May 14, 2005
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- For the first time, a helicopter lands on top of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest in Himalaya. The standard production model Eurocopter Ecureuil/AStar AS350 B3, piloted by the Eurocopter ex-test pilot Didier Delsalle, landed at the summit at 07:08 NPT (01:23 UTC). After staying for 2 minutes, Delsalle lifted off and returned to the base camp at Lukla. (MountEverest.net)
- South Korea announces it will restart bilateral talks with North Korea for the first time in over a year on Monday. Discussion topics are expected to include North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (Reuters)
- A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sumatra in Indonesia. (VOA) (Earth Times)
- Unrest In Uzbekistan:
- In Taiwan, despite a low voter turnout, the Pan-Green Coalition wins the National Assembly election, with 49.6 % of the votes and 149 seats out of the 300 in the National Assembly of the Republic of China. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Peter Gloystein, financial minister for the German state of Bremen, resigns from his posts after he was photographed pouring a bottle of wine over a homeless man (Deutsche Welle) (SBS) (BBC)
- Suspected Guatemalan drug lord Otto Roberto Herrera Garcia escapes from prison in Mexico City. He was held pending extradition to United States. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- 28 men in Sudan are sentenced to 5–15 years in jail for connection in a coup attempt. The government claims that they are connected to Islamist Popular Congress Party, but the party denies the allegations. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)
- Last Episode of Saturday Night Live's Celebrity Jeopardy with Will Farrel as Alex Trebeck
