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The '''Korea Standard Time''' (abbr. KST) is a standard timezone in [[South Korea]] that is 9 hours ahead of [[GMT]]: when it is midnight (00:00) in [[GMT]], it is 9 am (09:00) in Korea Standard Time.
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The difference to GMT is the same as that in [[Japan standard time]].
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==[[April 11]], [[2004]]==
*[[Arjan Erkel]], aid worker for [[Médecins Sans Frontières]], is free after being held hostage since [[August 12]], [[2002]].
==[[April 10]], [[2004]]==
*More than a thousand [[Nepal]]is are arrested in [[Kathmandu]] for taking part in a demonstration calling on their king to restore democracy. [http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/star_news/world/nepal_police_arrest_protesters (Morning Star)]
*Responding to requests by the [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States|September 11th Commission]], the [[White House]] released a newly-declassified [[President's Daily Briefing|briefing]] from a month before the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] warning of possible [[Al-Qaida]] activity, including planned [[Aircraft hijacking|hijackings]], within the [[United States]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/bush.briefing/index.html (CNN)], [http://www.cnn.com/2004/images/04/10/whitehouse.pdf (Briefing in PDF format)]
==[[April 9]], [[2004]]==
* [[Henry C. Lee]] arrives in [[Taipei]] to investigate the [[March 19, 2004 assassination attempt in Taiwan]]. [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/8394661.htm?1c (Miami Herald)]
* [[Basketball]]: [[Euroleague]] Final Four tournament will be held in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] despite concerns over [[Palestinian terrorism]]. Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel beats Zalgiris Kaunas, [[Lithuania]] to qualify. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Basketball-Miracle.html (NYT)]
* [[Good Friday]] - Ruben Enaje is [[crucifixion |crucified]] for the 18th time in [[San Pedro Cutud]], [[Philippines]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-philippines-crucifixions.html (NYT)]
* [[Iraq]] [[Occupation of Iraq|Occupation]] and [[Iraqi resistance|Insurgency]]:
** [[South Korea]] announces deployment of 3,700 soldiers in Iraq by August, despite recent attacks. The augmentation will make it the [[U.S.-led coalition against Iraq|coalition's]] third largest contingent. ([http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_10.html World Tribune])
** [[Japan]] refuses to withdraw troops from Iraq in the face of the [[death threat]]s from [[rebel|insurgent]]s holding three of its [[citizen]]s. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3613383.stm (BBC)]
** [[Military alliance|Coalition]] forces retake [[Kut]], meeting little opposition. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html (NYT)]
** [[United States Marine Corps|US Marines]] resume their advance into [[Fallujah]], after a pause to allow [[humanitarian]] supplies to enter the city. An attempt to use the pause to [[negotiation|negotiate]] terms of surrender fails when the representatives from the city fail to show. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-Fallujah.html (NYT)]
** [[United Nations]] [[Secretary-General]] [[Kofi Annan]] urges stepped-up efforts to protect [[civilian]]s and end the [[violence]] in the deteriorating [[security]] situation in [[Iraq]]. [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10362&Cr=iraq&Cr1= (UN)]
==[[April 8]], [[2004]]==
* [[Bulgaria]] Mourning Day - [[Bulgaria]] mourns 12 children who died in a bus crash between [[Serbia and Montenegro]] on [[April 4]]
* [[Bangladesh]] is paralysed by a [[general strike]] called in protest at alleged government corruption. ([http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/star_news/world/opposition_s_general_strike_shuts_down_bangladesh Morning Star])
