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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--> 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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*<!--Oct. 21--> 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. |
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*<!--Oct. 19--> [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi militants]] abduct '''[[Margaret Hassan]]''', a [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Iraq|Iraqi]]-[[Ireland|Irish]] citizen and humanitarian aid worker who has lived in Iraq for 30 years. |
*<!--Oct. 19--> [[Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi militants]] 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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Revision as of 02:47, 24 October 2004
- A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale strikes the Chuetsu region of Niigata Prefecture in Japan, killing at least 16 people.
- 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.
- Iraqi militants abduct Margaret Hassan, a British-Iraqi-Irish citizen and humanitarian aid worker who has lived in Iraq for 30 years.