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US News Archive for August 2004:
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U.S. helicopter downed in Najaf fighting
A U.S. helicopter transporting a wounded U.S. service member was shot down today by small-arms fire in Najaf, injuring two more service members, officials said. Members of the U.S. military and Iraqi security forces battled the Mehdi Army -- the militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- in Najaf, south of Baghdad...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Fiennes named as Potter villain
Actor Ralph Fiennes is to play evil wizard Voldemort in the fourth Harry Potter film, due out in November 2005...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Staff blamed for virus outbreaks
Staff in small firms are the biggest problem when it comes to protecting against PC viruses, a survey shows...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Red Planet had 'recent' volcanism
Mars seems to have been volcanically active more recently than previously thought, according to growing evidence from Europe's Mars Express space probe...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Laura Spence urges students to US
Laura Spence, a state school pupil refused a place at Oxford, has urged others to study in the US like her...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Tories warn of police cash crisis
The Tories publish research they claim shows funding problems facing police in England and Wales...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Lastminute axes 14% of workforce
Online travel agent Lastminute.com says it plans to cut 350 jobs, or 14% of its workforce, as part of a cost-cutting drive...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Tennis: Henman beats Arazi
Tim Henman reaches the Cincinnati Masters third round after beating Hicham Arazi...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Potential hitch for Google float
The internet search engine says it forgot to register staff shares with market watchdogs, an oversight which could disrupt its flotation plans...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Drink yob blitz sparks fine rise
The government's summer crackdown on drunken yobs sees 1,900 given on the spot fines in a four-week period...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Twins show Angels no mercy
The Twins ease to a 6-3 win over the Anaheim Angels in American League...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Barclays hails 'record' half-year
UK banking giant Barclays unveils sharply higher half-year profits, crediting a strong performance across all its businesses...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Ten charged over football disorder
Ten people are charged with violent disorder over disturbances after England's Euro 2004 defeat by France...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Watchdog says NHS 'must do more'
Ministers must do more to show how record spending is benefiting patients, Audit Scotland says...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Tories warn of police cash crisis
The Tories publish research they claim shows funding problems facing police in England and Wales...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Under-18s served in pub 'stings'
Police sting operations find more than half the pubs and clubs targeted serve alcohol to under-age drinkers...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Water customers face price rise
The UK's water watchdog announces a 13% rise in water bills - less than half of the £70 rise firms had proposed...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Higher water bills verdict due
Water customers are bracing themselves for a decision by the industry regulator, which could see average bills rise by £70 a year...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Football clubs 'rein in spending'
The sums Premiership clubs paid out on players in the 2002-3 season fell for the first time since the League was formed, an annual survey finds...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Bank set to lift interest rates
The Bank of England is expected to lift interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 4.75%...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Drugs firm settles fraud charges
Bristol-Myers Squibb is fined $150m to settle law suits in one of the biggest settlements in US corporate history...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Hope for an Alzheimer's vaccine
Scientists are developing an experimental vaccine which could treat Alzheimer's disease...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
'Dream Team' recover nerve
Pre-Olympics favourites the United States beat Germany 80-77 in an exhibition win...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Iraq abuse case soldier 'sloppy'
US Private Lynndie England, accused in the Iraq abuse scandal, was "undisciplined" a hearing into her conduct is told...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Inmates refuse review
Five detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, refuse to participate in military hearings, officials say...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
NY ship crash pilot pleads guilty
A New York ferry pilot pleads guilty to manslaughter in a crash that killed 11 people last year...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Private health checks 'a danger'
Paying for a medical MOT could do you more harm than good, a study suggests...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Cycling: Millar in two-year ban
David Millar is handed a two-year ban and stripped of his world title for doping...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Eviction shock for Brother's Stu
Student Stuart Wilson is voted off Channel 4's reality television show Big Brother in a surprise eviction...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Eriksson awaits fate
Sven-Goran Eriksson is likely to hear on Thursday the outcome of a FA probe to decide his future...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Tennis: Rusedski ousts Gaudio
Greg Rusedski beats Gaston Gaudio in three sets at the Cincinnati Masters...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Bush, Kerry woo Iowa
President Bush told supporters in Davenport, Iowa, today that "the world will drift toward tragedy" without strong U.S. leadership, while Democratic challenger John Kerry touted his endorsement by 200 corporate chiefs at a simultaneous event just blocks away in this battleground state...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Sources: Al Qaeda may have recent U.S. contacts