* US [[National Security Advisor]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] testifies before the [[National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States|Sept. 11 Commission]].[http://wid.ap.org/transcripts/rice.html (Transcript)] Rice states [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] understood threat from [[al-Qaeda]] before [[September 11]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3610031.stm (BBC)] She asserts "the terrorists were at war with us, but we were not yet at war with them." [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040408/D81QQ7400.html (AP)] She also says that [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] came into office in 2001 determined to develop a "more robust" policy to combat [[Al-Qaida]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3610031.stm (BBC)] The commission asks the [[White House]] to declassify a [[President's Daily Briefing|key August 2001 document]] entitled ''[[Osama bin Laden|Bin Ladin]] Determined to Strike in US''. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/911.commission.memo/ (CNN)]
* [[Iraq]] [[Occupation of Iraq|Occupation]] and [[Iraqi resistance|Insurgency]]:
** Iraq [[Alliance]] [[troop]]s are locked in heavy [[combat|fighting]], one year after the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]]. [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] troops cede [[Kut]] to [[Moqtada al-Sadr]] supporters. [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] insurgents engage in two fronts west of [[Baghdad]]; a [[Shiite]] uprising spreads in southern and central Iraq. [http://www.iht.com/articles/513972.html (IHT)]
** [[Militiamen]] in [[black]] outfits of Moqtada al-Sadr's [[Mahdi Army]] are visible at [[mosque|grand mosque]] of [[Kufa]]; Moqtada al-Sadr is in the [[gold]]en-domed [[mosque]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/513889.html (IHT)]
** Shiite Muslim militias hold two southern Iraqi cities. Sunni insurgents kill U.S. Marine in [[Fallujah]]. Militants [[kidnap]] three [[Japanese]], eight [[South Korean]], and two [[Israel]]i [[Arab]] [[civilian]]s. The South Koreans are later released. [[Al-Jazeera]] [[television]] airs [[videotape]] of militants threatening to burn alive [[blindfold]]ed [[Japanese]] [[hostage]]s unless [[Tokyo]] withdraws its troops from Iraq. [http://www.iht.com/articles/513972.html (IHT)] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=60681 (INN)] [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq-hostages.html (NYT)]
** 30 Americans and more than 150 Iraqis are dead in the fighting for the city in [[Fallujah]]. U.S. helicopter hit [[militant]]s in [[mosque]] with three [[missile]]s. 40 individuals are killed in the mosque. Marines and [[rebel]]s continue to exchange fire. [http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=103132&SecID=2 (TWEAN)]
* Militia forces loyal to [[Abdurrashid Dostum]] take [[Meymaneh]], the capital of [[Faryab]] province, [[Afghanistan]], from the interim government and force the governor to flee. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62511-2004Apr8.html (WP)]
* [[Middle East Forum]] is seeking support to form the [[Islamic Progress Institute]], a [[progressive]] [[Islam]]ic [[institute]], that would represent [[liberal]] [[Muslim]]s living in the [[United States]]. [http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040407-043618-6537r (UPI)]
==[[April 7]], [[2004]]==
* [[Occupation of Iraq]] -- [[Iraqi resistance|Iraq Insurgency]]:
** [[Baghdad]] office of [[Shiite]] leader [[Moqtada al-Sadr]] is surrounded by [[U.S.]] [[tank]]s and [[troop]]s amid efforts to [[arrest]] the [[Iraq]]i [[cleric]]. Some 500 armed Sadr [[militia]] burn [[tire]]s, forming [[roadblock]]s and promising [[jihad]] near the office. [[Sniper]]s have also been placed in [[home]]s in the [[neighborhood]] in the Baghdad [[slum]] of [[Sadr City]]. [http://www.upi.com/ (UPI photo)]
** Militants inside the [[Abdul-Aziz al-Samarrai]] mosque shoot at [[United States Marine Corps|US Marines]], and Lt. Col. Brennan Byrne orders his men to return fire. "If they use the mosque as a military machine, then it's no longer a house of worship and we strike," he said. [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040407/D81Q35G84.html (AP)]
* [[Same-sex marriage in the United States]]: Represented by the [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]], [[New York State Assembly]]man [[Daniel O'Donnell]] and his partner and 12 other [[same sex]] couples file suit against the [[New York Department of Health]] to strike down a state law defining [[marriage]] as between "a man and a woman." [http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/04/040604nyMarry.htm (365Gay.com)] [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny-brf--gaymarriage-l0406apr06,0,7932346.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire (Newsday)]
