November 27, 2004

Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Jingsheng is released. (BBC)
Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II presents Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I with reliquaries containing the bones of 4th-century Patriarchs Gregory Nazianzus and John Chrysostom, brought back to Rome as loot from Constantinople during the Crusades. The ceremony is applauded as a notable gesture of ecumenism between the divided churches. (BBC) (Reuters)
According to the chairman of the Duma commission investigating the Beslan school massacre, there is indirect evidence of involvement by a foreign intelligence agency; however, the agency remains unnamed. (Interfax)
Colombian Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe claims that FARC rebels plotted to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush during his recent visit to the country. The U.S. Secret Service declines to comment. (BBC), (CNN)
Ukraine presidential election, 2004:
- Ukraine's parliament votes for the annulment of the election results and asks President Leonid Kuchma to dissolve the country's Central Election Committee. This is a non-binding request as the parliament cannot annul the results itself. (CNN)
- Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot says that the EU believes fresh elections are the best option for Ukraine. (Reuters)
Lieutenant General Joginder Jaswant Singh is named the next chief of army staff of the Indian Army. He will be the 1st Sikh to become the chief. (Times of India) (The Tribune, India)