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* <!-- Jan 30 --> Tallying of votes in the '''[[Iraqi parliamentary election, 2005|Iraqi parliamentary election]]''' begins. [[Voter turnout]] estimates range from 50% to 72%. Scattered [[Iraqi resistance|election-related violence]] claims at least 44 lives. |
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* <!-- Jan 29 --> Purged [[People's Republic of China|Chinese Communist]] leader '''[[Zhao Ziyang]]''' is given a low-key [[funeral]] and [[Cremation|cremated]]. |
* <!-- Jan 29 --> Purged [[People's Republic of China|Chinese Communist]] leader '''[[Zhao Ziyang]]''' is given a low-key [[funeral]] and [[Cremation|cremated]]. |
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* <!-- Jan 29 --> The first '''[[three links|direct flights]]''' between [[mainland China]] and [[Taiwan]] since [[1949]] have been greeted by large ceremonies on both sides. |
* <!-- Jan 29 --> The first '''[[three links|direct flights]]''' between [[mainland China]] and [[Taiwan]] since [[1949]] have been greeted by large ceremonies on both sides. |
Revision as of 08:01, 31 January 2005
- Tallying of votes in the Iraqi parliamentary election begins. Voter turnout estimates range from 50% to 72%. Scattered election-related violence claims at least 44 lives.
- Purged Chinese Communist leader Zhao Ziyang is given a low-key funeral and cremated.
- The first direct flights between mainland China and Taiwan since 1949 have been greeted by large ceremonies on both sides.