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- Pakistani soldiers are, of 20 March 2004, in a brutal fight with Al-Qaida members and tribal figures in Waziristan, Pakistan. Pakistani officials believe that the Al-Qaida members are sheltering Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two in command of the militant Islamist organization that has been accused of committing the September 11 attacks.
- The Taiwanese presidential elections begin just hours after President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu are both injured in a shooting.
- NATO sends 1,000 extra troops to Kosovo to deal with continuing violent unrest between Serbs and Albanians.
- Spanish Prime Minister-designate José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero suggests Spain might withdraw its 1,300 troops from Iraq by June 30.