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===Deaths in October===

&bull; [[October 25|25]] [[John Peel]]<br/>

&bull; [[October 24|24]] [[James Cardinal Hickey]]<br/>

&bull; [[October 23|23]] [[Robert Merrill]]<br/>

&bull; [[October 19|19]] [[Paul Nitze]]<br/>

&bull; [[October 18|18]] [[Veerappan|K. M. Veerappan]]<br/>

&bull; [[October 16|16]] [[Pierre Salinger]]<br/>

&bull; [[10 October|10]] [[Christopher Reeve]]<br/>

&bull; [[9 October|9]] [[Maxime Faget|Max Faget]]<br/>

&bull; [[8 October|8]] [[Jacques Derrida]]<br>

&bull; [[6 October|6]] [[John A. Kelley]]<br>

&bull; [[5 October|5]] [[Maurice Wilkins]]<br>

&bull; [[5 October|5]] [[Rodney Dangerfield]]<br>

&bull; [[4 October|4]] [[Gordon Cooper]]<br>

&bull; [[3 October|3]] [[Janet Leigh]]<br/>

&bull; [[1 October|1]] [[Joyce Jillson]]<br>

&bull; [[1 October|1]] [[Richard Avedon]]<br/>

&bull; [[1 October|1]] [[Juraj Bene&#353;]]

''[[Recent deaths|Other recent deaths]]''

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===Ongoing events===

[[Iran's nuclear program]]<br/>

[[Ramadan]] (Oct 15 &ndash; Nov 14)<br/>

[[AIDS#Current status|AIDS pandemic]]<br/>

[[36th Chess Olympiad]]<br/>

[[2004 oil crisis in Nigeria|Nigerian oil crisis]]<br/>

[[Same-sex marriage|Same-sex marriage debates]]<br/>

[[Tropical cyclone]] season:<br/>

&bull; [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]]<br/>

&bull; [[2004 Pacific hurricane season]]<br>

&bull; [[2004 Pacific typhoon season]]

===Ongoing armed conflicts===

[[War on Terrorism]]<br/>

[[Conflict in Iraq]]<br/>

[[Darfur conflict|Darfur conflict in Sudan]]<br/>

[[Arab-Israeli conflict]]<br/>

[[Chechnya|Russia-Chechnya conflict]]<br>

[[Congo Civil War]]<br>

''[[List of wars#Ongoing wars|Ongoing wars]]''

===Upcoming events===

[[November 1]]: [[European Commission|EU Commission]] inauguration<br/>

[[November 19]]: [[Children in Need|Children in Need 2004]]<br/>

[[November 20]]: [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004|Jr. Eurovision Song Contest]]<br/>

[[November 24]]: [[IAEA]] on [[Iran's nuclear program|Iran atomics]]

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=== Upcoming elections ===

[[November 2]]: [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|U.S. President]], [[U.S. Congress election, 2004|U.S. Congress]]<br>

[[November 2]]: [[2004 Puerto Rico General Elections|Puerto Rico general]]<br>

[[November 22]]: [[Alberta general election, 2004|Alberta legislative]]<br>

[[November 28]]: [[Romanian general election, 2004|Romanian general]]<br>

[[December 1]]&ndash;[[December 2|2]]: [[Mozambique presidential election, 2004|Mozambique presidential]]<br>

[[December 11]]: [[ROC legislative election, 2004|Taiwan legislative]]<br>

[[February 10]]&ndash;[[April 21]]: [[Saudi Arabia municipal elections, 2005|Saudi municipal]]<br>

[[2005]]: [[UK general election, 2005|U.K. parliamentary]]<br>

[[2005]]: [[New Zealand elections|New Zealand parliamentary]]<br>

=== Election results in October ===

[[October 9|9]]: [[Afghanistan]]: [[Afghan presidential elections, 2004|presidential]]<br/>

[[October 9|9]]: [[Australia]]: [[Australian legislative election, 2004|legislative]]<br />

[[October 3|3]]: [[Slovenia]]: [[Slovenia parliamentary elections, 2004|parliamentary]]<br />

[[October 1|1]]: [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]: [[Irish presidential election, 2004|presidential]]

=== Ongoing trials ===

[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br>

[[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]: [[Slobodan Milosevic|Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]]<br/>

[[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br/>

&mdash; [[Saddam Hussein]], among others</br>

[[United States|USA]]: [[Laci Peterson|Scott Peterson]]<br/>

[[United States|USA]]: [[Michael Jackson]]<br/>

[[United States|USA]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]

===Related pages===

[[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works|About this page]]<br/>

[[List of '2004 in' articles|Year in...]]<br/>

[[Wikipedia:Announcements|Wikipedia Announcements]]

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==[[October 27]], [[2004]]==

* Four [[United Kingdom|British]] ex-detainees at [[Camp X-ray|Guantanamo Bay]] are each to sue the [[United States|U.S. government]] for £5.5M (~$10M), alleging [[torture]] and other [[human rights]] violations. The principal defendants are Defense Secretary [[Donald Rumsfeld]], and General [[Richard Myers]], Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/3959635.stm (BBC)]

* A total [[lunar eclipse]] will happen tonight (early morning tomorrow, depending on ___location). Full visibility in Western [[Europe]], Western [[Africa]], and most of [[The Americas|America]].[http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2004Oct28/TLE2004Oct28.html (NASA)]

* Three [[Russia]]n [[police]]men are charged with negligence over the [[Beslan school hostage crisis]]; more than 350 people, about half of whom were children, died in that event. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6626150&section=news (Reuters)]

* Three [[militant]]s with alleged links to [[al-Qaeda]] are killed by [[Pakistan]]i forces near the border with [[Afghanistan]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6625878 (Reuters)]

* [[Amnesty International]] declares the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration to be "guilty of setting conditions for [[torture]] and cruel treatment by lowering safeguards and failing to respond adequately to allegations of abuse", amid other criticisms of the "[[war on terror]]", which the report says is "violating [[Human rights|basic rights]] in the name of [[national security]]" and urged the President and challenger [[John Kerry]] to support an independent inquiry into detention and interrogation policies. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6627935&pageNumber=0 (Reuters)]

* [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263; trial]]: [[Slobodan Milosevic|Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]]'s defense team asks for a withdrawal, saying Milo&#353;evi&#263; refuses to cooperate. [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=610357&section=news (Reuters)]

* [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential election]]: The [[BBC]] reports that it has obtained a document from [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Florida]] campaign headquarters containing a list of 1,886 names and addresses of [[vote]]rs in largely [[African-American]] and [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] areas of [[Jacksonville]], Florida. Democratic Party officials allege that the document is a "[[caging list]]" that the Bush campaign intends to use to issue mass challenges to African-American voters, in violation of [[Federal Government of the United States|federal]] law. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3956129.stm (BBC)]

* A vote by the [[European Parliament]] over the approval of the new [[European Commission]] has been delayed, after incoming president [[José Manuel Dur&atilde;o Barroso]] asks for more time to reshuffle his team. [http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17641 (EUobserver)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3957625.stm (BBC)]

* The [[Cassini-Huygens]] space mission makes its first close flyby of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], resulting in images up to 100 times better than anything seen before. [http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1266&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (Astrobio)]

* Remains of a new dwarf-like species of man ([[Flores man]] - Homo floresiensis), size of a modern three-year-old child, were found on the island of [[Flores]]. A unique find because they lived at least until 13,000 years ago making them contemporary with modern humans. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=1&u=/ap/20041027/ap_on_sc/dwarf_cavewoman]

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==[[October 26]], [[2004]]==

* The co-pilot of [[American Airlines Flight 587]] caused the [[November]], [[2001]], crash in [[New York City]] that claimed the lives of 265 people, the staff of the U.S. [[National Transportation Safety Board]] said. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041026.wcrash1026/BNStory/International (Globe and Mail)]

* A report by the [[media]] watchdog group [[Reporters Without Borders]] (RSF) ranks [[Freedom of the press|press freedom]] across the world. The ten lowest scoring countries (least free) in the report were [[North Korea]], [[Cuba]], [[Myanmar]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Eritrea]], the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Vietnam]], [[Nepal]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and [[Iran]], while the ten highest were [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Iceland]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Slovakia]], [[Switzerland]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Latvia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3956283.stm (BBC News)] [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11715 (RSF report)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]: The [[Knesset]] approves [[Israel|Israeli]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon|Ariel Sharon's]] [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004 | plan]] to withdraw 21 settlements from the [[Gaza Strip]] and 4 from the [[West Bank]] by next year. Israeli [[Foreign Minister]] [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and three other cabinet ministers from Sharon's ruling [[Likud]] government threaten to resign over the plan. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6618004 (Reuters)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1336610,00.html (Guardian)]

* A [[food fight]] breaks out during a lunchtime conference in the [[Legislative Yuan]] in [[Taiwan]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3954847.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6616617 (Reuters)] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-10-26-food-fight_x.htm (USA Today)]

* The [[People's Republic of China]] shuts down dozens of illegal or unsanitary blood collection stations as part of its efforts to curb the spread of [[Public health in the People's Republic of China|AIDS in the country]]. [http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-10-26-voa32.cfm (VOA)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** [[Iraq]]'s appointed [[Prime Minister]] [[Iyad Allawi]] tells the interim national council that yesterday's killing of 49 unarmed army recruits "was the outcome of major neglect by some parts of the multinational (forces)." [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6617482&section=news (Reuters)]

** The [[United States armed forces|U.S. military]] reports a known associate of [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] was killed in an early morning [[military strike|air strike]] on a safe house in [[Fallujah]]. Local residents say that the houses destroyed were empty for over a month and hospital staff report no casaulties. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.main/index.html (CNN)] [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6609619&section=news (Reuters)]

* 78 people died of [[suffocation]] while in the custody of [[Thailand]] police following the dispersal of a violent demonstration on October 25 in the restive [[Muslim]]-majority southern region of the country. The deaths appeared to have occurred during a five hour trip in closed trucks to a detention facility. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6614946 (Reuters)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3954587.stm (BBC)]

