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Global News Archive for November 2004:
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Bush Says Iran Speeds Output of A-Bomb Fuel
In meetings with Asian leaders today, he also attempted to establish a unifed front against the other nuclear challenge facing his second term: North Korea...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
In Falluja, Young Marines Saw the Savagery of an Urban War
A close-up chronicle of the most sustained period of street-to-street fighting that Americans have encountered since the Vietnam War...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
At Holocaust Museum, Turning a Number Into a Name
The Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem has assembled the names and biographies of Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and it will make the information available online...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Mongolia Under Pressure to Serve as Haven for Refugees
North Korea's new diplomatic presence is seen as an attempt to block efforts to make Mongolia a processing center for defectors...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Some Hard-Liners in Turkey See Diversity as Divisive
Under pressure from the European Union and civil rights advocates, Turkey has started to reassess the way it has treated religious minorities...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
France Is Cast as the Villain in Ivory Coast
Many Ivoirians have turned on French businessmen, immigrant workers and one another with a vengeance...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Fire bomb found in store
A partially-ignited incendiary device is discovered at a leading chain store in Belfast city centre...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Harvey to stay in jungle TV show
Former pop star Brian Harvey is to remain in ITV1's I'm A Celebrity show, despite the death of his grandmother...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
R/union: All Blacks win in Wales
The All Blacks score three tries to two to edge Wales in a thrilling Test in Cardiff...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Kuchma warns over Ukraine chaos
Ukraine's outgoing president warns against disorder ahead of a close election to choose his successor...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Colombo gets tough after killing
Sri Lanka's government sets up a security unit and reaffirms its commitment to the death penalty after the killing of a judge...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
UK Pakistanis urged to integrate
British Pakistanis should integrate more into UK society, Pakistan's high commissioner to Britain says...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Football: Chelsea draw to stay top
Chelsea are held to a 2-2 draw by Bolton after a late equaliser from Radhi Jaidi...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Apec summit begins its business
President Bush urges North Korea to give up nuclear ambitions at a summit rocked by protests...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Violence Surges Through Central and Northern Iraq
A tenacious insurgency led by Sunni Arabs kept up relentless assaults today in a string of major cities...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Hunting with dogs: Your views
Hunting with hounds will be illegal in England and Wales from February 2005. Should it be banned? Send us your views...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
New York's MoMA gallery re-opens
New York's revamped Museum of Modern Art opens for business once again after a $425m revamp...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Chernobyl 'caused Sweden cancers'
A study suggests more than 800 cancer cases in northern Sweden may be caused by the Chernobyl disaster...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Mother's praise for 'fighter' son
The mother of a baby whose care led to a High Court battle speaks at his funeral of the love he gave in his short life...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Soldiers in search operation
Almost 100 Army troops are involved in a search of an area near Derrylin in County Fermanagh...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Woman dies as bus hits pavement
A woman is dead after a coach mounted a pavement on one of the busiest routes from the West into London...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Stampede in Togo leaves 13 dead
At least 13 people are trampled to death in Togo as crowds flock to celebrate better ties with the EU...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Sri Lanka reintroduces executions
Sri Lanka's government lifts a 30-year moratorium on capital punishment, following the killing of a high court judge...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Great Lakes leaders promise peace
Presidents of the Great Lakes region in Africa have signed a declaration designed to bring peace to the region...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Bush warns N Korea at Apec summit
George W Bush says countries will speak with "one voice" to urge North Korea to give up its nuclear programme...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Superb England humble Boks
Charlie Hodgson scores 27 points as England overwhelm the Springboks at Twickenham...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Football: Celtic crushed
Alan Thompson and Chris Sutton are sent off as Rangers' victory narrows the gap on leaders Celtic...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
World's oldest man dies aged 113
The world's oldest man, who gave up driving at 108 because "slow drivers annoyed him", dies at 113...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Nasa launches cosmic blast hunter
Nasa launches the Swift observatory to study gamma-ray bursts - the biggest explosions since the Big Bang...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Three missiles hit Camp Dogwood
British Black Watch troops in central Iraq come under rocket attack for the second time in 24 hours...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
