Portal:Current events/2005 December 31

December 31, 2005 (Saturday)

25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. (ABC Australia)
A bomb explodes in downtown Palu, Indonesia, killing at least eight people and wounding 45 people. (BBC)
After heavy rains, Napa, California experienced its worst flooding in 20 years. (Napa Valley Register) Two days later, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Napa and 6 other California counties (Napa Valley Register), and one month later, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a declaration stating that a major disaster existed in Napa and 9 other California counties, allowing Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance for those areas affected by the flooding. (Napa Valley Register)

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