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Rev Floyd H Flake endorses New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg for re-election in 2005, saying he supports improvements in city schools; endorsement comes after Flake, former Democratic congressman, supported Mark Green in 2001; photo (M)
St Louis Rams defeat New York Jets, 32-29, in overtime, to clinch spot in wild-card playoff game; photos (M)
Damon Hack Pro Football Analysis contends that New York Jets' loss to St Louis Rams highlighted team's weaknesses as it heads into playoffs; photo (M)
White Plains (NY) is benefiting from increased interest and development, attracting those who enjoy convenience and upscale shopping of city without noise, traffic and crime; high-rise luxury condominiums and high-end retail shops have replaced empty storefronts and unsightly blocks creating city outside the city, just 40 minutes from Manhattan (NYC); photos (M)
New York State's heavily Democratic delegation fears election results that put four more Republican seats in Senate and five more in House will lead to tougher battles over spending on local and state level and that New York Democrats will not have strength in numbers to fight Republican-controlled Congress (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 29, 2004, covering January 3, 2005.
2Pac
Various Artists
Eminem
Shania Twain
U2
2005Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (born 1917)[†]
Koo Chen-fu, also known as C.F. Koo, was a Taiwanese businessman, diplomat, and film producer. He led the Koos Group of companies from 1940 until his death. As a chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Koo arranged the first direct talks between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China since 1949 and served as Taiwan's negotiator in both the 1993 and 1998 Wang-Koo summit.
2005Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (born 1918)[†]
Egidio Galea OSA MBE was a Maltese Augustinian Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator, and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism in Italy during World War II. He was a close aide to the Irish priest Hugh O'Flaherty.
2005Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (born 1936)[†]
Jyotindra Nath Dixit was an Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service, who served as the National Security Advisor of India to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is mostly remembered for his role as a negotiator in disputes with Pakistan and China. He also served as Foreign Secretary (1991–1994), the highest bureaucratic post in the Ministry of External Affairs.
In 2005, the world population was approximately 6,586,970,132 people[†]