January 23, 2005
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[edit] January 23 2005
- 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. (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. (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. (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. (BBC) (AP)
On January 23, 2005 the Conservative Party of Canada won a minority mandate to govern the country of Canada. When the final numbers were tallied the Conservatives won 124 seats, the Liberals slipped to104, The Bloc Québécois garnered 50 seats, the New Democratic Party gained 11 seats, electing 30 members to Parliament and finally one independent was elected. Officially, the Conservative Party has only been existence for 4 years as a merger between various interests of the Canadian political right. Up to that point the Liberals had held power for 12 years winning in 4 elections. The unification of the political right in Canada was instrumental in the Conservative minority win. In his inaugural address as the newly minted leader of the Conservative Party, Prime Minister Stephen Harper proclaimed. “The new Conservative Party of Canada is a home to conservatives of all types - economic conservatives, social conservatives, democratic reformers, and Red Tories."
