National & World News Archive December 2004
Grieving Families Reflect on Life After the Wave
Aid Still Failing to Reach Neediest
'Please Help. Give Us Aid'
'No One is Thinking About Tomorrow'
Battle to Reach Survivors
UK Leads Aid Drive As the Horror Goes on
Deaths, New Dangers and Relief Efforts
Yushchenko May Prosecute His Opponents
Insurgents Step Up Attacks As Election Looms
Pressure Mounts on Yanukovich to Yield
Calls for Un to Lead Relief Effort
After the Devastation, the Grief
Race to Deliver Emergency Supplies to Survivors
Train of Hope Throws a Commercial Lifeline to Millions of People in War-torn Congo
Early Polls Indicate Yushchenko Win
Ex-ministers Want Rich Farmers' Aid to Go to Africa
Hotel Feted By Doors Now Plagued By Rats
Insurgents Operate at Will in Mosul, Us Says
Pentagon Says Suicide Bomber Hit Army Base
Lucky Baker Wins Lottery Dough
Ghost of Apartheid Returns to Farmlands
19 Us Troops Killed in Explosion at Mess Tent
Memos Show Fbi Agents Complained About Abuses at Guantã¡namo Bay
24 Die in Explosion at Us Base Canteen
Secret Killings of Newborn Babies Trap Dutch Doctors in Moral Maze
Delhi Schoolboy Sparks Global Porn Row
100,000 Flee Fresh Fighting in Congo
Three Killed in Road Crash on Holiday in Florida
Holiday Britons Killed in Florida As Car Hits Tanker
Nation Born in Warfare Learns New Skills for a Peaceful Future
Bugging Device Found at Un Offices
Mosul Victim Beheaded at Roadside
Straw Reveals Plans to Close Embassies
Concern at Plans to Alter Oecd Aid Terms
Concorde: Judges Call in Us Airline
MoD Calls Up 900 Reservists for Tour of Duty
Wife Killer Faces Death Sentence
In a Land of Poverty, a £380,000 Royal Car
Doctors Close in on Yushchenko Poison
Britain Offers Sweeteners to Win Allies for Ankara
Inquiry Sought Into Claims of Us Funding
Fateful Dinner Party That Brought Disfigurement in Its Wake
Evicted Farmers Had to Start From Scratch
Guantánamo Torture and Humiliation Still Going On, Says Shackled Briton
Agency Calls for Global Halt to Violence Against Girls
'French Cnn' to Challenge Us View of World Affairs
Imams to Be Taught French Way of Life
US Poised to Pass Bill Creating Spy Director
How Bbc Hoaxers Turned Barbie Into Gi Joe
Neo-Nazi Tried for Chirac Assassination Attempt
Eta Bombs Keep Up Pressure on National Holiday
Milan's Glitterati (and Jailbirds) Get Set for Return of New, Improved La Scala
Gibraltar Talks Break New Ground
Darfur Families Pledge to Care for Rape Babies
Founder of Swiss Suicide Clinic Explains How He Helps People Take Their Lives
Rwanda Threatens to Reignite Congo
The Fake Communist Party Scam That Fooled Mao Zedong
EU Supporters Relieved As French Socialists Vote Yes
Europe's Theo-cons Rally Their Forces
Salvaging Wrecks in the Triangle of Death
UN Fears for Refugees Who Fled Attack on Falluja
Bookies Cry Foul After Betting 'scam' Hits European Football
Equatorial Guinea Mercenary Trial Flawed - Amnesty
EU Force Takes on Bosnia Role
Execution May Be Stayed
French Left Holds Key to Eu Future
Karzai Victory Plants Seeds of Hope in Fight to Kick Afghan Opium Habit
Signing of Sudanese Power-sharing Deal Boosts Hope of Peace in Africa
New Money for Turkey Ends 'wad of Cash' Culture
Yanukovich Steps Aside to Conclude Ukraine Crisis
Berlusconi Extols Cosmetic Surgery
Happy End to Japanese Royal Annus Horribilis
Sunni Militants Warn Iraqis to Boycott Poll
Truce Pledge Could End Ugandan Insurgency
Yanukovich Loses Attempt to Annul Ukrainian Vote
Tsunami Death Toll Hits 123,000
Tsunami Toll Nears 120,000
Tsunami Death Toll Tops 87,000
Explosion in House Kills 28 in Baghdad
Tsunami Death Toll Could Reach 100,000
Former Us Attorney General Joins Saddam Defence Team
Israel Stops Palestinians Voting in Jerusalem
'Bomb Trap' Kills 28 in Baghdad
Will the World Walk Away From the Tsunami Disaster?
