Portal:Current events/2004 July 23

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• The United States Senate and House of Representatives pass a joint resolution declaring the armed conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur to be genocide. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/23/un.sudan.ap/ (CNN)]
• An 18-year-old Palestinian, Hassan Zaanin, is shot dead in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip when he and his family attempt to stop Palestinian gunmen from planting an anti-tank explosive outside their house. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080719173643/http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/455715.html (Haaretz)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3920181.stm (BBC)]
• An arrest is made in Toronto in the Cecilia Zhang murder case, nine months after she was abducted. [https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090534213252&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154 (Toronto Star)]
• The bridge in Mostar dividing Croatian and Bosniak communities is opened 11 years after it was destroyed in the Bosnian war. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3919047.stm (BBC)]
• A special prosecutor files genocide charges against former President of Mexico Luis Echeverría for actions taken by the Mexican military during a student protest in 1971.

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