July 2004


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Deaths in July

• 31 David B. Haight
• 29 Francis Crick
• 29 Nafisa Joseph
• 23 Joe Cahill
• 23 Mehmood
• 23 Illinois Jacquet
• 23 Carlos Paredes
• 22 Sacha Distel
• 21 Jerry Goldsmith
• 21 Neal A. Maxwell
• 19 J. Gordon Edwards
• 18 Paul Foot
• 13 Carlos Kleiber
• 11 Laurance Rockefeller
• 9 Isabel Sanford
• 8 Mike Woodin
• 6 Thomas Klestil
• 5 Hugh Shearer
• 4 Jean-Marie Auberson
• 4 Andrian Nikolayev
• 2 Gael Turnbull
• 1 Marlon Brando
• 1 Richard May
Other recent deaths

Ongoing events

Reconstruction of Iraq
– Occupation & Resistance
– Trials of top Ba'athists
Darfur conflict in Sudan
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
War on Terrorism
Afghanistan timeline July 2004
USA 9-11 Commission
Same-sex marriage in the USA
AIDS epidemic
Abu Ghraib investigation
Ongoing wars

Election results in July

18: Bolivia: gas referendum
5: Indonesia: president
4: Mexico: three governorships

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July 31, 2004

July 30, 2004

  • The United Nations Security Council passes a US-drafted resolution 1556 (http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8160.doc.htm) demanding the Sudanese government end atrocities in the Darfur conflict; however, aid groups criticize the weakening of the resolution at the insistence of China, Pakistan, and Russia. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3940547.stm)
  • Three people are killed and eight wounded in three suicide bomber attacks outside the U.S. and Israeli embassies and the Uzbek chief prosecutor's office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is blamed by Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Other unnamed sources point to al-Qaeda. (FOXNews) (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127544,00.html) (AP) (http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/U/UZBEKISTAN_ATTACKS?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME)
  • A natural gas pipeline explodes in Ghislenghien, near Ath (thirty kilometres southeast of Brussels), killing 18 people and leaving over 120 wounded, some critically. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HXJX3BKM0LDU0CRBAE0CFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=5832363) (CNN) (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/30/belgium.gas.blast/index.html)

July 29, 2004

  • United States Senator John Kerry formally accepts the 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate nomination. In his acceptance speech he undertakes to "restore trust and credibility to the White House". (MSNBC) (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5344731/)
  • Pakistan announces the capture of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, only the second person on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list to be detained. He is wanted in connection with the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. The US Government had offered a reward of up to $25m for information leading to the arrest of Ghailani. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3938133.stm) CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/pakistan.alqaeda.capture/index.html)
  • The Bank of England says that consumer debt in the United Kingdom has passed one trillion pounds for the first time. Coupled with increasing interest rates, this increased amount of debt has caused a sharp rise in the number of people seeking help with money problems – up 44% on five years ago. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3935671.stm)
  • Two Australian anti-war protestors who daubed "No War" in red paint on the top sail of the Sydney Opera House on March 18, 2003 take their case to the New South Wales Court of Appeal. David Burgess, 33, and Will Saunders, 42, claim their defence of self-defence was not heard by their original trial judge. (Sydney Morning Herald) (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/29/1091080369482.html?oneclick=true)
  • The International Criminal Court says it will launch an investigation into ongoing atrocities at the Barlonyo refugee camp in northern Uganda. Reports say that more than 200 people have killed by rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army since the beginning of the year. (Mail & Guardian) (http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=119498)
  • In Vietnam, dissident pro-democracy activist Dr Nguyen Dan Que is sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh People's Court for "abusing democratic rights to jeopardise the interests of the state, and the legitimate rights and interests of social organisations and citizens". Que is the third dissident this month to be jailed after using the Internet to criticise the ruling Communist government. (Vietnam News Agency) (http://www.vnagency.com.vn/newsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=29&NEWS_ID=111191) (note the Agency is state-controlled), (Miami Herald) (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/9271340.htm?1c).
  • Doughnut maker Krispy Kreme announces that its accounting practices are the subject of an informal inquiry by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The inquiry is concerned with the company's repurchase of franchises as well as a recent earnings warning. (AP) (http://news.findlaw.com/ap/f/1310/7-29-2004/20040729073007-13.html)
  • Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute announce the discovery of a new genus of deep sea worms, Osedax (meaning bone devourer). The worms feed on lipids found in the bones of whale carcasses. (MBARI) (http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2004/whalefall.html)