Intelligence found in Pakistan suggests that suspected al Qaeda operatives in that country contacted an individual or individuals in the United States in the past few months, according to two senior U.S. government sources...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Bush, Kerry woo Iowa
President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry appealed to Iowa voters Wednesday in rival events just blocks away in this battleground state...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Bird brain reveals flight secrets
The fossilised brain of a 150 million-year-old bird has given up the secret of whether or not the creature could fly: it could, say experts...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Bomb equipment found in house
Police say a 17-year-old youth is under arrest after bomb-making equipment was discovered at a house in Neath...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Man found unconscious in city
A man is critically ill in a Belfast hospital after being found unconscious in the city centre...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Sudan masses defiant on Darfur
Tens of thousands of people rally in Sudan's capital Khartoum against any foreign intervention in Darfur...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Bryant accuser weighs future of case
The woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape will have to discuss with prosecutors whether she will go ahead with the criminal case because she fears the release of court documents about her sex life threatens her chance of getting a fair hearing, one of her lawyers said today...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Guantanamo chaplain quits army
A Muslim US army chaplain accused then cleared of spying at Guantanamo Bay says he is leaving the military...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
US 'abuse' soldier back in court
US soldier Lynndie England, accused in the Iraq prison abuse scandal, returns for a second day of hearings...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Row over medical student cash aid
The Conservatives and the government trade accusations over cash to sustain disadvantaged medical students...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Cycling: Millar gets two-year ban
Cyclist David Millar is banned for two years and stripped of his world time trial title...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Britons allege Guantanamo abuse
Three Britons held in Guantanamo Bay for more than two years are to release a report alleging abuse and humiliation...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Oil hits another record
Oil prices set another record high today, then retreated after a U.S. government report showed a larger-than-expected gasoline inventory. The price of U.S. crude hit $44.34 a barrel this morning, 19 cents above Tuesday's price. Analysts fear another few days of record-breaking prices could damage the global economy...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Finalists tapped to take on Obama
After weeks of searching for a U.S. Senate candidate, Illinois Republicans have narrowed their choice to two black politicians, a development that seemingly assures Illinois will produce the fifth black U.S. senator in history...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Texan shark attacks 'boosted'
A huge "dead zone" of water that has spread across the Gulf of Mexico may be contributing to an unusual spate of shark bites along the Texas coast...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Singer sorry for 'anti-gay songs'
Beenie Man issues an apology for his 'homophobic lyrics', which is dismissed by gay rights campaigners...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Bolivia signs big gas export deal
Landlocked Bolivia is to sign a treaty with Peru to export its gas to US and Mexico through a Peruvian port...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Daleks back to fight Doctor Who
The Daleks are returning to Doctor Who after the BBC reaches agreement with the creator's estate...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Legal action closes DVD-copy firm
A software firm that made a DVD and games copying program has folded under legal pressure...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Missing baby's parents released
The parents of a missing baby are released from jail after telling a court the child is in Thailand...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Jordanian hostages freed
Four Jordanian workers taken hostage for five days in Iraq arrived in Jordan today hours after being released by their captors, according to a brother of one hostage. Meanwhile, Iraqi police and insurgents clashed in the northern city of Mosul today, according to a city health official...
CNN - August 4, 2004
Issues at-a-glance
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BBC News - August 4, 2004
Disease bouts knock crater lions
Numbers of lions in the Ngorongoro Crater have been knocked severely due to bouts of acute disease over the past 40 years...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Arrests in piracy crackdown raids
Police arrest 57 people in connection with music, film and computer game piracy after a series of UK raids...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Boards 'must tackle overspend'
Two education boards in Northern Ireland are told they must resolve estimated overspends of about £11m...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Police evidence handling criticised
The Police Ombudsman criticises police handling of forensic evidence after the collapse of a trial...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
£500m Clydeside plan put forward
A plan is set out to transform a stretch of riverside wasteland, creating thousands of jobs...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
More power for assembly, says Hain
Labour says the Welsh assembly will get more power, but opposition parties claim betrayal, confusion and U-turns...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
BSkyB suffers subscriber slowdown
Shares in the UK pay TV giant BSkyB slump after the firm unveils disappointing subscriber growth figures...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Appeal to missing father of bride
The brother of a newly-wed woman killed with a shotgun appeals to his missing father to end the family's "nightmare"...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Police question terror suspects
Detectives question 12 men arrested in anti-terrorism raids in London, Hertfordshire, Luton and Blackburn...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
Veterans mark UK entry into WWI
Four WWI veterans join a London ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of Britain's declaration of war in 1914...
BBC News - August 4, 2004
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