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* <!--Jan 9--> The '''[[USS John F. Kennedy]]''' will be shelved in [[2006]], 12 years before its scheduled decommissioning date in [[2018]]. |
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* <!--Jan 9--> [[Palestinian]]s head to the polls '''[[Palestinian presidential election, 2005|to elect]]''' a new President of the [[Palestinian Authority]]. |
* <!--Jan 9--> [[Palestinian]]s head to the polls '''[[Palestinian presidential election, 2005|to elect]]''' a new President of the [[Palestinian Authority]]. |
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* <!--Jan 8--> An [[United States|American]] [[nuclear submarine]], [[USS San Francisco (SSN-711)|'''USS San Francisco''']], runs aground in the [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Guam]], killing one crewman and injuring 23 others. |
* <!--Jan 8--> An [[United States|American]] [[nuclear submarine]], [[USS San Francisco (SSN-711)|'''USS San Francisco''']], runs aground in the [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Guam]], killing one crewman and injuring 23 others. |
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Revision as of 14:23, 9 January 2005
- Palestinians head to the polls to elect a new President of the Palestinian Authority.
- An American nuclear submarine, USS San Francisco, runs aground in the Pacific Ocean near Guam, killing one crewman and injuring 23 others.
- Nelson Mandela announces the death of his son, Makgatho Mandela, from AIDS – a taboo subject in many African countries.
- An international charitable effort is underway to help the estimated five million victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and its subsequent tsunamis. The death toll now exceeds 155,000.