July 28, 2004

  • The Catholic Church says a "weeping statue" at a Vietnamese Catholic centre near Brisbane is not a miracle. (ABC) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1164463.htm)
  • Violence in Iraq:
    • A massive suicide car-bomb kills 70 Iraqi civilians in an attack near a police station in the city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.
    • Insurgents launch simultaneous attacks on U.S bases around Ramadi, killing two U.S soldiers and wounding eight. One guerilla and an Iraqi civilian are killed in the Ramadi fighting. Clashes between Marines and guerillas are reported elsewhere in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad.
    • A U.S soldier is killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb attack on a convoy in the town of Balad Ruz, north of Baghdad.
    • A U.S soldier is killed and another three wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad. An Iraqi civilian was also injured in the blast.
    • Seven Iraqi policemen and 35 guerillas are killed in a battle in the town of Suwariyah, southeast of Baghdad, that was started by a raid by Iraqi security forces backed by U.S and Ukrainian troops. [1] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=2100(AP))
  • About 220 North Koreans fly to South Korea from an unnamed third country, following 247 who arrived the day before. They arrive at Incheon International Airport on a plane chartered by the South Korean government. The North Korean government describes their apparent defection as "kidnapping". (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3931873.stm)
  • A United Airlines flight carrying 246 passengers to Los Angeles, USA is forced to return to Sydney, Australia, after a bomb threat. Police later describe a hoax warning, found written on an air sickness bag. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/australia.plane/index.html)
  • The Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Muslims World League, two Saudi-based international Islamic organizations, warn of Muslim anger in the event of an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and say Israel would be held responsible for any aggression against the mosque. (ArabNews) (http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=48997&d=28&m=7&y=2004&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom)
  • Roman Catholic Bishop Misael Vacca Ramírez, abducted by the left-wing rebel group National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia, tells local television he has been set free. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3931769.stm)
  • Traces of ricin are found in jars of baby food in a supermarket in Irvine, California. (Bloomberg (http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ambnYuz6DXzM&refer=us))

July 27, 2004

  • South African authorities announce that Al-Qaeda militants have illegally obtained a large number of South African passports, enabling operatives to travel to many African countries and Britain without visas. It is believed that the passports came from crime syndicates operating within the passport office. (AP) (http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/T/TERROR_SOUTH_AFRICA_LINK?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
  • The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court orders the unsealing of investigative files related to the unsolved 1972 murder of 13-year-old altar boy Danny Croteau. Richard Lavigne, a defrocked priest convicted of child molestation, is the only suspect in the case. (ABC) (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040727_863.html)
  • A lower French court annuls the same-sex union of Stephane Chapin and Bertrand Charpentier, stating that the Civil Code does not allow same-sex unions and that allowing them is for the legislature. The couple say they will appeal against the court's ruling, even to the European Court of Human Rights. The mayor who officated at the ceremony, Noel Mamere of the left-wing Greens Party, had been suspended from duties for one month by the national executive. (AP) (http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/F/FRANCE_GAY_MARRIAGE?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
  • Iran is alleged to have broken seals placed upon uranium centrifuges by the International Atomic Energy Agency and resumed their construction. (AP) (http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/N/NUCLEAR_AGENCY_IRAN?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
  • Violence in Iraq:
    • Guerilla mortar fire, directed at the Green Zone in Baghdad, strikes the nearby neighborhood of Salhiya, killing an Iraqi garbage collector, wounding another, and injuring 15 U.S. soldiers.
    • Dr. Qassem el-Obaidi, assistant director of Mahmudiya hospital, is assassinated in Mahmudiya, 25 miles south of Baghdad.
    • A suicide bomber launches a failed attack in Baquba, north of Baghdad, killing himself but inflicting no other casualties.
    • The Jordanian company Daoud and Partners decides to withdraw from Iraq, so as to secure the release of two Jordanian hostages. [2] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040727/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=2100(AP))
  • The United Nations warns that Bangladesh is on the verge of an humanitarian crisis, as severe flooding causes more than 350 deaths. Forty-one of the country's sixty-four districts are affected by the floods, and officials say 14 million people are either marooned or homeless; other estimates reach as high as 30 million. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3928463.stm)
  • The European Union's 25 foreign ministers jointly call on the United Nations to pass a resolution threatening sanctions if the Sudanese government does not rein in the Arab militias blamed for atrocities in Darfur. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3926873.stm)

