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===Deaths in December===

&bull; [[December 1|1]] [[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]]<br/>

* ''[[Recent Deaths|Other recent deaths]]''

===Ongoing events===

[[AIDS#Current status|AIDS pandemic]]<br/>

[[Iran's nuclear program]]<br/>

[[2004 oil crisis in Nigeria|Nigerian oil crisis]]<br/>

[[Same-sex marriage|Same-sex marriage debates]]<br/>

[[2004 Pacific typhoon season]]<br>

[[2004 U.S. presidential election controversy]]<br>

[[George W. Bush's second term as president of the United States|U.S. presidential transition]]<br>

[[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|Ukrainian presidential election controversy]]<br/>

&bull; [[Orange Revolution]]<br/>

===Ongoing armed conflicts===

[[Arab-Israeli conflict]]<br/>

[[Chechnya|Conflict in Chechnya]]<br>

[[Congo Civil War]]<br>

[[Conflict in Iraq]]<br/>

&bull; [[Operation Phantom Fury|Conflict in Fallujah]]<br/>

[[Darfur conflict]] in [[Sudan]]<br/>

[[Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire]]<br/>

[[Second Sudanese Civil War]]

''[[List of wars#Ongoing wars|Ongoing wars]]''

===Upcoming events===

=== Holidays===

[[7 December]]: [[Chanukah]]<br>

[[25 December]]: [[Christmas]]<br>

[[26 December]]: [[Kwanzaa]]<br>

=== Upcoming elections ===

[[December 11]]: [[ROC legislative election, 2004|Taiwan legislative]]<br>

[[December 12]]: [[Romanian presidential election, 2004|Romania presidential run-off]]<br>

[[January 9]]: [[Palestinian presidential election, 2005|Palestine presidential]]<br>

[[January 30]]: [[Iraqi transitional parliamentary election|Iraq legislative]]<br>

[[February 10|Feb 10]]&ndash;[[April 21|Apr 21]]: [[Saudi Arabia municipal elections, 2005|Saudi Arabia local]]<br>

[[May 17]]: [[British Columbia general election, 2005|British Columbia general]] <br>

[[2005]]: [[UK general election, 2005|U.K. parliamentary]]<br>

[[2005]]: [[New Zealand general election 2005|New Zealand parliamentary]]<br>

[[2005]]: [[Iranian presidential election, 2005|Iran presidential]]<br>

=== Election results in December ===

<!--[[December 12]]: [[Romanian presidential election, 2004|Romania presidential run-off]]<br>-->

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[[December 1]]&ndash;[[December 2|2]]: [[Mozambique presidential election, 2004|Mozambique presidential]]<br>

=== Ongoing trials ===

[[Chile]]: [[Augusto Pinochet]]<br>

[[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia|ICTY]]: [[Slobodan Milosevic|Slobodan Milo&#353;evi&#263;]]<br/>

[[Iraq]]: [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]]<br/>

&mdash; [[Saddam Hussein]], among others</br>

[[United States|USA]]: [[Michael Jackson]]<br/>

[[United States|USA]]: [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]<br/>

[[India]]: [[Jayendra Saraswathi]]

===Related pages===

[[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works|About this page]]<br/>

[[List of '2004 in' articles|Year in...]]<br/>

[[Wikipedia:Announcements|Wikipedia Announcements]]

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==[[December 3]] [[2004]]==

*The [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[parliament]], embroiled in the [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|presidential election controversy]], votes to ask outgoing [[President of Ukraine|president]] [[Leonid Kuchma]] to withdraw Ukraine's 1,600 troops in [[Iraq]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6987012 (Reuters)]

*Typhoon Nanmadol slams into the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]], less than a week after tropical cyclone locally called "Winnie" caused landslides and floods in the region also affected by the earlier typhoons Muifa and Merbok. Floods and landslides by Winnie killed at least 300 persons. More people are expected to be declared missing or dead as typhoon Nanmadol leaves the country later today. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/philippines.storm/index.html (CNN)] [http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=20010 (Inquirer/GMA7)]

==[[December 2]] [[2004]]==

*The [[Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] upholds the conviction and continued imprisonment of [[United States|U.S. citizen]] [[Lori Berenson]] on [[terrorism]] charges. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4063303.stm (BBC)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=4&u=/ap/20041202/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_berenson (AP)]

* A spokesman for [[George W. Bush]] requests that [[Myanmar]] release dissident [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition]] leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], whose [[house arrest]] was recently extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (BBC)]

* [[Unites States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] will nominate former [[New York City]] police commissioner [[Bernard Kerik]] to become the next [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]]. Kerik will replace outgoing Secretary [[Tom Ridge]] if confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/02/homeland.security/index.html (CNN)]

*[[Iran's nuclear program]]: [[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. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6978841&section=news (Reuters)]

*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]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4061165.stm]

* [[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] nominates [[Nebraska]] [[Governors of Nebraska|Governor]] [[Mike Johanns]] to become the next [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]. If confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]], Johanns would fill the [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]]-level position currently held by resigning Secretary [[Ann Veneman]]. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6980412 (Reuters)] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28542-2004Dec2.html (Transcript)]

