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* <!--Dec 28--> The '''[[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|strongest earthquake in 40 years]]''', measuring 9.0 on the [[moment magnitude scale]], rocks the [[Indian Ocean]] off [[Sumatra]]; tremors and subsequent [[tsunami]]s result in over 60,000 deaths in [[Sri Lanka]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]] and other surrounding coastal areas. |
* <!--Dec 28--> The '''[[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|strongest earthquake in 40 years]]''', measuring 9.0 on the [[moment magnitude scale]], rocks the [[Indian Ocean]] off [[Sumatra]]; tremors and subsequent [[tsunami]]s result in over 60,000 deaths in [[Sri Lanka]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]] and other surrounding coastal areas. |
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* <!--Dec 28--> [[United States|U.S.]] author and activist '''[[Susan Sontag]]''' dies in [[New York]] at age 71, apparently of complications stemming from [[leukemia]]. |
* <!--Dec 28--> [[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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* <!--Dec 26--> 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. |
* <!--Dec 26--> 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 12:55, 29 December 2004
- The strongest earthquake in 40 years, measuring 9.0 on the moment magnitude scale, rocks the Indian Ocean off Sumatra; tremors and subsequent tsunamis result in over 60,000 deaths in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other surrounding coastal areas.
- U.S. author and activist Susan Sontag dies in New York at age 71, apparently of complications stemming from leukemia.
- 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.