- George Galloway, a British Member of Parliament of the United KingdomParliament and anti-war activist, wins his libel case against the Daily Telegraph, which during the 2003 invasion of Iraq had published a story suggesting that Galloway had been in the pay of Saddam Hussein.
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica upholds the conviction of Lori Berenson in Peru.
- United States President George W. Bush chooses former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to succeed Tom Ridge as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
- Jailed Palestinian radical Marwan Barghouti joins the race to succeed Arafat in the Palestinian presidential election, 2005.