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9 October 23, 2004

Political Crisis in French Polynesia continues with the fall of the government of Oscar Temaru and doubts cast on the legitimacy of the re-election of Gaston Flosse as President of French Polynesia. (Pacific Islands Report)
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia's new president, requests 20,000 African Union troops to help secure the country. (BBC)
The United States Navy commissions the USS Virginia, the lead ship of the Virginia class. (AP) (AFP) (Virginian-Pilot)
Prosecutors in France file charges against former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet for the disappearance and torture of four French citizens in the 1970s. (BBC)
Conflict in Iraq: A suicide car bomb kills 16 and wounds 40 at a police training base in Ramadi west of Baghdad. A separate car bomb kills four Iraqi National Guard soldiers at a check point in Samarra. Two die and four are injured in U.S. air strikes on Falluja. In Mosul, two Turkish drivers are killed and two wounded when their convoy is attacked. Mortars land in central Baghdad killing two civilians. The U.S. military say they have captured a senior official of al-Zarqawi's militant organization. (Reuters) (BBC)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale strikes the Chuetsu region of Niigata Prefecture in Japan, killing at least 13 people. (BBC) (USGS)

10 October 22, 2004

The state-of-art Canadian Light Source synchrotron opens for atomic research in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (CBC)
The Kyoto Treaty on climate change is ratified by Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament. The treaty will now go to the upper house and President Vladimir Putin for their approval. (BBC)
Pakistani forces attack suspected Islamic militants using mortars and helicopters near the Afghanistan border. (Reuters)
Conflict in Iraq:
- Officials from the Republic of Macedonia confirm that three Macedonian contract workers kidnapped on August 21 have been executed. (BBC)
- Carlos Valenzuela , top United Nations electoral expert in Iraq, says that despite the absence of international monitors, "Things could go wrong . . . But, so far, everything is on track" for Iraqi national assembly elections in January 2005. (AP/Boston Globe) (NYT)
- Margaret Hassan, the humanitarian aid worker who was kidnapped in Baghdad on October 19, is shown on the al-Jazeera television network pleading for her life. (BBC)
- U.S. and Iraqi forces reportedly detain Sheikh Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar, a Sunni Muslim cleric and a leading member of the Muslim Clerics' Association, a group which, according to members, has played a major role in hostage negotiations and in negotiating the recent cease-fire in Fallujah. The U.S. military, however, says it has no record of any Iraqi cleric being arrested in Baghdad. (Reuters) (al-Jazeera)
- U.S. Air Force planes strike suspected weapons dumps in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Local hospital officials say seven people were killed and three were wounded. (Turkish Press)

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October 20032003 : January February March April May June July August September October November December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2003. See also Japan general election Iraq timeline Liberian crisis North Korea crisis Hutton Inquiry Bloody Sunday	OctoberOctober is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin octo for " eight" (it was originally the eighth month of the year, before January and February were inserted). Holidays Halloween Thanksgiving Day in Canada on	October 25October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. Events 1415 The army of Henry V of England defeats the French army at the Battle of Agincourt 1662 King Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to
October 1October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). There are 91 days remaining. Events 331 BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Arbela 959 Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England 965 John XIII becomes Pop	October 28October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. Events 306 Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor. 312 Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine the Great defeats the forces of Maxentius. Roman e	October 24October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. Events 69 Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces
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