Bush Defends Us Response to Tsunami
Tsunami Death Toll Soars
Ukraine Cabinet Abandons Meeting
Aceh Death Toll Could Reach 80,000
Attacks Target Iraqi Police
Aid Arrives in Tsunami Disaster Zones
Bloody Attacks Claim 22 in Iraq
The True Horror Emerges
Tsunami Deaths Top 55,000
Yushchenko Courts Moscow
Tsunami Toll Nears 30,000
Israel Accused of Obstructing Palestinian Election in East Jerusalem
La Dolce Vita Sours for Italy's New Poor
Main Sunni Party Pulls Out of Iraqi Election
Ukraine Pm Refuses to Accept Election Defeat
Tsunami Death Toll Rises to 23,700
Yushchenko Wins Ukraine's Presidency
'Now, Today, the Ukrainian People Have Won'
Tsunami Death Toll Rises to 23,500
Yushchenko Claims Victory in Poll Re-run
Thousands Swept to Their Death
US Ponders Election Pledge to Iraqi Sunnis
Ukraine Opposition in Big Exit Poll Lead
Giant Waves Kill Thousands After Calls for Warning System Ignored
Thousands Killed in Asian Tsunami
Ukrainians Vote for New President
Mob Arrests Fail to Stem Tide of Blood in Naples
Portuguese Football Champions Shaken By Corruption Charges
Arafat Ally Backs 'negotiations'
Iraq Poll Hangs on Overseas Vote
Ukraine Stands on Brink of Unknown
Rumsfeld Drops in on Iraq Troops
Explosives Fear in Australian Siege
Obituary: Pv Narasimha Rao
Toyland Workers Strike New Deal
Jilted Bride Parties Big Day, Then Sues
Polls Predict Yushchenko Victory
France Outlaws Sexist and Anti-gay Insults
Blair Bowed to Israel, Say Palestinians
Tremors That May Signal Political Earthquake in North Korea
Dam is Threat to Iran's Heritage
Record Scrutiny of Ukrainian Poll
Indonesia and East Timor to Investigate Murders
France Faces State Sector Pay Strike
Blair Visit Secures London Talks on Middle East Peace
Settlers Fight Back With Symbol of the Holocaust
Search for Earl Missing in France Upgraded to Murder Inquiry
World's Richest Lotto Has Spain Hooked
Putin Says He Will Bow to Poll in Ukraine
Save the Children Pulls Out of Darfur
Writer Held As China Turns on Intellectuals
Blair Praises Iraqi Election Bravery in Flying Visit
UK Children's Charity to Pull Out of Darfur
PM Off to Middle East for Palestine and Iraq Talks
Japan Plans to Cut Foreign Aid Budget for Sixth Year
Chirac Calls for Improved Security After Nurses Killed
Iraq's Library Struggles to Rise From the Ashes
Ukrainian Candidates in Tv Clash
Blair Off to Middle East for Palestine and Iraq Talks
Delhi Digs Deep to Ease Pollution
Israel to Free 170 From Prison
Sudanese Government Agrees to End Hostilities
Cypriot Threat to Turkey's Eu Deal
ANC Attacks Us Over Aids Drug
France Shocked By Double Murder and Beheading at Psychiatric Hospital
Fugitive Ira Man 'aided Colombia Escape'
Bob's Your Agony Uncle in China
Four Weeks of Trauma in a Jamaican Jail
Sharon Woos Old Foe Peres Into Coalition
Killer Steals Baby From Womb
Afghan Army Storms Siege Prison
Irish Trio 'have Fled Colombia'
Bush Plans to Visit Germany
Weekends Turn Bloody in Naples Mafia War
Deal Lets Turkey Go for Eu Membership
Turkey and Eu Strike Cyprus 'deal'
Australian Ministry Vilified Muslims, Court Rules
Turkey Talks Held Up Over Cyprus
China Hits at Japan Over Visa
