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Global News Archive for August 2004:
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U.S. Pressures Rebels in Najaf as Talks to End Fighting Stall
The U.S. is again preparing for an assault on Najaf's Old City, which surrounds the rebel base at the shrine of Imam Ali...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
U.S. Silence on Settlements Dismays Palestinian Leaders
The Palestinian leadership expressed dismay today at reports that the Bush Administration is turning a blind eye to an expansion of Israeli settlements...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
Straw to visit Darfur camp
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to meet Sudanese government leaders to assess the humanitarian crisis...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Clashes erupt across Bangladesh
Opposition supporters clash with police across Bangladesh after an attack on a Dhaka political rally left 19 dead...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
UK poised for more downpours
Heavy rain is due to dampen the west of England on Sunday night, continuing a run of appalling weather...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Rebels fight on as US presses in
Clashes in the Iraqi city of Najaf continue as US armoured vehicles appear to move closer to the Imam Ali shrine...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
High drama on day nine
Justin Gatlin wins 100m gold, while Paula Radcliffe abandons the marathon on day nine of the Olympic Games...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Dope tests catch medallists
A Greek weightlifter loses his medal after he tests positive, and a Russian shot putter also fails a test...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Football: Arsenal match record
Arsenal equal Nottingham Forest's 42-game unbeaten League run with a 5-3 win over Middlesbrough...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Somali assembly members sworn in
Members of Somalia's first parliament for 13 years are sworn in amid hopes of a return to order and peace...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Kidnapped reporter freed in Iraq
A French-American reporter is released by kidnappers in Iraq but three European journalists remain missing...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Bedingfield takes number one slot
Pop star Natasha Bedingfield goes straight in at number one on the UK chart with her second single These Words...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Marathon agony for Radcliffe
An exhausted Paula Radcliffe - one of Team GB's biggest Olympic hopes - pulls out of the women's marathon...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Iconic Munch Painting Stolen from Museum in Norway
Edvard Munch's paintings "The Scream" and "Madonna" were stolen from an art museum Sunday while armed men threatened the staff at gunpoint...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
Scream stolen from Norway museum
Armed robbers grab the iconic Edvard Munch painting The Scream in front of stunned visitors at an Oslo museum...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
'Deep loss' of Cornish villagers
Boscastle marks its "local miracle" at a church service after a flood tore through the village without loss of life...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
BBC man killed in 'random attack'
A BBC employee is murdered by a knifeman who had the "ability and desire to kill someone very quickly"...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Najaf rebels hold off US-led raid
Rebels loyal to Moqtada Sadr fire on advancing tanks in Najaf, but hold out the hope of talks with religious officials...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Murder victim's family visit site
The family of a French woman murdered in south-west London lay flowers at the site where her body was found...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Labour to study 'rich tax' report
Labour will study think tank proposals to hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax to allow cuts for the middle classes...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Jane finishes Ironman challenge
Cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson finishes another gruelling challenge to meet her £1m goal...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Live: Women's marathon
All the action as it happens as Paula Radcliffe goes for gold...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Live: Day nine action
Updates as Paula Radcliffe goes for marathon gold, while British cyclists shine again...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Korzhanenko fails dope test
Russia's shot put gold medallist Irina Korzhaenko tests positive for steroids, according to reports...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Somali legislators being sworn in
The swearing-in of Somalia's first parliament for 13 years begins in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
China celebrates Deng centenary
Beijing marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of its late supreme leader, Deng Xiaoping...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Jewish-run centre burned in Paris
French President Jacques Chirac vows to punish those who torched a Jewish-run soup kitchen in Paris...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Anger at US settlements 'shift'
Palestinians react angrily to reports the US is willing to accept Jewish settlement construction...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Britain endures more downpours
Heavy rain is due to dampen the west of England on Sunday, continuing a run of appalling weather...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Priest steps down amid investigation
An NI priest steps down from all ministerial duties pending the outcome of a police investigation...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Complaint frees court information
Statistics on court appeals are released after the intervention of Scotland's information commissioner...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Family 'devastated' at pond death