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==[[October 25]], [[2004]]==

* The [[Roman Catholic Church]] publishes a handbook intended to guide [[business]], [[culture|cultural]], and [[politics|political]] leaders in making decisions regarding social issues. The publication comes one week before the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential election]]. In response to a [[journalism|journalist]]'s question as to how Roman Catholics should vote, [[Vatican]] spokesman [[Joaquin Navarro-Valls]] says that "the [[Holy See]] never gets involved in [[election|electoral]] or political questions directly". [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6327625/ (MSNBC)]

* At the behest of [[Premier of Alberta|Premier]] [[Ralph Klein]], the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|provincial legislative assembly]] of [[Alberta]], [[Canada]] is dissolved and [[Alberta general election, 2004|elections]] called for [[November 22]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/25/klein041025.html (CBC)]

* [[French Polynesia political crisis 2004|Tensions]] remain high in [[French Polynesia]] as the Leadership remains in doubt. The Legislative Assembly failed to sit on Monday 25 October. [[Gaston Flosse]], elected President on 22 October, attempted to enter the Presidential palace on the weekend but was met by closed gates. [http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2004/October/10-26-03.htm (Oceania Flash)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: A roadside bomb kills a [[United States|U.S.]] soldier and wounds five others in western [[Baghdad]]. Hospital officials say five civilians are killed from U.S. [[sniper]]s in the western city of [[Ramadi]]. In [[Kirkuk]], a roadside bomb kills an [[Iraq]]i civilian. An [[Estonia]]n soldier is killed and five wounded in a bomb blast in Baghdad. A [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] lands on a [[Iraqi National Guard]] checkpoint north of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi civilian. In [[Mosul]], a car bomb kills a tribal leader and two civilians. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6601914&pageNumber=0 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3950213.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:

** [[Yasser Arafat]] undergoes minor exploratory [[surgery]] for stomach pains and vomiting. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6603469 (Reuters)]

** [[Israel]]i [[television]] news reports that [[Yasser Arafat]] is granted permission to go to [[hospital]] due to suffering from gall stones and had an intestinal infection. [[Palestinian]] spokesman [[Saeb Erekat]] says "It is unfounded that President Arafat requested to go to a [[Ramallah]] hospital" and "He is recuperating from an acute case of the [[influenza|flu]]". [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6602474 (Reuters)]

** 14 [[Palestinian]]s are killed in the [[Gaza Strip]] following "ceaseless [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attacks" on neighboring [[Israel]]i settlements. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6597711 (Reuters)]

* The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] announces that two weeks ago, the [[Iraq]]i government informed the agency that about 380 [[ton]]s (345,000 [[kilogram|kg]]) of powerful [[explosive]]s, potentially usable in detonators for [[nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]]s, apparently disappeared from the Al-Qaqaa weapons facility, a site about 30 miles south of [[Baghdad]], sometime shortly before or after [[Saddam Hussein]]'s government fell. The Iraqi director of planning attributed the disappearance to "the theft and looting of the governmental installations due to lack of security", although other sources indicate the explosives could have been removed by the Hussein regime itself. (Reuters: [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6598253 1], [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6604096 2]) (CNN : [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.explosives/index.html 1], [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/26/iraq.explosives/ 2])

* Six men from [[Pitcairn Island]], including mayor [[Steve Christian]], are [[Pitcairn rape trial of 2004|convicted]] of [[rape|sexual offences]] involving women and girls as young as 12. The island has a population of 47, mainly descendants of the [[Mutiny on the Bounty (history)|HMAV ''Bounty'']] crew. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6323696/ (MSNBC)] [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1227483.htm (ABC)]

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==[[October 24]], [[2004]]==

* [[Iran's nuclear program]]:

**[[Iran]] rejects an [[European Union]] proposal to provide civilian nuclear technology to Iran in exchange for Iran scrapping its [[uranium enrichment]] program, calling for more negotiations. A decision to refer to matter from the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) to the [[United Nations Security Council]] is expected on [[November 25]], [[2004]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6590070 (Reuters)]

** Iran states that a facility for converting [[yellowcake]] into [[uranium hexafluoride]] is now 70 percent operational. Iran's first uranium mine will become operational by [[March]] [[2005]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6590762 (Reuters)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** 49 unarmed [[Iraq]]i army [[recruit]]s, based at Kirkush, are [[ambush]]ed, forced from their vehicles, laid out in rows of twelve people, and [[murder]]ed by [[gunshot]] to the head. [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] claims responsibility, describing the dead as [[apostates]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6591060 (Reuters)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3948675.stm (BBC)]

** In [[Falluja]], hospital officials report five civilians dead resulting from what witnesses claim were [[United States|U.S.]] military [[airstrikes]]. Military officials say a precision strike had destroyed a known enemy command and control post. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6590215&pageNumber=1 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3948675.stm (BBC)]

** A U.S. [[diplomat]] is killed when [[Mortar (weapon)|mortars]] land near [[Baghdad]] airport. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6590215&pageNumber=1 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3948675.stm (BBC)]

** A [[car bomb]] kills a [[Bulgarian]] soldier in [[Kerbala]]. A [[Turkish]] truck driver is killed by gunmen north of Baghdad. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6590662&pageNumber=1 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3948675.stm (BBC)]

* [[Brazil]] successfully launches its first rocket, a [[VSV-30]], or [[Brazilian Exploration Vehicle]], into [[space]] from the [[Alcantara]] [[rocket launch site]], after its [[Brazilian rocket explosion|first attempt a year earlier failed]] and left 21 people, including key technicians, dead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3948531.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: In [[Khan Yunis]], located in the [[Gaza Strip]], two [[Palestinian]] [[militant]]s are killed and a third wounded by a missile fired from an [[Israel Defence Force]] [[Unmanned Aerial Vehicle|drone]]. [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=608180&section=news (Reuters)]

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==[[October 23]], [[2004]]==

* [[French Polynesia political crisis 2004|Political Crisis in French Polynesia]] continues with the fall of the government of [[Oscar Temaru]] and doubts cast on the legitimacy of the re-election of [[Gaston Flosse]] as President of [[French Polynesia]]. [http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2004/October/10-25-01.htm (Pacific Islands Report)]

* [[Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed]], [[Somalia]]'s new [[President of Somalia|president]], requests 20,000 [[African Union]] troops to help secure the country. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3947873.stm (BBC)]

* The [[United States Navy]] commissions the [[USS Virginia (SSN-774)|USS ''Virginia'']], the [[lead ship]] of the [[Virginia class submarine|Virginia class]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041023/ap_on_re_us/uss_virginia (AP)] [http://www.spacewar.com/2004/041023081454.4sji0zz3.html (AFP)] [http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=77128&ran=221486 (Virginian-Pilot)]

* [[Prosecutor]]s in [[France]] file charges against former [[Chile]]an leader [[Augusto Pinochet]] for the disappearance and [[torture]] of four French [[citizen]]s in the [[1970s]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3946863.stm (BBC)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: A [[suicide]] [[car bomb]] kills 16 and wounds 40 at a police training base in [[Ramadi]] west of [[Baghdad]]. A separate car bomb kills four [[Iraqi National Guard]] soldiers at a check point in [[Samarra]]. Two die and four are injured in [[United States|U.S.]] air strikes on [[Falluja]]. In [[Mosul]], two [[Turkish]] drivers are killed and two wounded when their convoy is attacked. [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortars]] land in central [[Baghdad]] killing two civilians. The U.S. military say they have captured a senior official of [[al-Zarqawi]]'s militant organization. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OZ4A3USJM4IJECRBAEZSFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=6588888 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3946831.stm (BBC)]

* A powerful [[Chuetsu Earthquake (2004)|earthquake]] measuring 6.9 on the [[Richter scale]] strikes the Chuetsu region of [[Niigata Prefecture]] in [[Japan]], killing at least 13 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3946957.stm (BBC)] [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/uspyal/ (USGS)]

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==[[October 22]], [[2004]]==

* The state-of-art [[Canadian Light Source]] [[synchrotron]] opens for [[atomic]] research in [[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/10/22/synchrotron_opens041022.html (CBC)]

* The [[Kyoto Treaty]] on [[climate change]] is ratified by [[Russia]]'s [[State Duma]], the lower house of parliament. The treaty will now go to the upper house and President [[Vladimir Putin]] for their approval. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3943727.stm (BBC)]

* [[Pakistan]]i forces attack suspected [[Islam]]ic [[militant]]s using [[Mortar (weapon)|mortars]] and [[helicopter]]s near the [[Afghanistan]] border. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6583706 (Reuters)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** Officials from the [[Republic of Macedonia]] confirm that three Macedonian contract workers kidnapped on [[August 21]] have been executed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3944711.stm (BBC)]

** [[Carlos Valenzuela]], top [[United Nations]] electoral expert in Iraq, says that despite the absence of international monitors, "Things could go wrong .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. But, so far, everything is on track" for Iraqi [[national assembly]] [[election]]s in January 2005. [http://www.boston.com/dailynews/296/world/Officials_says_Iraq_vote_prepa:.shtml (AP/Boston Globe)] [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-Elections.html?oref=login (NYT)]

** [[Margaret Hassan]], the humanitarian aid worker who was kidnapped in [[Baghdad]] on [[Current events#October 19|October 19]], is shown on the [[al-Jazeera]] television network pleading for her life. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3945443.stm (BBC)]

** [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Iraq]]i forces reportedly detain [[Sheikh]] [[Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar]], a [[Sunni]] [[Islam|Muslim]] cleric and a leading member of the [[Muslim Clerics' Association]], a group which, according to members, has played a major role in [[hostage]] negotiations and in negotiating the recent [[cease-fire]] in [[Fallujah]]. The U.S. military, however, says it has no record of any Iraqi cleric being arrested in [[Baghdad]]. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6583667 (Reuters)] [http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=5288 (al-Jazeera)]

