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September 23, 2004 (2004-09-23) (Thursday)
- The current
Dalai Lama,
Tenzin Gyatso, continuing a tour of
Latin America, arrives in
Puerto Rico for a two-day visit. He is scheduled to make several addresses on the subjects of
human rights and
demilitarization and to be awarded an honorary
doctorate by the
University of Puerto Rico.
(AP/El Nuevo Día)
- Court officials arrive on the remote British
territory of
Pitcairn Island, which has only 47 inhabitants, to begin the
trial of seven islanders, on charges of
sexual abuse that date back more than 40 years.
(BBC)
- The United States agrees to release
Yaser Esam Hamdi, who was born in the United States and raised in
Saudi Arabia, after having held him for almost three years, without charges, as an "
illegal enemy combatant". In exchange, Hamdi agrees to relinquish his American
citizenship and to never return to the United States.
(Reuters)
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Conflict in Iraq: The governments of the United Kingdom and
Iraq announce that they will not comply with the demands of the militant group
Tawhid and Jihad, which has threatened to behead its
hostage, British citizen
Kenneth Bigley.
(Reuters)
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2004 Atlantic hurricane season: The death toll in
Haiti from
flooding caused by this weekend's passage of
Hurricane Jeanne is now at 1,080 persons, and government officials say the final number is likely to be around 2,000. At least 175,000 Haitians have been affected by the flooding.
(Reuters)
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