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January 29, 2004 (2004-01-29) (Thursday)
  • A 60-ton sperm whale carcass explodes in downtown Tainan, Taiwan, causing traffic delays and showering vehicles and pedestrians with blood and entrails.[1]
  • A report submitted today to the State of Maryland states that the electronic voting machines made by Diebold Election Systems "have such poor computer security and physical security that an election could be disrupted or even stolen by corrupt insiders or determined outsiders". The machines have been purchased by a number of states in the United States.[2] This is the third report to state that the machines do not meet the security requirements of an election. Previous reports are available online.[3][4]
  • Hutton Inquiry: The BBC Director-General, Greg Dyke, resigns in the continuing fall-out from the report. Mr Dyke is the second high-ranking BBC official to resign. Mark Byford is appointed Acting Director-General.[5] The UK media in general condemns the report as a whitewash.[6]
  • The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades of Fatah claim responsibility for a suicide bombing aboard a city bus, in which Ali Yusuf Jaara, a member of the Palestinian police force, kills 10 Israelis and wounds more than 50, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem. Simultaneously with the bombing, Shaul Mofaz, Israeli Defense Minister, is meeting with American envoys Wolfe and Sauterfield, who have requested an easing-up of conditions for the Palestinians. The explosion also coincides with a German-brokered prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.[7][8][9]
  1. ^ "Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes". msnbc.com. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/technology/29CND-SECU.html
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-06-10. Retrieved 2017-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  5. ^ "BBC NEWS - UK - Politics - BBC apologises as Dyke quits". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Press rounds on Hutton". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ "IDF Conducting Search and Arrest Operation in Bethlehem". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Israel News - Israel's #1 News Site - Arutz Sheva". Arutz Sheva. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. ^ Chippewa Herald. "Dunn County News". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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