** [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] planes strike suspected weapons dumps in the [[Iraq]]i city of [[Fallujah]]. Local [[hospital]] officials say seven people were killed and three were wounded. [http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=31410 (Turkish Press)]

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==[[October 21]], [[2004]]==

* A [[University of Florida]] [[scientist]], [[Thomas DeMarse]], announces that he grown a "[[brain]]" of [[rat]] [[neuron]]s that can fly an [[airplane]] simulator. A "brain" such as this could be used to study how actual brains compute information and, potentially, as a sort of living [[computer]]. [http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,65438,00.html (Wired)] [http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041018/brain.html (Discovery)] [http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2004news/braindish.htm (U. of FL press release)]

* [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] President [[&Eacute;mile Lahoud]] names staunch pro-[[Syria]]n politician [[Omar Karami]] as Prime Minister following [[Rafic Hariri]]'s resignation on [[Current_events#October_20.2C_2004 | October 20, 2004]]. Karami, Prime Minister from 1990 to 1992, was forced to resign in 1992. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1098331915673&p=1078397702269 (Jerusalem Post)]

* [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]]: The [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[U.S. Army|Army]] sentences [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Ivan Frederick]] to eight years in prison for sexually and physically abusing detainees at [[Abu Ghraib prison]]. [http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=939300&tw=wn_wire_story (Reuters)]

*[[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** A bus carrying workers to a [[Baghdad]] [[airport]] is attacked, leaving 4 dead and 11 injured. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6570730&section=news (Reuters)]

** Several [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] rounds land near [[Iraq]]i [[Iraq interim government|interim]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Iyad Allawi]] while he visits the city of [[Mosul]], in northern Iraq. [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=607297&section=news (Reuters)]

* In [[Xinmi]], [[China]], a gas explosion in a [[coal mine]] kills 62 people; 86 are still missing. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/22/content_2123779.htm (Xinhuanet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3761680.stm (BBC)]

* A [[United States|U.S.]] pilot is killed in [[Afghanistan]] when his [[Sikorsky]] [[HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60]] [[helicopter]] crashes due to technical problems. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3763222.stm (BBC)]

* [[Fidel Castro]], long-time ruler of [[Cuba]], falls after a televised speech, breaking a leg and an arm. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3761748.stm (BBC)]

* In response to dropping public support for [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|his party]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Göran Persson]] reorganizes the Swedish [[Government of Sweden|government]] by replacing two cabinet ministers. [http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aR_wYaNOe2e0&refer=europe (Bloomberg)]

* [[2004 Pacific typhoon season]]: [[2004 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Tokage|Typhoon Tokage]] kills at least 66 people and injures hundreds more in southern [[Japan]], making it the deadliest [[typhoon]] to hit Japan in 22 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3759624.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6570290 (Reuters)]

* The [[Human Genome Project]] revises its estimate of the number of genes in the human [[genome]], putting the number at 20,000 to 25,000, about 30 percent fewer than the previous estimate. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1224587.htm (ABC News)]

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==[[October 20]], [[2004]]==

*[[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** [[United States of America|U.S.]] war planes strike a building in [[Fallujah]]. Local sources say the strike killed a family of six, including four children. The U.S. military, however, denies a family was killed and issues a statement saying that "intelligence sources indicate a known [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi|Zarqawi]] [[propaganda|propagandist]] is passing false reports to the media". (Reuters: [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6556916 1], [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6563061 2])

** In [[Samarra]], two car bombs kill at least 8 [[civilians]], including a child, and wound 11 [[United States of America|U.S.]] soldiers. In [[Baghdad]], an adviser to the political party of [[Iraq]]i [[Iraq interim government|interim]] Prime Minister [[Iyad Allawi]] is killed in a [[drive-by shooting]]. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6560635 (Reuters)]

** [[CARE International]], a health and water aid agency, announces that it is suspending operations in Iraq. Its local manager, [[Margaret Hassan]], was abducted yesterday. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3760266.stm (BBC)]

* [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Ivan Frederick]] pleads guilty to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assault, and committing an indecent act for his actions in the [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal]]. He is the third person to plead guilty in the scandal. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.html (CNN)]

* [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] Prime Minister [[Rafiq Hariri]] resigns and says he will leave the government, ending several weeks of conflict between Hariri and the [[Syria]]n-backed [[Politics of Lebanon|President]], [[&Eacute;mile Lahoud]]. Lahoud's term in office was extended last month, allegedly as a result of pressure from Syria; in response, the [[United Nations Security Council]] passed a resolution condemning foreign interference in Lebanon and demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UOMMRD2M4U0NECRBAEOCFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=6556064 (Reuters)] [http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=9458 (Daily Star &#91;Lebanon&#93;)] [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=182273 (ABC)]

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==[[October 19]], [[2004]]==

* In [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]], [[protest]]s continue over the results of Monday's [[referendum]], which permitted President [[Alexander Lukashenko]] to seek a third term. At least 30 protesters are arrested, including opposition leader [[Anatoly Lebedko]]. Supporters say Lebedko was badly beaten by [[police]] and was refused treatment for his injuries. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3758032.stm (BBC)]

* [[Hassan Rowhani]], the head of [[Iran]]'s [[Supreme National Security Council]], says that he believes Iran's interests would be better served by the election of [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent [[George W. Bush]], rather than [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John Kerry]], to the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|Presidency]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041019/ap_on_el_pr/iran_us_elections_1 (Yahoo News/AP)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** An unknown militant group kidnaps [[Margaret Hassan]], head of the international [[charity]] [[CARE International]], in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]]. Ms. Hassan holds [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] and Iraqi citizenship. [http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6543316 (Reuters)] [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=6115 (AAP Australia)]

** A [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attack on an [[United States of America|U.S.]] army compound in central [[Baghdad]] kills a U.S. [[contractor]], while another mortar attack, on an [[Iraqi National Guard]] base in [[Mushahida]], kills four guardsmen and injures 80. [[Iraq]]i security forces, backed by [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]], arrest 100 suspected [[insurgents]] south of Baghdad. Three car bombs kill two Iraqis in [[Mosul]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3755928.stm (BBC)]

* [[United Kingdom|British]] [[police]] charge [[Muslim]] cleric [[Abu Hamza al-Masri]] with 16 crimes, including encouraging the murder of non-Muslims. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=KCMAIJ0C0LGQGCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=6543585 (Reuters)]

* [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Germany|German]] officials announce that, on Thursday, representatives of [[France]], the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Germany]] will meet in [[Vienna]] with [[Iran]]ian officials to offer Iran a final chance to halt [[uranium enrichment]] plans before proposed [[United Nations|U.N.]] sanctions are imposed. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=KCMAIJ0C0LGQGCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=6544693 (Reuters)]

* [[Thailand|Thai]] officials say that [[Myanmar]]'s military has removed the current prime minister of Myanmar, General [[Khin Nyunt]], from office and placed him under house arrest. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3755052.stm (BBC)]

* In its annual report on national militaries, the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] says that the [[US-led invasion of Iraq]] has, at least for the short term, increased the risk of [[terrorism]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1223524.htm (ABC)] [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=605464&section=news (Reuters)]

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==[[October 18]], [[2004]]==

*[[India]]'s most wanted [[bandit]], [[sandalwood]] [[smuggler]] and elephant [[poaching|poacher]] [[Veerappan]], is shot dead by the [[STF|Special Task Force]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] at 11 PM [[Indian Standard Time|IST]], after having evaded capture for 20 years. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6535477 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3754662.stm (BBC)]

*[[Venkaiah Naidu]] resigns from his post as president of [[India]]'s main opposition party, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]. He will be replaced by [[Lal Krishna Advani]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/south_asia/3751774.stm (BBC)]

*[[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** Dalibor Lazarevski and Zoran Naskovski, citizens of the [[Republic of Macedonia]], are believed to have been beheaded by the group [[Islamic Army in Iraq]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6531375 (Reuters)]

** [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Iraqi interim government]] officials decline a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] proposal for a [[Muslim]] peacekeeping force to be deployed in Iraq over concerns regarding the [[chain of command]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-US-Iraq.html?oref=login (NYT)].

** The [[Iraqi resistance]] group [[Tawhid and Jihad]] declares an alliance with [[al Qaida]]. Group leader [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] swears loyalty to [[Osama bin Ladin]] and claims to have contacted him regarding operations in Iraq. [http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/041018/2004101806.html (Arabic News)]

* Early voting begins in [[Florida]] and ten other [[United States of America|U.S.]] states for the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 U.S. presidential election]], which officially takes place [[November 2]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/18/election.main/index.html (CNN)]

* A [[referendum]] is held in [[Belarus]] on a proposal by President [[Alexander Lukashenko]] to permit Lukashenko to run for a third term by amending the country's [[constitution]] to remove term limits. The Belarus electoral commission says the referendum won the support of at least 75 percent of voters, but independent elections monitors say that the voting procedures "fell significantly short" of international standards. In [[Minsk]], the capital, more than 2,000 people protest the results of the referendum. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3752930.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6532252 (Reuters)]

* [[Iran]] says that it is willing to negotiate with the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]], [[Germany]], and [[France]] regarding a suspension of its [[uranium enrichment]] activities, but that it will never renounce its right to enrich uranium. [[Iran's nuclear program]] is currently under investigation by the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6527468 (Reuters)]

* The [[Anglican Communion]] demands that the [[United States]] [[Episcopal Church]] apologize for ordaining the openly [[homosexuality|gay]] Reverend [[Gene Robinson]] as a [[bishop]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3751544.stm (BBC)]

*[[Australia]]n [[journalism|journalist]] John Martinkus is released after approximately one day in the custody of unknown captors in [[Iraq]]. Martinkus strayed into an unsafe part of [[Baghdad]] while compiling a report for [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]' ''Dateline'' program. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=20409 (AAP)]

