Events in January 2004
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Jan. 1
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The SAARC nations approve the draft South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) framework treaty, in Islamabad. |
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The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, wins trust vote in both Houses of Parliament and four Provincial Assemblies keeping him in power until late 2007. |
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Jan. 3
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Hundred and forty eight persons aboard a plane are killed after it crashes into the Red Sea soon after take-off from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. |
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Indo-Pakistan bilateral ties back on track, as the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee meets his Pakistani counterpart, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali in Islamabad. |
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The SAARC nations sign a social charter. |
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The NASA's Spirit rover lands safely on Mars and sends back images. |
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Jan. 4
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"We have to change South Asia's image and standing in the world. We must make the bold transition from mistrust to trust, from discord to concord, and from tension to peace," says the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee at the 12th SAARC summit inaugural, in Islamabad. India proposes poverty alleviation fund. |
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Jan. 5
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Mikhail Saakashvili (36), wins Georgian presidential polls. |
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The Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, meets the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, in an ice-breaking meeting, in Islamabad. |
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China confirms SARS case, the first since its containment in June 2003 after ordering mass slaughter of 10,000 civet cats considered to be a possible source. |
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Jan. 6
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The SAARC leaders adopt Islamabad Declaration, pledge to eliminate all forms of terrorism. The summit adopts SAFTA and signs an additional protocol to the convention on the suppression of terrorism. |
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Jan. 13
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Britain's "killer doctor" and worst "serial murderer", Harold Shipman (57), who had killed at least 215 patients over 23 years, is found dead in his cell at the high-security Wakefield Prison. |
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Jan. 17
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The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf calls for 'jihad' against extremism in his address to a joint session of Parliament, in Islamabad. |
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Jan. 20
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The Sri Lanka Freedom Party of President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, signs a pact with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, in Colombo, to form a new political combine - the United People's Freedom Alliance. |
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Jan. 23
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The bird flu affects humans in Thailand and Combodia and two Vietnamese die. WHO says it can set off an epidemic worse than SARS. |
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Jan. 28
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The Hutton probe report clears the British Premier, Tony Blair of any wrong doing in the events that culminated in the death of the weapons scientist, David Kelly. The BBC conduct criticised and its chairman, Gavyn Davies, quits. |
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Jan. 29
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The BBC director-general, Greg Dyke resigns. |
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Jan. 31
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The founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Abdul Qadeer Khan is sacked as Adviser to the Prime Minister due to his involvement in illegal transfer of nuclear technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. |
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