Iraqi Militants Display Body of Murdered Man They Claim to Be Italian Aid Worker
Sharon Backs Blair's London Summit Plan
Spain Gives Gibraltar Veto Power
Irishmen in Hiding Jailed for 17 Years
Bin Laden Tape Put Online
Ashdown Orders New Crackdown in Bosnia
Blair Holds Key As Eu Opens Door to Turkey
Five Killed in Baghdad Attacks
Teeth on Edge Over Italian Dentist Scam
Christmas War of Words in Us
Soldier Who Shot Briton Admits Lying
Video Lands Mexican Police in Trouble
New Finding in Ukraine Poisoning
Oh What a Lovely Jail
Chemical Ali Will Be the First to Be Tried, Minister Announces
Last Slab of Berlin Holocaust Monument Put in Place
Athens Hijackers Surrender Peacefully
China Moves to Ban Late Abortions
Q&A: Turkey and the Eu
Wartime Chinese Sex Slaves Lose Compensation Fight
Small Triumph in a World of Scarce Hope
Energy Giant Agrees Settlement With Burmese Villagers
China Shifts From Receiving to Giving Foreign Aid As Economic Boom Continues
France Bans Hizbullah Tv Station
Dozens Killed As Trains Collide in India
Red Cross Neutrality Jeopardised By Us Action in Iraq, British Chief Says
Chirac to Make Case on Tv for Eu-turkey Talks
War Crime Trials Will Start Next Week
UK Must Investigate Iraqi Civilian's Death
'Death Was Coming Little By Little' - Diver, 80, Tells How He Survived 20-hour Sea Ordeal
Italian Press Review
Call for Aids Drugs to Be Free
Bush to Avoid Uk in Europe Tour
Surprise President Prepares to Take Romania Into Uncharted Waters
G8 Summit Police to Go on Trial Over Mass Beatings
Expelled Traveller Living at Airport
Staff Murders Stop Aid Work in South Darfur
Bomber Kills 13 As Violence Marks Anniversary of Saddam's Capture
Israelis Hasten Land Grab in Shadow of Wall
Aznar 'wiped Files on Madrid Bombings'
Pinochet Indicted on Human Rights Charges
Former Pm Accused of Madrid Bomb Deceit
Berlusconi Biopic Planned
Suicide Car Bomber Kills 13 in Baghdad
Eta Bomb Scare Clears Madrid Stadium As Real Play Basques
Romanian Election Too Close to Call
Market Bomb Kills 13 in Philippines
Human Rights Record Haunts Turkey's Eu Ambitions
Iraq's Most Wanted Refuse Jail Food
Iraq Fuel Crisis Adds to Chaos
Barghouti Exits Presidential Race
US Tapped Elbaradei Calls, Claim Officials
New Yorkers in a Flap Over Shock Eviction of the Fifth Avenue Hawks
Europe and Japan in Heated Clash Over Fusion Reactor
Wise Words for Shias at Saddam Folly
Germans Love Schröder Again
Battle Over the Bridge of Lost Souls
Warning As Bird Flu Crossover Danger Escalates
Family Press Chile for Body of Tortured Priest
Berlusconi's Top Ally Jailed for Mafia Link
Doctors Prove Yuschenko Was Victim of Poisoning
Town Under Shadow of Lynch Law
Guards Call Time on Hooch Pipeline
Chirac's Would-be Assassin Jailed
Experts Rebel Over Us Stance on N Korea
Race to Rescue Volcano Islanders
Kenya Claws Back Land Looted By Its Leaders
Court Ruling Clears Berlusconi
10 Killed in Pakistan Bombing
Call for Israel to Readmit Deported Palestinian Students
Nine Killed in Pakistan Bombing
Pacifist Japan Boosts 'self-defence' Measures
Canadian Court Backs Same-sex Marriages
Student 'strangled By Freed Monster'
Pitting Wits Against Rumsfeld
Sharon Victory Boosts Gaza Withdrawal Plan