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==[[October 17]], [[2004]]==

*A two meter long section of a Chinese scientific [[satellite]] strikes a house in Penglai, [[Sichuan]], [[China]]. No one is hurt. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/17/china.satellite.ap/ (CNN)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: [[Israel Defense Force]] troops enter the southern [[Gaza Strip]] [[refugee camp]] of [[Rafah]] with ten [[tank]]s and three [[bulldozer]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3750460.stm (BBC)]

* The [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[ambassador]] to [[Uzbekistan]] is recalled and suspended after criticizing the use of intelligence allegedly obtained under torture by the Uzbekistan government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3750370.stm (BBC)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** Heavy fighting in [[Fallujah]] continues as [[United States|U.S.]] tanks blockade the city and insurgent targets are hit by air and artillery. Hospital officials say four civilians, including a child, were killed. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ULG2CMUHEAMPWCRBAEOCFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=6521278 (Reuters)] [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=172988 (ABC)]

** A [[Mortar_(weapon)|mortar]] round hits an arms collection depot in the [[Sadr City]] suburb of [[Baghdad]] shortly before the scheduled visit of [[Iraq]]i [[Prime Minister]] [[Iyad Allawi]], killing two [[Iraqi National Guard]] members and a civilian. In [[Latifiyah]] (25 miles south of Baghdad), gunmen ambush and kill nine Iraqi [[police]]men who were returning from training in [[Jordan]]. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ULG2CMUHEAMPWCRBAEOCFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=6521278 (Reuters)] [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=172988 (ABC)]

* About 20,000 protesters march in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] to demand an end to the "illegal occupation" of [[Iraq]]. [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=604504&section=news (Reuters)] [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3637453 (The Scotsman)]

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==[[October 16]], [[2004]]==

* The Research Advisory Committee on [[Gulf War]] [[Gulf War syndrome|Veterans' Illnesses]], under [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|The United States Department of Veterans Affairs]], concludes in a report that "a substantial proportion of Gulf War veterans are ill with multisymptom conditions not explained by wartime stress or psychiatric illness" and a "probable link" to exposure to neurotoxins. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3748844.stm (BBC)] [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/politics/15gulf.html (NY Times)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** [[Car bomb]]s are detonated in [[Qaim]] and [[Mosul]], [[Iraq]], killing three [[United States|U.S.]] soldiers and a [[civilian]] in Qaim, and one U.S. soldier in Mosul. A [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attack in Qaim kills four Iraqis and wounds 30. [http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6519882 (Reuters)]

** Bombs explode at five [[Church|Christian church]]es in [[Baghdad]]. No casualties are reported. [http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6519882 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3749520.stm (BBC)]

** Two [[United States|U.S.]] military transport helicopters crash in southwestern [[Baghdad]] leaving two U.S. soldiers dead and two others wounded. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1J2GYDOFEYN2GCRBAEKSFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=6520027 (Reuters)]

* [[Expedition 10]], carrying [[cosmonaut]]s [[Salizhan Sharipov]] (&#1057;&#1072;&#1083;&#1080;&#1078;&#1072;&#1085; &#1064;&#1072;&#1088;&#1080;&#1087;&#1086;&#1074;) and [[Yuri Shargin]] (&#1070;&#1088;&#1080;&#1081; &#1064;&#1072;&#1088;&#1075;&#1080;&#1085;), and [[astronaut]] [[Leroy Chiao]], docks successfully at the [[International Space Station]]. Chiao and Sharipov will be relieving [[Mike Fincke]] and [[Gennady Padalka]] (&#1043;&#1077;&#1085;&#1085;&#1072;&#1076;&#1080; &#1055;&#1072;&#1076;&#1072;&#1083;&#1082;&#1072;) from [[Expedition 9]], and will spend six months aboard the station. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3740298.stm (BBC News)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:

** [[Israel]]i [[Israel Defense Forces|forces]] withdraw from the northern [[Gaza Strip]], ending [[Jabalia#Operation_Days_of_Penitence|Operation Days of Penitence]]. Three men, allegedly militants, and a 70-year-old [[Palestinian]] woman are killed on the final day. Over 100 Palestinians have died in the course of the 16-day operation; BBC sources say about one third were civilians.

** Palestinian Prime Minister [[Abu Ala]] says that 140 Palestinians were killed during the operation. [[Israeli Defence Forces]] sources, however, place the number killed at about 130, with only a few civilian deaths. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3747868.stm (BBC)] [http://www.nfc.co.il/archive/001-D-55723-00.html?tag=18-49-35 (News First Class)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/489056.html (Haaretz)]

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==[[October 15]], [[2004]]==

* Presidential [[election]]s in the [[Burundi Civil War|war]] torn country of [[Burundi]] are postponed until April 2005. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3747190.stm (BBC)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** The [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[U.S. Army|Army]] is investigating up to 19 members of a Army Reserve unit stationed in [[Iraq]] who refused to take part in a fuel delivery convoy mission they considered unsafe. Relatives of the soldiers say that several soldiers described it as a "[[suicide]] mission". Relatives also say that the soldiers were held under guard for almost two days, although an army spokesperson denies the claim. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/16/wirq116.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/16/ixnewstop.html (Daily Telegraph)] [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/16/MNG0D9B5JS1.DTL (San Francisco Gate)] [http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041016-073133-6670r.htm (Washington Times)]

** Major [[United States]] air strikes against [[Fallujah]] continue. The U.S. military says that the bombings are "not the beginning of a major offensive". [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6513299 (Reuters)]

** Senior [[United Kingdom|British]] military sources say that the [[United States of America|U.S.]] has asked that some [[British Army|British troops]] be moved to an area south of [[Baghdad]] to replace [[U.S. Army|U.S. troops]] moved to [[Fallujah]]. Sources also say that the troops would be under U.S. command, a possibility which provokes criticism from opposition members of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3748360.stm (BBC)]

* Former [[Organization of American States|OAS]] and [[Costa Rica]]n president, [[Miguel Angel Rodriguez]], is arrested after stepping down last week on allegations of [[Political corruption|corruption]]. He is not formally charged but a judge is demanding him to testify. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3748352.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]:

** The [[Israel]]i [[Israel Defense Forces|army]] clears an officer accused of repeatedly shooting a [[Palestinian]] schoolgirl, [[Iman al-Hams]], while she lay wounded or dead, accepting the officer's claim that he actually shot into the ground near the girl. A separate [[military police]] investigation is continuing. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3748054.stm (BBC)]

*The [[United Nations]] chooses [[Argentina]], [[Denmark]], [[Greece]], [[Japan]], and [[Tanzania]] as the non-permanent members of the [[UN Security Council]] for its next two-year term, which begins in [[January 2005]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3748140.stm (BBC)]

* A [[United Nations]] official says that about 70,000 people have died in the troubled [[Darfur]] region of [[Sudan]] since [[March 2004|March]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3747380.stm (BBC)]

* [[Zimbabwe]]an opposition leader [[Morgan Tsvangirai]] is acquitted of [[treason]] charges. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3744004.stm (BBC)]

* [[Indonesia]]n prosecutors file charges against [[Abu Bakar Bashir]], alleging he was involved in an [[August 2003]] bomb attack on a [[Jakarta]] hotel and accusing him for the first time of involvement in the [[2002 Bali terrorist bombing]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3745664.stm (BBC)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1221348.htm (ABC)]

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==[[October 14]], [[2004]]==

* [[Norodom Sihamoni|Prince Norodom Sihamoni]] is named the new [[monarch|King]] of [[Cambodia]] by the country's [[Politics of Cambodia|Throne Council]]. His father, former [[Norodom Sihanouk|King Norodom Sihanouk]], [[abdicate]]d on [[October 7]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/14/cambodia_king041014.html (CBC News)]

* The [[United Kingdom|British]] government orders the freezing of any assets that [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s militant group, [[Tawhid and Jihad]] &mdash; which has claimed responsibility for killing [[Kenneth Bigley]] &mdash; may hold in Britain. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3742998.stm (BBC)]

*[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:

** [[Israel]]i [[Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] accepts an [[Israeli Defence Force]] plan to begin withdrawing troops from [[Jabalia]], [[Beit Lahiya]], and [[Beit Hanoun]] in the northern [[Gaza Strip]] this weekend. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/489056.html (Haaretz)]

** About 100,000 [[Israel]]is in 100 cities march in a series of demonstrations across Israel opposing their government's proposal to [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004|withdraw Israeli settlers]] from the [[Gaza Strip]] and parts of the [[West Bank]].

