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US News Archive for August 2004:
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Four Jordanian hostages freed in Iraq
Four Jordanian workers taken hostage for five days in Iraq arrived in Jordan today hours after being released by their captors, according to one of the hostage's brothers. They were released Tuesday night after successful negotiations between two tribal chiefs in Falluja, according to Mohammad Abu Jaffar, whose brother Ahmed, 47, was one of the hostages...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Letourneau out of prison
The teacher whose notorious seduction of a sixth-grader dominated headlines in the late 1990s has been released from prison. Mary Kay Letourneau, 42, was freed early today from a women's state prison near Gig Harbor, Washington, after serving a seven-year sentence for child rape...
CNN - August 3, 2004
A's too good for Yankees
Oakland maul the New York Yankees 13-4, plus the rest of Tuesday's MLB news...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Polystyrene homes planned for Afghans
Some US scientists, engineers and architects are planning to rebuild Afghanistan using polystyrene...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Patients kept in dark about care
Many NHS patients say they are not involved enough in decisions about their care...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Terror detention law 'must go'
David Blunkett must end the detention of foreign terror suspects without trial, MPs and peers urge...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
BSkyB sets out new growth plan
The UK pay TV giant turns in sharply higher annual profits, and sets out a new five-year strategy for continued growth...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Woman killed in chainsaw accident
A woman in her 50s dies when her husband falls onto her while using an electric chainsaw...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
House prices move higher in July
UK house prices increased by 1.3% in July, according to the Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Police to quiz 13 terror suspects
Detectives prepare to question 13 men arrested in a series of anti-terrorism raids in London, Hertfordshire, Luton and Blackburn...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Al Qaeda suspect reveals Web strategy
The man arrested in Pakistan with documents that sparked this week's increased threat levels is a computer expert who helped Osama bin Laden communicate with his terror network, U.S. government sources told CNN. The man told interrogators that al Qaeda uses Web sites and e-mail addresses in Turkey, Nigeria and Pakistan. Couriers were used to relay messages and he would then post them on Web sites...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Oakland A's too good for Yankees
The Oakland Athletics maul the
New York Yankees 13-4...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
BSkyB celebrates bumper growth
The UK pay TV giant turns in sharply higher profits and sets itself ambitious new targets as subscriber numbers keep growing...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Mandelson's ex-adviser quits race
The former special adviser to Peter Mandelson pulls out of the race for the Labour nomination for Hartlepool...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Plans for assembly unveiled
The Wales Labour Party is due to publish its plans for the future of the Welsh assembly later...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
New ideas for Clyde regeneration
Plans to transform wasteland along a large stretch of the River Clyde are due to be announced...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Man dies in suspicious fire
A man dies and another is injured in a suspicious fire at a flat on the outskirts of north Belfast...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Football: Eriksson in secret talks
The FA board will meet at a secret location on Thursday to decide Sven-Goran Eriksson's future...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Teenager killed as storms hit UK
A 14-year-old boy dies and a 15-year-old girl is critically injured as severe thunderstorms hit the UK...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Millions 'illiterate' about health
Millions of people in the UK do not understand even basic health information, a report says...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Youth in court over resort death
A 17-year-old youth is due in court charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man in Torquay...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Veterans joining WWI ceremony
Four WW1 veterans will join a London ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of Britain's declaration of war in 1914...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Alex moving away from U.S.
Alex, the first hurricane of the 2004 North Atlantic season, battered North Carolina's Outer Banks and moved out to sea Tuesday after strengthening to a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 mph...
CNN - August 3, 2004
9/11 commissioners testify
A proposed national intelligence chief must have the power to hire, fire and set budgets, a 9/11 commissioner testified Tuesday, warning that the Pentagon will likely oppose at least part of that plan...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Yankees recruit Olerud
New York sign John Olerud as a temporary replacement for Jason Giambi...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Youth charged over resort death
A 17-year-old youth is charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man in Torquay...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Eriksson holds secret talks
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson talks to the FA about his affair with Faria Alam...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Pension deficit narrows by £13bn
The black hole in the UK's largest company pension schemes shrank by £13bn over the past 12 months, a report says...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Thirteen held in anti-terror raids
Thirteen men are arrested in pre-planned anti-terror raids in London, Hertfordshire, Lancashire and Bedfordshire...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Hurricane Alex strengthens
Alex, the first hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic season, strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday as its winds neared 100 mph off North Carolina's Outer Banks...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Italy stun US 'Dream Team'
Pre-Olympics favourites the United States suffer a shock 95-78 defeat against Italy...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Terror alert: Are you worried?
