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*<!--Oct. 23--> A powerful '''[[Chuetsu Earthquake (2004)|earthquake]]''' measuring 6.9 on the [[Richter scale]] strikes the Chuetsu district of [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Japan]], killing at least 16 people. |
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*<!--Oct. 22--> The '''[[Kyoto Protocol|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. |
*<!--Oct. 22--> The '''[[Kyoto Protocol|Kyoto Treaty]]''' is ratified by [[Russia]]'s [[Duma|lower house of parliament]]. The treaty will now go to the upper house and President [[Vladimir Putin]] for their approval. |
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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. 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. |
*<!--Oct. 21--> '''[[Omar Karami]]''' becomes the new [[List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon|Prime Minister]] of [[Lebanon]]. |
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*<!--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 03:57, 24 October 2004
- A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale strikes the Chuetsu district of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, killing at least 16 people.
- 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.
- Omar Karami becomes the new Prime Minister of Lebanon.
- Iraqi militants abduct Margaret Hassan, a British-Iraqi-Irish citizen and humanitarian aid worker who has lived in Iraq for 30 years.