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** [[United States]] warplanes launch sustained air strikes against the [[Iraqi resistance|rebel-held]] city of [[Fallujah]], following a breakdown in peace talks between the [[Iraq interim government|Iraqi government]] and representatives of the city. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6505955 (Reuters)]

** [[Iraq]]i insurgents carry out two bomb attacks within [[Baghdad]]'s heavily fortified "[[Green Zone]]", which houses Iraqi government offices and U.S. military facilities. U.S. officials say that 6 [[Iraqi]]s and 4 [[United States|American]]s were killed in the attacks. [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s [[Tawhid and Jihad]] militant group later claims responsibility for the bombings. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3742498.stm (BBC)]

** The [[Iraq]]i [[Iraqi interim government|government]] warns of a possible increase in [[terrorism|terrorist]] activity during the [[Muslim]] month of [[Ramadan]] (which starts tonight), and says the government is taking extra precautions. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6504154 (Reuters)]

* The [[Israel]]i government announces that it will not restrict the number of worshippers allowed to enter [[Jerusalem]]'s [[Al-Aqsa]] [[mosque]] compound (located in the area known as the [[Temple Mount]] in [[Judaism]]) during the [[Muslim]] month of [[Ramadan]], despite concerns voiced by security officials that the site is dangerously structurally unstable and could collapse if too many people visit. The Israeli government had earlier suggested it would limit the number of visitors, with mosque officials accusing Israel of having "political reasons" to do so. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=482613&contrassID=1 (Haaretz)] [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1097642533782 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041014/wl_mideast_afp/mideast_jerusalem_041014182936 (AFP)]

* [[Russia]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] sign an agreement ending their last [[territorial dispute|border dispute]]. Details of the agreement have not yet been released. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/14/news/putin.html (AP/Reuters)] [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/885843.cms (Economic Times &#91;India&#93;)]

* The [[European Court of Human Rights]] agrees, for the first time, to hear cases brought against [[Russia]] by [[Chechnya|Chechen]] [[civilian]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3741718.stm (BBC)] [http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2004/Oct/AnnounceHearingsOctober2004.htm (ECHR press release)]

* Authorities in [[Republika Srpska]], the [[Bosnian Serb]] division of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], admit for the first time the actual scale of the [[1995]] [[Srebrenica]] [[Srebrenica massacre|massacre]], providing a list of over 7,000 [[Muslim]] victims. The Bosnian Serb president admitted in June that Serb forces had committed the massacre, but did not give a specific number of victims. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3743176.stm (BBC)] [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11076417%255E1702,00.html (Melbourne Herald-Sun)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/111745/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]

* A [[Boeing 747]] [[cargo]] plane, en route to [[Spain]], crashes at the end of a runway at [[Halifax International Airport]] in [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. All 7 of the crew are confirmed dead in Canada's worst-ever air cargo crash. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/14/plane_halifax041014.html (CBC)]

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==[[October 13]], [[2004]]==

* The [[People's Republic of China]] rejects an offer by [[President of the Republic of China| Taiwanese President]] [[Chen Shui-bian]] to begin a peace dialogue, deriding the offer as "meaningless", and accusing Chen of making "an open and audacious expression of [[Taiwan independence|Taiwan independence]]" by explicitly stating that the "[[Republic of China]] is [[Taiwan]] and Taiwan is the Republic of China". [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=FF571212-3F71-4F02-AF405BAB6DFF3C38&title=China%20Rejects%20Calls%20for%20Peace%20Talks%20with%20Taiwan&catOID=45C9C78B-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Asia%20Pacific (VOA)]

* [[U.S. presidential election debates, 2004|U.S. presidential debates]]: [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] and challenger [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Kerry]] meet at [[Arizona State University]] in [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]], [[Arizona]] for the last of three [[U.S. presidential election debates, 2004|U.S. presidential debates]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=163430 (ABC)]

*[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]

** The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Foreign Minister]] [[Jack Straw]] comments on Israeli actions in the [[Gaza Strip]], saying that the United Kingdom "unreservedly condemns all acts of [[terrorism]] including the firing of [[Qassam rocket]]s", but that "[[Israel]] has an obligation under international law to ensure that its response to terrorism is proportionate to the threat it faces, as well as a duty to avoid innocent civilian casualties", and that "&#91;Israel&#93; is not meeting those obligations". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3740510.stm (BBC)] [http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200410/0b062f62-4d89-4c73-97af-b74ddcff6380.htm (E-Politix)]

** [[Israel]] arrests [[Imad Qawasameh]], a senior [[Hamas]] leader, in [[Hebron]]. The Hebron branch of Hamas has claimed responsibility for a double [[suicide bombing]] on [[August 31]] in the Israeli city of [[Beersheba]] that killed 16 people. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3738946.stm (BBC)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/488250.html (Haaretz)]

** The [[Israel]]i [[Israel Defence Forces|army]] expands its operation in the [[Gaza Strip]] into [[Beit Lahiya]]. A missile fired from an Israeli helicopter kills a [[Hamas]] militant, [[Mohammed Marous]], and wounds three others. Separately, two [[Fatah]] militants are killed. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/488107.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6482902 (Reuters)]

** [[Hamas]] launches two [[Qassam rocket]]s at the [[Israel]]i town of [[Sderot]]. Residents are alerted by a newly installed early warning system; no injuries are reported. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/488107.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6487645 (Reuters)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]:

** Interim [[Iraq]]i Prime Minister [[Ayad Allawi]] issues an [[ultimatum]] to the city of [[Fallujah]], warning that a major new military operation will be launched if all foreign militants are not expelled from the city. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6489817 (Reuters)]

** Relations between local insurgents and foreign [[Arab]] militants in the [[Iraq]]i city of [[Fallujah]] deteriorate, with locals threatening to expel the foreigners by force. Locals have killed at least five foreign fighters in recent weeks, and foreign fighters have taken refuge in the city's commercial district after being denied shelter in residential neighborhoods. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6229305/ (MSNBC)]

==[[October 12]], [[2004]]==

* [[Federal Government of the United States|Federal]], [[states of the United States|state]], and local officials in the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Nevada]] are gathering information regarding allegations that a private [[voter registration]] firm, [[Voters Outreach of America]], destroyed registration forms collected from [[Democratic Party of the United States|Democratic]] voters while submitting those collected from [[Republican Party of the United States|Republican]] voters. [http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2421595&nav=168XRvNe (KLAS-TV)]

* [[Cambodia]]'s legislature votes to allow a nine-member council to choose a successor to King [[Norodom Sihanouk]]. It is expected the council will choose Prince [[Norodom Sihamoni]]. [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=F73B7C7E-E850-4F15-A7604D085393DAEB&title=Cambodian%20King%20Nears%20End%20of%20Long%20Political%20Career&catOID=45C9C78B-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Asia%20Pacific (VOA)]

*[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:

**[[Moussa Arafat]], cousin of [[Yasser Arafat]] and a top security official in the [[Gaza Strip]], survives an apparent assassination attempt when a [[car bomb]] explodes in his convoy. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6481140&section=news (Reuters)]

** In the [[Gaza Strip]], Ghadir Mokheimer, an 11-year-old [[Palestinian]] [[school]]girl, is struck in the chest and critically wounded by gunfire when [[Israel]]i troops open fire near her school. She dies one day later. The Israeli [[Israel Defense Force| army]] says soldiers returned fire after coming under [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attack. (BBC: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3737218.stm 1], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3739148.stm 2]) [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/12/mideast.violence/index.html (CNN)]

* The [[Nigeria]]n government announces that last month, Nigerian [[Sharia]] courts sentenced two [[woman|women]], one of whom is [[pregnancy|pregnant]], to death by [[stoning]] on charges of committing [[adultery]], while [[acquittal|acquitting]] the two men involved. The sentence may still be appealed. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6480190 (Reuters)]

* The government of [[Saudi Arabia]] announces that [[woman|women]] will be prohibited from running as candidates or voting in the country's upcoming [[Saudi Arabia municipal elections, 2005|municipal election]]s. The elections, the first in Saudi Arabia since the [[1960s]], will be held from [[February 10]] to [[April 21]], [[2005]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/11/saudi.women.ap/index.html (CNN)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: A [[U.S. Air Force]] [[air strike]] destroys Haji Hussein, the most popular [[restaurant]] in insurgent-controlled [[Fallujah]]. The U.S. says the restaurant was being used by militants loyal to [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]. Witnesses say two civilian [[security guard]]s were killed in the attack. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3735694.stm (BBC)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1218539.htm (ABC Australia)] [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=601444&section=news (Reuters)]

* The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|trial]] of former [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] president [[Slobodan Milosevic|Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]] for alleged [[war crimes]] has resumed after a month's delay. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3735212.stm (BBC)]

* [[Pakistan]] test fires a [[nuclear]]-capable missile with a range of 1,500 km (930 miles), sufficient to reach most cities in neighboring [[India]]. Pakistan and India routinely test their missiles. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3735380.stm (BBC)][http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200410121003.htm (The Hindu &#91;India&#93;)]

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==[[October 11]], [[2004]]==

* The [[Saudi Arabia]]n Interior Ministry requests that all non-[[Muslim]]s currently in Saudi Arabia refrain from eating, drinking or smoking in public. "Authorities will take deterrent measures such as terminating work contracts of, and deporting, violators" [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=52719&d=11&m=10&y=2004&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom]

* [[War on Terrorism]]: [[Human Rights Watch]] issues a report charging that the [[United States of America|United States]] government's treatment of certain suspected terrorists being held outside the U.S. is in violation of U.S. treaties, international human rights law, and the [[Geneva Conventions]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3735294.stm (BBC)]

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]: A rocket attack in southern [[Baghdad]] kills two [[United States of America|U.S.]] soldiers and injures five others, while in the northern city of [[Mosul]] a suicide [[car bomb]] detonated near a U.S. military convoy kills a U.S. soldier and two [[Iraq]]is and injures 27 others. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=154847 (ABC/AP)] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11048683%255E1702,00.html (News.com.au)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:

** [[Israel]]i military police are investigating charges that an Israeli [[Israel Defense Forces|army]] company commander repeatedly shot a 13-year-old [[Palestinian]] girl while the girl lay wounded or dead. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/486981.html (Haaretz)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3733638.stm (BBC)] [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=11273 (Maarviv)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1325307,00.html (The Guardian)]

** Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] is withholding his approval to end [[Operation Days of Penitence]], the Israeli offensive in the [[Gaza Strip]], despite a recommendation by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] to withdraw. Since the offensive began, 114 Palestinians &mdash; 39 civilians and 75 combatants &mdash; have been killed. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/486989.html (Haaretz)]

* [[Finn E. Kydland|Finn Kydland]] and [[Edward Prescott]] are awarded the [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] for "their contributions to dynamic [[macroeconomics]]: the time consistency of [[economic policy]] and the driving forces behind [[business cycle]]s". [http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/2004/ (Nobel Foundation)]

* Rescue efforts end in [[Taba]], [[Egypt]] at the site of Thursday's bombing. Egypt and [[Israel]]i [[forensic]] experts announce that they have identified 12 Israelis, 6 Egyptians, 2 [[Italy|Italians]], 1 [[Russia]]n, and 13 [[Eastern Europe|Eastern European]]s among those killed. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/486470.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/10/Sinai+terror+bombings+7-Oct-2004.htm (Israeli MFA)]

