found that " three main groups of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in spite of some quantitative differences, share a large fraction of the same ancient gene pool distinctive for the Balkan area ".

The average occupancy rate across all categories of hotels and tourist guesthouses was 87 % for the whole of 2006, a one-percentage-point growth compared with 2005 in spite of the 7. 4 % increase in Hong Kong's room supply between December 2005 and December 2006.

But Benedict XVI reappointed him to the position on 21 April 2005, in spite of being past the customary retirement age.

According to The Financial Times, Henriksson, who had been the company's Chief Executive since 2005, had had differences with chairman Nigel Rudd over running the company, differences in spite of the company's return to financial health under Henriksson.

In spite of this, Finn. no had by 2005 grown to become Norway's largest and most comprehensive site for classified advertising, such as real estate and used vehicles.

In spite of Thomson's injury troubles in 2005, the Braves exercised their option to bring him back for a third season in 2006.

In spite of this, Codemasters released Operation Flashpoint: Elite, developed by Bohemia, for Xbox in October 2005.

The Chiefs ' record in 2005 was 10 – 6, but did not make the playoffs in spite of a winning record.

In spite of this concurrency, as of 2005 the eastbound I-74 exit to Camp Street was only marked for U. S. 150, while the next eastbound exit to Washington Street was marked as " To Illinois 8 " even though Washington Street is unnumbered in East Peoria.

Barnwell St Andrew Church of England Primary School was closed by the county council in 2005 in spite of protests.

The first organisation in one of the states was founded on 17 July 2004 in the Saarland ; the first convention in North Rhine-Westphalia took place on 17 October 2004, and it was decided to take part in the 2005 regional elections in that state in spite of the party's unclear financial situation.

This in spite of significant foreign exchange earned from the export of live lobster ( 250 to over 350 tonnes per year from 1990 to 2005 ), sapphires and, up until the hotels in town were all filled by those working on QMM's mining project in 2007, tourism.

The Chung King Can Suck It album remained a rarity ( in spite of two different bootleg editions of the album ), and was sought after both for its collectibility and the two rare Judge songs it contained, until 2005, when Revelation compiled all of Judge's recorded output-Chung King Can Suck It included-for the CD What It Meant: The Complete Discography.

However, in spite of early signs of success, Holtz completed his second season with the Bulls carrying an unimpressive career 0. 286winning percentage in the Big East, a 0-2 record in homecoming games, and bowl ineligibility for first time since the Bulls joined the Big East in 2005.

In spite of his strong play during the 2005 – 06 season for the Raptors, he was criticized as being somewhat of a one-dimensional player.

Despite these shortcomings, and his promise to step down at the end of the transition, Bozizé contested the 13 March 2005 presidential elections in which all of the leading opposition candidates were allowed to run except for Patassé.

In June 2005, with the results of the election still unclear, a group of university students protested these alleged discrepancies, encouraged by supporters of the Coalition for Unity opposition party, despite a ban on protests imposed by the government.

On September 5, 2005, the National Elections Board of Ethiopia released the final election results, which confirmed that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front retained its control of the government, but showed that opposition parties had increased their share of parliamentary seats, from 12 to 176.

In June 2005, with the results of the election still unclear, a group of opposition supporters protested these alleged discrepancies despite a one month ban on protests imposed by the government.

On September 5, 2005, the National Elections Board of Ethiopia released the final election results in which confirmed that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front retained its control of the government, but showed that opposition parties had increased their share of parliamentary seats, from 12 to 176.

President Bongo coasted to easy re-elections in December 1998 and November 2005, with large majorities of the vote against a divided opposition.

In a strong move, on 8 August 2005, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called for a snap election to the lower house, as threatened, after LDP stalwarts and opposition DPJ parliamentarians defeated his proposal for a large-scale reform and privatisation of Japan Post, which besides being Japan's state-owned postal monopoly is arguably the world's largest financial institution, with nearly 331 trillion yen of assets.

The prospect of ministerial government and the creation of an executive and opposition, led to the formation of two political parties – the Jersey Democratic Alliance and the Centre Party – in preparation for the 2005 elections.

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

2002 and 2003 also saw lower figures, and in 2004 and 2005 the parade was cancelled because of funding difficulties and coordinated opposition from most of Germany's green parties.

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.

Beginning in 2005, portions of the African National Congress wished to change the name of the city to match the name of the Tshwane municipality, however this met with stiff opposition, particularly from Afrikaner civil rights groups and political parties since it denies the history of the city as founded by Pretorius.

Satanism is now allowed in the Royal Navy of the British Armed Forces, despite much opposition from Christians, and, in 2005, the Supreme Court of the United States debated over protecting the religious rights of prison inmates after a lawsuit challenging the issue was filed to them.

Reconciliation talks between government and opposition continued until Gnassingbé Eyadema's death in February 2005.

As of April 2006 reconciliation talks between the government and the opposition are in progress, said talks were suspended after Eyadema's death in 2005.

In October 2005 it was alleged that members of the ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC have held secret meetings in London and Washington to discuss plans for a new Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe.

The SPD conceded defeat in the federal election of September 2009, with its share of votes having dropped from 34. 2 % to 23 %, compared to 2005, and became the largest opposition party represented in the Bundestag.

In February 2005, Li held a press conference, accusing PFP leader, James Soong of having changed his opposition towards military weapons purchase from the United States under the influence of people of Pro-American inclination, people with CIA backgrounds and arms traders who would receive kick-backs.

After his reform met with persistent opposition, he left the SLD in a much debated move on 7 February 2005 and resigned from office on 30 March 2005.

In April and May 2005, Lien Chan and James Soong made separate trips to Mainland China, during which both explicitly supported the Consensus of 1992 and the concept of one China and in which both explicitly stated their parties ' opposition to Taiwan independence.

On April 28, 2008, Honorary Chairman Lien Chan of the then opposition Kuomintang visited Beijing and met with Hu Jintao for the fourth time since their historic encounter on April 29, 2005 in their respective capacity as party leaders of both the Chinese Communist Party and the KMT.

In 2005 the political scenario was changed, as five opposition parties united under the umbrella of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development.

On January 19, 2005, the philanthropist Peter B. Lewis resigned from his position as chairman of the foundation, expressing his opposition to Krens ' plans for further global expansion of the Guggenheim museums.

Despite continuing opposition from townspeople, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place on 10 December 2005.