'Released' prisoner hunt still on
Police in Manchester continue the hunt for a "dangerous" man released from prison by mistake...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Man killed in nightclub shooting
A murder inquiry is launched after a man dies and two others are injured during a shooting at a Birmingham nightclub...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Polish woman hostage is released
A Polish woman freed after being held hostage by militants in Iraq says she was treated well by her captors...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
MG Rover on brink of China deal
Britain's last big carmaker MG Rover is about to seal a £1bn agreement to help build 200,000 cars a year in China...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Demonstrators rally over Argylls
Campaigners fighting to save the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are planning to stage a rally in Falkirk...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
'Right to treatment' baby buried
A terminally-ill baby who died after life-saving treatment was withheld by the High Court is being buried...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Rugby: England set for Boks
Team news for England's match against South Africa on Saturday...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Burma junta frees top dissident
A dissident who led the 1988 student protests in Burma is freed, as part of a release of 4,000 prisoners...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Police chief car caught at 97mph
A car carrying a fervently anti-speeding chief constable is reportedly clocked at nearly 97mph...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Meetings over deadlock plans
The DUP and Sinn Fein are holding further meetings on the proposals to break the political stalemate...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Arafat widow given medical file
Yasser Arafat's medical files, demanded by Palestinian officials, are handed to his widow Suha, her lawyers say...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Hospital sorry for ambulance bill
Hospital officials apologise for forcing a terminally-ill cancer patient to pay for an ambulance to take her home...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Children In Need rustles up £17m
The 25th Children in Need appeal raises over £17m on the night - up from £15.5m in 2003, the BBC says...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Police 'can cope' with hunt ban
Senior police officers say they have enough resources to deal with the ban on hunting with hounds...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
G.I.'s and Iraqis Raid Mosque, Killing 3
In Mosul, Iraqi commanders staged raids in search of rebel hideouts as up to a dozen decapitated bodies were found strewn about the city...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Doubts Persist on Iran Nuclear Arms Goals
The inability to determine if Iran is melding its nuclear and missile programs poses an obstacle to the Bush administration's hard line against the Tehran government...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Israeli Army to Investigate Reported Abuse of Arab Dead
The Israeli Army will investigate allegations that soldiers in the West Bank photographed one another posing with the head of a suicide bomber...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
China Widens Economic Role in Latin America
Driven by one of the largest and most sustained economic expansions in history, China is increasingly turning to South America as a supplier...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Somali Leader, in Kenya Exile, Asks U.N. to Help Disarm Militias
The new president of Somalia used a rare appearance before the U.N. Security Council to request a peacekeeping force to help secure the country...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
U.S. Drops Effort for Treaty Banning Cloning
Faced with polarizing division in the General Assembly, the U.S. abandoned its attempt to obtain a treaty banning all human cloning...
New York Times - November 20, 2004
Research finds knack to bad backs
Researchers say they have found the most effective treatment for a bad back...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Testing times for education
After the resignation of the head of England's testing agency, the BBC's Mike Baker asks what's wrong with exams...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Iran 'rushing nuclear enrichment'
Diplomats say Iran is preparing large amounts of uranium for enrichment days before a deadline to halt such actions...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Pensioners 'banking on property'
Rocketing house prices have left many homeowners planning their retirement around the profits, a survey suggests...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Police chief car caught at 97 mph
A car carrying a fervently anti-speeding chief constable is reportedly clocked at nearly 97 mph...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Church air is 'threat to health'
The air inside churches may be a bigger risk to health than that beside busy roads, research suggests...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
London promises 'best' Games
Bid leader Lord Coe vows London would stage the "next generation" Olympics if it hosts the 2012 Games...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Henman crashes out of Masters Cup
Tim Henman misses out on a place in the semi-finals in Houston after losing 6-2 7-6 to Marat Safin...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
Annan admits UN DR Congo abuses
Secretary-General Kofi Annan says there is clear evidence UN staff sexually abused refugees in DR Congo...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
US may boost troop levels in Iraq
The US says it may send more troops to Iraq before January, depending on the outcome of its offensive in Falluja...
BBC News - November 20, 2004
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