July 26, 2004

  • The 2004 Democratic National Convention opens in Boston, Massachusetts. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3925421.stm) (Guardian) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1269340,00.html)
  • Violence in Iraq:
    • A suicide bomber attacks near a U.S base in the northern city of Mosul, killing two civilians and an Iraqi security guard. Three U.S soldiers and an Iraqi security guard were wounded.
    • The Iraqi interim Interior Ministry's Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs, Col. Musab al-Awadi, is assassinated in Baghdad, along with two of his bodyguards.
    • Insurgents kill two Iraqi women working as cleaners for British forces in Basra in southern Iraq.
    • Militants threaten to kill two Jordanian truck drivers they captured within 72 hours if their Jordanian employer does not stop doing business with the U.S. military. (AP) (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040726/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480)
  • The International Maritime Bureau says that deaths due to piracy doubled in the first month of 2004 compared with the same period in 2003, to 30 people. Half of the killings were in Nigerian waters. Despite the increased violence, the total number of piracy attacks fell. In the economically critical Straits of Malacca however, attacks rose by a third. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3925277.stm)

July 25, 2004

  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
  • Violence in Iraq:
    • Fifteen insurgents are killed in a five-hour battle near the guerilla stronghold of Buhriz near Baquba in which small-arms, artillery, and mortars are used.
    • A U.S soldier is killed in a roadside bomb attack near Baiji, 90 miles south of Mosul.
    • A former government official is killed in Baghdad.
    • Guerillas kill two police officers in Mahumudiya, 25 miles south of Baghdad.
    • A police officer, a Kurdish Patriotic Union of Kurdistan fighter, and a Kurdish woman and her two sons are killed in Kirkuk. (AP) (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040725/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_040725191245)

July 24, 2004

  • An Iranian court clears Mohammad Reza Aghdam-Ahmadi, the intelligence agent accused of killing the Iranian-Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi, of charges of "semi-intentional murder", stating that the blood money should be paid from the state's treasury. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3923511.stm)
  • A militant group kidnaps an Egyptian diplomat, Mohamed Mamdouh Qutb, in Baghdad, Iraq. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3921803.stm)
  • A roadside bomb explodes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing an electrician and wounding six others. The victims were all students and staff at an Islamic seminary, and appear to be the targets of the attack. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3922379.stm)
  • In Mexico Judge César Flores refuses to authorize an arrest warrant for former president Luis Echeverría Álvarez and other officials under the accusations of genocide for the killing of students during the "dirty war". Prosecutors are expected to appeal the decision. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3923567.stm)

July 23, 2004

  • The United States Senate and House of Representatives pass a joint resolution declaring the armed conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur to be genocide. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/23/un.sudan.ap/)
  • An 18-year-old Palestinian, Hassan Zaanin, is shot dead in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip when he and his familiy attempt to stop Palestinian gunmen from planting an anti-tank explosive outside their house. (Haaretz) (http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/455715.html) (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3920181.stm)
  • An arrest is made in Toronto in the Cecilia Zhang murder case, nine months after she was abducted. (Toronto Star) (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090534213252&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154)
  • The bridge in Mostar dividing Croatian and Bosniak communities is opened 11 years after it was destroyed in the Bosnian war. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3919047.stm)
  • A special prosecutor files genocide charges against former President of Mexico Luis Echeverría for actions taken by the Mexican military during a student protest in 1971.

