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January 11
,
2005
Purged
Chinese Communist
leader
Zhao Ziyang
is hospitalized, but in stable condition, according to the
People's Republic Of China
government. The announcement came after rumors spread that he had died.
(BBC)
Italian
Motorcyclist
Fabrizio Meoni
is the second competitor to die in as many days in the
2005
Paris Dakar Rally
.
(TSN)
In
Nigeria
,
Audu Ogbeh
, chairman of the ruling
People's Democratic Party
, resigns over disagreements with President
Olusegun Obasanjo
.
(Vanguard)
(NigeriaWorld)
(Reuters Alertnet)
(BBC)
Venezuela
n President
Hugo Chávez
signs a
Land Reform
decree aimed at reducing unused and
Absentee-owned
Agricultural
properties.
(Bloomberg)
(BBC)
In
Australia
, 9 people are dead and 15 others are unaccounted for, in a
Bushfire
in
Eyre Peninsula
,
South Australia
.
(News.com.au)
(The Australian)
(Reuters)
4 die, 11 are injured, and 13 are missing after a
Mudslide
in
La Conchita, California
, in the
U.S.
(Reuters)
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Dozens of mostly elderly
Asia
n pilgrims have died thus far on
Hajj
, including over 30
Pakistan
is and 29
India
ns. Some have been critical of the Health provisions on site. The
Saudi
authorities' work on the
Jamrat Bridge
, where many pilgrims died last year, is almost complete.
(Daily Times)
(Islam Online)
(Times of India)
Intense flooding hits the
Caribbean
coasts of southern
Central America
;
Costa Rica
n President
Abel Pacheco
declares a state of emergency.
(BBC)
Dr.
Albert Hofmann
celebrated his 99th birthday. Dr. Hofmann first synthesized
LSD
in 1938 while working at
Sandoz Laboratories
in
Basle
,
Switzerland
. He became the first person to discover its
Psychedelic
effects on April 16, 1943.
(MAPS)