National & World News Archive November 2004
Expand Security Council, Says Un Panel
'Near-torture' at Guantánamo Bay
Rwanda Announces Invasion of Congo
Opposition Pulls Out of Election Talks
Bhopal Still Suffering, 20 Years on
Mandelson Denies Discussing Coup Plot
Gaydream believers scoop queen's crown
Could a photograph have saved thousands from the gas chamber?
Rwanda army masses on Congo border
Secret Memo Deepens Thatcher Link to Coup Plot
Protesters Blockade Government Buildings
Global Child Sex Ring Exposed
EU Constitution Splits French Socialist Party
Violence Threatens to Engulf Congo
US to Recoup Envoys' Fines
Insurgents Step Up the Battle for Mosul
Zeffirelli Gets Honorary Knighthood for Services to British Arts
EU Transport Chief Clings on to His Job
Sugar Reform May Hit Poor Nations, Says Oxfam
EU Peace Forces Ready in New Year
Lured By the Promise of Us Prosperity, Trapped By Tijuana's Violence and Poverty
Straw Ordered Probe Weeks Before Coup Bid
Aids Grips the Stag Party's Favourite City
Phone Links Thatcher to Alleged Plot
Preacher's Death Prompts Protest
Deutschmark Back in Shops
Troops Raid Mosul Hospital
Grateful Barroso Offers Meps a Say on Eu Reform
Politicians Get a Global Vote of No Confidence
Mark Thatcher Charged in Alleged Coup Plot
'Appalled' Caborn to Launch Protest
Barroso Heading for Victory in Commission Vote
Mystery Remains Over Who Killed Margaret Hassan
Falluja Fighting Continues
Kidnapped Aid Worker Blindfolded and Shot
Singer Gets Suspended Sentence for His Part in People Smuggling Network
Equatorial Guinea: Coup Confession Came After Torture, Suspect Tells Trial
World's Longest Canal Could Solve Perth's Water Problems
World Poverty is in Retreat
US Launches Mosul Offensive
Marine in Shooting Incident Suspended
Spy Who Came Back From the Dead
US Does Not Pay Back Favours, Says Chirac
US Bombs Rebels in Falluja
US Hunts Last Falluja Rebels
Rapper O.d.b Collapses and Dies in Recording Studio
Truce Hopes Fade As Basque Peace Plan Falls Short
Inspiration Leaves Mann's Mountain
Jewish Sites Attacked
US to Deploy Hyper-missiles
Guilty Verdict in Wife-killing Trial
EU Parliament No Paper Tiger, Says President
Britons Airlifted Out of Ivory Coast
US Closes in on Last Rebel Stronghold
US Traps Rebels As Fighting Spreads
Westerners Plucked From Ivory Coast Chaos
Liberal Culture Under Threat in Dutch Religious and Ethnic Crisis
Race on to Find Strong, Credible Leader
President Issues Call to Tame Celtic Tiger
Shanghai's Mayor Inspired By Ken
French Pm Fears for Hostages
Foreigners Flee Ivory Coast Mayhem
Falluja Forces Find Hostage Killing Houses
Marines Tighten Grip on Falluja
Fatal Protest Inflames Anti-nuclear Issue
Medicines and Food Scarce for Trapped Civilians
House By House, Falluja Falls
Troops Move Towards Central Falluja
US Forces Consolidate Positions in Falluja
US Troops Meet Fierce Resistance in Falluja
French Troops Confront Ivorians
US Gamble on Election Success
US Troops Enter Falluja As Jets Pound Rebel-held City
Major Falluja Assault Under Way
Q&A: Riots in Ivory Coast
Tehran Agrees to Nuclear Freeze
Leftwing Looters Raid Shops
Buttiglione to Campaign for Christian Europe
French Attack Sparks Riots in Ivory Coast
Sex Tales Scare the Bullfighters
Hobbit Folk 'were Just Sick Humans'
US Ready for Falluja Assault
Suicide Bomber Kills black Watch Soldiers
The West is Ready for the Eu. The East is Lost in the Past
Rebel City Bombed in Ivory Coast
Barroso Tinkers With Eu Team to Break Stalemate
Hawks Eye Plum Cabinet Posts
It All Hangs on Ohio
Barroso Juggles His Lineup in Bid for Approval
Close Race Rouses America
No Upsets in Early Us Returns
Barroso Dumps Latvia's Would-be Commissioner
Polling Station Hours Likely to Be Extended
Kidnappers Threaten to Hand Hassan to Al-zarqawi
Gunmen Seize Us and Arab Hostages