July 22, 2004

  • Police seal off the Washington, DC, office building housing John Kerry's presidential campaign headquarters after an envelope contaning a suspicious white powder is opened by a Kerry staff member. (ABC News) (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040722_1880.html)
  • Major North American brewers Coors and Molson announce they will go ahead with a proposed merger, creating the world's fifth-biggest brewing company. (Toronto Star) (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090491305747&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154)
  • In the United States, the 9/11 Commission releases its unanimous final report (http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf). The report harshly criticizes American intelligence agencies. (Democracy Now!) (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/23/1336253)
  • The 9/11 Commission releases a transcript of the hijackers' conversation in the final moments of United Airlines Flight 93, which details how the hijackers forced the plane into the ground in Pennsylvania. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5750011)
  • United States and Afghan forces kill 10 suspected Islamic militants and arrest five others. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5745077)
  • The United Nations raises its threat warning level for the Gaza Strip to "Phase Four" (the maximum is five) and plans to evacuate non-essential foreign staff from the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5743863)
  • Kenya calls on its citizens to leave Iraq, after the recent abductions of three Kenyan citizens (AP) (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=721&e=7&u=/ap/20040722/ap_on_re_mi_ea/kenya_iraq_hostages)
  • In Canada, one person is reported to have died and five others hospitalized due to an E. coli contamination (AFP) (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1527&e=6&u=/afp/canada_health)
  • In Turkey a passenger train travelling between Istanbul and Ankara derails at about 18:45 local time (16:45 UTC) near Pamukova in Sakarya province. Initial fatality reports from the government suggested that 139 people were killed; this was reduced to approximately 30, without explanation, a few hours later, and the actual number is unclear. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3918473.stm)
  • Following Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet shuffle two days earlier, Leader of the Opposition Stephen Harper announces a reshuffled Conservative Shadow Cabinet. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/22/tory_shadow040722.html)
  • Ignacio Carrillo, the Special Prosecutor for Past Social and Political Movements in Mexico, presents the findings of the investigation into the "dirty war", where it classifies the killings by government forces as genocide, and requests warrants be issued for the arrest of former president Luis Echeverría Álvarez and 11 other ex-government figures. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3922119.stm) (La Jornada in Spanish) (http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2004/jul04/040723/003n2pol.php?origen=index.html&fly=1)
  • Same-sex marriage in the United States: the House of Representatives today passes legislation preventing federal courts from ordering courts in other states recognize same-sex marriage granted elsewhere. (The NewStandard) (http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=729)

July 21, 2004

  • Palestinian Legislative Council member Nabil Amr, a leading voice for anti-corruption reform of the Palestinian Authority, is shot twice in his right leg after returning from a television interview in which he criticized Yasser Arafat. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=F4H0PFAVFUI1MCRBAEZSFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=5729689)
  • The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution (http://ods-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/N03/638/96/PDF/N0363896.pdf?OpenElement) demanding that Israel obey the International Court of Justice ruling that the West Bank barrier should be dismantled. Israel condemns the resolution and announces that it will not stop building the barrier.
  • Saudi security officials find the head of American hostage Paul Johnson in a refrigerator in a villa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5730301)
  • Despite threats, Japan rebuffs demands that Japanese troops be withdrawn from Iraq. Deputy Cabinet Secretary Masaaki Yamazaki states: "For the rebuilding of Iraq, we must continue our support and not give in to terrorism". (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5725053&section=news)
  • Following the decision of the Philippines to accede to hostage-takers' demands that it withdraw all 51 soldiers from Iraq, militants in Iraq abduct three Indians, two Kenyans and an Egyptian, announcing that the hostages would be beheaded unless their countries immediately announce the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

July 20, 2004

July 19, 2004

  • Jordanian troops detect and intercept 4 unidentified individuals attempting to "infiltrate to the western side of the Jordan River" (Israel). Three are killed and the fourth arrested. (JNA) (http://www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2004/Jul/19/20453600.htm)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon calls on French Jews to move to Israel immediately in light of the dramatic rise in French anti-semitism (510 anti-semitic acts or threats in the first six months of 2004, compared to 593 for all of 2003). The French government describes his comments as unacceptable. An Israeli spokesperson later claims that Sharon had been misunderstood. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3904943.stm) (Haaretz) (http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/453367.html)
  • Amnesty International releases its report citing systematic killing, torturing and gang raping of females from ages 8 to 80 by Muslim Arab Janjaweed militia in the Darfur region of Sudan. (Amnesty) (http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engafr540842004) (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5705469&section=news)
  • A Sudanese court sentences 10 Janjaweed militiamen to amputation and imprisonment for looting and killing in Darfur. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5709160)
  • A tanker truck bomb in Baghdad kills nine Iraqis and wounds another 60.
  • Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority, seeking to quiet unrest in the Gaza Strip reinstates Abdel-Razek al-Majaideh, demoting his cousin Moussa Arafat who was appointed just 3 days ago. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5708780&pageNumber=1)
  • Hezbollah official Ghalib Awali is killed in an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. The governments of Syria and Lebanon blame Israel. A statement attributed to underground Sunni Muslim group Jund as-Sham claims responsibility for the attack against "Shiite infidels"; later, the group denies involvement in the bombing and proclaims its solidarity with Shiites and Hezbollah. (INN) (http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=65911) (Daily Star) (http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=6431)

