January 25, 2004 (Sunday)
- Georgia's new president, Mikhail Saakashvili, is sworn in.[1]
- Chess player Viswanathan Anand wins in group A of the Corus chess tournament. Thirteen-year-old Norwegian prodigy, Magnus Carlsen, wins in group C.[2]
- David Kay says, in his opinion, Iraq had no banned WMD stockpiles: "I don't think they existed", Kay said, "What everyone was talking about is stockpiles produced after the end of the last (1991) Gulf War, and I don't think there was a large-scale production program in the '90s."[3] David Kay also says that part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons programme may have been hidden in Syria.[4][5] Syria denies receiving Iraq arms.[6]
- Indonesia announces that millions of birds have died from avian influenza in the last few months.[7]
- Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation, and Angels in America.
- Hungarian footballer Miklós Fehér dies in a match between Benfica and Vitória Guimarães in Portugal. Benfica will subsequently retire his number 29 shirt.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - Europe - Georgia swears in new president". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "CorusChess.com". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Iraq Arms Inspector Casts Doubt on WMD Claims". NPR.org. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "BBC NEWS - Middle East - Syria denies receiving Iraq arms". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ John Aglionby. "Indonesia falls victim to bird flu". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2015.