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Global News Archive for Octomber 2004:
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Afghan Vote Is Peaceful, but Challengers Cry Foul
Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers today, but Hamid Karzai and his rivals disputed the integrity of the vote...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Iraqi Cleric's Militia in Sadr City Promises to Hand Over Arms
The handover is part of a deal to disband Moktada al-Sadr's insurgent force and end weeks of fighting with American forces...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Australians Re-elect Howard as Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Howard, who went into the election with a good-luck message from President Bush, was decisively re-elected...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
The High Cost of Israel's Gaza Mission: Innocent Victims
In Gaza, the Israelis are sticking to the relative safety of their tanks, firing weapons into congested areas from a distance...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Seven Palestinians killed in Gaza
Seven Palestinians are reported killed in Gaza - two of them policemen hit in an Israeli missile strike...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Leading cleric killed in Karachi
Unidentified gunmen kill a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric and his colleague in Pakistan's city of Karachi...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Afghan vote ends in controversy
The first Afghan presidential vote was fair, says favourite Hamid Karzai as most candidates seek a fresh poll...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Football: Beckham fractures rib
England skipper David Beckham suffers a hairline fracture of a rib against Wales...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Zimbabwe 'to curb' rights groups
Zimbabwe's government is tightening restrictions on rights groups operating in the country, reports say...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Afghan Opposition Alleges Fraud in Voting
All 15 candidates running against interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai boycotted Afghanistan's historic election Saturday, claiming widespread fraud...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Police launch murder inquiry
Detectives want to speak to the tenant of a flat in Cwmbran, near Newport, where a woman was found dead...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Helicopter sale given green light
The government gives the go-ahead for the £1.06bn sale of helicopter maker AgustaWestland, based in Somerset...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Top 20 computer threats unveiled
The annual hacker hit parade of the most popular loopholes in computer software has been published...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
BA cabin crew 'fail breath test'
Two air stewards were prevented from boarding a BA flight from Helsinki after allegedly failing a breath test...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
England overcome Wales
David Beckham's spectacular strike seals a comfortable 2-0 victory for England at Old Trafford...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Football: Norway sink Scotland
A Steffen Iversen penalty is sufficient to secure the points for Norway at Hampden on Saturday...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Nasa man 'faked safety checks'
A former US space agency worker pleads not guilty to charges he faked reports of space shuttle safety checks...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Russians 'missing' in Egypt blast
At least one Russian is dead and 12 others are missing after the bomb blast at an Egyptian hotel, officials say...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Man charged with 1997 murder
A man is remanded in custody charged with the murder of a 23-year-old in Belfast seven years ago...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Police probe night of violence
Detectives launch three separate murder inquiries after a night of violence in the west of Scotland...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Queen opens Scottish Parliament
The Queen says the new Scottish Parliament building has had a "difficult and controversial birth"...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Philosopher Jacques Derrida dies
French philosopher Jacques Derrida, the founder of the "deconstruction theory", dies at the age of 74...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Rescuers search Egypt bomb site
The death toll from three bomb blasts in Egypt's Red Sea resorts rises to 34, Egyptian officials say...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Girl, 14, killed in 'crossfire'
A 14-year-old dies in hospital after being shot several times from a passing car on the way home from a funfair...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Shia rebels agree Baghdad truce
Fighters loyal to radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr reach a deal to end weeks of fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Australian PM wins fourth term
Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he is "humbled" as he claims victory in the country's federal election...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Homes market 'favouring buyers'
House market trends are shifting away from a sellers' market and now favour buyers, new figures suggest...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Woman's body found in flat
Police carry out forensic tests into the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found in a flat on Friday...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Draft of cow 'life code' released
Scientists release a first draft of the bovine genome - a run through of the genetic code that describes a cow...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Rock singer Etheridge has cancer
US rock star Melissa Etheridge cancels a tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
New Indonesia chief marks victory
President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono makes his victory speech, almost three weeks after the polls...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Five Palestinians killed in Gaza
Five Palestinians are reported killed in the Gaza Strip - two of them policemen hit in an Israeli missile strike...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Car crash kills two, injures six
A crash between two cars leaves two people dead and six injured, four of them seriously...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Man dies in house fire
A man in his 60s dies after being trapped when fire takes hold of his County Down home...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Bush-Kerry trade sharp words
US President George W Bush and challenger John Kerry spar over Iraq and domestic issues in a second TV debate...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Churches urge climate curb
Church leaders have begun a campaign to curb climate change, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Eriksson warns Wales
Sven-Goran Eriksson says Michael Owen is out to impress against Wales...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Bigley killed after 'escape bid'
British hostage Ken Bigley escaped briefly before being recaptured and beheaded, according to reports...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Australia chooses government
Polls close in most of Australia in a general election that will decide the future of Australian troops in Iraq...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Chaos as boycott hits Afghan vote
Most candidates in Afghanistan's first democratic presidential election boycott it after fraud complaints...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Report Cites U.S. Profits in Sale of Iraqi Oil Under Hussein
U.S. oil companies received lucrative vouchers that enabled them to buy Iraqi oil under the U.N. oil-for-food program...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Afghanistan Imposes Tight Security for Its First Presidential Voting
The military closed down Afghanistan's main roads and cities in a huge security operation in anticipation of violence on the eve of elections...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Report on Iraq Arms Deals Angers France and Others
The Bush administration's handling of a report on Saddam Hussein has angered French officials and set back a year of efforts to repair the rupture caused by the Iraq war...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
Video Shows Beheading of Kidnapped British Engineer
A militant group released a video showing insurgents slicing off the head of a man identified as Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer who was kidnapped last month...
New York Times - October 9, 2004
UN probes sugar industry claims
A UN agency is investigating claims a key consultation on sugar consumption was funded by the sugar industry...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
The trouble with discipline
The BBC's Mike Baker looks at Conservative pledges to improve discipline in schools and finds no easy solutions...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
City mourns killed hostage Bigley
A day of mourning has been declared in Liverpool in memory of the murdered British hostage Ken Bigley...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Rescuers search Egypt blast site
Rescuers continue to search for survivors of bomb attacks at Egyptian resorts in which at least 29 people died...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
US candidates in new TV debate
US President George W Bush and his challenger John Kerry take part in a critical second TV debate...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
First votes cast in Afghan poll
Afghanistan votes for a new president in its first mass democratic poll, but runs into early technical problems...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Historic opening day for Holyrood
Thousands of people are expected to turn out to celebrate the official opening of Scotland's new parliament...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Kenyan ecologist wins Nobel prize
Environmentalist Wangari Maathai of Kenya becomes the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Chirac promotes China trade links
The French president will meet his Chinese counterpart on a four-day state visit focusing on economic ties...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
UN backs new anti-terror measures
The UN Security Council backs a Russian proposal to speed up the extradition of terrorist suspects...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
Musharraf moves to keep army post
A bill to let General Musharraf stay as both Pakistani president and army chief goes before parliament...
BBC News - October 9, 2004
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