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*<!--Oct. 21--> A [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[court-martial]] sentences [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Ivan Frederick]] to eight years in prison on five counts of abuse in connection with the '''[[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib scandal]]'''. |
*<!--Oct. 21--> A [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[court-martial]] sentences [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Ivan Frederick]] to eight years in prison on five counts of abuse in connection with the '''[[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib scandal]]'''. |
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*<!--Oct. 21--> The '''[[Human Genome Project]]''' revises its estimate of the number of genes in the human [[genome]], putting the number at 20,000 to 25,000, about 30 percent fewer than the previous estimate. |
*<!--Oct. 21--> The '''[[Human Genome Project]]''' revises its estimate of the number of genes in the human [[genome]], putting the number at 20,000 to 25,000, about 30 percent fewer than the previous estimate. |
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*<!--Oct. 19--> [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi militants]] abduct '''[[Margaret Hassan]]''' |
*<!--Oct. 19--> [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi militants]] abduct '''[[Margaret Hassan]]''', a [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Iraq|Iraqi]]-[[Ireland|Irish]] citizen and humanitarian aid worker who has lived in Iraq for 30 years. |
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Revision as of 00:56, 24 October 2004
- The Kyoto Treaty is ratified by Russia's lower house of parliament. The treaty will now go to the upper house and President Vladimir Putin for their approval.
- A U.S. Army court-martial sentences Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick to eight years in prison on five counts of abuse in connection with the Abu Ghraib scandal.
- The Human Genome Project revises its estimate of the number of genes in the human genome, putting the number at 20,000 to 25,000, about 30 percent fewer than the previous estimate.
- Iraqi militants abduct Margaret Hassan, a British-Iraqi-Irish citizen and humanitarian aid worker who has lived in Iraq for 30 years.