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*<!--Oct. 22-->[[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi insurgent]]s abduct '''[[Margaret Hassan]]''' |
*<!--Oct. 22-->[[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi insurgent]]s 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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*<!--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 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--> The [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Army|Army]] sentences [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Ivan Frederick]] to 8 years in prison for 5 counts of abuse in the '''[[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib scandal]]'''. |
*<!--Oct. 21--> The [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[United States Army|Army]] sentences [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Ivan Frederick]] to 8 years in prison for 5 counts of abuse in the '''[[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib scandal]]'''. |
Revision as of 23:33, 23 October 2004
- Iraqi insurgents abduct Margaret Hassan, a British-Iraqi-Irish citizen and humanitarian aid worker who has lived in Iraq for 30 years.
- 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.
- The U.S. Army sentences Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick to 8 years in prison for 5 counts of abuse in the Abu Ghraib scandal.
- The Human Genome Project revises its estimate of the number of genes in the human genome, putting the number at 20,000 to 25,000, about 30 percent fewer than the previous estimate.