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November 23, 2004 (Tuesday)

CBS News anchor Dan Rather resigns from CBS Evening News effective in March 2005. He will remain a correspondent for 60 Minutes news magazine and other assignments. (Reuters)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2004 Ukrainian presidential election: Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko declares himself winner and takes a symbolic oath of office at a parliament special session, boycotted by pro-government MPs. Crowds of around 200,000 Yushchenko supporters rally outside the parliament building in Kiev. Freedom House releases a statement saying that the runoff election was "tainted by massive voter fraud." Russian Foreign Ministry expresses "extreme concern" about the disobedience actions by the Ukrainian opposition. (BBC) (Reuters) Archived 2005-03-10 at the Wayback Machine (FH)
- The city governments of Lviv, Ternopil, Vinnytsia and Ivano-Frankivsk announce their support for Yushchenko. A crowd estimated at 200,000 surrounds the Parliament building in Kiev, calling for Yanukovych to step down. (The Guardian)
Conflict in Iraq
- Officials from the Arab League, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, G8 nations, People's Republic of China and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan convene at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss and issue declarations on Iraq. (BBC) (Reuters) Archived 2005-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- A second cleric of the Sunni Muslim Clerics Association in two days is gunned down in Miqdadiya near Baquba on his way to a mosque. (Reuters) Archived 2004-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
The popular MMORPG World of Warcraft was released on this day, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.