* Workers in [[Nigeria]] begin a four day [[general strike]] in protest of fuel price increases caused by the last year's repeal of government [[subsidy|subsidies]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3731952.stm (BBC)]

* Early results in the first round of [[Lithuania]]'s [[Lithuanian general election, 2004|general election]] show the opposition [[Labour Party (Lithuania)|Labour Party]] winning the largest proportion of the vote. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3730614.stm (BBC)]

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==[[October 10]], [[2004]]==

* [[Typhoon Ma-on]], the strongest storm to strike eastern [[Japan]] in a decade, kills six people in the [[Tokyo]] area. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/111032/1/.html (Channel News Asia)]

*[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]: [[Palestinian]] [[witness]]es say that a missile fired from an [[Israel]]i [[helicopter]] destroyed a home in the [[Gaza Strip]] town of [[Jabaliya]], killing a [[schoolteacher]] and wounding six others. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3731964.stm (BBC)]

* [[Somalia]]'s [[Transitional National Government of Somalia|transitional]] [[parliament]] elects [[Abdullahi Yusuf]], a former army officer, [[List of Presidents of Somalia|interim president]]. He will be Somalia's first [[head of state]] since [[1991]], when tribal [[warlord]]s overthrew the ruling [[military dictatorship]]. The election was held in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], since the situation in Somalia remains dangerous. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3730562.stm (BBC)] [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=154352 (ABC)]

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]: Two [[car bomb]]s explode in [[Baghdad]], killing at least 10 people and wounding 17, including a [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[soldier]]. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-explosions,0,493774.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines (AP)]

* [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]]: [[Tropical storm|Tropical Storm]] [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season#Tropical Storm Matthew|Matthew]] floods southeastern [[Louisiana]], dropping as much as 7 inches (180 mm) of rain. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/10/10/tropical.weather.ap/index.html (CNN)]

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==[[October 9]], [[2004]]==

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflicts]]:

** In the northern [[Gaza Strip]], [[Israel]]i troops shoot and kill [[Abed Rauf Nabhan]], a local [[Hamas]] leader, as he prepares to fire an anti-tank missile at Israeli tanks in [[Jebaliya]]. The Israeli military says that Nabhan was responsible for a rocket attack that killed two Israeli children in [[Sderot]] on [[Sukkot]] eve. [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=11238 (Maariv)]

** In addition to Abed Rauf Nabhan, seven [[Palestinian]]s, including two [[Palestinian Authority]] policemen, are reported to have been killed today. A total of 94 Palestinians, about half of whom were [[civilian]]s, including 18 children, have been killed since [[Israel]] began its [[Jabalia Offensive|offensive]] 10 days ago. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=152070 (ABC News)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3728800.stm (BBC)]

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]: A peace agreement is reached in the [[Baghdad]] slum of [[Sadr City]] between the [[Iraq interim government|Iraqi government]] and local militants loyal to [[Shia Islam|Shia]] cleric [[Muqtada al-Sadr]]. The militants will turn in medium and heavy weapons during a five-day grace period, and [[Iraq]]i and [[United States of America|U.S.]] forces will then take control of the area. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/09/iraq.main/index.html (CNN)]

* [[Afghanistan]]'s [[Afghan presidential election, 2004|presidential election]] ends peacefully, but its legitimacy comes into question when all 15 [[candidate]]s opposing [[incumbent]] [[List of leaders of Afghanistan|president]] [[Hamid Karzai]] withdraw, alleging that election irregularities had invalidated the vote. [http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6458511 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3727324.stm (BBC)]

* [[Australia]] votes in its [[Australian legislative election, 2004|2004 Federal election]], with the [[incumbent]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] government winning a fourth term. As a result, in December, [[Australian Prime Minister]] [[John Howard]] will become the nation's second longest-serving Prime Minister. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1216498.htm (ABC)]

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==[[October 8]], [[2004]]==

*[[U.S. presidential election debates, 2004|U.S. presidential debates]]:

** [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] and challenger [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Kerry]] meet at [[Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University]] in [[Saint Louis, Missouri]] for the second of three [[U.S. presidential election debates, 2004|U.S. presidential debates]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3726478.stm (BBC)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041009/ap_on_el_pr/debate_rdp&cid=694&ncid=716 (AP)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?type=topNews&storyID=6457377 (Reuters)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=3&u=/afp/20041009/ts_afp/us_vote_041009074833 (AFP)]

** [[Third party (United States)|Third party]] candidates for [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|president]], [[Michael Badnarik]] of the [[United States Libertarian Party]] and [[David Cobb]] of the [[United States Green Party]], are arrested while attempting to attend the second of the three planned [[U.S. presidential election debates, 2004|U.S. presidential debates]]. [http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/9872659.htm (AP)] [http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40843 (WorldNetDaily)]

* Rescue teams retrieve at least 30 bodies from the ruins of the [[Hilton Hotel]] in [[Taba]], [[Egypt]]. Officials say up to 20 more bodies could be recovered. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/485939.html (Haaretz)]

* An [[earthquake]] of [[Richter scale|magnitude 6.5]] occurs near [[Manila]], the capital city of the [[Philippines]]. Its effects are felt as far as 90 miles (145 km) north of the city. The quake causes buildings to sway and knocks out power in some areas, but no serious damage or injuries are reported. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/philippines.quake.ap/index.html (CNN)] [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/uspibl.htm (USGS)]

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]:

** Reports confirm that [[United Kingdom|British]] [[hostage]] [[Kenneth Bigley]] was beheaded yesterday by his captors, members of [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]'s [[Tawhid and Jihad]] militant group, despite last-minute exchanges between the group and the British government. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1323498,00.html (The Guardian)] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/09/wbigl09.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/09/ixnewstop.html (The Telegraph)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE41D57B-AB76-487C-A264-7DD321B4AC74.htm (Al-Jazeera)] [http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=286473&lang=e&dir=news (Al-Bawaba)]

** A [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[air strike]] destroys a building in the [[Iraq]]i city of [[Fallujah]], killing at least 12 people and wounding 16. The U.S. says that it bombed a [[safe-house]] used by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], but local doctors say the strike hit a house soon after a wedding party, killing civilians, including children. [http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?section=int&page=news_inhalt&news_id=5263102 (Swiss Info)] [http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6449328 (Reuters)] [http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/10/08/us_troops_strike_site_in_fallujah_11_said_dead/ (Boston Globe)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3725760.stm (BBC)]

* [[Kenya]]n environmental and political activist [[Wangari Maathai]] is awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace". [http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2004/index.html (Nobel Prize)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3726024.stm (BBC)]

* A bomb explodes outside the [[Indonesia]]n Embassy in [[Paris]], shattering windows in nearby buildings and injuring about 10 people. [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=598898&section=news (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3725520.stm (BBC)]

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==[[October 7]], [[2004]]==

* In [[Canada]], a last minute compromise between the current [[minority government|minority federal government]] and the two largest opposition parties ends a dispute over the wording of the [[throne speech]] and avoids a premature [[Motion of No Confidence|dissolution of parliament]]. [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1097185811026&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154 (Toronto Star)]

* The [[FBI]] seizes the servers of the [[open-publishing]] network [[Indymedia]] in the [[US]] and the [[UK]], disabling Indymedia websites in many countries. No reason was given. (IMC: [http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/10/111999.shtml 1], [http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/10/111987.shtml 2])

* Three [[car bomb]]s are detonated in [[Egypt]]ian towns in the [[Sinai Peninsula]] frequented by [[Israel]]i [[tourist]]s. The largest explosion, which killed at least 35 and wounding 114, was at a [[Hilton Hotel]] in [[Taba]], near the border with Israel. The other two explosions occurred at the towns of [[Ras al-Sultan]] and [[Nuweiba]], killing two Israelis and four Egyptians. A group calling itself ''Jamayia al-Islamia al-Alamiya'' ("World Islamist Group") later claims responsibility and threatens further attacks. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/62794E54-6774-4F92-BFC7-4552FE9866C0.htm (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/485939.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11009969%255E1702,00.html (The Australian)] [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20041007_1377.html (ABC)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/egypt.hotel.explosion/index.html (CNN)]

* [[HMCS Chicoutimi (SS 879)|HMCS ''Chicoutimi'']], one of [[Canada]]'s four [[Victoria class submarine|''Victoria''-class submarine]]s, is taken under tow, after being adrift for two days following an onboard fire that crippled the boat. One member of the crew has died. (BBC: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3723124.stm 1], [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3722972.stm 2]) [http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2004/10/07/56472.html (Pravda)]

* [[Austria]]n author [[Elfriede Jelinek]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] for "her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in [[novel]]s and [[play]]s that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of [[society]]'s [[cliché]]s and their subjugating power". [http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2004/ (Nobel Prize)] [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20041007_1066.html (ABC)]

* Two bombs explode in the [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Multan]], killing 39 people at a memorial for murdered [[Sunni]] leader [[Azam Tariq]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3722562.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]

** The [[United Nations]] issues a special report warning of an imminent [[Humanitarian aid|humanitarian crisis]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. The report says that 72.5 percent of [[Palestinian]]s will be living in [[poverty]] by the end of 2006, that [[Israel]]i restrictions are hampering emergency aid deliveries, and that, since [[September 28]], 82 Palestinians and 5 Israelis, including 26 children, have been killed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3723850.stm (BBC)] [http://www0.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12133&Cr=palestin&Cr1= (UN)]

** Witnesses say that two [[Palestinian]] children were killed when the [[Israel]]i military shelled a crowd near the [[Jabaliya refugee camp]]. [[Israel]] says that an Israeli [[helicopter]] gunship fired at two people attempting to launch a [[Qassam rocket]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3722412.stm (BBC)]

* [[Norodom Sihanouk]], King of [[Cambodia]], announces his [[abdication]]. His successor will be chosen by a special council. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/cambodia.king/index.html (CNN)]