Soldiers 'did Not Force Violinist to Play'
Leading Cuban Poet Freed From Jail
Italy Goes on Strike Over Economy
Opposition Cries Foul Over Romanian Poll
Sistani Pulls Main Shia Parties Together to Dominate Iraq Poll
Ukraine Opposition Renews Blockade and Quits Talks
Charity Blames Invaders for Iraq 'health Disaster'
Rights Groups Condemn Ukraine Media Attacks
Iran Agrees to Uranium Freeze
Seven Killed in Iraq Bombing
Ice Cream Helps Keep Homeless Warm
Aznar Asserts Ties Between Eta and Islamists Over Madrid Terror Attack
Sudan Reprieves Aid Chiefs in Expulsion Row
Conductor Brings Harmony to Arabs
Ukraine's Leaders in Poll Climbdown
Yanukovich 'would Support Ukraine Revote'
Asean to Sign Historic Deal With China
'Many' Police Killed in Iraq Suicide Attack
Ukraine Court Attempts to End Poll Crisis
Governing Party Leads in Romania
Israel Shocked By Image of Soldiers Forcing Violinist to Play at Roadblock
Colombia Reveals Plot to Assassinate Bush
Shias Insist on January Poll in Iraq
Swiss Voters Back Stem Cell Research
Hain Says Tour a Boost for Mugabe
Peace Gives Hope in Land of Cattle and Guns
Sarkozy Promises Truth and Glory
Threat to Split Ukraine in Two As Crisis Grows
Paternity suit runs into double trouble
Eta train bomb theory gathers pace
Anwar demands Malaysia clean-up
Insurgency threatens Iraq election
Ukraine crisis grows as MPs vote to cancel election result
Amelie Follow-up Not French Enough for Funding, Court Rules
Four Gurkhas Die in Baghdad Green Zone Mortar Attack
Clashes Feared As Ukraine Talks Break Up
German Refuge Where America Tends Its Wounded
Striker Shoots for Liberia's Presidency
Tehran Agrees to Freeze Nuclear Programme
Four Gurkhas Die in Mortar Attack on Green Zone
Knife Attacker Kills Eight Chinese Children in Their Beds
Congress Threatens to Cut Aid in Fight Over Criminal Court
Israel Uses Tv Show to Find Its Best Spin Doctor
Barghouti Pulls Out of Fatah Race
Clashes Fear As Ukraine Talks Begin
EU 'declaration of War' Over Fusion
33 Held After Mob Kills Police
Iran Tries to Relax Eu Nuclear Agreement
Black Watch Raid Aimed at Ending Rocket Attacks
Portugal Braced As Child Prostitution Ring Trial Opens
Cricket Tour on Again As Mugabe Backs Down
Abbas Pledge to End Violence
Ukraine Vote on Hold After Court Ruling
Court Ruling Boosts Opposition Hopes
Legal Bid to End Ukraine Crisis
Straw Will Not Talk to Hamas
Zimbabwe Lifts Media Ban
Lift Media Ban or Tour is Off, Says England Cricket Chief
Family of Electrocuted Woman Get $6.2m in Landmark Award
Four Arrested Over Australian Embassy Bomb
Serbia Accused of Blocking War Crimes Trials
Israel Rebuffs Straw's Road Map Pleas
Freed Hostage Tells of Afghan Ordeal
Mob Kills Two Policemen Mistaken for Kidnappers
Strike Over Berlusconi Bill Closes Italian Courts
I Feel Like a Corpse in a River, Says Mark Thatcher
Bold But Bloodless, a Nation Defies History
US Rejects Ukraine Poll As Protesters Dig in
Ukraine Election Result Announced
Tehran Joins Outcry Against 'excessive' Us Force in Iraq
Straw Welcomes Israeli Poll Pledge
Mark Thatcher to Face Coup Questions
Protests Continue As Ukraine Prepares for Official Result
Ukraine Crisis Threatens Rift Between Us and Russia
Tutu Says Mbeki Enriching Few at Expense of Poor
HIV Now a Bigger Threat to Women Than Men
'Having the Virus Does Not Mean You Are Dying'
Kabul Kidnappers Release Three Un Workers
Demand for Full Access to Iran's Nuclear Sites
SAS Joins Us Forces in Major Iraq Offensive
Iran Joins Outcry Against 'excessive Force' in Iraq
Zimbabwe Bans Seven Newspapers and Bbc From Cricket Tour
Press Review: What They Said About Palestinian Elections
Israeli Officer: I Was Right to Shoot 13-year-old Child
Blair May Visit Israel to Revive Peace Process
Ukrainian Opposition Leader Claims Victory
