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* '''[[Bobby Fischer]]''', former world [[Chess|chess]] champion, detained in [[Japan]] for deportation to the [[United States]]. |
* '''[[Bobby Fischer]]''', former world [[Chess|chess]] champion, is detained in [[Japan]] for deportation to the [[United States]]. |
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* The '''[[Federal Marriage Amendment]]''' is blocked in the [[United States Senate]], as a [[cloture]] motion seeking to end debate and force a vote falls 12 votes short of the requisite 3/5 majority. |
* The '''[[Federal Marriage Amendment]]''' is blocked in the [[United States Senate]], as a [[cloture]] motion seeking to end debate and force a vote falls 12 votes short of the requisite 3/5 majority. |
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* [[Canada]] recalls its [[ambassador]] to [[Iran]] to protest the refusal to allow Canadian observers to attend the trial of an Iranian [[intelligence agent]] charged in the death of '''[[Zahra Kazemi]]'''. |
* [[Canada]] recalls its [[ambassador]] to [[Iran]] to protest the refusal to allow Canadian observers to attend the trial of an Iranian [[intelligence agent]] charged in the death of '''[[Zahra Kazemi]]'''. |
Revision as of 17:52, 16 July 2004
- Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion, is detained in Japan for deportation to the United States.
- The Federal Marriage Amendment is blocked in the United States Senate, as a cloture motion seeking to end debate and force a vote falls 12 votes short of the requisite 3/5 majority.
- intelligence agent charged in the death of Zahra Kazemi.
- The UK government publishes the WMDs in Iraq.
- Pedro Santana Lopes becomes the prime minister of Portugal.
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