Portal:Current events/2005 January 23

January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23) (Sunday)

• The Philadelphia Eagles win the 2004 NFC Championship game
• The police chief in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, is shot dead. The new Somali government is slated to begin relocating from Kenya on February 1. (BBC)
• Conflict in Iraq:
  • U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte confirms there is an investigation into the alleged loss or transfer of $300 million USD to a Beirut bank by Iraqi interim Defence Minister, Hazim al-Shaalan to purchase arms. (ABC AU)
  • The U.S. military is planning to deploy remote-controlled robots armed with machine guns and night vision to combat insurgents in Iraq. (BBC)
• Viktor Yushchenko is invested as president of Ukraine at a ceremony in Kiev before a large crowd of supporters and attended by numerous heads of state and other dignitaries from around the world. (BBC) (AP)

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