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January
* January 1 - Pervez Musharraf wins a vote of confidence from an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the provincial assemblies, confirming him as President of Pakistan and de facto dictator until 2007.
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January 3 - Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing all 148 aboard.
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January 4 - Mikhail Saakashvili wins the presidential elections in Georgia.
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January 4 - NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
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January 8 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the RMS Queen Mary 2 cruise liner,
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January 13 - Serial killer Harold Shipman is found hanged in his cell at Wakefield Prison, 4 years after being convicted of murdering 15 patients in Cheshire, England.
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January 19 - U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) wins the Iowa Democratic caucus. Vermont Governor Howard Dean's concession speech ends with a lively but controversial scream.
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January 24 - NASA's MER-B (Opportunity) lands on Mars at 05:05 UTC.
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January 26 - A whale explodes in Tainan City, Taiwan, while being transported through the town to a university for a necropsy
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January 28 - The findings of the Hutton Inquiry are published in London. The British Government is found not to have falsified information in the "sexed up dossier." The report criticizes the BBC's role in the death of David Kelly, a weapons expert on Iraq.
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February 1 - A hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 251 pilgrims.
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February 1 - The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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February 2 - An 11-story apartment building collapses in Konya, Turkey, killing more than 90 residents.
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# February 3 - The CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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February 3 - Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands.
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# February 6 - A suicide bomber kills 41 people on a metro car in Moscow.
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February 7 - Several leaders of Abnaa el-Balad are arrested in Israel.
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February 10 - At least 50 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.
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February 10 - The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.
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February 12 - San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in an act of civil disobedience.
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February 13 - Athens gets hit by a major blizzard which blankets the entire city for days, causing widespread havoc.
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February 13 - Scientists in South Korea announce the cloning of 30 human embryos.
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February 14 - Riots break out between New South Wales Police and Aboriginal residents of Redfern, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
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February 14 - The roof of the Transvaal water park in Moscow collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100.
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ebruary 17-20 - A nor'easter blizzard devastates Atlantic Canada, dumping more than 95 centimeters on some areas.
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February 18 - A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.
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February 20 - Conservatives win a majority in the Iranian parliament election.
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February 24 - A 6.5 Richter scale earthquake in Northern Morocco hits in the Rif mountains near the city of Al Hoceima, killing 400. Ait Kamara is destroyed; 517 are killed.
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February 26 - The United States lifts a 23-year travel ban against Libya.
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February 26 - Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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February 28 - Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947.
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February 29 - 2004 Haiti rebellion: Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti. The chief justice of the Haitian Supreme Court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
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February 29 - The 76th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson, winning a record-tying 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Direct
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March 2 - John Kerry effectively clinches the 2004 U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination by winning 9 out of 10 "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses.
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March 2 - NASA announces that the Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) has confirmed that its landing area was once drenched in water.
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March 10 - Five British men are released from detention at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay. After they land at RAF Brize Norton, 4 of them are immediately arrested for questioning.
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March 11 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid kill 190 people.
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March 12 - Following the terrorist attacks in Madrid the previous day, millions of protesters against terrorism take to the streets of Spanish cities.
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March 14 - Two suicide bombers kill 11 Israeli civilians in Ashdod, Israel.
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March 14 - Spanish legislative election, 2004: The incumbent government led by José MarÃ*a Aznar is defeated by the Socialist José Luis RodrÃ*guez Zapatero.
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March 14 - Russian presidential election, 2004: Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term.
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March 15 - The new Spanish Government announces that it will withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq.
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March 17 - A pogrom-like organized violence breaks out over 2 days in Kosovo. Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes burned, schools and businesses vandalized, and over 30 Orthodox monasteries and churches burned and destroyed.
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March 19 - The United Nations launches a political corruption investigation due to the scandal over its Iraqi Oil for Food program.
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March 20 - President Chen Shui-bian wins the Taiwanese presidential election by 0.2% of the vote. The day before, he and Vice President Annette Lu were shot. Lien Chan refuses to concede and demands a recount. A controversial peace referendum opposed by the People's Republic of China is invalidated.