Pakistani Pm to Hold Kashmir Talks in India
Thousands Protest in Ukraine
UN Hostages Freed in Afghanistan
Powell Wins Poll Assurance From Sharon
Iraq Pullout Deadline Ruled Out
Ukraine in Turmoil After Vote
Iran Freezes Uranium Activities
French Staff Sue Us Multinational for Making Them Use English
Gangland Shooting Terrorises Dublin Suburb
Observers Denounce Ukraine Election
Downing St Welcomes Iran Nuclear Move
Israel Pledges Cooperation on Palestinian Poll
Watchdog Welcomes Iran Nuclear Move
Ukrainian Opposition Claims Poll Fraud
Thai Pm's Origami Initiative Takes Flight
Bereaved Father to Sue Over Jihad Call
PLO to Press Powell on Road Map
Bush Plays Action Hero in Security Row
Reggae Stars 'fuel Spread of Hiv'
Ukraine Tense Amid Rival Poll Claims
Iraq Vote to Be Held in Ten Weeks
China Finally Faces Up to Suicide Crisis
Portugal Rocked By Child Abuse Scandal
Red Cross Condemns Iraq Abuses
Pentagon Turns Heat Up on Iran
FAI 'indifferent to Anti-racism Plan'
Fresh Suspicion Over Iran's Nuclear Aims
Immigration Surge Fuels Racism in Spain
Berlusconi Ultimatum to Italy
Allegations of Vote-rigging Haunt Chirac
Rockets From Over the River Make Terror Just Part of Army Routine
Sudan Factions Promise Un to Finalise Peace Deal This Year
French to Release Arafat Medical Records
Drug Case Briton Faces 10 Years
UN to Warn Sudan Over Violence
Antibiotic Hope for Children With Aids
Former Neo-fascist to Be Italian Foreign Minister
North Korea's Kim Cult Begins to Fade From View
Powell Accuses Iran of Trying to Develop Nuclear Missiles
Spanish Apologise for Soccer Racism
Clinton Rises Above Rain on His Parade
Pressure Grows for Iraq Election Delay
Israeli Troops Kill Egyptian Police
Tennis: Masters Cup: Coria Tussle is Make or
Blair and Chirac Pledge Unity
Revamped Eu Commission Team Approved
Annan Urges Security Council Warning on Sudan
Widely Panned, Loos in China Get Clean-up
Russia Develops Nuclear System to Evade Defence
Palestinian Inquiry Into Arafat's Death
Ireland Leads World for Quality of Life
CIA Memo Urging Spies to Support Bush Provokes Furore
World More Dangerous, Warns Chirac
British and Iraqi Forces Under Attack
Chirac: Iraq War Has Made World More Dangerous
India Begins Kashmir Troop Withdrawal
Putin Offers Peace Terms to Oligarchs
Gaza Strip Settlers May Go to West Bank
Zimbabwe Refugees May Be Sent Back
Amnesty Calls for Sudan Arms Embargo
France 'impatient' to Speak to Hostages' Driver
Brown Fights to Save Britain's Eu Rebate
Inquiry Into Shooting of Wounded Iraqi Shown in Television Footage
UN Boost for Iran Over Nuclear Arms
Cuban Troupe in Mass Defection
China Faces Cold Winter As Fuel Grows Scarce
Arafat Heir Beats Off Fatah 'old Guard'
Senate Doubles Estimate of Theft By Saddam From Oil-for-food Scheme
Italian Eu Nominee Grilled Over Legal Help for Berlusconi
French Bugging Trial Begins
Colin Powell Resigns
Three Arrested Over Zimbabwe Murders
Blair Defends Relationship With Bush
Chirac Vows to Prevent 'anarchy' in Ivory Coast
Iran Bows to Eu Pressure to Freeze Uranium Programme
Iraq Vote Could Be Delayed
Princess to Wed Tokyo Civil Servant
Japanese Women Turn to Uk for Love
Pacific Islands Under Threat From Mountains of Waste
Fight for Survival in Sudan Killing Fields
Shooting Protest As Palestinians Set Poll Date
Dirty Talk Among Friends, It's Like So Degrading
Straw: We Did Know of Africa Coup
Race to Stop Serial Killer Walking Free
'Breathless' Cheney Goes Into Hospital for Heart Tests
Civilian Cost of Battle for Falluja Emerges
Surgeons Who Promise Beauty Destroy Lives By Lethal Injections
Political Row As Italian Tv News Host Forced Out
Pardon Plea for Irish Volunteers Shot in Trenches
FBI Called in to Help Find Sydney Serial Rapist
Anti-Muslim Backlash Grows in Netherlands
Arnold Reverts to Old Recipe in Japan
Curfews As Iraq Rebellion Spreads
