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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 may possibly impact on Earth on 2044-04-13, according to latest calculations.

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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--> 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.
-*[[Near-Earth asteroid]] '''[[2004 MN4|2004 MN<sub>4</sub>]]''' the latest calculation now predict a possible impact on 2044-04-13.
+*[[Near-Earth asteroid]] '''[[2004 MN4|2004 MN<sub>4</sub>]]''' may possibly impact on Earth on 2044-04-13, according to latest calculations.
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