Portal:Current events/2004 July 22

July 22, 2004 (Thursday)

Police seal off the Washington, DC, office building housing John Kerry's presidential campaign headquarters after an envelope containing a suspicious white powder is opened by a Kerry staff member. (ABC News)
Major North American brewers Coors and Molson announce they will go ahead with a proposed merger, creating the world's fifth-biggest brewing company. (Toronto Star)
In the United States, the 9/11 Commission releases its unanimous final report. The report harshly criticizes American intelligence agencies. (Democracy Now!)
The 9/11 Commission releases a transcript of the hijackers' conversation in the final moments of United Airlines Flight 93, which details how the hijackers forced the plane into the ground in Pennsylvania. (Reuters) Archived 2004-08-15 at archive.today
United States and Afghan forces kill 10 suspected Islamic militants and arrest five others. (Reuters)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
The United Nations raises its threat warning level for the Gaza Strip to "Phase Four" (the maximum is five) and plans to evacuate non-essential foreign staff from the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
Kenya calls on its citizens to leave Iraq, after the recent abductions of three Kenyan citizens (AP)
In Canada, one person is reported to have died and five others hospitalized due to an E. coli contamination (AFP)
In Turkey a passenger train travelling between Istanbul and Ankara derails at about 18:45 local time (16:45 UTC) near Pamukova in Sakarya Province. Initial fatality reports from the government suggested that 139 people were killed; this was reduced to approximately 30, without explanation, a few hours later, and the actual number is unclear. (BBC)
Following Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet shuffle two days earlier, Leader of the Opposition Stephen Harper announces a reshuffled Conservative Shadow Cabinet. (CBC)
Ignacio Carrill, the Special Prosecutor for Past Social and Political Movements in Mexico, presents the findings of the investigation into the "dirty war", where it classifies the killings by government forces as genocide, and requests warrants be issued for the arrest of former president Luis Echeverría and 11 other ex-government figures. (BBC) (La Jornada in Spanish)
Same-sex marriage in the United States: the House of Representatives today passes legislation preventing federal courts from ordering courts in other states recognize same-sex marriage granted elsewhere. (The NewStandard)