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Global News Archive for August 2004:
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U.S. helicopter downed in Najaf
A U.S. helicopter transporting a wounded U.S. service member was shot down Thursday by small-arms fire in Najaf, a senior Multi-National Forces official told CNN...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Jayawardene steals the show
Mahela Jayawardene hits 237 as Sri Lanka are bowled out for 486 on day two against South Africa in Galle...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Al-Qaeda 'planned Heathrow raid'
Intelligence officers are looking into claims al-Qaeda planned an attack on Heathrow airport, reports say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Yemeni army battles rebel forces
Heavy casualties are reported in Yemen as the army pursues a rebel preacher in the mountains...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
US helicopter downed over Najaf
A US helicopter is shot down in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf during fighting between US troops and militia...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Russia helicopter crash kills 15
Fifteen passengers and crew die in a helicopter crash in forests in Russia's western Siberia...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Police question terror suspects
Detectives continue to question 12 men arrested in anti-terrorism raids across England on Tuesday...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Huge payout for embryo mix-up
A California woman has been awarded $1m damages after she was implanted with the wrong embryos during IVF...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Israeli pullback in part of Gaza
The Israeli army pulls back from parts of Gaza it has been holding under tight control for several weeks...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Fiji leaders convicted over coup
Fiji's Vice-President Jope Seniloli and five others are foung guilty of involvement in a 2000 nationalist coup...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
US-led force to guard UN in Iraq
UN staff will have to rely on the US-led multinational force for protection in Iraq, the UN says...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Jayawardene punishes SA
South Africa toil on day two of the second Test as Mahela Jayawardene's 169 not out steers Sri Lanka to 387-7 at lunch...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Indonesia executes heroin dealer
A police firing squad shoots an Indian heroin smuggler in Indonesia's first execution since 2001...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Fiji leaders 'guilty over coup'
Fiji's Vice President Jope Seniloli and five others are convicted for their roles in a 2000 nationalist coup...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Iraqi car bomb blast kills five
A car bomb explodes near a police station south of Baghdad, killing at least five people, officials say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Japan resumes food aid to NK
Japan is to continue delivering food assistance and medical supplies to North Korea after a four-year gap...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Security tops South Pacific forum
Security along with greater economic and political integration is set to dominate the South Pacific summit in Samoa...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Locusts invade Mauritania capital
A swarm of locusts descends on Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, destroying crops in their wake...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Nine die in Kashmir camp attack
Nine policemen are killed as suspected separatists storm their Srinagar camp in Indian Kashmir, police say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Fighting in northern Iraq leaves 12 dead
Clashes between police and insurgents in the northern city of Mosul left 12 Iraqis dead and 26 wounded, hospital and police sources said Wednesday...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Oil slips as supply fears recede
Crude oil prices pull back after supply fears are eased by news from Opec and Russian producer Yukos...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Kenya's anti-corruption go-ahead
Kenya's parliament overwhelmingly endorses the names of officials chosen to sit on the anti-corruption commission...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
WTO raps EU over sugar subsidies
EU subsidies given to sugar producers violate trade rules, a draft World Trade Organisation ruling says...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Boost to Yukos as bailiffs relent
Oil giant Yukos is told it can use its current accounts, which had been frozen, to pay off its massive tax bill...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Saudi to hold polls in November
Saudi Arabia announces it will start holding council elections in November, in what is seen as a step towards reform...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Iraq force 'will not yield' over hostages
The US says all 32 countries in the multinational force in Iraq agree not to give in to hostage-takers...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Russia warns Georgia after threat
Russia reacts angrily to a Georgian threat to sink ships which "illegally" enter waters off Abkhazia...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Top EU body to appoint more women
Eight out of the 24 national candidates chosen to be European commissioners are women...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Guantanamo inmates refuse review
Four detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, refuse to participate in military hearings, officials say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Football: Real close in on Vieira
Arsenal are set to sell Patrick Vieira to Real Madrid, with Porto's Maniche his likely replacement, BBC Sport understands...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Paraguay toils to name fire dead
Paraguayan officials say about 100 victims of Sunday's huge shopping centre fire may never be identified...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Foreign hostages released in Iraq
Four Jordanian and two Turkish lorry drivers go free days after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Cartier-Bresson dies at 95
Legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson dies, weeks short of his 96th birthday...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Jordanian hostages freed in Iraq
Four Jordanian workers taken hostage in Iraq have been released, according to one of the hostage's brothers...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Defence chief backs Karzai rival
Powerful Afghan defence minister, Mohammed Fahim, says he will back Yunus Qanuni in presidential polls...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Syrian political prisoner 'freed'
Activists say Syria frees political prisoners including communist leader Imad Shiha, who spent 29 years in jail...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Cricket: SA take first day honours
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene hits an unbeaten ton but South Africa take first-day honours in Galle...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Athens hotel staff in pay strike
Greek hotel workers are on strike to demand a pay rise ahead of the Olympic games...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Tanzanian 'witch killers' in court
More than 20 people appear in court over the alleged murder of seven men they suspected of practising witchcraft...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
UN evacuates Gaza refugee staff
Non-essential foreign UN staff leave Gaza as Israel expands an operation against Palestinian militants...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Six hostages freed in Iraq
Four Jordanian and two Turkish lorry-drivers go free days after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Sri Lanka peace 'U-turn' attacked
The main opposition says President Kumaratunga's government is being "cavalier" towards peace...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Battle erupts in north Iraqi city
Clashes between police and militants in the city of Mosul leave 12 dead and dozens injured, hospital sources say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
'Mercenaries' lose SA appeal
South Africa's highest court rejects an appeal for the extradition of 70 alleged mercenaries on trial in Zimbabwe...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Scores hurt in Harare train crash
Two commuter trains collide in the Zimbabwe capital, injuring at least 90 people, hospital officials say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Bush, Kerry cross paths in Iowa
President Bush and rival John Kerry head for the same city in the key state of Iowa, as they vie for undecided voters...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
France rejects suspects' appeal
Four Frenchmen repatriated from the US facility in Guantanamo Bay must remain in detention, a Paris court rules...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
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