Events in December 2004
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Dec. 1
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The Ukrainian Parliament votes to dismiss the Government. |
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Dec. 3
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The Ukrainian Supreme Court overturns results of the presidential runoff and orders re-vote on December 26. |
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Twentyfive persons are killed in Baghdad in an attack on a police station and a car bomb explosion near the Hamid-al-Alwan mosque. |
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Dec. 4
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The former Botswana President, Sir Ketumile Masire is honoured with the Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award at a function in the South African capital, Durban. |
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Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia (20), a high school teacher is crowned the Miss World 2004 at the Southern Chinese beach resort of Sanya. |
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Dec. 6
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Armed militants attack the U.S. consulate in the Saudi Arabia capital Jeddah leaving eight persons dead. |
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Dec. 7
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Hamid Karzai is sworn in Afghanistan President for a five-year term in Kabul. Two Vice-Presidents, Ahmad Zia Massood and Karim Khalili also take office. |
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Dec. 8
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Ukraine's Parliament gives its nod for statute reform to trim Presidential powers. |
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Dec. 9
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The U.S. intelligence reform bill gets Senate nod. |
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Four survive 10-day ordeal triggered by mudslips following back-to-back storms in the Philippines that has left 852 dead. |
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Dec. 10
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Wangari Maathai (64) of Kenya calls for a shift in human thinking to save earth after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. (She is the first African woman to get the prize and the 12th woman since the inaugural award in 1901). |
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Dec. 11
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The pro-unification Nationalist Party led by Lien Chan wins the Taiwan Parliamentary polls. |
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Dec. 13
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Romania's Opposition leader, Traian Basescu scores an upset victory in the presidential polls over the Leftist Prime Minister, Adrian Nastase. |
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Dec. 14
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Millau viaduct, the world's longest and tallest bridge (costing $ 520m) is inaugurated by the French President, Jacques Chirac. It stretches for 2.46 km between two plateaux in the Massif Central mountain range. |
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Dec. 15
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The British Home Secretary, David Blunkett, quits following a scandal over a soured love affair. Charles Clarke is named his successor. |
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Dec. 17
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Elfriede Jelinek is presented with the 2004 Nobel Literature Prize at the Swedish embassy in Vienna. |
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Dec. 19
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Fifty eight persons are killed as car bombs explode in the Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq. |
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Dec. 20
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The Gulf Cooperation Council summit begins in the Bahrain capital, Manama. |
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Dec. 21
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Twenty two persons are killed in an attack on a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. |
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Dec. 24
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The Afghanistan Defence Minister, Mohammed fahim, is sacked and replaced by his deputy Rahim Wardak, as a 27-member Cabinet is sworn in by the President, Hamid Karzai. |
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The LTTE rejects Colombo's latest agenda to resume talks. |
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Dec. 26
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Over 80,000 people are killed following a massive undersea earthquake off Sumatra in Indonesia. Over 28,000 are killed in Sri Lanka and 4,560 in Thailand as the quake triggered tidal waves lash the regions. |
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Dec. 27
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Ukrainian Opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, wins in the presidential runoff. |
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