* The life sentence of [[Mijailo Mijailovic]], killer of [[Sweden|Swedish]] minister [[Anna Lindh]], is confirmed in the Swedish Supreme Court [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4060967.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6974846 (Reuters)] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aE5CanNpxpkE&refer=europe (Bloomberg)]

* The [[European Union]] takes over from [[NATO]] in [[peacekeeping]] operations in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], largely replacing the NATO-led [[SFOR]] with a new [[Eufor]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4060739.stm (BBC)]

* [[India]] announces a new effort to survey and decontaminate the area affected by the [[December 3]], [[1984]] [[Bhopal disaster|Bhopal chemical disaster]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4060849.stm (BBC)]

* [[Conflict in Iraq]]: The [[United States armed forces|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. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6973206 (Reuters)] [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/01/iraq.main/index.html (CNN)]

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* [[Palestinian presidential election, 2005]]: Jailed Palestinian [[Marwan Barghouti]] joins the race to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]], bringing the total to 10 candidates, drawing criticism from Arafat's [[Fatah]] movement. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6978349&section=news(Reuters)][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4059889.stm (BBC)]

* [[AIDS|AIDS pandemic]]: The head of [[Brazil]]'s AIDS program says the government will violate [[patent]]s on anti-AIDS drugs by copying them, citing unsustainable increases in cost. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4059147.stm (BBC)]

* [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] ends the [[Likud]]-led coalition after he fires ministers from the secular [[Shinui]] party, which voted to defeat the annual budget over [[subsidy|subsidies]] to religious parties. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/508663.html (Haaretz)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4059991.stm (BBC)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6970362 (Reuters)]

* [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election]]: [[Ukraine]]'s parliament, [[Verkhovna Rada]], passes a vote of no-confidence to dismiss [[Viktor Yanukovich]] as Prime Minister. The opposition led by [[Viktor Yushchenko]] agrees to continue negotiations and end the blockade of official buildings. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6970136 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4058985.stm (BBC)]

* [[Serbia]]'s interior minister says the "assassination attempt" on president [[Boris Tadic]] was a case of road rage against his motor convoy in [[Belgrade]] traffic. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6971289 (Reuters)]

* [[CBS]] and [[NBC]] refuse to air an advertisement by the [[United Church of Christ]] citing the advocacy of accepting [[homosexual]]s is "too controversial". The advertisement was accepted by numerous other networks including [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[TBS Superstation|TBS]]. [http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/01/news/fortune500/jesus_ad_ban/?cnn=yes (CNN)] [http://www.ucc.org/news/u113004a.htm (UCC)]

* A [[France|French]] appeals court reduces former [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[Alain Juppé]]'s disqualification from holding public office from ten years to one, opening up the way for him to contend in the 2007 presidential election. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4058821.stm (BBC)]

* [[Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire|Côte d'Ivoire conflict]]: [[France|French]] officials acknowledge troops killed around 20 people during clashes with anti-French protestors, but maintain the French troops acted in self-defense and gave warning shots, contrary to [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivoirian]] police claims. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4057769.stm (BBC)]

* [[media in China|Chinese state media]] confirms all 166 miners missing after a coal mine explosion in central [[Shaanxi]] province on [[November 28]] are dead. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/01/content_2281914.htm (Xinhua)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4053795.stm (BBC)]

* [[Rwanda]]n troops are spotted by [[United Nations|UN]] personnel in eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] where Congolese officials say the troops are attacking and burning villages. The last invasion started the [[Congo Civil War]], which resulted in the deaths of 3?4 million people. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6966853&section=news (Reuters)]

* An [[Indonesia]]n [[MD-82]] from the charter airline [[Lion Air]] crashes in [[Central Java]], killing at least 31 people and injuring at least 62 people. [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/30/indonesia.crash.ap/index.html (CNN)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=T2CCB0AKQXPRWCRBAELCFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=6956244&section=news (Reuters)]

* A report commissioned by [[United Nations|U.N.]] [[United Nations Secretary General|Secretary General]] calls for radical reform of the [[United Nations]], including expansion of the [[United Nations Security Council|U.N. Security Council]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4646461,00.html (AP)]

* [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]] hold talks in [[Jerusalem]] to discuss the planned Israeli withdrawal from the [[Gaza Strip]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4057671.stm (BBC)]

* [[United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] holds talks with [[Canada]]'s Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]] in his first official visit to the country and agrees to work together to combat [[terrorism]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4053747.stm (BBC)]

* [[Pierre Berton]], the prolific author and popular television personality, died of heart failure Tuesday at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto. He was 84. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2004/11/30/Arts/PierreBerton041130.html (CBC)]

* [[David Blunkett]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] [[Home Secretary]], insists that he did no wrong in the controversy surrounding the alleged misuse of his position, and receives the backing of [[Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]]. Sir Alan Budd is appointed to carry out an independent enquiry. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4056987.stm (BBC)]

===[[November 2004|Last month]]===

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