Portal:Current events/2005 January 23

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• The Philadelphia Eagles win the 2004 NFC Championship game
• The police chief in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, is shot dead. The new Somali government is slated to begin relocating from Kenya on February 1. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4200083.stm (BBC)]
• Conflict in Iraq:
• U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte confirms there is an investigation into the alleged loss or transfer of $300 million USD to a Beirut bank by Iraqi interim Defence Minister, Hazim al-Shaalan to purchase arms. [http://www.abc.com.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1287364.htm (ABC AU)]
• The U.S. military is planning to deploy remote-controlled robots armed with machine guns and night vision to combat insurgents in Iraq. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4199935.stm (BBC)]
• Viktor Yushchenko is invested as president of Ukraine at a ceremony in Kiev before a large crowd of supporters and attended by numerous heads of state and other dignitaries from around the world. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4198957.stm (BBC)] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050123/ap_on_re_eu/ukraine_president (AP)]

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