'A New Opportunity for Peace'
Bush: Palestinian State Possible in Four Years
Arafat Laid to Rest in Ramallah
Chaos Greets Arafat's Coffin
Arab World Honours Arafat
Vanunu Under House Arrest
New Insurgency Confronts Us Forces
Arafat's Final Journey
Search Continues for Missing Irish Fisherman
Tamil Tigers Still Enlisting Thousands of Child Soldiers
India Announces Troop Reductions in Kashmir
Arafat Begins Final Journey
Palestinians Mourn Arafat's Death
Militants Call for Muslim Uprising
Press Review: What They Said About 15 Years of a United Germany
Terror Suspects Arrested After Hague Gun Siege
Burial Site Prepared As Arafat Clings on
UK Allies Among Worst Abusers of Human Rights
Tests Lead to Recall of Cheap Aids Drugs
Sub Flees After Navy Chase
New Gay Row Erupts in Italy
Man Charged Over Sneaky Beach Snaps
Decision Due on Hill of Tara Motorway
Young Lovers Left Stranded in Afghan Legal Limbo
Death By Stoning Sentence Overturned
Police Hurt in Dutch Terror Raid
Arafat's Life in 'final Phase'
Marines Tighten Grip in Falluja
France Sends Planes for Ivory Coast Expats
Australians to Make Suicide Pill
Benetton Agrees to Hand Land to Indians
Gloom Prevails As Germany Remembers Fall of the Wall
Jury Mulls Verdict in Trial Transfixing America
Sharon Rival Backs Down
Britain May Deploy Troops to Quell Fighting in Darfur
Arafat Close to Death, Say Officials
Arafat Death Reports Denied
Blast Damages Dutch Islamic School
Arafat 'has Only Hours to Live'
Pair Jailed for Spying for Britain
UN Fears Rising Child Sex Trade
Women's Revenge Against Rapists
Archaeologists Fear 'looters' Charter'
Irish Judge to Rule on Gay Marriage Rights
Arafat's Wife Locks Horns With Leadership
US Troops Begin Falluja Assault
Iraqi Pm Approves Falluja Assault
Palestinian Leaders Resume Plan to Visit Arafat
Palestinian Leaders Delay Arafat Visit
Saudi Call for Jihad
Suicide After Us Poll
Leaders' Visit Adds to Arafat Confusion
The Murder That Shattered Holland's Liberal Dream
Iraq Rebels Launch Raids on Eve of Crucial Falluja Battle
Gilligan Gangsters Seized in Holland
Sharon's Strategy Frustrated By Demise of Enemy
Population Boom Set to Stabilise at 9bn By 2300
I Never Wanted Pm's Job, Says Gandhi
Blair's Call to Accept Bush Scorned By Chirac
Israel Rejects Arafat Choice of Burial Site
Chirac to Skip Eu Meeting With Allawi
Arafat Clings to Life As Switch of Power Begins
Hungary May Speed Up Troops Withdrawal
Cancer Diagnosis for Edwards's Wife Hours After Defeat
Hospital Denies Arafat is Dead
Arafat 'in a Coma'
Arafat in Intensive Care
US Elections: European Leaders Call for a Fresh Start
Democrat's Concession Shifts Ohio From Eye of the Storm
And Now ... Four More Years of Bush
Woman Sentenced to Be Stoned Appeals
Token Sentence for Us Sergeant Who Defected to N Korea
Ingushetian Security Officer Implicated in Beslan Massacre
Call to Cleanse Spain of Franco
MPs' Gaza Revolt Forces Sharon to Defer Budget Vote
Missing Evidence Could Foil Saddam Prosecution, Claims Report
Bush Wins Second Term
Bush Aide Claims Victory
Bush on Course for Victory
Bush and Kerry Go to the Wire
Pennsylvania Called for Kerry
Kerry Takes Bush to the Wire
Early Returns in Knife-edge Poll
Sicilian President in Mafia Trial
South African Obesity Hits Us Levels
Protest at 'abortion' Doctor's Trial for Murder
Al-Qaida is Bleeding Us to Bankruptcy, Bin Laden Claims
Old Guard Urges End to Eta Terror
Kidnappers Threaten to Hand Aid Worker Over to Zarqawi
Voters Turn Out in Record Numbers Across the Us
Run-off in Ukraine Elections
Seven Die in Chinese Clashes
France Reforms in the Name of the Mother
Murder Trial Likely to Reveal Cover-ups
Gadafy Hands Over Islamist Wanted for Kidnapping Tourists
Three Killed By Tel Aviv Bomber
Four Dead in Tel Aviv Blast
Deputy Governor of Baghdad Shot Dead