October 30, 2004

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[edit] October 30, 2004

• Conflict in Iraq:
  • United States armed forces officials say that eight marines have been killed and nine wounded near Falluja. (BBC) (Reuters)
  • A car bomb kills seven and wounds 19 outside an office of Saudi owned Al-Arabiya television station in Baghdad. (Reuters) (BBC)
• 36th Chess Olympiad finished in Calvia, Spain. Winners were Ukraine (men) and China (women).
• Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi indicates that he will likely withdraw the controversial nomination of Rocco Buttiglione to the European Union Commission which caused deadlock in the European Parliament this week. (BBC)