Portal:Current events/2004 February 19
- One
- Former
- Lt. Soviet bloc nations and NATO in peacekeeping and other areas. (NYT)
- Arab immigrant communities in France, Belgium and other European countries are blamed for the rise in attacks against Jews in Europe. The European Union's European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in Vienna, Austria, found the increase of anti-Semitic attacks was "committed above all either by right-wing extremists or radical Islamists or young Muslims mostly of Arab descent." (Haaretz)
- Reformist newspapers parliament elections.(BBC)
- The Islamic Jihad. (Haaretz) (Al Bawaba)
- The nuclear weapons. (Haaretz)
- The United Kingdom decides to award an honorary Holocaust and the defense of human rights. (Haaretz)
- Taiwan independence if he is re-elected. (BBC)
- Same-sex marriage in the United States:
- The Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry takes a stand on the issue. (Washington Times)
- groom and recognize same-sex marriage. (Kansas City Star)
- Laura Bush states that same-sex marriage is "a very, very shocking issue" for some people. She hopes the subject can be debated by Americans together, rather than it be settled by a Massachusetts court or the mayor of San Francisco. (USA Today)
- The
- States of emergency are declared in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada, after a prolonged blizzard dumps 90 centimetres of snow on the provinces. This doubles the previous record, set in the 1950s. Roads are completely impassable, blocked with drifts of up to 3 to 4 metres. (CBC)
- It is reported that billionaire Philip Anschutz is purchasing the San Francisco Examiner for an estimated $20 million.