results on January 6. , , In Topeka, Kansas, days-old baby Victoria Jo Stinnett is reunited with her father after her mother was allegedly strangled to death by Lisa Montgomery. Montgomery then cut the baby from her mother's womb and abducted the child. The AMBER Alert system is credited with assisting her safe recovery. (CNN) December 17, 2004 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld faces criticism from both Democrats and Republicans following a dismissive reply to a soldier in Iraq when questioned about vehicle armor. (CNN) Cuban authorities put up photos of abused Iraqi prisoners in front of the US interests section in Havana after the U.S. displayed Christmas decorations in a protest against Cuba's human rights record. (BBC) The United States declares Hizbullah's al-Manar TV channel to be a terrorist organization. (White House Official Statement) (Al-Jazeera) President George W. Bush, speaking to business executives and economists at the White House, vows to push through big reforms to the Social Security program, including partial privatization of the state pension fund, during his second term. (BBC) 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy: Moss v. Bush: Ohio voters refile request to overturn presidential election results. December 16, 2004 Inuit leaders want to sue the U.S. government at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for causing global warming. They view the melting of the polar icecap in the Arctic as a threat to their existence as a people, an assault on their basic human rights. The announcement is expected today in Buenos Aires at the 10th round of international talks on climate change. (NYT) (Democracy Now!) Former chess champion Bobby Fischer has been offered residency in Iceland. He is currently detained in Japan, and is wanted by the United States. (BBC)(Reuters) December 15, 2004 Members of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary from Democratic Party request an FBI investigation into alleged Ohio voting problems (NYT) (pdf) , prompted by affidavits and sworn testimony taken at a congressional forum held on December 13. A US$85 million test of the United States National Missile Defense system by the Missile Defense Agency is aborted when an unknown anomaly is detected before the launch of an interceptor missile in the Marshall Islands, 16 minutes after the launch of the target from Kodiak Island, Alaska. It is the first test since a previous failed test in 2002. As in 2002, the Bush administration abandons plans to activate the system