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March 21 - Malaysian general election, 2004: The incumbent Barisan Nasional party wins 198 out of 219 seats in the Parliament of Malaysia.
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March 21 - Salvadoran presidential election, 2004: Antonio Saca is elected President of El Salvador (inaugurated June 1).
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March 22 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City, killing him and 7 others.
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March 25 - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, in return for the dismantling of Libya's Weapons of mass destruction programme in December 2003 - the first time a major western leader has visited the nation in several decades
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# March 28 - In France, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections.
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March 28 - The first ever South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in South Brazil on the state of Santa Catarina - the hurricane is dubbed Hurricane Catarina.
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March 29 - The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all enclosed work places, including restaurants, pubs and bars.
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March 29 - The largest expansion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
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March 31 - Four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA are killed, and their bodies mutilated, after being ambushed in Fallujah, Iraq.
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April 5 - Queen Elizabeth II begins a state visit to France to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale.
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April 8 - Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and 2 rebel groups.
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April 16 - India defeats Pakistan in their first cricket tour in 14 years.
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April 17 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing the Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.
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# April 20 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents; 22 detainees are killed and 92 wounded. [1]
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April 21 - Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s, is released from prison in Israel after serving 18 years for treason.
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April 22 - Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in the Ryongchon disaster, in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes
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April 22 - The last coal mine in France closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
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April 24 - Referendums on the Annan Plan for Cyprus, which proposes to re-unite the island of Cyprus, take place in both the Republic of Cyprus controlled and the Turkish controlled parts. Although the Turkish Cypriots vote in favour, the Greek Cypriots reject the proposal
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# April 28 - Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse in Iraq is revealed on the television show 60 Minutes II.
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May 1 - The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
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May 4 - A WNBC helicopter crashes in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. This event is covered by rival station WABC-TV.
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May 8 - Would-be "Saudi Princess" "Antoinette Millard" surfaces in New York City claiming that muggers had stolen jewels worth of $262,000 from her (she later proves to be an impostor).
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May 9 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a landmine placed under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial parade in Grozny.
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May 9 - Canada wins the World Ice Hockey Championship in Prague.
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May 10 - Philippine general election, 2004: Incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is elected for 6-year term.
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May 12 - An American civilian contractor in Iraq, Nick Berg, is shown being decapitated by a group allegedly linked to al-Qaida on a web-distributed video.
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May 13 - In India, the Congress Party wins a surprise victory in the elections to the Lok Sabha.
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May 14 - Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, marries Australian Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen.
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May 15 - Arsenal complete a whole English Premiership season unbeaten, 38 games.
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Shooting Star by Bad Company is great.
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# May 15 - South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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May 15 - Ruslana wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine with the song Wild Dances in İstanbul, Turkey.
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Things of been moving slowly on the forum lately.
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We need to get some posts going.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jakncoke
good night, perhaps you'll be shocked to a close 100k encounter when you wake.
well just under 900 to go lol...will make it either today or tomorrow at our pace, well probably tomorrow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LiNuX
well just under 900 to go lol...will make it either today or tomorrow at our pace, well probably tomorrow
I was going to make a huge combo but got bored and decided to surf neogaf instead.
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Kick ups is my new favorite game....
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I think it's my 200 dpi. That and playing FPS shooter games with 2,000 dpi. Cat like reflexes.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Trunks
Kick ups is my new favorite game....
I was shocked when you took kickup and mini kick up from :master: , I bet he pissed himself and cryed when he seen that.
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I was surprised how easy it was. In mini kick ups, I got it so all I had to do was click. It was bouncing straight up in the air. In Kick Up's the ball is so huge you can't miss it.
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you should get the rest of top 10 and he'll probably cry after losing all the points.
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Lol, I'll wait until I get a score he can't beat, then do it.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Trunks
Lol, I'll wait until I get a score he can't beat, then do it.
he's insane about his records and the arcade he'll never quit trying to get it.
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I just want the two kick up records and avalanche, which I spent about 30 gfp on so far. I got 800 and some on it.
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top per episode earners are....
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Charlie Sheen in Two and a half men earns 825k per episode(include ownership share)
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William Peterson CSI 600k
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