National & World News Archive June 2004
Ashdown Purges Bosnian Serb Leadership
'Good Morning. I Have a Few Questions for You...'
Portuguese Pm to Head European Commission
Rebels Keep Their Options Open As Peace Returns to East Congo
Czech Premier Falls Victim to Poor Showing in Eu Poll
Portuguese Pm Lands Top Eu Job
Tension in Riyadh As the Heat Builds Up
Nato Will Offer Limited Training Assistance
Jail Sentence for Sexist Insults Under New French Law
Dozens Killed in Raid By Chechen Rebels on Ingushetia
Arms Exporters 'ignoring Promises About Poverty'
War Fears As Congo Rushes in Troops
Top Brass Called to Torture Hearings
UK Ready to Veto French Candidate
A Chance to Go Home Sends Un Refugee Figures Tumbling
Killing Hostage 'would Be a Violation of Islam'
Patten's Name in Frame for Eu Top Job
Leaders Arrive for Crunch Eu Talks
Return of Diego Garcia Islanders Blocked
Vital Oil Exports Halted After Sabotage
Dutch Ask Msf to Reimburse Ransom
Commander a 'scapegoat' for Abu Ghraib
EU Searches for an Answer to Apathy
EU Vote Turnout a 'wake Up Call'
Meteorite Drops in for Breakfast By m
Women Battle for Equal Rights in Loo Queue
New Generation of Americans Tries Truth and Reconciliation
French in a Sweat Over Heatwave Drill
Terre'Blanche Greeted With Jeers and the Odd Chuckle
Kinshasa Rocked By Fighting As Coup Plot is Crushed
EU to Have Its Own Diplomats
World Leaders Pay Tribute to Reagan
Reagan Was His Lifelong Hero. With Each Step Chuck's Family Were Moving Closer to History
Pomp and Security for Reagan's Return to Washington
Terre'Blanche Returns to a New World
Mainstream Parties Welcome Resolution
Four Hostages Freed in Raid on Hideout
Europe is on Wrong Track, Says a Town Called Eu
11am
Fraudster Who Posed As Leader of Lost Native American Tribe Faces Jail
Where Voting Has Become a Life and Death Issue
Sharon Wins Battle Over Settlers
Missing Reporter Stirs Trouble on Three Continents
Security Cordon in Place As Latterday Invasion Gears Up
Congo Accuses Rwanda of Fuelling Fighting on Border
New Leader Warns Against Early Us Pullout
UN Troops Kill Two in Congo Riots
Rift Over Veto Powers Delays Vote on Resolution
EU Agrees Deal to Clamp Down on Tax Dodgers
Television Station Sacks Kremlin's Last Critic
20 Years After Golden Temple Killings, Sikhs Pray New Pm Will Bring Justice
Renegade Troops Capture Congo Town
Zanzibar's Gay Community Fears Tough New Law Will Force It Into Twilight Zone
Sceptics Braced for Gains in Europe
Oil Price Soars to New High
Democrats Threatened in Hong Kong
Indian Villagers Defy Flood Threat From Dam
US Seeks Sanctions Against Sudan's Arab Militias
Scouts Sued for $14m Over Forest Fire
Bush May Transfer Detainees to Us Jails
Russians Jailed Over Chechen Rebel Killing
France to Withdraw Terrorist's Sanctuary
Iraqis Get Legal Custody of Saddam
Alleged Mafia Don Hires Image Consultant
Heatwave Brings Power Cuts in Spain
Israel Retakes Gaza Town, But Hamas Missiles Still Get Through
Unrepentant Chirac Clashes With Us Again
US Military Police Raid Iraqi Detention Centre to Stop Abuse of Prisoners
FO Seeks Millions for Embassy Security
Saddam to Be Shown in Public
Portuguese Pm Accepts Eu's Top Job
Nato Boost for Turkish Eu Bid
Militant Group Murders Soldier Hostage
Nato Pledge for Afghanistan
The View From the Baghdad Streets
Saudi Militant Turns Himself in
New Pledge for Afghanistan
Left Celebrates After Berlusconi's Coalition Defeated in Stronghold
Gaza Braced for Revenge After Hamas Kills Boy, 3
Guantánamo Prisoners Will Be Able to Challenge Their Detention in Us Courts
Angry Chirac Puts Bush in His Place
Chirac Leads Resistance As Bush Courts Nato Allies
US Hands Over Power in Iraq
Serbian Reformers Toast Victory
Taliban Murders Voters to Derail Election
Iran to Resume Nuclear Programme
Militant Threat to Kill Captive Marine
Fresh Hope in Peace Talks for Kashmir
Bush Pleads for Unity Over Iraq
Boom Bambang A Bang, Won't You Be Mine?
