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*<!--Oct. 25-->Nearly 380 [[ton]]s of [[explosive]]s are missing from an '''[[2004 in Iraq|Iraqi]]''' site, meant for [[Saddam |
*<!--Oct. 25-->Nearly 380 [[ton]]s of [[explosive]]s are missing from an '''[[2004 in Iraq|Iraqi]]''' site, meant for [[Saddam Hussein]]'s dismantled [[Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|nuclear program]], but was never secured by the [[United States armed forces|U.S. military]]. |
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*<!--Oct. 25--> Six men from '''[[Pitcairn Island]]''' (Pop: 47), including the island's mayor [[Steve Christian]], are convicted of sexual offences involving women and girls as young as 12. |
*<!--Oct. 25--> Six men from '''[[Pitcairn Island]]''' (Pop: 47), including the island's mayor [[Steve Christian]], are convicted of sexual offences involving women and girls as young as 12. |
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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]]. |
*<!--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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Revision as of 16:26, 25 October 2004
- Nearly 380 tons of explosives are missing from an Iraqi site, meant for Saddam Hussein's dismantled nuclear program, but was never secured by the U.S. military.
- Six men from Pitcairn Island (Pop: 47), including the island's mayor Steve Christian, are 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.
- 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.
- 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.