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Global News Archive for Octomber 2004:
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Russian Legislators Vote to Ratify the Kyoto Protocol
Russia's lower house of Parliament voted overwhelmingly today to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, clearing another hurdle for the international treaty...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Europeans Plan Incentives to End Standoff on Iran Nuclear Program
Britain, France and Germany are working to give Iran a last chance to avoid confrontation with the West over its nuclear program by offering incentives to curtail its most sensitive activities...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Flooding causes traffic chaos
Heavy rain across large parts of Wales, disrupts travellers on the roads and rails and causes flooding...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Blair and Kennedy push 'yes' vote
Tony Blair shares a platform with Charles Kennedy to push for a yes vote in the North East assembly referendum...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Ruling on church school entry
Education Secretary Charles Clarke rules against admissions policies followed by some Catholic schools...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Science salutes its ocean giant
All great careers come to an end and the deep-sea manned submersible Alvin goes into retirement after 40 years of remarkable work in the world's oceans...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
F1: Montoya sets Brazilian pace
Juan Pablo Montoya tops the times in the opening practice session at Interlagos...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Pc murdered pregnant girlfriend
A 40-year-old man who beat his partner to death while he was a serving police officer is jailed for life...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Officer injured in hit-and-run
A policeman suffers serious head injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in County Armagh...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Russian MPs ratify Kyoto treaty
Russia's lower house of parliament votes to ratify the international treaty on climate change...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
EU launches shock tobacco ads
The European Commission launches graphic images showing the damage smoking can do to people's health...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Civil servants vote for walkout
Britain's largest civil service union votes to stage a one-day strike among its 260,000 members on 5 November...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Trial Date Set for Another Reservist in Prison Abuse Case
An American military judge today ordered Charles A. Graner Jr., an Army reservist, to stand trial on Jan. 7 in Baghdad...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Aide for Times Revealed Secrets, China Charges
Chinese authorities arrested a researcher for The New York Times on charges of revealing state secrets to foreigners...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Helicopters search for aircraft
Search and rescue helicopters scour an area of the Highlands for a missing light aircraft with one person on board...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Ten hurt in M-way minibus crash
A minibus carrying railway workers crashes down a motorway embankment and overturns, injuring 10 people...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Iceland firms linked to Easyjet
Shares in low-cost airline Easyjet jump by 15% on speculation it is a takeover target for one of three Icelandic carriers...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Greens call for Blair to resign
Tony Blair must resign or be impeached for taking the UK to war in Iraq on a "lie", says the Greens' Caroline Lucas...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Radical fabric is one atom thick
A new class of material, which brings computer chips made from a single molecule a step closer, has been discovered by scientists...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Robots set to get homely by 2007
The number of robots helping out and entertaining in the home is set to soar sevenfold by 2007, says the UN...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
French court rules on Sikh boys
A French court refers an appeal by Sikh boys who have been excluded from class for wearing the under-turban to the school...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Thousands mourn Hamas chief
Supporters turn out en masse to bury Adnan al-Ghoul, one of the movement's leading figures, killed in an Israeli air raid...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Osprey dies after second shooting
An osprey nursed back to health by a British bird charity after suffering gunshot wounds, dies after being shot again in Spain...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Man denies Army HQ attack
A man who was extradited from Spain is charged over the 1996 IRA bombing of Army headquarters in NI...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Football: Key men doubtful
Man Utd's Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira of Arsenal face a battle to be fit for Sunday...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
DR Congo slams 'Tintin' minister
DR Congo accuses a Belgian minister of behaving like a colonial-era cartoon character...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Bush, Kerry on swing-state tours
US presidential candidates George W Bush and John Kerry tour states seen as important to win November's poll...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Deepcut Army sex attacker jailed
An ex-training instructor at Deepcut Army barracks is jailed for four-and-a-half years for sex attacks...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
City's vigil for victim Danielle
A vigil is held in Nottingham to remember Danielle Beccan, as two men appear in court charged with her murder...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Doctors win right to let baby die
Doctors caring for a terminally-ill baby can withhold treatment if his condition worsens, a judge rules...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
'Wicked' flat blast killer jailed
A man who murdered a woman in an explosion as he tried to cover up the killing of a flatmate is jailed for life...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Weeping Hassan in plea for life
A new tape of hostage Margaret Hassan broadcast on al-Jazeera TV station shows her pleading for her life...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Japan Digs Out After Worst Typhoon Since '82
The devastatingly destructive storm killed at least 66 people and left 22 missing before veering out to sea north of Tokyo...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
UK troops redeployment: Your reaction
The Bush administration has welcomed a British decision to deploy troops to the American controlled sector in Iraq. Send us your comments...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
