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US News Archive for August 2004:
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Charley death toll at 16
The number of people killed by Hurricane Charley has risen to 16, Florida Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings said today. Meanwhile, President Bush arrived in southwest Florida to inspect the devastation...
CNN - August 15, 2004
Help pours in for Floridians
As Hurricane Charley faded today into a disorganized depression, the recovery effort in Florida grew, with convoys of supplies and workers arriving along with money for those whose homes, businesses and lives were subjected to hurricane force winds and rain...
CNN - August 15, 2004
Under Intense Security, Iraqis Gather for 3-Day Conference
The gathering faltered almost as soon as it began as Shiite delegates shouted protests and powerful mortars exploded nearby...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Bush Surveys Damage in Florida as Toll Is Expected to Rise
Hurricane Charley—one of the most powerful storms in U.S. history—caused at least $20 billion in damage in Florida...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Millions Wait Hours in Venezuela to Vote in Recall Election
The unprecedented vote was sluggish as huge crowds lined up at voting booths. Results were not expected until 8 p.m., or later...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Charley's Death Toll Rises to 16
Officials estimate hurricane's damage will cost as much as $11B; President Bush observes devastation firsthand...
Fox News - August 15, 2004
Miner death suspect to be quizzed
Police prepare to question a man arrested in connection with the killing of a former miner on his doorstep...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Bush visits scene of hurricane
President Bush visits Florida, where a hurricane killed 16 people and caused billions of dollars of damage...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Two in court after woman's death
A woman and a man are due in court in relation to a fatal incident which police say was a dispute over a parking space...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Henman heads GB disappointments
Tim Henman and Nicole Cooke lead British disappointments on day two of the Games...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Football: Chelsea sink Man Utd
Eidur Gudjohnsen earns Chelsea a 1-0 win over depleted Man Utd...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
UN to meet over Burundi massacre
The UN Security Council is to hold emergency talks over the killing of dozens of Congolese Tutsi refugees in Burundi...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Shock defeat for USA
Puerto Rico claim a surprise 92-73 victory over the USA 'Dream Team'...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Welsh NHS 'worse since devolution'
Areas of the health service in Wales are performing worse since being run by the Welsh assembly, a report says...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
3 Of A Kind top the singles chart
New pop act 3 Of A Kind beat cult band The Libertines to number one in the UK's singles chart...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Shock basketball defeat for US
Puerto Rico claim a surprise 92-73 win over the US 'Dream Team' - the Americans' first Olympic defeat since 1988...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Bush views storm damage
President Bush arrived in southwest Florida today to inspect the devastation wrought by Hurricane Charley, which claimed the lives of 13 people. Meanwhile, the fourth and fifth named storms of the Atlantic hurricane season were out at sea...
CNN - August 15, 2004
Under Intense Security, Iraqis Gather for 3-Day Conference
Delegates from across Iraq gathered today in Baghdad at a three-day national conference intended to bring a taste of democratic debate to the country...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Threat of Civil War Is Turning the Abkhaz Into Russians
As latent civil war with Georgia threatens to flare anew, the people of Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian republic, have become Russian citizens by the tens of thousands...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Charley's Damage Could Cost Up to $11B
Floridians return to storm-ravaged homes as President Bush arrives to observe hurricane's devastation firsthand...
Fox News - August 15, 2004
Phish farewell attracts thousands
"Jam band" Phish play their last gigs together at a special festival in the US which has attracted thousands of fans...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Cooke misses medal
Live Olympic updates as Nicole Cooke finishes fifth in the women's road race...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
2012 rivals present bids in Athens
London presents its bid for the 2012 Olympics at a press conference with four rival cities in Athens...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
F1: Schumacher eases to triumph
Ferrari clinch the constructors' title after Michael Schumacher wins the Hungarian Grand Prix...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Rwandan soldiers arrive in Sudan
Rwandan troops arrive in Sudan to help protect ceasefire monitors in the war-ravaged Darfur region...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Japan shrine visit angers China
Four Japanese ministers visit a controversial shrine dedicated to soldiers who died at war, angering China...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Jackson probe 'should be public'
Santa Barbara's sheriff wants the inquiry findings about Michael Jackson's treatment by police to be made public...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
France marks the 'other D-Day'
Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Palestinian inmates on hunger strike
Palestinians held in Israeli jails go on hunger strike to protest at conditions but Israel says they can "starve to death"...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Booze vessel is back in business
Britain's first offshore off-licence reopens amid warning from HM Customs that potential customers could have goods seized...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Two charged after petrol attack
A teenager and a man are charged in connection with petrol bomb attacks on the police in County Antrim...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Woman dies after parking dispute
A woman dies in hospital following what police say was a dispute over a parking space outside a car boot sale...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Teenager questioned over fatal crash
Police continue to question a teenager over a car crash in Cardiff city centre in which a 19-year-old man was killed...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Blair 'should learn Iraq lessons'
Tony Blair should pledge not to launch any more pre-emptive strikes, former minister Robin Cook says...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Rowling reads to gathered fans
Harry Potter author JK Rowling delights a small group of fans by giving her first public reading in Scotland for four years...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Security dominates key Iraq forum
Talks on setting up an Iraqi assembly continue despite fresh violence in Baghdad and the Shia stronghold of Najaf...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Bush visits scene of Florida hurricane
President Bush is in Florida, where a hurricane killed 13 people and caused billions of dollars of damage...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Venezuelans vote on Chavez rule
A referendum is under way in Venezuela to decide if President Hugo Chavez should remain in office...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Muslims issue anti-terror guide
Senior clerics are publishing a guide for Britain's Muslim community offering advice on dealing with a terror attack...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Weakening Charley Moves North
Charley downgraded to tropical storm; Fla. rescuers continue search for trapped survivors; at least 13 dead; rest of East Coast braces for storm; Bush to visit Florida today...
