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US News Archive for August 2004:
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Lights Out in the Dominican Republic
A crescendo of blackouts is plaguing the Dominican Republic while the government and foreign-owned electricity companies feud...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Oil Above $46 and Far Above OPEC's Ceiling
OPEC's policy is in disarray, as the cartel seems unable to keeping its benchmark oil price under a $28-a-barrel ceiling...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Despite a Jolt, Japan's Mood Remains Upbeat
An unexpectedly sharp slowdown in the Japanese economy caught nearly everyone by surprise, but economists say that the country's recovery is far from over...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
U.S. Asks That Court Halt United's Plan for Pensions
The government asked the judge in United's bankruptcy proceedings to strike an agreement that requires the airline to suspend its contributions to pension plans...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
EBay Buys 25% Stake in Craigslist, an Online Bulletin Board
EBay, the Internet marketplace, acquired a 25 percent stake in craigslist, an online site used by millions of people to hunt for jobs, dates and places to live...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Florida counts up damage, deaths
Hurricane Charley killed at least 15 people in Florida, according to state officials and wire service accounts, as it cut a path of destruction across the state on Friday. The storm continued northward today, where it was downgraded to a tropical storm shortly after going ashore near Georgetown, South Carolina...
CNN - August 14, 2004
Florida Digs Out as Mighty Storm Rips Northward
Emergency officials said the hurricane left wide devastation and least 10 people in southwest Florida dead...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Where Just 5,708 Votes Made All the Difference
Many Badger State residents seem focused on the United States' role in Iraq, and the issue divides the state...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Want, Violence and Death Steal Childhood in Sudan
Childhoods have come to a halt during the recent fighting in Sudan. Many children were killed and others were lost...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
El Salvador bus disaster kills 35
At least 35 people are killed and many more injured after a bus rolled down a ravine in El Salvador, officials say...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Greeks suspend sprinters
Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are withdrawn from the Athens Olympics pending a hearing into their missed drugs test...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Fifteen die in Florida hurricane
Hurricane Charley kills at least 15 in Florida as it rips through the state and moves on to the Carolinas...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Stones drummer has cancer
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is undergoing treatment for throat cancer, a band spokesman has said...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Body found 'not murder suspect'
A body found is not believed to be that of either missing murder suspects Terry Rodgers or Robert Boyer, say police...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Rumsfeld warning for Iraq's Sadr
The Iraq crisis and differences over Nato loom over the US Defence Secretary's meeting with his Russian counterpart...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Phelps breaks world record
Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor claim diving silver for Britain on day one of the Olympics...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Football: Eriksson names squad
Engalnd coach Sven-Goran Eriksson picks several young players for the Ukraine game as he plans for the future...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Germany admits Namibia genocide
Germany offers its first formal apology for the colonial-era massacre of a Namibian tribe 100 years ago...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Shuttle camera to watch fuel tank
The space shuttle's external fuel tank, implicated in the 2003 Columbia disaster, will get its own camera when the shuttle returns to flight in 2005...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Herat factional fighting kills 21
Fighting erupts in western Afghanistan between militants and forces loyal to the governor of Herat...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
A grades 'need greater breakdown'
Universities struggling to choose between top A-level students should be given more information, exam chiefs say...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Charley causes 'major devastation' in Florida
Florida National Guard troops began rolling into southwest Florida today where emergency officials were assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Charley, the powerful storm that came ashore Friday with winds of 145 mph. Clearly, there was major devastation," Gov. Jeb Bush said as he boarded a flight for an aerial tour...
CNN - August 14, 2004
Assessing Charley's toll
Florida emergency personnel rushed early Saturday to survey damage left by Hurricane Charley, after the storm came ashore with winds of 145 mph and moved across the state...
