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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. 22--><!--[[French Polynesia political crisis 2004]]--> '''[[Gaston Flosse]]''' is re-elected as President of [[French Polynesia]] by a one-vote majority and sworn in immediately during a parliamentary session [[boycott]]ed by "caretaker" President '''[[Oscar Temaru]]'''. |
*<!--Oct. 22--><!--[[French Polynesia political crisis 2004]]--> '''[[Gaston Flosse]]''' is re-elected as President of [[French Polynesia]] by a one-vote majority and sworn in immediately during a parliamentary session [[boycott]]ed by "caretaker" President '''[[Oscar Temaru]]'''. |
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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]]'''. |
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Revision as of 09:53, 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.
- Six men from Pitcairn Island (Pop: 47), including the island's mayor Steve Christian, have been convicted of sexual offences involving women and girls as young as 12.
- 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.
- Gaston Flosse is re-elected as President of French Polynesia by a one-vote majority and sworn in immediately during a parliamentary session boycotted by "caretaker" President Oscar Temaru.