National & World News Archive February 2004
Violent Past Catches Up With Gun Boss
Three Dead and 18 Missing After Tanker Explodes
Breton Separatists on Trial for Attacks
Edwards Flies in for High Noon on Super Tuesday
Schröder Faces Poll Blow in Hamburg
Disgraced Reporter Tries to Shift Blame
Disgraced Journalist Blames Drugs and Alcohol
Divisions Over Islam Delay Moves Towards Sovereignty
Blix: I Was a Target Too
Authorities 'had 15 Contacts' With Columbine Killers
Death Sentence for Tokyo Gas Attack Leader
How Britain and the Us Listen to the Rest of the World
Macedonian President Killed in Plane Crash
Revenge Suspected As Motive for Killing of Air Controller
Pentagon Launches Halliburton Inquiry
Global Economy 'must Adjust to Include Millions It Puts in Poverty'
Milosevic Trial Falters After Judge Retires
Two Years On, Gujarat's Wounds Are Still Raw
Stelios Switches Easycar on to Franchising Route
A Belated Salute for War Heroine
Nader's Raid Upsets the Applecart
RAF Photo File Fuels Row Over Auschwitz
US Elections to Get Dirty
Company Revolt Forces Ballet Director to Quit
Call for Patience in Talks to Free Remaining Four
Mother Fears Son Will Never Come Home
'Europe Must Stifle Anti-semitism'
Guantanamo Britons Emerge From Their Legal Purgatory
Five Guantanamo Britons to Return to Uk
Boy Spots His Kidnap Photo on Net
Fury at Eta Truce in Catalonia Only
Le Pen Loses Bid to Stand in Regional Poll
Dean Quits Race for President to Turn Kingmaker
EU's 'big Three' Call for Urgent Action on Economic Goals
Euro Hits New High Against Dollar
Kerry Wins Wisconsin As Dean Flounders
Oil Found Off the Coast of Gambia
French 007 is Accused of Being a Phoney
Dutch Pass Law to Expel Failed Asylum Seekers
EU's Big Three Search for Elusive Chemistry
Republican Dirty Tricks Used Doctored Photo of Kerry
Sex Abuse Claims Shock for Us Catholics
Inquiries Begin Into Boy's Death and Sydney Riot
Woman Denies Rumours of Affair With Democratic Frontrunner Kerry
Titan Space Probe Hopes for Clues to Life's Origins
Horror As Moscow Pool Roof Collapses
No Sex Please, We're Sensitive, Says America
Kerry Must Face Up to Tough Questions
Another Day, Another Fall in the Dollar
Fans to Be Smothered With Kindness
Lauren and Posen Collections
Cypriot Leaders Hand Over to Un
EU Races to Thwart Gm Food From East
Kerry Denies Intern Rumours
Teachers Treated for Eating Hash Cake
Anger at Invitation to Contemporary Artist
Storms Lie Ahead Over Future of Nile
No Place for French Muslims on Party List
Woo-hoo! Simpsons Movie Planned
Briton Key Suspect in Nuclear Ring
UN Bars Chechnya to Aid Workers
'We Wait for Peace. We Wait for War'
EU Rich and Poor Split Over Budget Increase
10 'trainees in Mercedes' Take Eu Posts
EU Executive Expands By 10 Members
Embattled Chirac Faces Party Coup
Britain Spied on Un Allies Over War Vote
Judges Criticise Chirac Over Juppé Inquiry
Diana Coroner Seeks Answers in Paris
Schröder Quits As Party Chairman
Ban on Veils May Spread to Hospitals
Cheap Phone Service Comes at a Price
Irbil Suicide Bombers Caught on Camera
Scandal-tainted Juppé Vows to Stay in Politics
Gaza's Settlers Dig in Their Heels
PowelI Rows Back on Doubts Over Invasion
Benefits Hedge Against New Eu Workers
