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91January 11, 2005 — January 11, 2005* Purged Chinese Communist leader Zhao Ziyang is hospitalized, but in stable condition, according to the People s Republic of China government. The announcement came after rumors spread that he had died.… …
92January 14, 2005 — January 14, 2005* Saudi Arabia s supreme judicial council announced that the ritual of the day of Arafat would take place Wednesday rather than Thursday as expected. This means that Eid ul Adha will begin a day earlier than thought.… …
93January 13, 2005 — January 13 2005* Conflict in Iraq: Sheikh Al Madaini, a senior aide to the Ayatollah Sistani, 4 bodyguards and his son have been killed in an attack in the Baghdad s suburb Salman Pak. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle east/4170855.stm (BBC)] *… …
94January 15, 2005 — January 15, 2005*The Straits Aviation Exchange Commission and Taipei Airlines Association announce that the first direct flights between mainland China and Taiwan since 1949 will be allowed to occur during the Chinese New Year holidays.… …
95January 16, 2005 — January 16, 2005* Adriana Iliescu becomes the world s oldest woman to give birth, at age 66. * Israeli Palestinian Conflict: ** An Israeli tank shell has killed a Palestinian woman and her son in Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza.… …
96January 17, 2005 — January 17, 2005* Zhao Ziyang, former Premier of the People s Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, dies at age 85. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005 01/17/content 2469618.htm (XinhuaNet)] ,… …
97January 20, 2005 — January 20 2005*Grenada switches recognition from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People s Republic of China following a million dollar aid deal from the PRC. This brings the number of countries that officially recognize the ROC to 25.… …
98January 21, 2005 — January 21 2005*In Belize, the unrest continues for a second day. Water has been cut and government buildings have been torched. [http://www.channel5belize.com/archive nc results.php#a1 (Belize channel 5)] [http://www.7newsbelize.com/ (Belize… …
99January 23, 2005 — January 23 2005*The Philadelphia Eagles win the 2004 NFC Championship game* The police chief in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, is shot dead. The new Somali government is slated to begin relocating from Kenya on February 1. [http://news.bbc.co …
100January 24, 2005 — January 24 2005* Conflict in Iraq: A suicide car bomb is detonated near interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi s Iraqi National Accord party office. Officials say Allawi was not in the area at the time and that seven policemen and three civilians… …
