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Global News Archive for August 2004:
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Al Qaeda-linked group claims Istanbul blasts
An Islamic group with links to al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for explosions in Istanbul, Turkey, that killed two people Tuesday. The group coupled the claim with a warning that the attacks were the first of many planned in Europe...
CNN - August 10, 2004
Bush takes McCain on Florida tour
US President Bush heads to the hotly disputed state of Florida with former rival Senator John McCain...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
US interest rates raised to 1.5%
The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 1.5%, in a widely anticipated move...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
US launches air strikes on Najaf
US forces in Iraq launch air raids on positions held by supporters of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Bush nominates new CIA director
US President George W Bush nominates Republican Congressman Porter Goss as his new CIA chief...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Saudi law unclear on women's vote
Saudi Arabia publishes rules for forthcoming elections, leaving the door open for women to vote...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Workers 'exploited for Olympics'
Campaigners say the Olympic movement is not doing enough to help exploited workers in the sportswear industry...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Botswana defends flogging thieves
Zimbabweans found to have broken the law in Botswana will continue to be flogged, a government minister says...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
US crude hits record $45 a barrel
The price of US light crude oil tops $45 per barrel - touching a record 21-year high of $45.04 in New York trade...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Libya agrees Berlin bomb payout
The Libyan government offers to pay $35m to compensate some victims of the 1986 Berlin nightclub bombing...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Cairn makes fresh oil discovery
British oil and gas firm Cairn Energy says it has made a fourth "significant" oil discovery in India...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
French Jewish cemetery attacked
Two men are arrested after the discovery of desecrated graves at a Jewish cemetery in the French city of Lyon...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Zimbabwe election torture warning
Torture and abuse in Zimbabwe is set to increase in the run-up to elections next year, warns campaigners...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Cricket: SA look to attack
Both teams have all to play for in the second and final Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
US calls for evacuation of Najaf
US troops ask civilians to leave parts of Najaf, raising fears of a new assault on the holy Iraqi city...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Lethal blasts rattle Turkish city
Bombs kill two and injure nine at two small hotels and a gas complex in the Turkish city of Istanbul...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Afghan candidates get go-ahead
Interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai will face 17 challengers in landmark October presidential elections...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
9/11 retrial denied key witness
The US refuses to allow its al-Qaeda suspects to testify at the Hamburg retrial of a man charged over the 9/11 attacks...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
Bush appoints new CIA director
US President George W Bush has picked Republican Congressman Porter Goss as his new CIA chief...
BBC News - August 10, 2004
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