Key events of the year 2004 - (6) November - December

EU puffs launch of greenhouse gas market

Russia wants US to pay for astronaut flights to Space Station

Maldives loses 42 islands as tsunami toll hits 117

Taiwan's space programme offers tsunami satellite images to aid relief

Picture-postcard Maldives struggle to survive in tsunami wake

Tsunamis: early warning and infrastructure changes vital, ecologists say

NASA: One shuttle tank fixed

Tsunami forces Maldives election delay, set to hit economy hard

Asian death wave tops a year of big disasters