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* <!--27 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, apparently of complications stemming from [[leukemia]]. |
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* New observations rule out the possibility that [[asteroid]] '''[[2004 MN4|2004 MN<sub>4</sub>]]''' will hit [[Earth]] in [[2029]]. |
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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. |
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Revision as of 22:59, 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.
- 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.