Runaway Car Hits 100mph in 75-mile Ordeal
Kurd Rivals Unite As They Mourn Bomb Victims
Saudis Deny Anti-jewish Visa Policy
Spanish Police Foil Big Eta Bomb Blast in Madrid
Islamic Jihad Threatens Revenge
184 Still Missing in Philippine Ferry Disaster:
'Bullet Magnets' Prepare for Iraqi Frontline
America Intensifies Hunt for Bin Laden
US Goes in As Aristide Flees Haiti
Italians Go Under the Knife on Prime-time Tv
Pesticide Accused of Killing 90bn Bees
Aids Death of Dj Highlights Anguish of South Africa
SAS Joins Fresh Bid to Snare Bin Laden
Kidnappers Target Youth of Baghdad
Unknown 'Cézanne' Stolen in Outback
France Leads Calls for Aristide to Step Down
No Smoking Gun for 'balkan Butcher'
Moi 'tried to Cover Up' Kenya Murder
Scientists Held Hostage on Darwin's Island
Date Arrives for Trial of Belgian Child Killer
Payout Claim for Civilians Shot in Basra
Grief-crazed Murder Suspect Haunted By Family's Air Deaths
Weapons Inspectors' Phones 'bugged'
Scientists Suspect Health Threat From Gm Maize
Shock Jock Sacked in Us Airwaves Clean Up
US Soldiers Accused of Raping 100 Colleagues
French Pounce on British Firm That Shut Factory
Gibson Film Ignores Vow to Remove Blood Libel
Saudis Accused British Diplomats of Terror
Ayatollah Calls for Iraq Elections By End of Year
Father of Air Crash Victims Held Over Stabbing
Berlusconi Tv Shocker Causes Fury
Pyongyang Offered Trade-off
Bush and Schröder Make Peace Over Iraq
France Seeks to Quell Haiti Chaos
Homeless Moroccans Build Shelters As Tremors Continue
Uffizi's Tries to Outdo Louvre
García Márquez's Fans Wait for Army to Do Right By the Colonel
Searchers Scour Rubble for Quake Survivors
US Snub for Libya Over Pm's Remarks
Scars Close Mind to Sympathy and Peace
Italians Play Gay to Avoid Army Service
Iran Promises to Freeze Nuclear Project Again
Polio Jabs a Us Plot, Claim Nigerian Muslims
Guantanamo Bay Pair Face First Charges
GarcÃa Mã¡rquez's Fans Wait for Army to Do Right By the Colonel
Tanzania Camp Plan for Refugees Refused Uk Home
Bush Backs Gay Wedding Ban
Quake Kills 229 in Morocco
Libyan Pm 'backtracks' Over Cooperation
What They Said About the Iranian Elections
France's Wine Industry in Decline
Ugandan Troops Hunt Rebel Killers
Amnesty Barred From Guantanamo Trials
A Portrait of the Artist As a Middle-aged Man?
Suicide Bomber Kills 10 at Iraqi Police Station
Middle East Conflict Hits The Hague
Suicide Bomb Kills 10 in Kirkuk
Taliban Claim Responsibility for Attack on Reconstruction Team
Uganda Rebels Kill 190 Refugees
Mugabe Shrugs Off 'murder' Bid and Health Fears
Suicide Bomber Kills 8 on Bus
Four Gis Wounded in Iraq Ambush
The Observer Profile: Charlize Theron
Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us
The Sicilian Mafia is Alive and Kicking
EU Prepares Sanctions Against Moscow
Doctors Alert Australia to Perils of Barbie Pill
Hollinger Board Defamed Me, Black Tells Court
French Rock Star to Be Tried for Murder
Troops Accused on Iraq Killings
Khamenei Calls on Iranians to Vote
Press Review: The View From Beijing
EasyJet Founder on Spending Spree
10-year Journey to Probe the Comet Mystery
Bomb Aimed at Turkish Leader As Cypriot Talks Begin
Has Bush's Running Mate Gone Lame?
