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* <!--26-... Dec--> The '''[[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|strongest earthquake in 40 years]]''', with a [[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] of 9.0, rocks the [[Indian Ocean]] off [[Sumatra]]; tremors and subsequent [[tsunami]]s result in over 56,000 deaths in [[Sri Lanka]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]] and other adjacent coastal areas. |
* <!--26-... Dec--> The '''[[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|strongest earthquake in 40 years]]''', with a [[moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] of 9.0, rocks the [[Indian Ocean]] off [[Sumatra]]; tremors and subsequent [[tsunami]]s result in over 56,000 deaths in [[Sri Lanka]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]] and other adjacent coastal areas. |
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*<!--28 Dec--> [[United States|U.S.]] author and activist '''[[Susan Sontag]]''' dies in [[New York]] at age 71 |
*<!--28 Dec--> [[United States|U.S.]] author and activist '''[[Susan Sontag]]''' dies in [[New York]] at age 71, apparently of breast cancer. |
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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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Revision as of 18:56, 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 56,000 deaths in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other adjacent coastal areas.
- U.S. author and activist Susan Sontag dies in New York at age 71, apparently of breast cancer.
- 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.