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An attack on a United States military base in Mosul leaves 15 dead and at least 55 injured, marking the greatest number of casualties in a single strike on the U.S.-led coalition since the start of the war.
Former British Home Secretary David Blunkett (right) was not found to have unduly expedited the visa-application of his lover's nanny, the application had been fast tracked but said it was not possible to determine if Blunkett had personally ordered the visa to be fast-tracked.
Russia auctions off the main production unit of oil giant YUKOS for 260.75 billion rubles (USD 9.37 billion) to the previously unknown and recently founded Baikalfinansgroup.
U.S. President George W Bush is named "Person of the Year" by TIME magazine.

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-* <!--22 Dec-->An attack on a [[United States]] military base in '''[[Mosul]]''' leaves at least 22 dead and 55 injured, marking the [[Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003|greatest number of casualties]] in a single strike on the [[Coalition of the willing|U.S.-led coalition]] since the start of the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|invasion]].  A [[curfew]] has since been imposed on the [[Mosul|city]], which is now considered 'degenerate.'
+* <!--22 Dec-->An attack on a [[United States]] military base in '''[[Mosul]]''' leaves 15 dead and at least 55 injured, marking the [[Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003|greatest number of casualties]] in a single strike on the [[Coalition of the willing|U.S.-led coalition]] since the start of the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|war]].
-*<!--21 Dec--> Former [[British]] [[Home Secretary]] '''[[David Blunkett]]''' (right) was not found to have unduly expedited the [[visa (document)|visa]]-application of his lover's [[nanny]]; the application had been fast tracked but the investigators said it was not possible to determine if Blunkett had personally ordered the visa to be fast-tracked.
+*<!--21 Dec--> Former [[British]] [[Home Secretary]] '''[[David Blunkett]]''' (right) was not found to have unduly expedited the [[visa (document)|visa]]-application of his lover's [[nanny]], the application  had been fast tracked but said it was not possible to determine if Blunkett had personally ordered the visa to be fast-tracked.
 *<!--19 Dec--> [[Russia]] auctions off the main production unit of oil giant '''[[YUKOS]]''' for 260.75 billion [[ruble]]s ([[United States dollar|USD]] 9.37 billion) to the previously unknown and recently founded [[Baikalfinansgroup]].
 *<!--19 Dec--> [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] '''[[George W Bush]]''' is named "[[Person of the Year]]" by [[TIME magazine]].