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==[[October 6]], [[2004]]==

* Appearing before the [[United States of America|United States]] [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Senate Armed Services Committee|Armed Services Committee]], [[Charles Duelfer]], head of the [[Iraq Survey Group]] announces that the group found no evidence that [[Iraq]] under [[Saddam Hussein]] had produced any [[weapons of mass destruction]] since 1991, when [[United Nations|UN]] [[sanctions]] were imposed. This directly contradicts the main argument used by the [[George W. Bush]] administration for [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invading Iraq in 2003]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.wmd.report.ap/index.html (CNN)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3718150.stm (BBC)]

* A team of [[Japan]]ese and [[Mongolia]]n [[archaeologist]]s announce that they have found the [[13th century]] palace of [[Genghis Khan]], at a site about 150 miles east of [[Ulan Bator]], Mongolia, and that [[Mausoleum of Genghis Khan|his tomb]] may be located nearby. [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/mongolia.genghis.ap/index.html (CNN)] [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041005f2.htm (Japan Times)] [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1167152004 (Scotsman)]

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]: A suicide [[car bomb]] kills 16 and injures 24 people outside an [[Iraq]]i [[Iraqi National Guard|National Guard]] recruiting center in [[Anah]], a roadside bomb kills a [[civilian]] and wounds four [[police]]men in [[Basra]], and a [[Kurd]]ish tribal leader and his companion are shot dead in [[Mosul]]. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=DZCGW4KMVTGZ0CRBAEZSFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=6430214 (Reuters)]

* [[Same-sex marriage in Canada]]: The [[Supreme Court of Canada]] begins three days of hearings into the federal government's reference of a draft bill to legalize [[same-sex marriage]]. The court will review the bill's constitutionality, hearing arguments from groups on either side of the debate. A ruling is not expected for months. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/06/marriage041006.html (CBC)]

* A [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]] rescue ship reaches the [[HMCS Chicoutimi (SS 879)|HMCS ''Chicoutimi'']], which is adrift off the [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] coast following an electrical fire en route to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] yesterday. Heavy seas have impeded rescue efforts, and one crewman has died being airlifted to hospital. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3719760.stm (BBC)]<!-- Length should be better now, but some trimming might still be useful-->

* The [[European Commission]] recommends that talks be opened with [[Turkey]] aiming for it to [[Enlargement of the European Union#Turkey|join the European Union]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3719052.stm (BBC)]

* [[Mark Chapman]], the man who killed [[John Lennon]], is denied [[parole]] for the third consecutive time. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3718144.stm (BBC)]

*[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:

** Three people, including a 15-year-old boy, are killed after [[Israel]] shells the town of [[Beit Lahiya]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3719784.stm (BBC)]

** Three [[Hamas]] militants are killed after infiltrating the Israeli settlement of [[Gush Katif|Kfar Darom]]. One of the militants blew up when hit by Israeli gunfire, killing a [[Thailand|Thai]] worker in addition to himself. The other two militants were killed by IDF forces. [[Gaza Strip]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/485532.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69948 (INN &#91;Israel&#93;)]

** The [[UNRWA]] denies [[Israel]]'s claim that it has detained 13 of its staff in [[Gaza]]. A spokesman said a member of the Gaza staff had been in detention for two years, but knew of no one else in Israeli custody. Israel qualified its earlier statement, admitting that the number 13 referred to people detained in the past four years, some of whom are no longer in custody. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3719432.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli]] scientists [[Aaron Ciechanover]] and [[Avram Hershko]] and [[United States|American]] [[Irwin Rose]] are awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for "the discovery of [[ubiquitin]]-mediated [[protein]] degradation". [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/485773.html (Haaretz)] [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2004/ (Nobel Prize)]

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==[[October 5]], [[2004]]==

* A major British [[flu vaccine]] company, Chiron, has its manufacturing license revoked due to a bacteria outbreak. Chriron had been expected to supply half of this season's flu vaccines in the United States. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3717726.stm (BBC)]

* [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential campaign]]: Incumbent [[United States of America|United States]] [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] and challenger [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Edwards]] meet in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], for the only vice presidential [[2004 U.S. presidential election debates|debate]] of the [[2004 U.S. presidential election]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20041006_29.html (ABC)] [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6173358/ (MSNBC)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3716852.stm (BBC)]

* [[United States of America|United States]] [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]], when asked about connections between [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[al-Qaeda]] in an interview with the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], states "To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two". Several hours later he issues a statement saying that he was "regrettably misunderstood" and that there was "solid evidence of the presence in [[Iraq]] of al-Qaeda members, including some that have been in [[Baghdad]]". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3715396.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6414697 (Reuters)]

* The incumbent [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|President]] of [[Indonesia]], [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]], concedes defeat in the country's [[Indonesian presidential election, 2004|presidential election]], which took place last week. Her successor, [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], will be inaugurated on October 20. [http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10987679%255E401,00.html (<small>NEWS</small>.com.au)]

* [[Iran]] announces that its [[Shahab-3]] missile has been modified to increase its range (originally 810 miles (1,300 km)) to 1,250 miles (2,000 km). This puts parts of Europe &mdash; and all of the [[Middle East]] &mdash; within range of Iran's missiles for the first time. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6419844 (Reuters)] [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1163352004 (The Scotsman)]

* [[Afghanistan]] [[Afghan presidential election, 2004|presidential election]]: With elections due in four days, [[Hamid Karzai]] makes a public appearance in [[Ghazni]], his only campaign rally outside of Afghanistan's capital, [[Kabul]]. One of Karzai's main opponents, General [[Abdul Rashid Dostum]] makes an appearance at [[Mazar-e-Sharif]], whilst another, [[Yunus Qanuni]], addresses crowds in the capital. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3715894.stm (BBC)]

* [[United States|American]] [[physics|physicists]] [[David Gross]], [[David Politzer]], and [[Frank Wilczek]] are awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for "the discovery of [[asymptotic freedom]] in the [[Strong interaction|theory of the strong interaction]]". [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2004/ (Nobel Prize)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:

** The [[United States]] vetoes a [[United Nations]] resolution urging [[Israel]] to halt its current offensive in the [[Gaza Strip]]. Over 70 [[Palestinian]]s, including civilians, have died in the offensive. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/05/content_2055961.htm (Xinhua &#91;China&#93;)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6421699 (Reuters)]

** [[Israel]] backs down from its claim that a rocket was loaded into a [[UN]] [[ambulance]]. The Israeli [[military]] said that it is "re-evaluating" its claim. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4535593,00.html (The Guardian)] [http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-18/1096983240144640.xml&storylist=international (AP)]

** [[Israel]] arrests 13 [[Palestinian]]s employed by the [[United Nations]], saying that they are suspected of links to [[terrorist group]]s. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/485254.html (Haaretz)]

** In [[Gaza City]], [[Bashir al-Dabbash]], a leader in the [[Palestinian]] militant group [[Islamic Jihad]], is killed by a missile fired from an [[Israel]]i aircraft. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69914 (INN &#91;Israel&#93;)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3715890.stm (BBC)]

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==[[October 4]], [[2004]]==

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]

** Three [[car bomb]]s &mdash; two in the [[Iraq]]i capital of [[Baghdad]], and one in the northern city of [[Mosul]] &mdash; kill at least 26 people and wound at least 100. All the casualties are [[Iraq]]is. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6405368 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3712480.stm (BBC)]

** The [[United States of America|U.S.]] military continues its aerial bombardment of the rebel-held city of [[Fallujah]]. Local hospital officials say that nine people were killed. Elsewhere, two U.S. soldiers are shot dead at a checkpoint in [[Baghdad]]. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041004/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq (AP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3712480.stm (BBC)]

*[[Canada]]'s [[Members of the Canadian House of Commons|38th]] [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] opens with the selection of the [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|Commons Speaker]]. It is the first [[minority government]] in 25 years. The [[Speech from the Throne|Throne Speech]] follows tomorrow. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/04/parliament041004.html (CBC)]

* [[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]] is officially declared the winner of last month's [[Indonesia]]n [[Indonesian presidential election, 2004|presidential election]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3712478.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]

** [[United Nations]] Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]] agrees to investigate claims that [[Palestinian terrorism|Palestinian terrorist]]s are using [[UNRWA]] ambulances. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1096870639425 (Jerusalem Post)]

** At least 3 [[civilian]]s are among the dead in the sixth day of the [[Israel]]i raid into the [[Jabaliya|Jabaliya refugee camp]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3711996.stm (BBC)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/110026/1/.html (Channel news Asia)] [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=596162&section=news (Reuters)]

* [[Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne]] [[SpaceShipOne flight 17P|reaches an estimated altitude]] of 112.2 [[kilometre|km]] (69.7 miles), lands safely and wins the [[Ansari X Prize]]. [http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html (Spaceflight Now)] [http://www.xprize.org/press_room/press_releases/press.php?articleID=130 (X Prize Foundation)]

* [[Richard Axel]] and [[Linda B. Buck]] are awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for their discoveries regarding [[odorant]] [[receptor]]s and the organization of the [[olfactory]] system. [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2004/ (Nobel Prize)]

* The retrial of 16 [[Hindu]]s accused of murdering 14 people, mostly [[Muslim]]s, in the [[Gujarat]] [[2002 Gujarat violence|riots of 2002]] begins in [[Mumbai]]. [[India]]'s [[Supreme Court]] ordered a re-trial after a Gujarat court [[Acquittal|acquitted]] the defendants. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3712574.stm (BBC)]

* The [[parliament]] of [[Cambodia]] ratifies legislation creating a tribunal that will try leaders of the former regime, the [[Khmer Rouge]], for [[genocide]] and [[crimes against humanity]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3712482.stm (BBC)]

