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*<!-- 11 -->Damage caused by [[gale]]-force winds to the 738-foot [[Malaysia]]n-flagged [[freighter]] '''''[[Selendang Ayu]]''''' results in an [[oil spill]] off the coast of [[Unalaska Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] of western [[Alaska]]. [[Search and rescue]] workers search for the six missing crew members as concerns mount about the oil spill's impact on the [[Ecology|ecologicall]]y sensitive [[Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge]]. |
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* <!-- 10 -->The twelve '''[[Nobel Prize]]s''' for [[2004]] are awarded in the Scandinavian cities of [[Stockholm]] and [[Oslo]]. |
* <!-- 10 -->The twelve '''[[Nobel Prize]]s''' for [[2004]] are awarded in the Scandinavian cities of [[Stockholm]] and [[Oslo]]. |
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* <!-- 09 -->Leaders from twelve [[South America]]n nations sign the '''[[Cuzco Declaration]]''', establishing a new [[European Union]]-like confederation called the '''[[South American Community of Nations]]'''. |
* <!-- 09 -->Leaders from twelve [[South America]]n nations sign the '''[[Cuzco Declaration]]''', establishing a new [[European Union]]-like confederation called the '''[[South American Community of Nations]]'''. |
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Revision as of 11:02, 11 December 2004
- Damage caused by gale-force winds to the 738-foot Malaysian-flagged freighter Selendang Ayu results in an oil spill off the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands of western Alaska. Search and rescue workers search for the six missing crew members as concerns mount about the oil spill's impact on the ecologically sensitive Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
- The twelve Nobel Prizes for 2004 are awarded in the Scandinavian cities of Stockholm and Oslo.
- Leaders from twelve South American nations sign the Cuzco Declaration, establishing a new European Union-like confederation called the South American Community of Nations.
- The International Rescue Committee has said that the Congo Civil War is killing 1000 people a day, and calls the international response "abysmal".