July 18, 2004

July 17, 2004

  • Allegations surface that Iyad Allawi himself summarily executed six prisoners at a Baghdad police station one week before becoming Iraqi prime minister, to "send a clear message to the police on how to deal with insurgents". His office completely denies the event. (SMH) (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0716-01.htm) (Age) (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694560142.html)
  • The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Ahmed Qurei, submits his resignation during chaos in the Gaza Strip as gunmen kidnapped several people, including the chief of police of the Gaza Strip, demanding reform of the Palestinian security force. Yasser Arafat refuses to accept the resignation. (Reuters) (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040717/ts_nm/mideast_dc_27)
  • The Asian Cup 2004 kicks off in Beijing, China. Hosts PR China ties Bahrain 2:2 in the opening match.

July 16, 2004

  • At least 88 children are killed and several others injured when a kitchen fire engulfs a thatched-roof school in the Kumbakonam district of Tamil Nadu, India. Five are arrested so far. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3899231.stm) (Rediff News) (http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/16tn.htm) (Times of India) (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/780834.cms) (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/india.fire/index.html)
  • American celebrity Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in a federal prison, five months of house arrest, two years probation, and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine, for attempting to cover up illegal stock trading. The sentence is stayed pending appeal. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5693645)
  • Acceding to the demands of Iraqi militants who kidnapped and threaten to behead truck driver Angelo de la Cruz, the Philippines agrees to withdraw from Iraq. Eleven soldiers leave today, while the remaining 32 are slated to withdraw at a later date. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3898875.stm)
  • Palestinian militants kidnap Ghazi al-Jabali, the Palestinian Authority Chief of Police of the Gaza Strip, at gunpoint following an ambush of his convoy and the wounding of two bodyguards. The Jenin Martyrs' Brigade claims responsibility. Hours later the police chief is released and another official of the Palestinian Authority kidnapped. (Reuters) (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5691768) (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3900649.stm)
  • A United Nations tribunal trying the alleged masterminds of Rwanda's 1994 genocide convicts former finance minister Emmanuel Ndindabahizi on three counts of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to life in prison.
  • The British government is reported to be considering the decriminalization of activities relating to prostitution, including the possibility of legal brothels. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3898009.stm) (Independent) (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=541530)
  • It is reported that former Chess World Champion Bobby Fischer was detained in Japan on July 13, 2004, and may face deportation due to competing in Yugoslavia in 1992. (ABC NEWS) (http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040716_283.html) (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/fischer.japan/index.html)

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July 7, 2004

  • Kenneth Lay, the former Chairman of Enron, is indicted by a grand jury in Houston, Texas. Enron filed for bankruptcy in December 2, 2001, after investigators discovered that it had hidden more than $1 billion in debt and inflated profits. (CNN) (http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/07/news/newsmakers/lay/index.htm?cnn=yes) (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3875297.stm) (Democracy Now!) (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/08/1443252)
  • The archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, U.S., files for bankruptcy, claiming payouts for sexual abuse of boys by its priests have exhausted all of its funds. (The Guardian) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1255966,00.html)
  • Japan tells the United Nations it should get a permanent seat on the Security Council because of its participation in the multinational force in Iraq. (VOA) (http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=AF764B04-72B7-46F0-8F236B37B4589796&title=Japan%20Wants%20Permanent%20UN%20Security%20Council%20Seat&catOID=45C9C78B-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Asia%20Pacific) (JapanToday) (http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=304636)
  • At a meeting with 20 pro-democracy lawmakers, Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa says he is powerless to ask Beijing to reconsider its decision to deny universal suffrage to Hong Kong's people. (VOA) (http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=77E73E95-1D6D-4025-9FFB07F84DE41BB1&title=Hong%20Kong%20Leader%20Rejects%20Call%20to%20Ask%20Beijing%20to%20Reconsider%20Direct%20Elections&catOID=45C9C78B-88AD-11D4-A57200A0CC5EE46C&categoryname=Asia%20Pacific) (Radio Australia) (http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1148873.htm)

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