No positive samples have been found since 2004, showing that, most probably, it was possible to withdraw this GM crop without leaving traces in the environment once it has been used in the field

In 2004 Paraguay had about 1. 6 million hectares dedicated to genetically modified ( GM ) crops.

Following the lockout of the 2004 – 05 season, new GM Dale Tallon set about restructuring the team in the hopes of making a playoff run.

It is the third such action for GM in the 21st century, following those of Oldsmobile, which ceased production in 2004, and Pontiac, which ended production of the 2010 model year by the end of 2009.

According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications ( ISAAA ), genetically engineered ( biotech, GM ) crops were grown by approximately 8. 5 million farmers in 21 countries in 2005 ; up from 8. 25 million farmers in 17 countries in 2004.

The Pontiac GTO is an automobile built by Pontiac Division of General Motors in the United States from 1964 to 1974, and by GM subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006.

Shortly before the 2004 season began, head coach and GM Les Bartley announced that he was fighting colon cancer, and was stepping down.

The ruling had little immediate effect as the EU had already lifted its moratorium on GM crops in 2004.

In 2004, Tata Motors purchased Daewoo Truck from GM.

In the August 2004 issue of Chess Life, for example, GM Larry Evans gave his recollection that " Fine told me he didn't want to waste three months of his life watching Russians throw games to each other.

* Holden VZ Commodore, a model of GM Holden's Commodore produced from 2004 to 2006

In 2004 Roenick came under investigation after paying a Florida sports-gambling operation between $ 50, 000 and $ 100, 000 for betting tips and services, however at the time the NHL did not prohibit players from betting on sports, other than hockey, and Roenick stated that he stopped gambling after a warning from Flyers GM Bobby Clarke.

Carlsen obtained his second GM norm in the Moscow Aeroflot Open in February 2004.

In the sixth Dubai Open Chess Championship, held 18 – 28 April 2004, Carlsen obtained his third Grandmaster norm ( enough for getting the GM title ), after getting four wins and four draws before the last game was to be played.

He won the World Chess Solving Championship in Halkidiki, Greece, in September 2004 and also made his final GM norm in problem solving ; he won the World Championship again in 2007 and in 2010.

* Matt Dunigan – player ( QB ), 2006 ( Edmonton Eskimos 1983 – 87 ; BC Lions 1988 – 89 ; Toronto Argonauts 1990 – 91 ; Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1992 – 94 ; Birmingham Barracudas 1995 ; Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1996 ; Calgary Stampeders 2004 as coach / GM ).

* Cal Murphy – builder, 2004 ( BC Lions as assistant coach 1972 – 75, head coach 1975 – 76 ; Montreal Alouettes as assistant coach 1977 ; Edmonton Eskimos as assistant coach 1978 – 82 ; Winnipeg Blue Bombers as head coach, GM, 1983 – 96 ; Saskatchewan Roughriders as head coach 1999 ).

The Grand Prix was updated for 2004 on a revised version of the GM W platform.

* General Dynamics Land Systems was fined US $ 20M in 2004 for breaches of the AECA by its predecessor, GM Defense, that included access to USML items by unauthorized Dual Nationals.

After a disappointing 2003 – 2004 season with the Mighty Ducks, he surprised many by deciding to resign from the GM post in Anaheim and move back to the Ottawa Valley, to become head coach of the Ottawa Senators.

In 2004, GM began marketing the Chevrolet Aveo subcompact, a rebadged Daewoo Kalos ( now a rebadged Daewoo Gentra ) assembled in South Korea.

In 2002 it participated in GM's purchase of Korean automaker Daewoo, acquiring a 10 % stake in the newly formed GM Daewoo company for US $ 59. 7 million, and in 2004 it also assumed control of an ailing South Korean automaker, SsangYong Motor, paying US $ 500 million for 48. 9 % ownership of the company.

The front wheel drive Seville was retired in 2004, replaced by an entirely new STS model based on the rear wheel drive GM Sigma platform.

At the 2 November 2004 election Eni F. H. Faleomavaega of the Democratic Party ( United States ) defeated the Republican candidate and was re-elected.

* 2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.

Both the missile and the aircraft were used by the United States Navy and are now retired, the AIM-54 Phoenix in 2004 and the F-14 in 2006.

In 2004, over half a million tourists visited The Bahamas, most of whom are from the United States.

Brazilian soldiers have been in Haiti since 2004 leading the United Nations Stabilization Mission ( MINUSTAH ).

In production of the countdown sequence, Clive Norman filmed images around the United Kingdom, Richard Jopson in the United States, while BBC News cameramen filmed images from Iraq, Beijing ( Great Wall of China ), Bund of Shanghai, Africa, as well as areas affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami and others.

* KJ Hopt and PC Leyens, ' Board Models in Europe – Recent Developments of Internal Corporate Governance Structures in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy ' ( 2004 ) EGCI Working Paper

On October 4, 2004, the Cambodian National Assembly ratified an agreement with the United Nations on the establishment of a tribunal to try senior leaders responsible for the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge.

Also, by 1999, 38-40 % of the population of the Cayman Islands was of Jamaican origin and in 2004 / 2005 little over 50 % of the expatriates working in the Cayman Islands ( i. e. 8, 000 ) were Jamaicans ( with the next largest expatriate communities coming from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada ).

In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union ( comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements ), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.

Chile has signed free trade agreements ( FTAs ) with a whole network of countries, including an FTA with the United States that was signed in 2003 and implemented in January 2004.

* French forces: troops sent within the framework of Operation Unicorn and under UN mandate ( United Nations Operation in Côte d ' Ivoire ), 3000 men in February 2003 and 4600 in November 2004 ;

The United Nations has maintained the peacekeeping mission ONUCI in the country since 2004.

A United Nations plan sponsored by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was announced on 31 March 2004, based on what progress had been made during the talks in Switzerland and fleshed out by the UN, was put for the first time to civilians on both sides in separate referendums on 24 April 2004.

In 2004 the United States ( US ) government believed the Continuity IRA consisted of fewer than fifty hardcore activists.

In the United States in 2004 ( the most recent year for which EPA statistics are available ), forests sequestered 10. 6 % ( 637 MegaTonnes

In the United Kingdom, DSG ( Dixons ), the largest retailer of domestic electronic equipment, reported that CRT models made up 80 – 90 % of the volume of televisions sold at Christmas 2004 and 15 – 20 % a year later, and that they were expected to be less than 5 % at the end of 2006.

Coldcut also collaborated with video mashup artist TV Sheriff and NomIg., to produce two audiovisual pieces " World of Evil " ( 2004 ) and " Revolution ' 08 " ( 2008 ), both composed of footage from the United States presidential elections of the respective years.

The total number of sheep deaths in 2004 comprised 2. 22 % of the total sheep and lamb population in the United States.

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA report, " All sheep and lamb inventory in the United States on July 1, 2005, totaled 7. 80 million head, 2 % above July 1, 2004.

In 2004, major carriers in the United States announced plans to shut down CDPD service.

Beginning in 2004 in the United States, the traditional cable television providers and traditional telecommunication companies increasingly compete in providing voice, video and data services to residences.