Tuesday, January 04, 2005

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Tuesday, 04 January, 2005, 13:00 GMT 07:00 -06:00:US/Central
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Key Indonesia aid airport cleared
The main airport in Indonesia's Aceh province re-opens, allowing vital aid to flow again to tsunami-stricken areas.
  Governor of Baghdad assassinated
Gunmen assassinate the governor of Baghdad as at least 10 people die in a blast in the Iraqi capital.
  Army restricted ethnic recruits
The British Army secretly restricted numbers of ethnic recruits, according to official files just released.
  Brown pushes tsunami debt relief
The UK Chancellor presses the G8 to freeze all debts owed by countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster.
  British deaths 'likely to be 199'
Some 199 Britons are "highly likely" to have been killed in the Asian tsunami disaster, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says.
AMERICAS
Powell pledges tsunami support
US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledges America's full support for the tsunami aid effort, as he visits Thailand.
  Peru police arrest rebel leader
Police in Peru arrest the leader of a band of army reservists who seized a police station and took hostages.
  Argentines protest over club fire
A third day of protests is held in Buenos Aires to demand resignations over a nightclub fire that killed 180 people.
EUROPE
Kidnap fears for lost tsunami boy
Police in tsunami-hit Thailand search for a Swedish boy feared kidnapped by child sex traffickers.
  Army restricted ethnic recruits
The British Army secretly restricted numbers of ethnic recruits, according to official files just released.
  Brown pushes tsunami debt relief
The UK Chancellor presses the G8 to freeze all debts owed by countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
1951: Communist forces prepare to take Seoul
Chinese and North Korean troops are close to recapturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last year.
  1967: Campbell killed during record attempt
Donald Campbell dies while attempting to break his own water speed record in his jet-powered boat¸ Bluebird K7
  1986: Thin Lizzie star dies
Phil Lynott¸ the former frontman of rock group Thin Lizzie¸ dies 11 days after collapsing from a drink and drug binge.
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