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*<!--26 Dec--> Opposition leader '''[[Viktor Yushchenko]]''' is declared winner of the rerun of the '''[[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|runoff presidential election]]''' in [[Ukraine]], with 12,000 international observers acting as supervisors. |
*<!--26 Dec--> Opposition leader '''[[Viktor Yushchenko]]''' is declared winner of the rerun of the '''[[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|runoff presidential election]]''' in [[Ukraine]], with 12,000 international observers acting as supervisors. |
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*<!--26 Dec--> The first survey of [[language]] use in [[People's Republic of China|China]] reveals that only 53 percent of its population can communicate in '''[[Standard Mandarin]]''', the official spoken language of the country. |
*<!--26 Dec--> The first survey of [[language]] use in [[People's Republic of China|China]] reveals that only 53 percent of its population can communicate in '''[[Standard Mandarin]]''', the official spoken language of the country. |
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*[[Near-Earth asteroid]] '''[[2004 MN4|2004 MN<sub>4</sub>]]''' gets the highest warning ever of a four on the ten-point [[Torino scale]]. [[Astronomy|Astronomers]] say it has a 1 in 37 chance of [[impact event|collision]] with [[Earth]] on [[April 13]], [[2029]], but continue to observe it to increase the accuracy of the prediction. |
*[[Near-Earth asteroid]] '''[[2004 MN4|2004 MN<sub>4</sub>]]''' gets the highest warning ever of a four on the ten-point [[Torino scale]]. [[Astronomy|Astronomers]] say it has a 1 in 37 chance of causing regional devastation in a [[impact event|collision]] with [[Earth]] on [[April 13]], [[2029]], but continue to observe it to increase the accuracy of the prediction. |
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Revision as of 00:05, 28 December 2004
- The strongest earthquake in 40 years, with a magnitude of 9.0, rocks the Indian Ocean off Sumatra; tremors and subsequent tsunamis result in over 23,000 deaths in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other adjacent coastal areas.
- Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is declared winner of the rerun of the runoff presidential election in Ukraine, with 12,000 international observers acting as supervisors.
- The first survey of language use in China reveals that only 53 percent of its population can communicate in Standard Mandarin, the official spoken language of the country.
- Near-Earth asteroid 2004 MN4 gets the highest warning ever of a four on the ten-point Torino scale. Astronomers say it has a 1 in 37 chance of causing regional devastation in a collision with Earth on April 13, 2029, but continue to observe it to increase the accuracy of the prediction.