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Global News Archive for August 2004:
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South Korean firm snaps up Lycos
South Korean internet portal Daum is to buy Lycos Inc for $95m to launch itself into the US market...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Prisoners wounded in Gaza attack
At least six people are injured in grenade attacks at a Palestinian jail in Gaza City...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Spain 'obsessed' with Gibraltar
Gibraltar's chief minister joins in the war of words between the UK and Spain over the territory's 300th anniversary party...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Sydney guard charged with murder
A female security guard who shot dead a man who attacked and tried to rob her is charged with murder...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Montenegro bans smoking in public
Montenegro 's parliament passes a law banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Malaysia steel boss goes on trial
A former head of state steel company Perwaja goes on trial in the first test of a new anti-corruption drive...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Roma mark holocaust
Sixty years since the Nazis' campaign against Roma Gypsies, it is being marked at Auschwitz and elsewhere...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Christians condemn Iraq attacks
Christian and Muslim leaders denounce a wave of deadly bomb attacks on churches in Iraq...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Locust emergency in Gambia
The government of The Gambia has declared a state of emergency ahead of an imminent locust invasion...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
'Turkish hostage killing shown'
Pictures showing what appears to be the shooting of a Turk in Iraq have reportedly been posted on the internet...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
U.S. financial center on alert
The United States has raised the terror threat level from elevated to high in the financial services sectors of three major cities: New York, Washington and New Jersey. The move comes on the heel of a terror warning from the Department of Homeland Security...
CNN - August 1, 2004
Fugitive minister to surrender
Former Indian minister Shibu Soren, wanted in connection with the killing of 11 people, is due to appear in a court in eastern India...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Mercury probe launch is delayed
The launch of the Mercury Messenger probe, to explore the first planet from the Sun, has been delayed...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Cricket: Lee returns for Australia
Brett Lee is named in Australia's 14-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Suspects held for Pakistan attack
Pakistani authorities detain some people after an assassination attempt on Prime Minister-designate Shaukat Aziz...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
N Korea crops hit by heavy rains
Torrential rains severely damage crops in North Korea and leave hundreds of people homeless, reports say...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
US banks under new terror threat
Employees are urged to report for work despite a "credible" new al-Qaeda threat of attacks on financial centres...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
275 dead in Paraguay inferno
A fire and two explosions have ripped through a supermarket in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion killing 275 people and injuring dozens more, authorities say...
CNN - August 1, 2004
Japan endgame for US chess star
Former chess champion Bobby Fischer is expected to appeal a Japanese order to deport him...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Paraguay shop fire toll nears 300
A huge blaze in a shopping centre in Paraguay's capital Asuncion kills at least 283, with scores injured...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Supermarket death toll tops 200, TV reports
More than 200 people have died and dozens were injured when fire roared through a supermarket on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, according to television reports...
CNN - August 1, 2004
Many dead in Paraguay shop fire
A huge blaze in a shopping centre in Paraguay's capital Asuncion kills at least 215 people, reports say...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Supermarket death toll tops 120, says police
Fire roared through a supermarket on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital Sunday, and a television report said more than 120 people died and dozens were injured. A police official suggested the death toll was much higher...
CNN - August 1, 2004
Gunmen break up Palestinian meet
A meeting of Yasser Arafat's Fatah group is disrupted by gunmen amid suspicions of a move against him...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Paraguay shop fire kills over 100
A huge fire in a shopping centre on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion, kills more than 100...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
US warns of fresh terror threat
The security alert level is being raised in key financial institutions after new information about a possible threat...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Cricket: England wrap up win
Ashley Giles spins England to victory as they beat West Indies by 256 runs to retain the Wisden Trophy...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Boxing: Tyson rematch mooted
Danny Williams will put his world title dreams on hold to seek a lucrative rematch with Mike Tyson...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Rwanda inquiry into French role
The Kigali government announces it is to examine France's alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Confusion over Iraq hostages
There are conflicting reports on whether Indian, Egyptian and Kenyan hostages in Iraq have been freed...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Bomb blasts rock Iraqi churches
Bombs explode in Baghdad and Mosul causing many casualties in what looks to be a new tactic by insurgents...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Paraguay shop fire 'kills many'
A huge fire breaks out in a shopping centre, killing more than 30 people and injuring many others...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Afghan voter registration hailed
Nearly all eligible voters have signed up to take part in October's historic presidential poll, the UN says...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Optimism mounts for hostages
Conflicting reports say Indian, Egyptian and Kenyan hostages Iraq may soon be released or are already free...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
World trade deal gets thumbs up
Trading nations give a broad welcome to a compromise agreement designed to liberalise global trade...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Explosions rock Iraqi churches
Bombs have exploded near churches in the Iraqi capital and the northern city of Mosul, police say...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
Blast hits Prague shopping area
An explosion in a central district of the Czech capital reportedly leaves at least 16 people injured...
BBC News - August 1, 2004
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