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At least 16 people are killed when the Chuetsu Earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, strikes the Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
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.

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 <div style="float:right;margin-left:1em">[[Image:Japan niigata map small.png|90px|Map of Japan, with Niigata Prefecture highlighted]]</div>
-*<!--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.
+*<!--Oct. 23--> At least 16 people are killed when the '''[[Chuetsu Earthquake (2004)|Chuetsu Earthquake]]''', measuring 6.9 on the [[Richter scale]], strikes the [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Japan]].
 *<!--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.
 *<!--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]]'''.