EU Moves to Bar 'protective' Mergers
Press Review: The View From Paris
Europe's Far-right Parties Hold Coalition Talks
Clinging to Hope in Iraq's Sea of Violence
Damaged Trees Sound Alarm Bells in Germany
Four Rescued After 10-day Ordeal
Road Sparks Alarm for Brazil Rainforest
CIA Fired Me for Not Toeing Iraq Line, Says Agent
Aids Worst Disaster in History, Says Un Chief
Rumsfeld Faces Dissent From Us Troops
Germans Turn to Tabloids - But Not As We Know Them
Remains Not Cold War Woman
Ukraine Parliament Approves Vote Reforms
War Crimes Cause Eu Rift Over Croatia
Saudi Militant Was Ex-policeman
Blair Rejects Call for Count of Iraqi Deaths
After 40 Years, Us Soldier Who Defected to North Korea Begins New Life in Japan
Iraq Faces Descent Into Chaos, Says Cia Chief
Afghanistan Swears in First Democratic Leader
Man Held Over Iraq Gas Deaths
Deadlock in Ukraine As Kuchma Accused of Sabotaging Vote
After 40 Years, American Deserter Takes His Punishment and Begins New Life With Family
Blair's Peace Initiative Dismays Israel
Afghan President Sworn in
Kuchma Warns Pm Against Standing
Musharraf: Al-qaida is on the Run
Militants Storm Us Consulate in Jeddah
Palestinian Poll Race Tight
US Soldiers Sue for Having to Stay in Iraq
Warlords, Poppies and Slow Progress
Iraqi President Visits Bush As Attacks Continue
Bombs Explode in Seven Spanish Cities
Explosions in Seven Spanish Cities
Five Explosions Reported in Spain
Israel and Egypt in Swap of Prisoners
Boy, 10, Killed in Spanish Gang Hit
100m Origami Birds Flutter Down on Thai Muslims
Break-in Could Stymie Actor's Trial for Murder
Philippines Bans Logging After Fatal Floods
Battling a Disease of Poverty and Ignorance
Careless French Bomb Squad Causes Terror Alert
Monitors Vow to Aid New Vote in Ukraine
Bin Laden Trail is Cold, Musharraf Admits
70 Die As Iraq Violence Escalates
Why Everyone Wants to Be Australian
North Korea is Failing to Meet Growth Target
Israel's New Road Plans Condemned As 'apartheid'
Fresh Doubts Over Iraq Elections
Mbeki Called Me a Liar, Claims Tutu
America Increases Pressure on Annan Over Un Scandals
Massacre in Woods Conjures Ghost of War Exiles Betrayed By Us
British Troops Wage War on Afghan Drugs
Kuchma Offered Get-out Clause
Car Bomb Attack on Baghdad Mosque
Court Orders Repeat Ukraine Poll
South Africa to End Racial Profiling of Blood Donors
Japan Charges Man Over Anthem Protest
How to Find the Elusive Taliban: Pop Down to the Shops in Quetta
Italy's Unlucky Number
ETA Terror Returns As Five Bombs Cause Chaos in Madrid Rush Hour
Mosque Bombed in Baghdad Attacks
Explosions Rock Madrid
Ukraine Court Rules Poll Invalid
Drug Turf War Hits Mexico
Putin Backs New Ukraine Poll
Washington Funds False Sex Lessons
Barghouti's Natural Constituents Show Doubts
No Decision on Ukraine Election
Philippines Hit By New Typhoon
Middle East Upheaval As Sharon Provokes Crisis
Serbian President's Car Rammed
Mugabe Purges Challengers
Appeals Court Revives Political Future of Alain Juppé
US Airborne Units Ordered to Iraq
Opposition Protesters in Ukraine Bolstered By Rock Music
Signs of Compromise in Ukraine, But Supreme Court Holds the Key
Tsvangirai Urges Pressure on Mugabe Regime