January 25, 2004
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- Georgia's new president, Mikhail Saakashvili, is sworn in. [1]
- Chess player Viswanathan Anand wins in group A of the Corus chess tournament. Thirteen-year-old Norwegian prodigy, Magnus Carlsen, wins in group C. [2]
- David Kay says, in his opinion, Iraq had no banned WMD stockpiles: "I don't think they existed," Kay said, "What everyone was talking about is stockpiles produced after the end of the last (1991) Gulf War, and I don't think there was a large-scale production program in the '90s."[3] David Kay also says that part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons programme may have been hidden in Syria. [4] [5] Syria denies receiving Iraq arms. [6]
- Indonesia announces that millions of birds have died from avian flu in the last few months. [7]
- Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation and Angels in America.
- Hungarian footballer Miklos Fehér dies in a match between Benfica and Vitória Guimarães in Portugal. Benfica will subsequently retire his number 29 shirt.