Nato to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
Expats Put on a Show for Kerry in Kabul
Serbians Offered Choice Between Past and Future
Stepping Out to a Cold Irish Welcome
Italian Police on Trial Over G8 Summit Beatings
New Leaders in Desperate Bid to Curb Iraq Violence
Irish Batten Down Hatches for Bush
Chirac Clears Route to the Presidency for Bitterest Rival
'Spiked Drinks and Drugs' on Orgy Cruise
Mafia Wives Turn in Their Men
Berlusconi's Holiday Home Sparks Planning Row
Iraq War 'will Cost Each Us Family $3,415'
Iran Frees Eight British Sailors
Turkey Steps Up Summit Security After Blasts
There is No Hunger Says Sudan As Children Die
Iraq Havoc As 100 Die in Attacks
Berlusconi: Married But Engaged
Stasi Files on Kohl to Be Released
Iran to Free Uk Sailors
Security a Shambles Ahead of Handover
Danger Money for Expats As the Saudi Exodus Grows
South Korean is Latest Hostage to Be Beheaded in Iraq
'New Offer' in Korean Nuclear Talks
Afghan Detainees Routinely Tortured and Humiliated By Us Troops
France Launches Radical Green Tax on Bigger Cars
Armed Forces Hit By Hiv
Anti-terror War 'pretext for Abuses'
Polio Outbreak Threatens Africa
US Tortured Afghanistan Detainees
Iran Parades Captured and Blindfolded Sailors on Tv
Dutroux Gets Life in Prison
UN Raps Us Over Iraqi Oil Revenues
Iran to 'prosecute British Sailors'
Franco-German Hunt for Schoolgirl Feared Abducted
Mbeki Sued in Us for Exploitation
Sacked Sergeant is New Al-qaida Chief in Saudi Arabia
Iran Seizes Navy Boats
Saudi Security Forces Step Up Hunt for Militants
World Bank Rebuked for Fossil Fuel Strategy
India and Pakistan Cut Risk of War
Buoyed Saudi Forces Step Up Hunt for Militants
Israelis 'using Kurds to Build Power Base'
UK Troops Accused of Mutilating Iraqi Bodies
US Bombers Kill 22 in Falluja Raid
Marbles Expert: Greeks Are Like Abusive Parents
Irish Police Seek Racist Emailer
Execution Prompts Fears of Exodus By Key Foreign Workers
Mugabe is Spooked By the Letter Z
US Bombers Kill 17 in Falluja Attack
Arafat Recognises Jewish State and Limit to Return of Refugees
Iran Pressed to Meet Demands of Nuclear Body
Croatia Builds Goodwill in Serb Villages
3,000 More Uk Troops for Iraq
American Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Sudan: How You Can Help
Pollution and Roads Kill 100,000 Children a Year in Europe
Iraq Gave Al-qaida a Base, Says Blair
Two-mile Gaza Moat to Foil Tunnels to Egypt
Developers Panic As Spain Scraps River Project
Chirac Hits Out at Blair Eu Tactics
Baghdad Bomb Kills at Least 35
Eight Years On, Belgian Child Killer Found Guilty
Global Refugee Numbers Fall
Iran Ready to Tear Up Nuclear Agreement
Aids Has Hit My Family, Says Mugabe
Kabul Tunes Into Capital Pursuits
Israel Goes Ahead With Expansion of Settlements and Fence
No Iraq Link to September 11 Plot, Us Report Finds
9/11 Compensation Agreed
Greece Facing Decade of Debt As Olympics Bill Soars
New Envoy to Tackle Sahara Deadlock
Police Play Down Fans' Fighting in Portugal
Guinea Accuses Spain of Coup Plot
Romania Bans Adoptions in Other Countries
Lights Go Out Across France in Privatisation Dispute
EU Still Split on Prodi's Successor
Zimbabwe Factions Fight Over Farms
US Firm Eyes Pot of Gold in Jamaican Seas
Iran 'failing to Come Clean on Weapons'
UK Diplomat in Romania Punished for Immigration Leak
British Soldiers Face Abuse Court Martial
Thirteen Dead in Baghdad Blast
Meteorite Gatecrashes Breakfast
Karadzic 'will Be Handed Over Soon'
Contaminated Maize Kills 80 in Kenya
Vital Clues Missed By Spanish Police
Red Cross Ultimatum to Us on Saddam
DNA Lessons of Caroline Murder
US Man Latest Victim of Saudi Killers
Top Iraqi Diplomat Assassinated
Hardcore Hooligans Escape Police Net
Ireland Votes in Favour of Curbs on Citizenship
Caroline Abuser 'sane, But Violent Pervert'
Berlusconi's Wake Up Call to Voters Angers Left
Damage Inquiry at Ancient Babylon
US Voters Reject Iraq War in Poll
Hardliner Looks Set to Win Poll in Serbia
Afghan Election Delay is New Blow for Bush Campaign
US Says Goodbye to Reagan
