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Global News Archive for Octomber 2004:
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Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad; Shiite Rebel Offers Truce Deal
The rocket attack temporarily overshadowed a pledge by a top aide to Moktada al-Sadr to disarm his militia...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Three Explosions Strike Resorts in Egypt
Three explosions shook popular resorts on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where Israelis were vacationing Thursday night at the close of a Jewish holiday...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Rapist on run is recaptured
A convicted rapist who walked out of an open prison in south Wales is back in police custody...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Killer flu recreated in the lab
Scientists show tiny changes to modern flu viruses could make them as deadly as the lethal 1918 strain...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Call to end school strike
The NI Children's Commissioner calls on a teachers' union to reconsider its strike action...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Bush defends action against Iraq
President Bush backs his policy on Iraq, despite confirmation that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Italy seeks Libya immigrant deal
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi holds talks in Libya on stemming the flow of migrants to Italy...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Warning of dissident threat
The police step up security patrols because of an increased threat from dissident republicans...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Patient in 23-hour wait for care
A mother tells how she was forced to travel miles from home in severe pain and wait 23 hours for a hospital bed...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Motor racing: GP still uncertain
Silverstone's owners play down a consortium's claims it has saved the British GP...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Football: Defoe backs new attack
Jermain Defoe hints England could use a three-pronged attack against Wales...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
G Bissau mutineers deny coup plot
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau, who killed the head of the armed forces, say they want unpaid wages, not a new government...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Submarine rescue gets under way
A salvage vessel has begun towing a Canadian submarine which spent two days adrift off Ireland's west coast...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Iraq PM hints at Bigley progress
There may be some movement in the case of British hostage Ken Bigley, says Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Blair calls for action on Africa
The British prime minister appeals to the world to do more to help Africa out of poverty...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Blast at hotel in Red Sea resort
A large explosion at a hotel on the border between Egypt and Israel may have left up to 23 dead, reports say...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Car Bomb Kills 39 in Pakistan
A car bomb tore through a religious gathering of Sunni Muslims in the central city of Multan today, killing 39 people and wounding at least 80, Pakistani officials said...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Dozens killed in Pakistan blast
Pakistani troops patrol the city of Multan after a car bomb at a Sunni gathering kills 40 people...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Hundreds of jobs go at Shorts
The parent company of Belfast aerospace firm Shorts announces 560 jobs are to go by next July...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
MoD costing 'closure of Kinloss'
Reports that the MoD has ordered a secret report into the costs of closing RAF Kinloss provokes an angry reaction...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Rapist on run from open prison
Police search for a rapist after he walks out from an open prison near Usk, south Wales...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
UK interest rates remain at 4.75%
The Bank of England keeps UK rates on hold for the second month in row, following recent evidence of cooling house prices and consumer spending...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Oil boom fuels bushmeat trade
The bushmeat trade in Equatorial Guinea is thriving thanks to a boom in oil and a lack of domestic meat, say researchers...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Austrian writer wins Nobel prize
Austrian novelist Elfriede Jelinek is awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Premature baby ruling: Your reaction
A High Court judge has ruled that doctors can refuse to resuscitate a seriously ill premature baby if her condition deteriorates. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
'Come and join us' urges Howard
Michael Howard brings his party's annual conference to a close with a pitch to Labour and Lib Dem voters...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Insurer dumps mortgage pledge
Standard Life, Europe's biggest mutual insurer, says it is unable to keep its promise to make up the shortfall in customers' endowment mortgages...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Crew face third night on fire sub
The crew of a Canadian submarine drifting off the west coast of Ireland face another night at sea as rescue efforts continue...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Snooker star faces assault charge
A snooker player is charged with sexual assault at an address in west London...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Cricket: India crumble
Australia take control of the first Test, reducing India to 150-6 after posting 474...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Rugby: Hill injury rocks England
England flanker Richard Hill is out for up to nine months after having knee surgery...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Nigerian clashes: '50,000 killed'
The number of people killed in communal clashes in central Nigeria is far higher than previously thought, a new government study says...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
UN warns of 'growing Gaza crisis'
A group of 12 United Nations agencies warns of an impending humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Ill baby 'should not be revived'
A judge has ruled a seriously ill premature baby should not be revived if she stops breathing...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
France disputes Iraq bribe claims
France says claims that its officials were among those offered bribes by Saddam Hussein are unverified...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Muslim reservist loses Iraq case
A Muslim RAF reservist who went AWOL during the Iraq war loses his landmark High Court legal battle...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Pair charged with murder
A man and a woman are charged with the murder in June of County Armagh man Paul Crymble...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Orkney to help battle for health
A new study plans to use volunteers from Orkney to help battle Scotland's top three killer diseases...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Wales-China links raise job hopes
Business links between China and Wales are forged with the launch of two new international deals...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
US oil surges to new price peak
US crude oil prices rise to yet another record high amid worries over possible global supply shortages...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
'No experiments' for SpaceShipOne
Burt Rutan, the man behind X-Prize winner SpaceShipOne, says the craft will not be used for scientific space experiments...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
US seeks to fine spyware makers
American lawmakers are close to outlawing the making of spyware that smuggles its way on to your PC...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Hepburn papers donated to library
Movie scripts and personal letters belonging to the late star Katharine Hepburn are to go on show...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Will WMD report make a difference?
