Happy New year everyone
and while it was a very sober welcoming celebration for 2005, here's a look back at some of the major news of 2004
- President Bush winning a re-election and convincingly too. Apparently there were more red states!
- Beslan Siege in Russia last September the killed hundreds of children and evoke emotions of hatred and anger for those terrorist who stormed the school that ended in bloody rescue.
- Madrid Train Bombing in the early part of the year that killed dozens.
- Iraq Bombings..on and on and on. Soldiers dying almost every week.
- Americans and other Nationalities being abducted and getting killed by radicals.
- Death of PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Left a vaccum of leadership in array.
- December Earthquake that triggered tsunamis all In most South Asian Countries. More than 100,00 deaths.
Other major grabbing news in field of Entertainment and Tech Industry
- Mel Gibson created a mega hit with his popular but very controversial movie The Passion Of The Christ. It made Mel go to the back though and count lots of money!
- Michael Moore--either you love him or you hate him. (I never liked the guy if you ask me) Got lambasted by Senator John McCain in the Republican Convention.
- LOTR geting most of the oscar trophies--it was expected
Technology
- Browser Wars! Mozilla Firefox trying to topple IE--succeding actually.
- Search Engine Wars! Yahoo, Microsoft and host wanting to offer stiff competition to leader of the pack Google.
- Cellphones with camera and video recorder, Digicams. PDA's a must have essentials.
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