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Global News Archive for August 2004:
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Irishman killed in Riyadh named
An Irish citizen shot dead in a company office in the Saudi capital is named by Irish media...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Hoon in Gibraltar despite protest
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visits Gibraltar to celebrate 300 years of British rule despite Spanish protests...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
China to meet Japan
China beat Iran on penalties to set up a meeting with Japan in the Asia Cup final...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
S Africa alarm over 'terror plot'
Newspapers are full of reports that two South Africans arrested in Pakistan were planning attacks at home...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Ridge defends new terror alert
The US homeland security chief says alerts had to be raised, despite earlier doubts about old al-Qaeda data...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Hotel staff demand Olympic bonus
Greek hotel workers are on strike to demand bonus payments during the Olympics...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Knife attack at Beijing nursery
A man has stabbed one child to death and injured 14 others in a Beijing kindergarten, state media reports...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Jordanian, Turkish hostages freed
Four Jordanians and two Turks are released days after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Sudan masses defiant over Darfur
Tens of thousands of people rally in Khartoum against any foreign intervention in Darfur...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
President rejects clemency plea
The execution of a Calcutta murderer will go ahead with the Indian President APJ Kalam rejecting his appeal...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
'Missile strike' in northern Gaza
Three Palestinians are reported injured in what witnesses say was a missile attack by an Israeli helicopter...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
UK set for Gibraltar celebrations
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visits Gibraltar to celebrate 300 years of British rule despite Spanish protests...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Gay marriage outlawed in Missouri
A referendum in the US state backs a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Britons allege Guantanamo abuse
Three Britons held in Guantanamo Bay for more than two years are to release a report alleging abuse and humiliation...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Battle to get aid to Bangladesh
Flood-stricken Bangladeshis will receive their first major overseas food aid deliveries on Wednesday after the worst rains in six years killed over 600 and displaced millions of people...
CNN - August 3, 2004
US bomb drop pilot loses appeal
A US air force pilot who mistakenly killed four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan loses his appeal against punishment...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Bangladesh: 20 million need food aid
Bangladesh will need food aid for 20 million people, or one-seventh of its population, over the next five months because of massive flooding that has destroyed crops, the South Asian country's disaster minister said Tuesday...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Abuse claims rock Danish military
Commanders of Denmark's 500-strong Iraq battalion are recalled over allegations of abuse of prisoners...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Polio 'to die out by end of year'
The WHO says it is optimistic the disease can be eradicated globally, after vaccinations resume in Nigeria...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Belgium mourns gas blast victims
Belgium is holding a national day of mourning for those who died in Friday's gas explosion near the town of Ath...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Alert based on pre-9/11 info
Al Qaeda surveillance of possible terror targets in three U.S. cities occurred before September 11, 2001, but there was an indication of reconnaissance updates as recently as January, Bush administration officials say...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Thirteen arrested in terror raids
Thirteen men are held in London, Lancashire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire under anti-terror laws...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
N Korea missiles 'could reach US'
North Korea is developing missiles for submarines or ships that could hit anywhere in the US, a report says...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
US FBI joins Uzbek blast inquiry
US investigators probe suicide attacks on embassies in Tashkent which left seven dead, sources say...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Halliburton settles accounts case
The US oil services giant pays $7.5m (£4.2m) to settle an inquiry into its accounting methods...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Tennis: Hrbaty halts Federer run
Dominik Hrbaty brings Roger Federer's 23-match winning streak to an end at the Cincinnati Masters...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Football: Real 'agree Vieira fee'
Spanish radio claims Real Madrid have agreed a £23.1m fee with Arsenal for midfielder Patrick Vieira...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Irishman killed in Saudi capital
An Irish citizen is shot dead in a company office in Riyadh, the foreign ministry in Dublin confirms...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Iraq abuse photos 'taken for fun'
A female US soldier told investigators that photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq were taken "for fun", a court hears...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Clerics condemn Kashmir pop song
Religious leaders in Indian-administered Kashmir seek to ban a pop song which they say is blasphemous...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Algerian army chief steps down
The head of the army, which wields considerable influence, resigns - officially for health reasons...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Kenyan 'hoax' minister not sorry
The foreign minister refuses to apologise for saying that seven hostages seized in Iraq had been released...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Children trapped at Gaza border
Israeli activists take up the cause of handicapped children from Gaza stranded, with hundreds of others, in Egypt...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
New York's 'Lady Liberty' reopens
The Statue of Liberty reopens to the public for the first time since the 11 September 2001 attacks...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Westerner killed in Saudi Arabia
A man described as an Irish national is shot dead in his office in an eastern district of Riyadh, sources say...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Officials: Pakistan arrest led to NY alert
The recent arrest in Pakistan of a computer expert with suspected ties to al Qaeda turned up evidence that the terror network has kept key U.S. financial buildings under surveillance, possibly for years, officials say...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Pakistan 'al-Qaeda breakthrough'
Pakistan says recent arrests show that its security forces have penetrated a local al-Qaeda cell...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
US says many dead in Afghan clash
The US military claims it killed up to 50 insurgents in clashes in Afghanistan, but some are cautious about the claim...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Court in Lebanon summons Gaddafi
Lebanon's chief prosecutor orders Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to be summoned over a cleric's disappearance...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Darfur abuses continue, UN says
Sudanese officials are still trying to force displaced villagers back to their homes, aid workers report...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Paraguayan shop owners charged
The owners of a shopping complex where up to 365 people were killed in a fire are charged with manslaughter...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
US woman faces Iraq abuse charges
Lynndie England, who was in some of the most notorious inmate abuse photos, appears at a military court...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Ridge defends new terror warning
The US homeland security chief says alerts had to be raised after analysing data on possible al-Qaeda plans...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Maoist victims restart campaign
Victims of Nepal's long-running Maoist insurgency plan rallies and hunger strikes to bring attention to their plight...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
US banks in London on high alert
Several major US banks in London ask Scotland Yard for advice on stepping up security measures after terror threats in the US...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Iraq rocked by car bomb attacks
Three national guards die in a car bomb blast near Baquba - the third such attack in hours against Iraqis and US troops...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Thailand to atone for mosque dead
The Thai government promises to compensate families of 32 Muslims killed in a mosque raid in April...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Turkish drivers pull out of Iraq
Turkish truck drivers end deliveries to Iraq after video footage apparently showed the killing of a hostage...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Tennis: Henin set for Olympics
Justine Henin-Hardenne has overcome a viral infection and will play in Athens...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Athletics: Doping ban for Harrison
US sprinter Calvin Harrison is suspended for two years after being found guilty of doping...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Paramedics want Olympic bonus
Greek ambulance drivers and paramedics go on strike to demand bonus payments during the Olympics...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Iraqi oil line hit by explosion
Militants in Iraq attack a key oil pipeline between the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk and Turkey...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Bangladesh appeals for flood aid
The government says 20 million people need foreign food assistance after the worst floods in years...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
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