Portal:Current events/2004 December 28
December 28, 2004 (Tuesday)
- The Shiveluch volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula erupts, causing a large earthquake and producing a 6,500-foot (2,000 m) plume of hot ash. (webcam)
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- An Israeli unmanned drone attempts to kill two suspected Hamas militants in Khan Yunis allegedly on their way to launch an attack on Israelis in Gush Katif with mortar weapons.
- An Israeli tank fires a shell in Khan Yunis wounding at least nine Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy. IDF officials say they were opening fire at the source of Qassam rockets fired by Palestinians that landed in Neve Dekalim. No injuries are reported from the Qassam rocket attacks. (BBC) (Haaretz)
- Conflict in Iraq: In an apparent coordinated attack, insurgents raid a police station in Dijla and execute 12 police officers. Three Iraqi policemen are shot at a checkpoint outside of Tikrit. Four policemen and one national guardsman are gunned down at a police station in Ishaki. A local police commander is assassinated in Baquba. A car bomb detonated near a US-Iraqi military convoy in Samarra kills three national guardsmen and three civilians. All these attacks occurred in the Sunni Triangle. (BBC)
- Susan Sontag died of cancer, at age 71.
- Jerry Orbach died of cancer, at age 69.
- The death toll from tsunamis resulting from the Indian Ocean earthquake is known to be at least 59,000 and still rising. (BBC)
- In Colombia, government soldiers search for at least seven people taken hostage by FARC rebels last Friday. Kidnappers have not made any demands yet. (BBC)
- Ukrainian presidential election: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych challenges the result of the re-run of the presidential election and threatens to take the case to the Supreme Court. (Guardian) (BBC)
- An explosion at a scrap metal plant in Muskogee, Oklahoma, US, kills two workers. The blast is felt about 50 miles (80 km) away. The company is later fined for workplace violations.[1][2]
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