Putin Opponent Cries Foul Over Media Onslaught
Syria and Iran Aiding Militants, Iraq Says
Iranian Train Death Toll Rises to 320
Ex-Enron Boss Charged With Fraud
Yahoo! Challenges for Google's Crown
Three Killed in Iraqi Roadside Bombing
Iranian Train Death Toll Rises to 309
Tycoon's 'threat to Sack' Hollinger Board
UN to Defy Shia Clerics and Call for Delay in Iraq Poll
Denmark Shuts Out Muslim Clerics
Church Tries to Cool Christ Film Row
Rebels Cut Off Haiti's Second City
Trolley Dash: the Last Resort of Hungry Israelis
My Pact is With Germany, Chirac Tells Blair
Blair: Social Justice Must Top Eu Agenda
'Bandit Queen' Murder Suspect Escapes From Jail
Language Students to Help Army in Iraq
Eta Declares Catalonia Ceasefire
Scores Dead in Iranian Train Blast
Scores Dead in Iran Train Blast
'200 Die' in Train Explosion in Iran
200 Die in Iran Train Explosion
Disney Rejects Comcast Offer But Embraces Muppets
Spain Goes to Court Over Gibraltar Vote
It's Ok to Dodge Taxes, Says Berlusconi
Iraqi Kurds Reject Coalition's Call to Disband Militia
Investigators Target Founder's Family
French Intellectuals Attack 'war on Intelligence'
Disney Rejects $60bn Comcast Offer and Backs Eisner's Leadership
Final Amnesty for Perpetrators of Rwanda Genocide
US Increases Pressure on Aristide to Compromise
Halliburton Suspends Bill for Army Meals
US to Endorse Israeli Plans for Gaza
Security Fears Close British Embassy in Damascus
Talks Raise Hopes of Peace for Kashmir
Saudi Security Barrier Stirs Anger in Yemen
Ocean Robots to Reveal Secrets of the Deep
Chirac Aide Convicted of Graft
Ex-terrorist Writer Faces Extradition From France
Dutch Hell's Angels Found Shot Dead in Stream
New Wealth Brings Mixed Fortunes for Masai
Iraq Oil Cash Funded Mps' Campaigns
Aids Trial Tests Libya's Commitment to Reform
India and Pakistan Begin Negotiations
Miracle Brings Hope to Thousands Threatened By Aids
Ultrasound Could Kill Cancer Cells
Suu Kyi Deputy Released to House Arrest
Fires Kill at Least 90 People in China
Brown Confronts Aid Target Critics
Two-year Wait for Saddam Trial
Indo Pak Issues Other Than Kashmir
Italy Struggles to Return Looted Ethiopian Obelisk
Le Pen in Election Row
Britain Sends Minister to Resolve Falklands Air Row With Argentina
Worst Falls Since 1960 Paralyse Country
Prodi Role Criticised As He Launches Italy Election Campaign
Jakarta Urges Boycott of Malaysian Wood
World Bank Condemns Defence Spending
Europe's Nuclear Deal With Iran Faces Collapse
I Was Kidnapped, Says Putin Election Rival
UN Envoy: Us Iraq Plan Needs Complete Overhaul
Asian Governments Warned Over Bird Flu
UN Says Early Iraq Elections Unlikely
Human rights: Dismal record of Pakistan
Chinese Officials Cancel The Vagina Monologues
New York Shows What London is Missing
Indonesian Speaker Cleared of Sleaze
Harvard Women Deny Sex Magazine is Pornography
Amnesty Calls for Turkish Reform
Grenade Attack on Us General As Un Consults Iraqis on Elections
Koreans Succeed in Stem Cell First
White House Seeks Credit for Cracking Weapons Ring
Israel to Boycott Security Wall Case
Spanish Inmate to Be Transferred From Guantanamo
US Accuses Iran of Still Seeking Nuclear Arms
UN Holds Election Talks With Iraqi Cleric
Cirio Chiefs Join Italy's Arrest List
Looted Armour Sent Back to France
British Soldier Faces Killing Charge
Lawyers Protest As French Mps Give Police More Powers
Inquest of Joined Twins Sees Video
Kerry Prepares to Do Battle With Bush
UN Plans Emergency Food Aid for Sudan
Karadzic 'has Safe Haven' in Belgrade
Why Was €1m a Month Sent to Arafat's Wife?