Blair Hails Push on Debt Relief for Poorest
Attack on Pakistani General Kills 10
Eleven Chinese Workers Shot Dead in Afghanistan
Sudan War Prompts Peacekeeping Plan
China and India Groomed for Membership
Dutroux Insists He Was Part of Paedophile Ring
Plotters Say Gadafy Ordered Killing of Saudi Crown Prince
Art Becomes the Next Suspect in America's 9/11 Paranoia
50,000 Troops in Gulf Illness Scare
Blair Hails G8 Step to Poor Nations Debt Relief
Kurd Mps Freed As Turkey Lifts Broadcast Ban
£30m Worth of Amphetamines Seized in Record Fiji Drug Bust
Paris Metro Feared Target of Suicide Bombers
Italian Trio Home to a Mixed Reception
Bush Opens New Rift Over Middle East Plan
Mayor Tells New Yorkers to Keep the Noise Down
EC Says German Regulator Must Decide on Cable Monopoly
Greece and Italy 'failing in Security'
Gaza Pullout Plan Costs Sharon His Majority
Britain Prefers Monitors to Military Action to Avert Disaster in Sudan
Mugabe to Seize All Farm Land
Madrid Bomb 'leader' Held in Italy
Security Council Vote Backs Transfer of Iraq Sovereignty
G8 Leaders Meet on Remote Island
Australian Rock Star Goes From Green to Mp
Rwanda Jails Former Unity President
Italian Murders 'the Work of Satanists'
US Bans Cleric From Iraq Elections
Planes Sent to Attack African Locusts
How D-day Veteran Hitched a Lift With a President
'They Came at Dawn and Killed the Men'
Bush Backs Uk Plan for Debt Relief
BBC Cameraman Killers 'linked to Bin Laden'
Monitors Needed to Tackle Sudan Crisis, Says Minister
Reagan Attracts Tributes and Criticism
Police Hunt Killers of Bbc Cameraman
BBC Man 'critical But Stable'
Police Hunt the 'opium Vampires'
UN Draft Strengthens Iraq's Hand Over Troops
Rebels Free Aid Workers in Stricken Darfur
Mugabe's Banker to Visit Uk for Funds
US Prepares Long Farewell for Reagan
Ronald Reagan dies at 93
UK Spymasters Shrugged Off Al-qaeda Recruit's Warning
Mercenaries in 'coup Plot' Guarded Uk Officials in Iraq
Militants Give Blow-by-blow Account of Saudi Massacre
Censors Relax Video Ban on Adult Scenes
Bush Takes a Tongue-lashing From the Pope Over Iraq
Caroline Murder Trial to Begin, Eight Years on
Fresh Terror Fears As Bomb Kills Nine in Russian Market
Sharon Sacks Hardliners Who Stand in His Way
Protests Force Golfing Minister Into a Hole
90 Days to Stop Another Disaster in Africa
Pope Urges Bush to Resolve Iraq Crisis
Africa War Crimes Trials Open in Freetown
Asia Msf Halts Afghan Operations
Greece Admits Defeat Over Armed Guards at Olympics
War Crimes Trials Open in Freetown
MSF Halts Afghan Operations
French Mp to Conduct Gay Union
In Portugal, Only One Contest Counts
Turkish Pm Accuses Israel of Practising State Terrorism
Greece Admits Defeat on Gun Ban
'For Us Germans, the War is Finally Over'
Radical Preacher is an Al-qaida Hero, Court Told
Violence Warning As Bush Flies Into Rome
Candidate Who Pulled Out Blames Chalabi Plot
Sars Doctor Joins 'disappeared' on Tiananmen Anniversary
Sharon Ready to Sack Ministers Over Gaza
Opec Set to Raise Production
Rejoyce... Irish Mps Save Festival
Rejoyce ... Irish Mps Save Festival
Falconio Suspect 'altered His Looks'
Aid Workers Killed in Afghan Ambush
Saudis Crack Down on Islamic Charities
Turkey 'plagued By Crimes of Honour'
Mugabe Introduces New Curbs on Internet
Chalabi Accused of Spy Codes Tip-off to Iran
Sharon to Put Pullout Plan to Cabinet Vote
Attack on Key Saudi Oil Terminal Could Destabilise West
Third of Turkish Women Attacked By Family, Says Amnesty
Chalabi 'tipped Off Iran About Spy Codes'
Anheuser-Busch Tops Up Chinese Brewery Bid to $720m
Briton Jailed for Al-qaida Bomb Plot
Anger Over 'light' Jail Sentence
First Lady's Trip Inflames Tension Between Georgia and Breakaway Region
Kurds Held for Istanbul Bomb Plot
EU Halts Aid to Armenia Over Quake-zone Nuclear Plant
Portuguese Tv Star on Child Sex Charges
Shanghai Surprise ... a New Town in Ye Olde English Style
Shaken Expatriates Rethink Saudi Future
Bombs Welcome New Iraqi President
25 Killed in Explosion As Iraqi President is Named
10 Killed in Explosion As Iraqi President is Named