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==[[October 27]], [[2004]]==
* [[Palestinian]] leader [[Yasser Arafat]]'s health is understood to have deteriorated, and he is reported to have lost consiousness. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/494337.html (Haaretz)]
* 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)]