Portal:Current events/2004 February 11

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A Black Hawk helicopter has reportedly crashed near Amberley air force base, Mount Walker, Australia, with at least five seriously injured.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3480955.stm | work=BBC News | title=Black Hawk crashes in Australia | date=February 12, 2004}}
Scientists find a fossilised head and identify it as part of a {{Nowrap|400 million}}-year-old fly, making it the oldest known insect.{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994671|title=Science and technology news │New Scientist|work=New Scientist|accessdate=6 October 2015}}
The United States Army in Iraq announces a {{Nowrap|$10 million}} dollar reward for the capture of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a leader of the terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam, blamed for the deaths of unknown numbers of Iraqi citizens and U.S. military during the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1482373,00.html|title=News24, South Africa's premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology & more.|work=News24|accessdate=6 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313054823/http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1482373,00.html|archive-date=13 March 2008|url-status=dead}}
Scientists in South Korea report that they have created human embryos by cloning and extracted embryonic stem cells.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62254,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316191353/http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62254,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 |archive-date=2007-03-16 |url-status=dead }}
Intel scientists say that they have made silicon chips that can switch light like electricity.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/11/intel.optics.ap/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309071701/http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/11/intel.optics.ap/index.html |archive-date=2008-03-09 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/technology/11CND-CHIP.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017041531/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/11/technology/11CND-CHIP.html |archive-date=2014-10-17 |url-status=dead }}
Comcast Corp. makes an uninvited bid for The Walt Disney Company. The US$50 billion to {{Nowrap|$66 billion}} deal would create the world's largest media company.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopts enhanced mutual fund expense and portfolio disclosure, part of the continuing fall-out from the mutual fund late-trading scandal of 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2004-16.htm|title=SEC Adopts Enhanced Mutual Fund Expense and Portfolio Disclosure; Proposes Improved Disclosure of Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Prohibition on the Use of Brokerage Commissions to Finance Distribution|work=sec.gov|accessdate=6 October 2015}}
U.S. Presidential Election, 2004: Retired General Wesley Clark officially announces his departure from the race.[http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=65AC85D2-2EDA-403C-B37AD18B33D90208 ]{{dead link|date=October 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4338345 |title=Politics & Political News |publisher=Reuters.com |date=2009-02-09 |accessdate=2015-10-25 |archive-date=2005-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408170715/http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4338345 |url-status=dead }}
The Sudanese government cancels plans to attend scheduled peace talks in Geneva with western rebels just days after the Sudanese president proclaimed military victory in the insurgency. The talks were scheduled to begin February 14, 2004. At this time, the Sudanese government is contending with a southern rebellion as well.{{Cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200402090363.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930183042/http://allafrica.com/stories/200402090363.html |archive-date=2012-09-30 |url-status=dead }}
French prosecutors reveal that a money-laundering probe into the transfers of millions of dollars to accounts held by the wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was opened in October 2003. The probe was opened after discovering that nearly {{Nowrap|$1.27 million}} is transferred with some regularity from Switzerland to Mrs. Arafat's accounts in Paris. Tracfin, an organization that collates information about money laundering, detected the movements of funds.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3479937.stm | work=BBC News | title=Mrs Arafat's bank accounts probed | date=February 11, 2004}}
Occupation of Iraq: At least 47 people, mostly Iraqi army recruits, are killed by a car bomb in Baghdad in the second major bomb attack in two days.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3478339.stm | work=BBC News | title=Car bomb kills Iraq army recruits | date=February 11, 2004}}
Richard Desmond, the owner of Britain's Daily Express and Daily Star newspapers, confirms that he has made a bid for the troubled Daily Telegraph.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3478805.stm | work=BBC News | title=Desmond enters Telegraph battle | date=February 11, 2004}}
Josh, a Newfoundland, wins Best in Show at the 129th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-dog0210.story |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106142522/http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-dog0210.story |archive-date=2015-11-06 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/vf_westminster217.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018214424/http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/vf_westminster217.html |archive-date=2004-10-18 |url-status=dead }}
Mayer Mofeid Hawash is sentenced to seven years in jail for attempting to enter Afghanistan and aid the Taliban after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=-1054314299&search=2%2F11%2F2004 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213102827/http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=-1054314299&search=2%2F11%2F2004 |archive-date=2005-02-13 |url-status=dead }}

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