2004 Indian Ocean earthquake:
Indonesia has again raised its estimate of the number of people killed by December's earthquake and tsunami to 220,000; the total known to have been killed in the region is now 280,000.
(BBC)
After being incarcerated without trial for almost three years, the four remaining
British detainees at Guantanamo Bay,
Moazzam Begg,
Feroz Abbasi,
Martin Mubanga and
Richard Belmar, are released and flown back to the United Kingdom, where they are immediately arrested by British police.
(BBC)(Guardian)
Bill Gates donates $750
million through the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, to provide vaccines to children in poor countries. This is one of the largest philanthropic donations ever made by a living donor.
(Guardian)
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake:
Indonesia has again raised its estimate of the number of people killed by December's earthquake and tsunami to 220,000; the total known to have been killed in the region is now 280,000.
(BBC)
After being incarcerated without trial for almost three years, the four remaining
British detainees at Guantanamo Bay,
Moazzam Begg,
Feroz Abbasi,
Martin Mubanga and
Richard Belmar, are released and flown back to the United Kingdom, where they are immediately arrested by British police.
(BBC)(Guardian)
Bill Gates donates $750
million through the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, to provide vaccines to children in poor countries. This is one of the largest philanthropic donations ever made by a living donor.
(Guardian)