- January 11, 2005
January 11 ,2005 * Purged Chinese Communist leader
Zhao Ziyang is hospitalized, but in stable condition, according to thePeople's Republic of China government. The announcement came after rumors spread that he had died. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4163901.stm (BBC)]
* Italianmotorcyclist Fabrizio Meoni is the second competitor to die in as many days in the2005 Paris Dakar Rally . [http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_Story.asp?ID=110834 (TSN)]
* InNigeria ,Audu Ogbeh , chairman of the rulingPeople's Democratic Party , resigns over disagreements with PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo . [http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/columns/c211012005.html (Vanguard)] [http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/akukwe/010305.html (NigeriaWorld)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10431127.htm (Reuters Alertnet)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4161837.stm (BBC)]
*Venezuela n PresidentHugo Chávez signs aland reform decree aimed at reducing unused and absentee-ownedagricultural properties. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aQxhAsua_ZZQ&refer=latin_america (Bloomberg)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4163661.stm (BBC)]
* InAustralia , 9 people are dead and 15 others are unaccounted for, in abushfire inEyre Peninsula ,South Australia . [http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11911870%255E28217,00.html (News.com.au)] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11912670%255E1702,00.html (The Australian)] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7287531 (Reuters)]
* 4 die, 11 are injured, and 13 are missing after amudslide inLa Conchita, California , in the U.S. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7287887 (Reuters)] [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/11/WEATHER.TMP (San Francisco Chronicle)]
*Intense flooding hits theCaribbean coasts of southernCentral America ;Costa Rica n PresidentAbel Pacheco declares a state of emergency. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4166675.stm (BBC)]
*Dr.Albert Hofmann celebrated his 99th birthday. Dr. Hofmann first synthesizedLSD in 1938 while working atSandoz Laboratories inBasle ,Switzerland . He became the first person to discover itspsychedelic effects on April 16, 1943. [http://www.maps.org/conferences/ah99/ (MAPS)]
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