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==[[October 3]], [[2004]]==

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]: On the third day of the assault on [[Samarra]], which has left 125 insurgents and 70 civilians dead, [[United States of America|U.S.]] and [[Iraq]]i government officials say they have secured 70 percent of the city. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041004/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq (AP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3712480.stm (BBC)]

* The [[Prime Minister]] of [[Slovenia]], [[Anton Rop]], concedes defeat in today's [[Slovenia parliamentary elections, 2004|parliamentary election]]s. Early results suggest the opposition will make large gains at the expense of the current government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3711266.stm (BBC)]

* [[French]] [[police]] announce that they have arrested [[Mikel Albizu Iriarte]] ("Mikel Antza") and [[Maria Soledad Iparraguirre]], who are suspected of being important leaders in the [[Basque]] [[separatism|separatist]] group [[ETA]]. Sixteen other people were detained. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3711196.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]

** In interview with the CBC, [[UNRWA]] commissioner [[Peter Hansen (UN)|Peter Hansen]] says that he is sure that members of [[Hamas]] are also members of UNRWA. The [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Foreign Affairs, which has designated [[Hamas]] a [[terrorist organization]] said it "will immediately seek clarification from Mr. Hansen directly and from UN authorities". [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/03/unwra041003.html (CBC)]

** The [[United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency]] ([[UNRWA]]) demands an apology from [[Israel]] over claims that [[Gaza]] militants used a [[UN]] vehicle to transport a homemade [[Qassam rocket]]. The UN body showed what it said was the [[ambulance]] seen in footage released by the Israel Defense Forces and presented its driver and rescue workers to reporters. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/484454.html (Haaretz)] [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1096785969625 (Jerusalem Post)] [http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El4211&enZone=Diplomacy&enVersion=0 (Israel Insider)]

** [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] requests that [[Israel]] halt its current military operations in the [[Gaza Strip]], saying that they have led to "the deaths of scores of [[Palestinian]]s, among them many [[civilian]]s, including children". He also urges the [[Palestinian]] [[Palestinian Authority|Authority]] to convince [[Hamas]] to halt the firing of rockets into Israel. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1096785969194&p=1006688055060 (Jerusalem Post)]

** At least four [[civilian]]s &mdash; a [[deaf]] man and 3 children &mdash; were killed today during [[Israel]]i raids in the [[Gaza Strip]] town of [[Jabaliya]]. More than 60 [[Palestinian]]s, including civilians, have been killed during Israel's current offensive into Gaza. Israeli [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] says the Gaza operation will continue until [[Qassam rocket]] attacks end. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3711996.stm (BBC)] [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1096841409666&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724&tacodalogin=no (Toronto Star)]

** Two [[Palestinian]]s are killed by an [[Israel]]i [[helicopter]]-launched missile moments after they launch a [[Qassam rocket]] into [[Israel]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6397181 (Reuters)]

* [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]] [[Beatification|beatifies]] five persons, including [[Anne Catherine Emmerich]], a [[Germany|German]] nun, and [[Karl of Austria|Karl I]], last emperor of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]], in a ceremony in [[Rome]]. John Paul II has made a total of 1,340 beatifications (including today's), more than all previous popes combined. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6397016 (Reuters)]

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==[[October 2]], [[2004]]==

*[[United States of America|U.S.]] [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|presidential election]]: [[Fox News]] apologizes for an incident on Friday, October 1, in which it posted a story containing false quotes attributed to [[President of the United States|president]]ial candidate [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Kerry]]. Fox says the [[journalist|reporter]] who wrote the story, [[Carl Cameron]], had written the article "in jest" and had not intended for it to be posted. [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/2826011 (Houston Chronicle)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1319075,00.html (The Guardian)]

* A series of bombings in the states of [[Nagaland]] and [[Assam]] in north-east [[India]] kill at least 48 people. Local police suspect a rebel group, the [[National Democratic Front of Bodoland]] (NDFB). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3710318.stm (BBC)] [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1038855,0015002000000000.htm (Hindustan Times)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:

**[[Yassir Arafat]] declares a [[state of emergency]] in the [[Gaza Strip]] and calls for international aid following [[Israel]]'s raid into [[Jabaliya]]. [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1598899,00.html (News 24 &#91;S. Africa&#93;)]

** [[Israel]]i forces shoot dead four [[Palestinian]] militants, members of [[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]] and [[Hamas]], who had tried to infiltrate the Israeli [[Kibbutz]] of [[Nahal Oz]], about 200 meters outside of that Kibbutz. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/483982.html (Haaretz)] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8F50ED53-04B6-4ADA-A52C-CB19EE1020F3.htm (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=56000 (The Statesman &#91;India&#93;)] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69735 (INN &#91;Israel&#93;)]

** The [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[government]] issues a statement urging [[Israel]] not to use excessive force during its current offensive into the [[Gaza Strip]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3708918.stm (BBC)]

** The [[Palestinian]] militant group [[Hamas]] says that it will continue using rockets to attack [[Israel]]i communities that border on the [[Gaza Strip]], or [[Israeli settlement]]s within it, regardless of Israeli military operations. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3709948.stm (BBC)]

** The [[Israel]]i military begins an operation to create a 9 km (5.5 mile) "[[buffer zone]]" within the northern [[Gaza Strip]]. Israel says that the purpose of the zone is protect Israel from attacks using [[Qassam rocket]]s (which have a 9 km (5.5 mile) range). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/02/wmid02.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/02/ixworld.html (The Telegraph)] [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/02/mideast.gaza/ (CNN)]

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==[[October 1]], [[2004]]==

* The [[University of Manchester]], the largest [[university]] in the [[United Kingdom]] outside [[London]], is created by the merger of the [[Victoria University of Manchester]] and [[UMIST]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3706094.stm (BBC)]

* [[Ichiro Suzuki]], a [[Japan]]ese [[baseball]] star now playing for [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Seattle Mariners]], breaks [[George Sisler]]'s 84-year-old record for hits in a season, prompting praise from Japanese prime minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] and celebrations in both [[Seattle]] and [[Tokyo]]. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/10/01/bc.bba.suzuki.hitsrecor.ap/ (CNN/SI)]

* [[Mount St. Helens]] in the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Washington]] awakens, with a minor [[eruption]] of steam, smoke, and ash. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134186,00.html (Fox News)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/01/mount.st.helens/index.html (CNN)]

* The government of [[Denmark]] is investigating whether it can claim ownership of the [[North Pole]], by studying how far the underwater portion of [[Greenland]], a Danish [[dependent area|territory]], extends. [[Canada]] and [[Russia]] are already undertaking similar investigations regarding their own claims. [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1096625295280&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154 (Toronto Star)]

* [[U.S. presidential election debates, 2004|U.S. presidential debates]]: "Instant-response" polls of viewers of last night's [[United States of America|U.S.]] presidential debate show that a majority of viewers thought the challenger, [[John Kerry]], won the contest. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1317491,00.html (The Guardian)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3703756.stm (BBC)] [http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/182977-9853-010.html (Indianapolis Star)] [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/01/opinion/polls/main646712.shtml (CBS)]

* At least 19 people are killed in an explosion &mdash; suspected to be a [[suicide bomber|suicide bombing]] &mdash; at a [[Shia]] [[mosque]] in the [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Sialkot]] (located near the border of [[India]]n-controlled [[Kashmir]]). The attack follows the killing of a leading [[Sunni]] cleric. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3706506.stm (BBC)]

* [[Irish presidential election, 2004]]: [[Mary McAleese]] is appointed to a second seven-year term as [[President of Ireland|President]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], without an [[election]], when no other candidate secures the necessary nominations. This is the third time a sitting president has been reappointed unopposed, following [[Seán T. O'Kelly|President Seán T. O'Kelly]] in [[1952]] and [[Patrick Hillery|President Patrick Hillery]] in [[1983]]. [http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/2004/10/01/story169064.html (Irish Examiner)] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1001/president.html (RT&Eacute;)]

* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]

** [[Israel]]i troops, backed by [[tank]]s and other military vehicles, enter the northern [[Gaza Strip]] city of [[Jabaliya]], and the nearby towns of [[Beit Hanoun]] and [[Beit Lahiya]]. At least five Palestinians are killed by Israeli rocket strikes on Jabaliya. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3706224.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1318164,00.html (The Guardian)]

** The [[Israel]]i [[Israeli Defence Forces|military]] releases [[UAV|unmanned drone]] [http://www1.idf.il/SIP_STORAGE/DOVER/files/7/34147.wmv footage] of the [[Gaza Strip]] showing what Israel says are Palestinian militants loading rockets into a van marked "[[UN]]". The UN dismisses the claim, saying that the footage actually shows a stretcher being loaded into a van. [http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-10/03/article02.shtml (Islam Online)] (Haaretz: [http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/483950.html 1], [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/484003.html 2])

* [[Iraqi resistance|Conflict in Iraq]]:

** [[United States of America|U.S.]] and [[Iraq]]i government forces attack the insurgent-held city of [[Samarra]] in northern [[Iraq]]. U.S. officials say over 100 militants were killed and 37 were captured, while local doctors say at least 80 people died, and 100 were wounded, including civilians. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3705890.stm (BBC)] [http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=2a60bd15-45c2-491e-b761-cdaf957acf6a (Canada.com News)] [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=567693 (The Independent)]

** [[United States of America|U.S.]] officials say that U.S. forces rescued [[Yahlin Kaya]], a [[Turkey|Turkish]] construction worker who had been held [[hostage]] by militants, during today's assault on the city of Samarra. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6387832 (Reuters)] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10941391%255E1702,00.html (The Australian)]

* [[Same-sex marriage in Spain|Same-sex marriage debates]]: The [[cabinet]] of [[Spain|Spanish]] Prime Minister [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] approves a bill to legalize [[same-sex marriage]]; the government believes that the bill will pass the full parliament. [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/01/spain.gays/ (CNN)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3706414.stm (BBC)]

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[[Logarithmic timeline of current events]] - most important events of the last ten years on one page.

==References==

== News collections and sources ==

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