CNN - August 14, 2004
Thousands Homeless, Scores Missing in Aftermath of Charley
A weakened storm struck the coast of South Carolina today, as Florida residents began to assess the devastation caused by the worst hurricane to hit the state in a dozen years...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Pope on pilgrimage to Lourdes
A weeping Pope visits the shrine at Lourdes, revered among Roman Catholics for its miraculous cures...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Swedes threaten walkout
Sweden's athletes threaten to boycott the Olympics if Greek duo Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are not banned for missing a drugs test...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Confident start for British rowers
Day one of the Olympics gets off to a bright start, with the first medals already awarded...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox - Promo Athens opening
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox - Promo Athens opening...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
China wins first two golds
Chinese shooters Du Li and Wang Yifu have won the first two gold medals of the Athens Games...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Nobel laureate poet Milosz dies
Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz, who campaigned against tyranny, dies aged 93 in Krakow...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Woman with no limbs sues airline
A woman born without arms or legs is suing Air France alleging she was told her "a torso cannot fly on its own"...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Thousands attend loyal order march
The main Apprentice Boys parade to commemorate the Relief of Derry passes peacefully...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Man dies after car hits group
A man is killed after a car drives into a group of people in Cardiff city centre in the early hours of the morning...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
GameBoy mini-games take top prize
A set of GameBoy micro-games is named as the most innovative game of the year at a festival in Scotland...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Venezuelans set for Chavez vote
Final preparations are made in Venezuela where voters decide on Sunday if Hugo Chavez should stay in office...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Chargers reward Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson's new deal with San Diego makes him the NFL's best-paid running back...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Talks collapse in Iraqi holy city
The Iraqi government says talks to disarm militants in the war-torn Shia holy city of Najaf have proven fruitless...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Suspect in double manhunt 'seen'
Police hunting for two murder suspects in Nottinghamshire say there has been an unconfirmed sighting of one...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Hurricane leaves Florida misery
Hurricane Charley leaves an unknown number of dead and widespread damage as it slams through Florida...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Jailing asylum seekers 'must end'
The United Nations' agency for refugees protests over the detention of asylum seekers in the UK's prisons...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Pair charged with Tube stabbing
Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 19-year-old who was stabbed to death at a Tube station in west London...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Report: 'Several fatalities' in wake of Hurricane Charley
Florida emergency services spokesman reports 'several fatalities' in Punta Gorda 1.8 million Floridians out of power President declares Florida a disaster area Weakened Charley heads for the Carolinas Gov. Bush says damage caused in southwest Florida is 'significant'...
CNN - August 14, 2004
Military Tribunals Uphold Detentions of 4
Military tribunals considering the status of the people held at the United States naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, made their first decisions...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Indians shoot down Twins
Ben Broussard homers for the second straight outing to help Cleveland beat Minnesota- plus a round-up...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
US bombers raid Sunni Iraqi city
US bombers kill at least 13 in the Sunni Iraqi city of Samarra as fighting in the Shia south affects oil exports...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Games in full flow
The first day of Olympic action is gathering pace, with rowing and swimming the pick of the action...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Murder manhunts resume
A massive search resumes through dense Nottinghamshire forest for suspects in two separate murders...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Tutsis massacred in Burundi camp
At least 136 Tutsi refugees from DR Congo are killed by gunmen in a refugee camp in Burundi, the UN says...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Pope begins pilgrimage to Lourdes
The Pope visits the important Roman Catholic shrine in the southern French town of Lourdes...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Eriksson comes out fighting
England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson slams the media after the recent FA controversy...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox - Olympic venues
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox - Olympic venues...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Nigeria shrine yields more bodies
Nigeria police say they have found an additional 33 bodies in fetish shrines across the south-eastern Anambra state...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Rumsfeld in Russia for talks
Donald Rumsfeld is likely to bring up Iran, missile defence and relations with Nato at talks in Russia...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
State of emergency for Maldives
The Maldives government imposes a state of emergency after a protest by thousands in the capital, Male...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
River search for boy continuing
A search resumes for a 15-year-old boy who is feared drowned after being swept away in a river...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Parade passes without incident
A controversial parade passes peacefully in north Belfast ahead of the main Apprentice Boys demonstration...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Jail break robber dies in custody
A robber who escaped from an open prison dies three days after he was taken back into custody...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Hunt for flat arsonist intensifies
Police step up their hunt for an arsonist after two elderly men were badly injured when their flats were set on fire...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Hopes soar for solo record plane
Richard Branson says the Virgin Global Flyer is looking good for its solo trip around the world without refuelling...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Madonna kicks off European tour
Pop star Madonna begins the European leg of her Re-Invention tour in Manchester on Saturday...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
'Significant damage' along Florida coast
National Guard conducting search and rescue operations in Port Charlotte"Significant damage," officials say, but reports still sketchyLandfall near North Captiva Island, Florida, with 145 mph winds and 10-foot wavesAt least 700,000 without power in Florida...
CNN - August 14, 2004
Mighty Charley whips shore
Hurricane Charley slammed into North Captiva Island, Florida, Friday snapping utility poles, demolishing buildings and flooding roads. The state's governor estimated that the Category 4 hurricane's damage could exceed $15 billion...
CNN - August 14, 2004
McGreevey under pressure
New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey -- who said he would step down in November after admitting an extramarital gay affair -- faced pressure Friday to resign immediately amid accusations that he abused his office and power to pursue a sexual relationship with the man...
CNN - August 14, 2004
Hurricane Charley Rips Path of Damage Across Florida
A hurricane packing winds of 145 miles an hour ripped into Florida's west coast, leaving a half million people without power...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Ex-Aide Says He Was Victim of McGreevey
A former aide to Gov. James E. McGreevey said he had an affair with the governor but said the relationship was far from consensual...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Najaf Fighting Pauses to Allow Talks on Truce
Gunfire fell silent across most of the city as Iraqi representatives met with emissaries of the populist Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Bush Overhauls U.S. Regulations
The Sept. 11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq have overshadowed an important element of the president's agenda: new regulatory initiatives...
