< Portal:Current events
January 26, 2004 (Monday)
- President Hamid Karzai signs into law the new constitution of Afghanistan.[1]
- Avian influenza has now been detected in a total of nine countries, with Pakistan and Laos as the latest additions. Pakistan has detected less dangerous strains H7 and H9. A six-year-old Thai boy became the seventh victim in Asia, with another ten suspected cases in the country. Around 19 million chickens have been slaughtered as a result of fighting the spread of the flu. The World Health Organisation expresses concern about a serious human outbreak. (WHO)[2][3][4]
- In Fellers v. United States, the United States Supreme Court unanimously reaffirms the Miranda Warning.[5]
- A federal judge in Los Angeles, California, declares a portion of the USA Patriot Act, banning "expert advice and assistance" to suspected foreign terrorist groups, to be unconstitutional.[6]
- The House of Representatives of Connecticut votes unanimously to investigate the dealings of Governor John G. Rowland, a step which might lead to impeachment proceedings. Rowland is accused of using state contractors for his personal gain.[7]
- The US Energy Department's Inspector General releases a report stating that guards at the Y-12 enriched uranium storage facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have been cheating on security drills, possibly for 20 years.[8][9]
- Top Hamas official Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi offered a 10-year truce if Israel would withdraw from territory occupied since 1967 and acknowledge the creation of a Palestinian state. Israel dismissed the peace offer as "ridiculous".[10]
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- ↑ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 240". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
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- ↑ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Yahoo News. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "U.S. News". Archived from the original on 6 March 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-13. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "World News". Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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