January 17, 2004 (Saturday)
- Planned NASA servicing missions for the Hubble Space Telescope are cancelled. Safety concerns are cited as the main reason behind the decision.[1][2]
- Human cloning: Fertility expert Dr. Panos Zavos claims to have successfully transplanted a two-week-old embryo into a 35-year-old woman. He said he had not done the act anywhere where "the spirit of the law" was against such a procedure.[3]
- George Papandreou of Greece promised that he will suggest to sign a mutual agreement with Turkey for lowering their defense military expenses.[4] (Greek).
- Protesters call for resignation of German Federal Police chief Ulrich Kersten: about 6,000 people demonstrates against moving Germany's Federal Police (BKA) headquarters from Wiesbaden to Berlin.[5]
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Spaceflight Now - Breaking News - NASA cancels final Hubble telescope servicing mission". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - Health - Doctor 'implants cloned embryo'". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Πρόταση Γ.Παπανδρέου προς την Τουρκία για αμοιβαία μείωση των αμυντικών δαπανών". In.gr. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ [2][dead link]