24 Hours in Iraq: 102 Dead, Al-qaida Bombers Blamed
Kerry Wins Key Southern States
Second Us Farm Hit By Bird Flu
Widow and Lover Arrested for Death of Multimillionaire
Opec Cut Puts Us Economy at Risk, Says White House
Sicily's Mysterious Village Fires
Handshake Clinches Libya's Return From Isolation
French Mps Vote for Veil Ban in State Schools
Cheney's Future at Stake
Wins in South Take Kerry Close to Clinching Democratic Race
Protests After Uk Drops Indonesia Arms Demand
Musharraf Forced Scientist to Retire
War Crime Suspects May Avoid Tribunal
Palestinians Turn on Each Other in West Bank
50 Die As Bombers Target Police
Iranian Plane Crash Kills 43
Car Bomb Kills 50 Near Baghdad
Pyongyang Denies Buying Nuclear Secrets
Collaboration Doubts Beset Shia Woman's Exceptional Career in Iraqi Politics
Italian Doctors Strike Over Health Care Cuts
Kenya Begins Trying Judges for Bribery
Ex-judge on Iraq Inquiry 'involved in Cover-up'
Aid Programme Runs Out of Food for North Korea
Doubts Hold Back Rising Star of Iraqi Politics
Legal Bid to Block West Bank Barrier
Snap Sri Lankan Poll Called
Finance Ministers Turn the Heat on China
Bird Flu Outbreak on Us Farm
Poll Setback for Sri Lanka Peace
Russia Says Nato is Ignoring Afghan Opium Trade
Little George Takes on Greece's Barons of Sleaze
Arafat in Crisis Over Fatah Exodus
Blix Says War Leaders Acted Like Salesmen
Gangmasters Who Rule the Cockle Slave Trade
Terrorist Bid to Build Bombs in Mid-flight
Nuclear Sale Inquiry Urged
Zimbabwe Paper Stops Publishing
Bird Flu Found in Pigs As Culls Continue
29 Killed As Earthquakes Rock Indonesian Island
Sixth Fleet May Move to Spain
Victims of the Sands and the Snakeheads
Palestinian Pm Urges Blair to Play Fair
German Political Crisis Deepens As Schröder Quits Party Post
Tides Kill 19 Cockle Pickers
Press Review: The View From Pretoria
Cypriot Peace Talks Back on
Cleric 'survives Assassination Bid'
Blair Will Meet Libyan Minister in High-level Talks
German Court Clears Student of Plotting With 9/11 Terrorists
Detectives Question Sharon Over Bribe Claims
Tenet Denies Cia Exaggerated Warnings on Iraq Arms
'Supermarket' Trade in Nuclear Technology Alarms Un Inspector
UN Approves Bird Flu Vaccinations
Police Question Sharon Over Bribery Scandal
Aids Orphan Killed By Grandfather
Soccer Market is Turned on Its Head
Australia Plans to Double Defence Spending
Italy Faces Huge Fine for Discrimination
Abdul Qadeer Khan Admits Trading Nuclear Secrets
Shelve Israel Trade Deal, Say Mps
North Korea and Us Agree New Talks
Italy Holds Mail Bomb Suspect
Civil War Haunts Spanish Election Campaign
Serb Chief Stands Trial for Genocide
Musharraf Knew I Was Selling Secrets, Says Nuclear Scientist
Shop Staff Step Up Action in Landmark Strike
Terror Inquiry Hampered By White House
Anti-Aids Measures 'fail Women'
Four on Trial for Hotel Blast
Mugabe Seizes S African-owned Company
Germany Tests Two Women for Bird Flu
Nuclear Expert 'admits Selling Secrets'
Sharon Plan to Move Jewish Gaza Settlers
Sharon Orders Relocation of Gaza Settlements
Bush Yields to Pressure for Independent Wmd Inquiry
German Press Review
Revival for Mussolini Rock Tribute
Pakistan Sacks Nuclear Arms Row Scientist
Inquiry Into Juppã© Case Dirty Tricks
Briton, 74, Murdered in Farmhouse Attack in Kenya
First 'human to Human' Bird Flu Cases Feared
Two-thirds of Zimbabweans in Need of Food Aid
Suicide Bombs Drag Kurdistan Into Heart of Insurgency