Thirteen men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act after raids in London and three English counties. Are you worried about a possible UK attack?...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Miner 'killed during strike row'
A former miner may have been beaten to death following a row over the strike of 1984, detectives say...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Residents to oppose loyal march
Nationalist residents say they will come out in number to oppose an Apprentice Boys parade in north Belfast...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Swinging through Dixie
Vice presidential candidate John Edwards praised running mate John Kerry and never directly criticized their Republican opponents while campaigning Tuesday in Louisiana, a heavily Democratic state their party lost in 2000...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Retail giant in fresh union blow
Wal-Mart is expected to fight a Canadian labour board decision to accredit a trade union in one of its Quebec branches...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Ex-Virgin pilot in plea bargain
A former Virgin Atlantic pilot arrested on charges of being drunk before flying a 747 plane pleads guilty to a lesser charge...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Catwoman cast on the London prowl
Hollywood star Halle Berry is gracing the red carpet at the UK premiere of Catwoman on Tuesday night...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Rate rises check High Street boom
Retail sales slowed in July, according to the latest CBI data, as higher interest rates and a post-Euro 2004 hangover hit activity...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Bailed Jenkins thanks home town
Sion Jenkins, out on bail while awaiting retrial charged with his foster daughter's murder, arrives at his parents' home...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Paraguayan complex owners charged
The owners of a shopping complex where at least 423 people were killed in a fire are charged with manslaughter...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Tennis: Henman storms through
Tim Henman beats Younes El Aynaoui 6-1 6-0 at the Cincinnati Masters...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Oil prices hit fresh record high
The price of crude oil surges past $44 a barrel to hit a new record after Opec's president says the cartel cannot pump more oil...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
IOC member 'selling votes'
An IOC member agrees to help a fake bid to bring the 2012 Olympics to London for cash, the BBC's Panorama reports...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Woman faces Iraq abuse charges
Lynndie England, who was in some of the most notorious inmate abuse photos, appears in military court...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Rain and storms batter UK
A teenager dies after being struck by lightning as thunderstorms cause severe disruption around Britain...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
US consumers tighten their belts
US consumer spending drops sharply in June as high energy prices take their toll...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
IRL to race on road courses
The Indy Racing League will abandon its all-oval policy for next season...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Missouri votes on gay marriage
The US state holds a referendum on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Policemen die in Colombian bomb
Seven policemen are killed in an ambush by suspected Farc rebels in western Colombia, officials say...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Tories blitz 'cash-maker' cameras
The Tories attack the government's use of speed cameras, promising a shake-up of motoring legislation if they come to power...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Woman dies, man hurt in cliff fall
A woman dies and a man is being treated in hospital after the pair fall from cliffs on Gower, south Wales...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Union rejects NIO pay offer
A new pay offer made in an attempt to end the NI civil service strike is rejected by the Nipsa union...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Skipper 'thought it was all over'
The skipper of a record-breaking vessel which exploded in the North Atlantic talks about the ordeal...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Scholes quits England
England's Paul Scholes retires from international football with immediate effect...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
'Cutting-edge' country house plan
Ministers change planning guidance to favour "innovative cutting-edge design" over traditional styles...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Hughes 'drove like madman'
A prosecution witness tells his trial West Bromwich Albion star Lee Hughes was "driving like a madman" before a fatal crash...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Boy dies after lightning strike
A teenager dies after he is hit by lightning in the garden of a Black Country house...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Hurricane Alex threatens Outer Banks
Alex strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic season early Tuesday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a hurricane warning for North Carolina's Outer Banks...
CNN - August 3, 2004
Bid to save Brando's island home
A Tahitian atoll owned by Marlon Brando could become classified to protect it from investors, officials say...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Net virus posing as Berg video
A virus purporting to show video of Nick Berg alive has been released on the internet, warn security experts...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Tories 'to raise student loans'
The Conservative Party wants to increase student loan interest and get rid of tuition fees, a report claims...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Powerboat crew's Atlantic rescue
Four men are winched from a record-breaking powerboat which ran into trouble in the North Atlantic...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Ryanair warns of winter shake-out
Low-cost airline Ryanair repeats its warning of "more airline casualties" as it reports rising profits and falling yields...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
'Barbecue' death of drug case man
A lecturer is found dead after being told he would face court over his wife's ecstasy death...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
FA's Brooking hails Palios
Sir Trevor Brooking says the FA will find it hard to replace chief executive Mark Palios...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Rugby: Wilkinson ready to go
England hero Jonny Wilkinson could be back in action for Newcastle next month...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
No 'third party' in Rachel death
A forensic report into the death of drug addict Rachel Whitear reveals no evidence a third party was involved...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
Rogue net diallers prompt review
Ofcom is to look at how to regulate premium rate services, in an attempt to stop unscrupulous activities...
BBC News - August 3, 2004
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