Parents of a toddler who died after falling into a pond at a holiday caravan park in north Wales are comforted by relatives...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
M&S loses clothes crown to Asda
Marks & Spencer is no longer the biggest UK clothing retailer after being overtaken by Asda and its George brand...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Pink and Dido rock the V Festival
Dido, Pink, Jamelia and Keane thrilled the crowds at the V festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire on Saturday...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Proposal to tax rich at 50% rate
Hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax and allow cuts for the middle classes, says a leading think tank...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
French victim's family come to UK
The family of a French woman murdered in south-west London are travelling to the UK to meet detectives...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Motorway lane-hogs 'cut capacity'
Bad driving is wasting precious motorway space, according to a new study by the RAC Foundation...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Live: Day nine action from Athens
Team GB win another rowing medal with silver in the women's quadruple sculls...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Britain win sculls silver
Great Britain just miss out on the women's coxless quadruple sculls title as Germany hold on for gold...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Football: Arsenal go for record
Arsenal can equal Forest's unbeaten 42-match league record against Middlesbrough...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Cricket: Vaughan hails England
Michael Vaughan celebrates the "tremendous summer" which sees England win seven Tests on the trot...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Putin visits Chechen leader grave
Vladimir Putin makes an unannounced visit to the grave of Chechnya's assassinated leader...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Car bomb explodes in north Iraq
Two people die in a car bombing apparently targeting a provincial official in the Iraqi town of Baquba...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Priest steps down pending investigation
An NI priest steps down from all ministry pending the outcome of a police investigation...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Scottish Parliament hit by floods
The new £431m Scottish Parliament building suffers flood damage weeks before it is due to open...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Messaging spam heads for your PC
As internet firms are doing all they can to combat junk e-mail, a new form of virtual irritation is emerging...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Does Iraq violence threaten democracy?
Conflicting reports have emerged over the situation in the Iraqi city of Najaf. How can peace be forged in the city?...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
New attacks on Najaf before talks
US-led forces launch fresh attacks on Najaf, as rebels and religious officials prepare to resume talks...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Service for Cornish flood victims
Church services are taking place in the Cornish village of Boscastle after Monday's flash floods...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Sampanis stripped of bronze
Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis is the first Olympic athlete in Athens to lose his medal for a drugs offence...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Bangladesh mob sets train alight
A train is set on fire in central Bangladesh following an attack on a political rally that left 18 dead...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
BBC man found murdered
A 27-year-old man is attacked and killed as he walked home from a friend's house in north London...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Cleric Keeps Grip on Najaf Shrine, Even While Saying He'll Yield It
Moktada al-Sadr's aide said he was waiting for an inventory of the shrine to be carried out before he could hand over the keys...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
Proposed U.S. Base Closings Send a Shiver Through a German Town
People at one of the largest American bases in Germany were shaken by President Bush's announcement that the U.S. would withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
Serbian Gypsies and Jews in Dispute Over Cemetery
A once indifferent Jewish population is objecting to the building of a sewer system through an ancient cemetery in a Serbian city's Gypsy quarter...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
Remote-Control Explosions Pose Threat in Afghanistan
Although remote-controlled explosions are not being used on nearly the scale found in Iraq, they are becoming more common and increasingly sophisticated...
New York Times - August 22, 2004
US warplane attacks Najaf rebels
A US warplane attacks suspected rebel positions in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf as peace talks stall...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
'Tax super-rich at 50%' proposal
Hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax and allow cuts for the middle class, says a leading think tank...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Makeshift camp is 'no Sangatte'
Ministers dismiss Tory claims they have failed to stop illegal immigrants entering Britain from France...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
French reporters vanish in Iraq
Paris confirms two French journalists are missing in Iraq as concern grows for the safety of an Italian...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Somali legislators to be sworn-in
Somalia's first parliament for 13 years is expected to be sworn in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Sunday...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
Chemical may cause muscle disease
Scientists say a defect in a key protein may cause the muscle-wasting disease muscular dystrophy...
BBC News - August 22, 2004
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