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*<!--Oct. 18--> [[India]]'s most wanted [[bandit]], sandalwood smuggler '''[[Veerappan]]''' is shot dead by the [[Tamil Nadu]] [[STF|Special Task Force]], after a 2 decades long chase. |
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*<!--Oct. 18--> A [[referendum]] in [[Belarus]] to permit President '''[[Alexander Lukashenko]]''' (''pictured right'') to run for a third term apparently succeeds, although [[election]] monitors say it "fell significantly short of international standards". |
*<!--Oct. 18--> A [[referendum]] in [[Belarus]] to permit President '''[[Alexander Lukashenko]]''' (''pictured right'') to run for a third term apparently succeeds, although [[election]] monitors say it "fell significantly short of international standards". |
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*<!--Oct. 16--> [[Israel]]i [[Israel Defense Forces|armed forces]] withdraw from the northern [[Gaza Strip]], ending the 16-day '''[[Operation Days of Penitence]]'''. |
*<!--Oct. 16--> [[Israel]]i [[Israel Defense Forces|armed forces]] withdraw from the northern [[Gaza Strip]], ending the 16-day '''[[Operation Days of Penitence]]'''. |
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Revision as of 07:41, 19 October 2004
- India's most wanted bandit, sandalwood smuggler Veerappan is shot dead by the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force, after a 2 decades long chase.
- A referendum in Belarus to permit President Alexander Lukashenko (pictured right) to run for a third term apparently succeeds, although election monitors say it "fell significantly short of international standards".
- Israeli armed forces withdraw from the northern Gaza Strip, ending the 16-day Operation Days of Penitence.
- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is found not guilty of treason.
- Abu Bakar Bashir, a controversial Indonesian Muslim cleric, is charged with involvement in the 2002 Bali terrorist bombing and a bomb attack in Jakarta in 2003.