31
December: Philippines deporting 2 American citizens,
alleging terror ties to Abu Sayyaf, MILF (NYT)...
Prominent Egyptian sheik Tantawi says France as a
secular state has a right to promote its secular tradition,
forbid headscarves... Democrat frontrunner Dean says
special counsel encouraging, but critical of naming
Bush-appointee to investigate... 4 more survivors
found amid rubble of last week's quake in Iran...
30
December: Ashcroft recuses himself in CIA agent leak
probe, Chicago US Attorney appointed 'special counsel';
USA Fitzgerald experienced in racketeering/terror
investigation... Iranian mullahs tell BBC World Service
that politics can be put aside when Americans come
to assist muslims with tragedies like the Bam quake...
29
December: NBC News reports death toll in Iran may
rise to 40,000, citing Iranian government... Israel
orders evacuation of 4 settlements, in wake of
recent violence... Meat from BSE
infected cow reportedly did enter US food system...
IAEA sees Libyan nuclear sites, says programs extensive,
no actual bombs... 3 aides to S. Korea's President
Roh charged with illegal campaign funding... Malaysian
PM launches
investigation of police corruption...
27
December: Revised figures on Iran quake deaths at
6,000, Guardian
reports 6,000 to 15,000... Search continues as aid
pours in from around the world... US sends medical
supplies, 2 rescue teams, joins Russian, EU teams,
supplies...
26
December: 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes ancient
city of Bam, Iran... government estimates 20,000 killed...
French government restores cancelled flights, says
it found no evidence of terror plot... American forces
suffer attacks during Christmas holiday in Iraq...
25
December: Ukraine parliament passes preliminary bill
to amend constitution, shift
presidential electoral powers from people to parliament...
Bethlehem Christmas celebrations hampered by security
concerns, travel restrictions... 3rd bomb attack in
Kabul since constitutional lloya jirga began 10 days
ago... German President Rau calls for more humanitarian
budgeting, says efficiency goals must not undermine
basic services...
24
December: Japan, Mexico, top 2 importers, temporarily
ban US beef... Privatized job-placement agency collapses
in New South Wales, uncertainty looms for Australian
job-seekers... Spanish officials disrupt suspected
ETA bomb plot... Bush opens
Alaska's Tongass National Forest to development,
possible logging... NASA warns diesel emissions contribute
heavily to global warming...
23
December: Kirchner stands firm in critique of IMF,
as officials visit, says Argentina will put its heart
and mind first... Congressional Budget Office sees
budget strain for 50 years... Linux creator defends
originality of work... critic of authoritarian tendencies
in Afghanistan warns fear of warlords could lead to
dictatorship, called
for strong parliament to check presidential power...
first known case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(aka 'Mad Cow Disease') found in US...
22
December: Earthquake hits CA Central Coast, felt LA
to SF... Egypt FM assaulted by Palestinian objectors,
to stop his entering Al Aqsa mosque... World Resource
Institute presents 6 issues for 2004... HHS finds
racial and socio-economic disparities in healthcare
and cure rates... 3 major counts against Guantánamo
airman dropped...
20
December: China to amend constitution to allow property
rights... HHS seeks $50M to plan for possible global
flu outbreak... LG Barno to use 11,000 US forces to
quiet chaotic southern Afghanistan...
19
December: Lieberman calls Dean "divisive"...
Georgian human rights group demands criminal charges
against Shevardnadze...
17
December: Georgian interim president opposes US bases...
Oprah Winfrey travels to Africa to bring attention
to AIDS crisis, 11M orphans, to open leadership school
for girls...
16
December: UN Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan says Saddam trial
must meet international standards, be transparent
and fair, should not include death penalty option...
14
December: US forces capture Saddam Hussein near Tikrit...
World leaders express appreciation and optimism...
Bomb explodes on bridge near Pakistan Pres. Musharraf's
motorcade, none injured... Russian
troops on trial for Chechnya atrocities...
13
December: Likud considers Palestinian state to preserve
ethnic identity of Israel... Iran to sign nuclear
protocol... Karzai denies Taliban resurgence... Flu
virus batters American west, amid vaccine shortage...
21st Canadian
PM sworn in, "smudged"
(in aboriginal cleansing ceremony) yesterday in Ottawa...
11
December: Spain, Poland hold firm against larger EU
members in Constitution power struggle... US government
investigating Halliburton overbilling in Iraq...
9
December: in US Presidential campaign climate change,
Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean, giving major centrist-establishment
support to grassroots populist campaign... Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao in US to discuss trade, address
recent trade-related tensions...
8
December: International observers have raised concerns
about parliamentary elections in Russia, Putin
consolidates power, amid allegations of government-run
media distortion... China jails Internet dissident
for posting essay about democratic reform...
7
December: Coalition strike kills 9 Afghan children
in raid on militants; locals say target left 10 days
before [BBC]...
Russia begins parliamentary elections... Riots mark
11th anniversary of Ayodhya mosque destruction [more]...
Chinese government reiterated
its pledge to defend Chinese authority over Taiwan
"at all costs"
5
December: Train bomb kills 36+ in Russia... Putin
says bomb is attempt to disrupt parliamentary elections,
with possible links to Chechnya... New divides in
Middle East over Geneva peace talks, right road ahead...
Bush lifts steel tariffs, which had been called illegal
by WTO... unnamed administration sources say Bush
wants to return to the Moon, establish a base...
3
December: New controversy over Samarra firefight,
Iraqis dispute numbers of dead, say civilians among
them...
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