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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> |
<div style="float:right;margin-left:1em">[[Image:Japan niigata map small.png|90px|Map of Japan, with Niigata Prefecture highlighted]]</div> |
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*<!--Oct. 23--> At least 25 people are killed and over 2,200 injured when the '''[[2004 Chuetsu Earthquake|Chuetsu Earthquake]]''', measuring 6.9 on the [[Richter scale]], strikes [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. |
*<!--Oct. 23--> At least 25 people are killed and over 2,200 injured when the '''[[2004 Chuetsu Earthquake|Chuetsu Earthquake]]''', measuring 6.9 on the [[Richter scale]], strikes [[Niigata Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. |
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*<!--Oct. 24--> [[Iran]] refuses to scrap its '''[[Iran's nuclear program|nuclear program]]''', continues to [[Enriched uranium|enrich uranium]] and rejects assistance from the [[European Union]]. |
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*<!--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. 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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Revision as of 05:34, 25 October 2004
- At least 25 people are killed and over 2,200 injured when the Chuetsu Earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, strikes Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
- Iran refuses to scrap its nuclear program, continues to enrich uranium and rejects assistance from the European Union.
- 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.