Fox News - August 15, 2004
A Governor's Downfall, in 20 Wrenching Days
The ordeal taxed and tested the man New Jersey had come to regard as a successfully ambitious but impulsive character...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Brown turns it on as Titans win
Chris Brown stars as the Tennessee
Titans beat the Cleveland browns - plus an NFL round-up...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Pope celebrates Mass in Lourdes
Pope John Paul II holds Mass in Lourdes, southern France - one of the Catholic Church's most revered shrines...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Bomb kills many at Indian parade
A bomb blast kills at least 18 people at a rally to mark Independence Day in the Indian state of Assam...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Thorpe shows class
Olympic action heats up as Ian Thorpe leads the way in the 200m freestyle...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Diving: British duo take silver
Divers Leon Taylor and Peter Waterfield win Britain's first medal of the Athens Olympics...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
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Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox - PROMO Athens sponsors/Davis...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Boy 'unlikely to be found alive'
A search, involving up to 120 police officers, for a boy swept away in a river is reclassified from a rescue to a recovery operation...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Arrests follow bonfire violence
Three men are arrested following separate attacks on police following a bonfire in County Antrim...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Inmate mothers to keep children
Children up to the age of five will be kept in prison with their mothers as part of a new experiment at an all-women jail...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Hungry world 'must eat less meat'
People will need to eat more vegetables and less meat because of dwindling water supplies, scientists say...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Wireless net to get speed boost
Wireless computer networks could soon be running 10 times faster than they do now...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Suspect arrested in murder hunt
A suspect is arrested by police investigating the killing of a former miner on the doorstep of his home...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Tense Iraq debates new assembly
Talks on setting up an Iraqi assembly are marred by violence in Baghdad and the Shia stronghold of Najaf...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Bush to see hurricane damage
President Bush is to visit Florida where a hurricane has killed 13 and destroyed thousands of homes...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Charley death toll at 13
Hurricane Charley killed at least 13 people in Florida, according to a state officials, 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 15, 2004
Florida Digs Out as Mighty Storm Rips Northward
Emergency officials said the hurricane left wide devastation and at least 5 people in southwest Florida dead...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Events in Iraq Prove a Distraction and a Guide for Wisconsin Voters
Many Badger State residents seem focused on the United States' role in Iraq, and the issue divides the state...
New York Times - August 15, 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 15, 2004
Charley Downgraded to Tropical Storm
Rescuers frantically search wreckage looking for trapped survivors after Category 4 hurricane rips through Florida; 13 dead, thousands homeless...
Fox News - August 15, 2004
For Sale: The Ultimate Status Symbol
With the country in need of cash and rich people dying to show off their wealth, Mr. Stein proposes a unique solution: having the government sell titles of nobility...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
How Donated Dollars Turn Into Pennies
Nonprofit organizations have long used professional fund-raisers to help raise cash, often losing the bulk of the donations to the fund-raiser's fee...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
A New Legal Chapter for a 90's Flameout
A lawsuit against Gary Winnick, the former chief of Global Crossing, refocuses attention on what Mr. Winnick knew about his company's finances as it imploded...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Will Russia, the Oil Superpower, Flex Its Muscles?
Russia is again emerging as a superpower - but the reason has less to do with nuclear weapons than with oil...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Switching Titles, If Not Gears, at Dell
Kevin B. Rollins, the new chief executive of Dell, talks about Dell's transitory slip in customer service, and why he sees a broader technology recovery taking place...
New York Times - August 15, 2004
Fans can stay in Elvis' apartment
A Memphis apartment lived in by a teenage Elvis Presley is available for fans of the late star to rent...
BBC News - August 15, 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 15, 2004
Olerud helps Yankees sink Mariners
John Olerud hits a two-run single as New York beat Seattle - plus a round-up...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Iraq holy city faces new assault
The Iraqi authorities say they will resume military operations against Shia fighters in the holy city of Najaf...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
'Mock executions' for UK hostage
The British journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq says he faced mock executions and tried to escape his captors...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Olympic 'security lapses' exposed
A British newspaper claims an undercover reporter was able to plant suspicious packages in the Olympic stadium...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Thirteen die in Florida hurricane
Hurricane Charley kills at least 13 in Florida as it rips through the state and moves on to the Carolinas...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Pope to hold mass in Lourdes
Pope John Paul II is due to hold a mass in Lourdes, one of the Catholic Church's most revered shrines...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Murder suspects hunt resumes
A massive search of woodland for two murder suspects resumes, as police decide a body found was not that of either...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
'Cannabis' brain tumour hope
An ingredient in marijuana may be useful for treating brain cancers, say researchers...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Cyclist Cooke chases gold
The second day of the Olympics will see Great Britain's Nicole Cooke compete in the women's road race...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Golf: Singh leads all-star cast
Vijay Singh will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the USPGA, but a host of big names remain in contention...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Rwanda calls for Hutu disarmament
Rwanda demands world action to disarm Hutu rebels in the DR Congo who it blames for a Tutsi massacre in Burundi...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
South Ossetia ceasefire discussed
Georgia and South Ossetia negotiate the details of a truce they forged, despite reports of a village attack...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Iran champion in Olympic protest
One of Iran's best gold medal hopes is out of the Games after refusing to compete against an Israeli athlete...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
Rare disorder risk for IVF babies
IVF babies may be up to nine times more likely to develop a rare disorder that can cause cancer, a study suggests...
BBC News - August 15, 2004
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