| December 11, 2004 | - Doctors determined that the mysterious facial disfigurement of Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian opposition leader, was caused by dioxin, a component of Agent Orange; his blood was found to contain over a thousand times the normal human level of dioxin.
| Source:
BBC
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| October 24, 2004 | - Senator John Kerry killed some geese in Ohio and showed reporters his bloody hand to prove it.
| Source:
New York Times
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| September 1, 2004 | - Several swift boat veterans were angry that their names were included without their permission on letters attacking
John Kerry.
| Source:
Billings Gazette
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| July 3, 2004 | - The Bush-Cheney campaign asked church-going volunteers to provide church membership directories to state campaign committees, raising questions about whether the directive violates the separation between church and state.
| Source:
Reuters
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| March 24, 2004 | -
Political
violence continued in Kosovo, Gaza, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Thailand, and Syria; there was unrest in Haiti, where armed gangs continued to terrorize the people; in Congo, where the government put down a coup attempt; and in France, where firefighters battled police during a strike over retirement benefits. The firefighters threw garbage cans, firecrackers, and smoke bombs; the police fired tear gas.
| Source:
New York Times
|
| February 13, 2004 | - Attorney General John Ashcroft defended issuing subpoenas for abortion records and said that the records were necessary to find out whether doctors who have sued to overturn the ban on so-called partial-birth abortions are telling the truth when they say they have performed the procedure out of medical necessity.
| Source:
New York Times
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| February 5, 2004 | - The Massachusetts Supreme Court ordered the state to permit homosexual marriages; Republicans were delighted.
| Source:
Associated Press
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| December 11, 2003 | - Moody's Investors Service downgraded California's credit rating after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cut the registration fee for automobiles without having a plan to pay for the change.
| Source:
Associated Press
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| December 10, 2003 | - Al Gore endorsed
Howard Dean for president; Joe Lieberman, Gore's former running mate, was somewhat miffed.
| Source:
Los Angeles Times
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