October 31, 2004

Tabaré Vázquez is elected the next president of Uruguay. (Reuters UK)
Two days before the 2004 United States presidential elections, President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry tour the swing states of Ohio, New Hampshire and Florida. (CNN)
A section of the Berlin Wall is re-erected at the former Checkpoint Charlie as a memorial to the 1,065 people who were killed trying to escape from East Germany. (BBC)
Three United Nations workers taken hostage in Afghanistan are shown on a video issued by their captors. (BBC)
Shamil Basayev, the Chechen rebel commander who claimed responsibility for the September 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, threatens more attacks against Russian civilians. (BBC)
The 2004 presidential election in Ukraine is held. Preliminary results indicate Viktor Yanukovich in first place with 40% and Viktor Yushchenko in second with 39%. The run-off will be held on November 21. International monitors report "serious irregularities" in the voting. (BBC)
Darfur conflict: Rwanda begins deploying a contingent of 237 troops to Darfur, Sudan, as part of an African Union mission to bring stability to the troubled region. Sixty-five soldiers have been sent this weekend; the rest will be deployed as the week progresses. Rwanda already had some troops in Darfur. (CNN)
Conflict in Iraq: 15 Iraqi Shia workers are killed and eight wounded in a rocket attack on a hotel in the predominantly Sunni city of Tikrit. (Reuters)