|
|
|
|
Global News Archive for December 2004:
|
|
| December |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 |
|
|
 |
Suicide Bombing Is Now Suspected in Mosul Attack
"At this point it looks like it was an improvised explosive device worn by an attacker," Gen. Richard B. Myers said...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Foreign Team Will Watch Vote in Iraq From Jordan
Representatives of seven nations agreed to watch the Iraqi elections, but from the safety of Amman, Jordan...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Seeing a Plot, Saudis Recall Ambassador From Libya
Saudi Arabia is expelling the Libyan ambassador because of a Libyan plot to assassinate the Saudi crown prince...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Blair, in Mideast, Sees New Talks on Reforms
The British prime minister detailed plans on Wednesday for an international conference on Palestinian reform...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Tests Identify the First Human Case of Avian Influenza in Japan
Tests performed in Japan have identified that country's first human case of avian influenza and four other cases that are almost certainly the same ailment...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Tanzania Releases Man Held in '98 Bombing
Tanzania freed a man who was charged with helping to carry out the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Gervais writing Simpsons episode
The Office's Ricky Gervais is writing an episode of The Simpsons in which he will also have a guest role...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Will new powers for local officers work?
Community support officers throughout England and Wales are to be given additional powers. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Ex-Indian PM Narasimha Rao dies
Former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao has died at the age of 83, two weeks after suffering a heart attack...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
'Lessons to learn' after crash
Police admit "lessons must be learnt" from a crash which closed a border link road for more than 24 hours...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Incendiary found in town store
A partially exploded incendiary device is found in a department store in County Antrim...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Site set on tackling web prowlers
A new website aimed at helping to protect children from internet grooming by paedophiles is launched...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
English hospital turns away Welsh
An English hospital will no longer treat Welsh patients who have waited more than three months, BBC Wales learns...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Banker loses £7.5m sexism claim
A former executive at the London offices of Merrill Lynch fails in her £7.5m sex discrimination case against the US investment bank...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Blair returns from peace mission
Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives back from his diplomatic mission to the Middle East to try to resurrect the peace process...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Cleaning products 'wheezing link'
Exposure to cleaning products while in the womb could be linked to persistent wheezing in young children, research suggests...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Students sign up for weekly grant
More than 250,000 teenagers in England are getting education allowances of at least £10 a week...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
First Andes civilisation explored
Archaeologists describe an ancient civilisation that was flourishing in Peru over 5,000 years ago...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Broadband steams ahead in the US
The number of broadband connections in the US has jumped by 38% in a year, according to official figures...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
IRA denies £22m bank raid
The IRA denies involvement in the robbery of £22m from a Belfast bank, according to republican sources...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Queen's cousin gets driving ban
The Duke of Gloucester, who is president of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, is banned from driving...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Whitehall 'shredding more files'
Civil servants have drastically stepped up the shredding of documents, figures compiled by the Conservatives suggest...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Christmas escape as freeze nears
Millions of Britons are heading off on Christmas trips on Thursday, some to enjoy festive delights in the UK while others escape to warmer climes...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Rugby: Wasps thrown out of Cup
Wasps are disqualified from the Powergen Cup for fielding a cup-tied player...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Football: Man City fine Barton
Joey Barton is fined six weeks' wages for his part in a Christmas party fracas...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Sacked Somali premier reappointed
Somalia's parliament overwhelming approves Ali Mohammed Ghedi as prime minister, 12 days after sacking him...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Thai teachers strike over attacks
Thousands of Thai teachers strike in the southern provinces, urging protection against Muslim militants...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Rumsfeld fights fresh Iraq flak
Embattled US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says American casualties in Iraq affect him deeply...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Putin backs state grab for Yukos
Russia's president says the purchase of Yukos' main asset by state oil group Rosneft was in accordance with free-market principles...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Palestinians vote in council poll
Palestinians in the West Bank vote in their first municipal elections for almost 30 years...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
One dead after stabbing rampage
One person is dead and five are in a critical condition after being attacked by a man with a knife in north London...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Legal move set to delay hunt ban
The government says it will not oppose any legal move by the Countryside Alliance to delay the ban on hunting...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Falluja residents returning home
Iraqis start returning to their homes in Falluja for the first time since a US-led assault left much of it in ruins...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Row over 'police' power for CSOs
Community Support Officers are to get detention powers despite opposition by the Police Federation...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Ukraine agents deny poison plot
Ukraine's security service says it played no role in the poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
| Keep up with Steve, join our G-Mail List to receive Gill Show updates and Steve's weekly column... |
|
|
|
 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