New York Times - August 14, 2004
Olympics open in Athens
The 28th Olympic Games are officially opened with a lavish celebration in Athens...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Hurricane strikes Florida coast
Hurricane Charley slams into Florida, ripping up
trees and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Speed camera rules 'to be eased'
Rules on speed cameras will be relaxed to allow them to be put where there have been no accidents, it is reported...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Panels dismiss Guantanamo cases
In the first rulings, US military review panels decide that four Guantanamo Bay detainees are properly held...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Iraqi cleric has UK heart surgery
Iraq's most influential Shia leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has heart treatment in London...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Major HIV drug trial to be halted
A major HIV drug trial in Cambodia is shelved after the government said it violated people's human rights...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
UN staff arrive back in Baghdad
The United Nations returns international staff to Iraq, nearly a year after a deadly bomb on their Baghdad HQ...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Interest in my life 'sick' - Sven
England football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson criticises the nation's "sick interest" in his private life...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Arctic team reaches destination
A team of British explorers, who are retracing the steps of a Victorian pioneer, have reached their destination of Thom Bay, deep in Canada's Arctic...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Football: Premiership countdown
The Premiership gets underway this weekend with three overseas managers making their bow in English football...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Golf: Leonard, Singh on top
Justin Leonard and Vijay Singh share a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the USPGA...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
AU troops set to arrive in Darfur
A force of 150 Rwandan troops is due in Sudan's troubled Darfur region over the weekend to protect African Union ceasefire monitors...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Scores killed by Chinese typhoon
At least 115 people are killed and more than 1,800 injured as a powerful typhoon hits eastern China...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Iraqi militia trap Polish troops
Twenty Polish soldiers, trapped in a police station in the Iraqi town of Hilla, are spending the night there...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Ceasefire holds in Iraq holy city
A temporary truce is holding in the Iraqi city of Najaf as Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr sets out his demands...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
India carries out rare execution
A man convicted of raping and killing a schoolgirl is hanged in India's first execution in nine years...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Jessica's family 'feel betrayed'
The family of Jessica Chapman talk of their disappointment after their former police liaison officer is jailed...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Marchers 'will abide by ruling'
A loyal order involved in a contentious parade says it will abide by a Parades Commission ruling...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
'Troops out of Iraq' says mother
The mother of a Scottish soldier killed in Iraq urges Tony Blair to order the withdrawal of British troops...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Daughter's plea on flat arson
A woman who flew home from Australia after her father was critically injured in a double arson attack has appealed for help...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Crude oil prices jump to new high
The price of crude oil reaches new record levels amid concerns about possible unrest in Venezuela and the threat of sabotage in Iraq...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Aslef boss sacked for misconduct
Train drivers' leader Shaun Brady has been sacked for "gross misconduct", following a disciplinary hearing of the Aslef union executive...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Why growing up can be 'real pain'
Growing pains are a bigger problem than thought, affecting one in three young children, Australian research shows...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Change to nursery checks 'likely'
Ofsted plans short-notice inspections for nurseries but says they are not related to a BBC investigation...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Ruling raps broadband definition
The UK's ad watchdog rules over which net connections can be described as full speed broadband...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
TV's Breakfast with Frost to end
Veteran TV presenter Sir David Frost is to end his Sunday morning BBC programme and present a new series...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Olympic Games: Your view
The 28th Olympic Games have opened in Athens. Are the Olympics still the greatest sporting event on Earth? Tell us what you think...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Chavez opponents in last push
Thousands of opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hold a final rally before Sunday's referendum...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
US trade deficit swells in June
The trade deficit explodes 19% to a record $55.8bn as oil costs drive imports higher, according to latest figures...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Wal-Mart to appeal sex bias case
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has been given the right to appeal a US judge's order giving the go-ahead for a huge sex discrimination lawsuit...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Bacteria gives coral orange glow
Orange coral common to the Caribbean has bacteria to thank for its hue, say US marine scientists...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
US kitchen queen Julia Child dies
The woman credited with bringing French cuisine to US households has died in her sleep, aged 91...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Eastwood settles £5.5m libel case
Actor Clint Eastwood settles a $10m (£5.5m) libel case over a book that accused him of beating his ex-wife...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Google IPO faces Playboy slip-up
The bidding gets underway for Google's public offering, despite last-minute worries over an interview with its bosses in Playboy magazine...
BBC News - August 14, 2004
Key election battlegrounds
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BBC News - August 14, 2004
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