An official US report saying that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction has intensified debate about the war with Iraq. Send us your reaction...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Baby's 'right-to-life' ruling due
A High Court judge is due to announce whether a seriously ill baby should be resuscitated if her condition worsens...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Bank set to keep UK rates on hold
The Bank of England is set to keep interest rates on hold following the latest meeting of the its Monetary Policy Committee...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Football: D-Day for Owen
Michael Owen looks fit in training ahead of England's qualifier against Wales...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
F1: Mansell in Silverstone bid
Nigel Mansell is bidding to save the British GP, it has been revealed...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Cambodia's king 'abdicates'
Cambodia's mercurial King Sihanouk has abdicated, his son tells the country's National Assembly...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Iraq war debate fuelled by report
A key US report saying Saddam Hussein had no WMD intensifies debate on the justification for war with Iraq...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Italy seeks Libya migrant deal
Italy's leader Berlusconi heads for Libya to discuss how to stem the flow of migrants trying to reach Italy...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Two Palestinians killed in Gaza
Two Palestinian youths die in the continuing Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, witnesses say...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Dozens killed in Pakistan blasts
Pakistani troops patrol the city of Multan after bomb blasts at a Sunni gathering left 39 people dead...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Blair under fire over Iraq report
Tony Blair comes under attack after the official report into Saddam Hussein's arms concludes he had no WMDs...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Stricken sub's crewman dies
A sailor winched off a fire-hit Canadian submarine drifting in the Atlantic has died of his injuries...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Music industry 'to sue online pirates'
The UK music industry is to sue 28 people it says are swapping music illegally over the internet...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Three children missing on moors
Three children from a care home are missing on the Lancashire moors after they are separated from a group...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
World 'can end African poverty'
Lifting Africa out of poverty is achievable, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells a key meeting in Ethiopia...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
U.S. Report Finds Iraqis Eliminated Illicit Arms in 90's
The report also concluded that Iraq's ability to produce illicit weapons had eroded by the time of the U.S. invasion in 2003...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Turkey Advances in Its Bid to Join European Union
The European Union ruled that Turkey had made enough political and economic progress to merit negotiations toward membership...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Israeli Aide Hints That Gaza Exit Would Freeze Peace Plan
The aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suggested that the Gaza pullout plan would prevent a Palestinian state from emerging...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Haitian and U.N. Forces Arrest Militant Suspects and Seek Arms
Haitian police and U.N. soldiers fanned out, arresting suspected militants and searching for weapons in an unprecedented show of force...
New York Times - October 7, 2004
Al-Qaeda suspect buried in Punjab
The funeral of al-Qaeda suspect Amjad Farooqi takes place overnight at a village in Pakistan's Punjab province...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Laws put a dampener on fireworks
Tough new regulations put a curfew on the misuse of fireworks across Scotland...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Sharp increase in diabetes cases
The number of people with diabetes in the UK has jumped to 1.8m, latest figures show, and this trend may rise...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Student targets 'breach rights'
Universities which "discriminate" against private school pupils could be in breach of human rights, a report says...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Soldiers kill Guinea-Bissau chief
The chief of Guinea-Bissau's army is killed by rebel soldiers in what is described as a "revolt" over unpaid wages...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Amnesty urges Aceh inquiry
Amnesty calls on Indonesia's president-elect Yudhoyono to investigate human rights abuses in Aceh province...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Chile to overhaul constitution
Chilean senators agree to scrap provisions in the constitution widely viewed as undemocratic...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Italy resumes expelling migrants
Italy resumes the forced expulsions of migrants to Libya, brushing aside criticism from the UN...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Sharon plan 'blocked peace talks'
A top Israeli official says the significance of withdrawing from Gaza is to stop a political settlement with Palestinians...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Web map to show risk of flooding
The Environment Agency launches a £30m online map on Thursday telling, for the first time, homeowners in England and Wales what risk of flooding they face...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Dozens killed in Pakistan blasts
At least 35 people are reported dead after two bomb blasts at a Sunni gathering in the Pakistani city of Multan...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Killer flu recreated in lab
Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Blair to focus on African crises
The British prime minister arrives in Ethiopia for a meeting he hopes will help change Africa's fortunes...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Tories issue timetable for action
The Conservatives are issuing millions of leaflets outlining what they would do if they won a general election...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
Stricken sub's crewman dies
One of the crew members winched off the stricken Canadian submarine drifting in the Atlantic dies...
BBC News - October 7, 2004
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