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- At least eight bombings in Bangkok kill two people, canceling New Year's Eve celebrations in the city.
- A car bomb explosion in Madrid Barajas International Airport injures twenty-six and leaves two missing.
- Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (pictured) is executed by hanging for crimes against humanity.
- Nepal adopts a new national coat of arms as a gesture of reconciliation after the Nepalese Civil War.
- Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union leave Mogadishu as Ethiopian military units and forces of the Transitional Federal Government enter the Somali capital unopposed.
- The state funeral of former U.S. President Gerald Ford is held at the U.S. Capitol.
- A pipeline explosion kills at least two hundred people in Lagos, Nigeria.
- A series of earthquakes off the southern coast of Taiwan damages several undersea cables, disrupting telecommunication services in parts of Asia.