October 10, 2004

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October 10, 2004

Typhoon Ma-on , the strongest storm to strike eastern Japan in a decade, kills six people in the Tokyo area. (Channel News Asia)

Witness es say that a missile fired from an Israel i Helicopter destroyed a home in the Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya , killing a Schoolteacher and wounding six others. (BBC)

Somalia 's Transitional Parliament elects Abdullahi Yusuf , a former army officer, Interim President . He will be Somalia's first Head Of State since 1991 , when tribal Warlord s overthrew the ruling Military Dictatorship . The election was held in Nairobi , Kenya , since the situation in Somalia remains dangerous. (BBC) (ABC)

s explode in Baghdad , killing at least 10 people and wounding 17, including a U.S. Soldier . (AP)

Matthew floods southeastern Louisiana , dropping as much as 7 inches (180 mm) of rain. (CNN)