Portal:Current events/2004 December 2
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December 2, 2004 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraq War
- The U.S. military, citing security concerns for the Iraqi transitional parliamentary election scheduled for January 30, 2005, announces the deployment of 1,500 additional troops to Iraq and tour extensions bringing the number to an all-time high of 150,000. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- India announces a new effort to survey and decontaminate the area affected by the December 3, 1984, Bhopal chemical disaster. (BBC)
International relations
- Nuclear program of Iran
- United Nations inspectors wishing to inspect the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran and Lavizan II in northeastern Tehran lack the legal authority according to United Nations diplomats. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- The European Union takes over from NATO in peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largely replacing the NATO-led SFOR with a new Eufor. (BBC)
Law and crime
- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights upholds Peru's conviction and continued imprisonment of U.S. citizen Lori Berenson on terrorism charges. (BBC) (AP)
- A spokesman for George W. Bush requests that Myanmar release dissident opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest was recently extended. (BBC)
- The life sentence of Mijailo Mijailović, killer of Swedish minister Anna Lindh, is confirmed by the Swedish Supreme Court. (BBC) (Reuters) Archived 2004-12-10 at the Wayback Machine (Bloomberg)
- British Member of Parliament and anti-war activist George Galloway wins his libel case against the Daily Telegraph, which during the invasion of Iraq had published a story suggesting that Galloway had been in the pay of Saddam Hussein. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2004 United States election voting controversies
- The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary requests Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to respond to alleged voting irregularities. (House.gov (PDF))
- U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns to become the next Secretary of Agriculture. If confirmed by the Senate, Johanns would fill the Cabinet position currently held by resigning Secretary Ann Veneman. (Reuters) Archived 2004-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Transcript)