MPs defend £78m expenses claims
MPs appeal for understanding after figures are released showing they claimed an average of £118,000 last year...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Safety probe into arthritis drugs
European drug regulators are conducting a safety review of four arthritis drugs amid reports that they could increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
UK's 'biggest university' opens
The newly-merged University of Manchester is officially opened by The Queen...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Home phones face uncertain future
The fixed line phone in the home could soon disappear, a study by mobile firm Nokia shows...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Band Aid secures top UK singers
Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Dido are the latest stars to sign up for a new Band Aid charity single...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Assets of NI companies frozen
The assets of three registered NI companies and others in England and Spain worth more than £300,000 are frozen...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
'Minority Highers' facing the axe
Many less popular Highers could disappear in a major shake-up of the exam system, BBC Scotland has learned...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Google earnings surge on ad sales
The world's most popular internet search engine, Google, says profits and sales more than double in the third quarter on strong ad demand...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Travel delays hit Darfur talks
Peace talks on the Darfur conflict are adjourned until early next week at the earliest after travel problems...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
'Treasure hunt' for bandit's loot
Police in India warn people not to look for bounty stashed by the outlaw Veerappan, after his death earlier in the week...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Nine hurt in M-way minibus crash
A minibus carrying railway workers crashes down a motorway embankment injuring nine people...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Hewitt and Clijsters reveal split
Engaged tennis stars Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters end their relationship...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Football: Chelsea days over, Mutu
Adrian Mutu believes he will not be sacked over his failed drugs test - but accepts he may have to leave Chelsea...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
F1: Teams lobby for Silverstone
Team bosses will try to persuade Bernie Ecclestone to keep the British GP...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
UK economy slowing down
New figures reveal a slowdown in the UK economy in the third quarter, attributed to declining industrial production...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Army sex attacker to be sentenced
An ex-training instructor at Deepcut Army barracks is to be sentenced for sex attacks on young male soldiers...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
US welcomes UK troop deployment
The US welcomes the decision to redeploy UK troops to central Iraq after its request for assistance...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Referendums Wrong Way to Decide Turkey's Fate, Leader Says
The Turkish prime minister objected to plans by several countries to let referendums decide Turkey's membership in the E.U...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Estimates by U.S. See More Rebels With More Funds
The core Iraqi resistance numbers between 8,000 and 12,000 people, with many more sympathizers, according to officials...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
U.N. Aide Says Iraqi Elections Are on Target
The senior U.N. official in Iraq says his staff and the Iraqi government have assembled a list of nearly 14 million Iraqi voters...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Sergeant Is Sentenced to 8 Years in Abuse Case
It was the harshest sentence yet in the abuse hearings, involving the highest-ranked enlisted soldier of the eight charged in the scandal...
New York Times - October 22, 2004
Poor 'miss out on music lessons'
Education inspectors say cost means many poorer children do not get a chance to learn a musical instrument...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
French court to rule on Sikh boys
A French court will rule on whether a new law bans three Sikh boys from wearing the under-turban to school...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Court to decide fate of sick baby
A judge will decide the fate of a baby with a rare genetic disorder as a two-day hearing concludes at the High Court on Friday...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Single gene link to heart health
A single gene fault could hold the key to a range of disorders linked to heart disease and stroke, a study has found...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Israel raid kills Gaza Hamas man
Israeli air strikes kill Hamas military leader Adnan al-Ghoul and destroy the house of another militant...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Guantanamo panel trio dropped
The US sacks three officers sitting on the Guantanamo tribunal following complaints of bias from defence lawyers...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Prince 'lunged' at photographer
A photographer involved in a brawl with Prince Harry outside a London nightclub accuses him of 'lashing out'...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
'Modern trends' put towns at risk
Study finds more than 1,000 small towns have an uncertain future as larger centres and the internet take business away...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Down's theory 'shattered'
Scientists believe they have disproved a 30-year-old notion of what causes Down's syndrome...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Memory of Clough defies the rain
Thousands of fans join sporting celebrities and family to remember football legend Brian Clough...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Darfur talks resume despite hitch
Peace talks on the Darfur conflict resume, despite many delegates being delayed en route...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
N Koreans seek asylum in school
A group of 29 people, thought to be North Koreans, enter a South Korean school in Beijing...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
UK troops prepare for Iraq move
British troops getting ready to head to an area near Baghdad are "relieved" a decision has now been made...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
UN urges end to Ugandan 'horror'
The UN urges an end to the war in northern Uganda, where thousands of children are caught up in the fighting...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
Nottingham to hold Danielle vigil
A vigil in Nottingham for murdered teenager Danielle Beccan will call for an end to the city's gun culture...
BBC News - October 22, 2004
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