* [[Terrorism]]: In [[Garden Grove, California]] a 45-year-old [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] man has been arrested for uttering a [[bomb]] threat against two [[OCTA]] buses. The "devices" turned out to be a backpack containing pills and a lunch pail containing garbage; meanwhile the disturbance occasioned the attendance of dozens of police, as well as the disruption of about fifty businesses and a thousand workers. [http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/040704_NW_BOMB.html (KABC-TV)]
==[[April 6]], [[2004]]==
* The [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]] rules that the right to amend the [[Basic Law of Hong Kong]] belongs to the [[National People's Congress]]. The Standing Committee also issued an "interpretation" (effectively an amendment) of the Basic Law which set out an additional step required for any changes in Hong Kong's political structures. [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/hk.china.law/index.html (CNN)]
* State security in the [[People's Republic of China]] is on high alert as disgraced Premier [[Zhao Ziyang]] seems to be near death.[http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/china.zhao/index.html (CNN)]
* The [[Seimas|parliament]] of [[Lithuania]] narrowly votes to impeach [[List of Presidents of Lithuania|President]] [[Rolandas Paksas]] for violating the constitution. Parliamentary speaker [[Arturas Paulauskas]] will act as president for two months pending new elections. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3602895.stm (BBC)]
* ABC reports that British government sources believe that suspects arrested last week in the UK may have been plotting to make an improvised [[chemical weapon]] using the toxic agent [[osmium tetroxide]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Investigation/poison_bomb_plot_040405-1.html (ABC/US)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3603961.stm (BBC)]
* [[Palestinian]] [[official]]s state that the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] ([[PLO]]) asks [[Hamas]] [[fighter]]s to join a decision making body to run the [[Gaza Strip]] if [[Israel]] pulls out. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0C099809-C210-4410-B287-7E089263DA9B.htm (Al Jazeera)]
* [[Iraq]]:
** [[Shiite]]s want [[Iraq]]i [[politics|politic]]al control by [[June 30]] but say the [[violence]] the [[al-Mahdi Army|Mahdi Army]] has incited since Sunday is dangerous. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0407/p01s02-wome.html (Christian Science Monitor)]
** [[Iraqi resistance|Iraqi insurgent]]s and [[rebel]]lious [[Shiite]]s challenge Coalition occupation forces. At least 30 Iraqis are killed. Sixteen Iraqis died in battles with [[Marine]]s in [[Fallujah]]. At least 18 American [[soldier]]s and more than 116 Iraqis have died in three days of clashes. A [[Salvador]]an soldier and one from [[Ukraine]] also are killed. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20040406-1308-iraq.html (Associated Press)]
** [[Militant]] [[cleric]] [[Moqtada Sadr]] rallies his [[al-Mahdi Army|Mahdi Army]] [[militia]] in a third day of [[urban warfare]] with coalition forces after fleeing to a [[sanctuary|refuge]] close to [[Shia]] [[Islam]]'s [[holy|holiest]] [[shrine]]. [http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1079420198499 (Financial Times)]
** [[Muqtada al-Sadr]] is accused of confiscating the "[[khum]]s" (or [[donation]]s) of [[worship]]ers to [[mosque]]s and [[shrine]]s in southern Iraq. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/ECBD601F-972F-4413-A7DD-BB3A8F5DFEBB.htm (Al Jazeera)]
** United States civilian administrator [[Paul Bremer]] states that there is "no question" that coalition forces are in control. "I know if you just report on those few places, it does look chaotic. But if you travel around the country ... what you find is a bustling economy, people opening businesses right and left, unemployment has dropped." [http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html (CNN)]
*[[IBM]] requests that the court dismiss the [[SCO Group]]'s [[copyright]] charges against it "[[with prejudice]]". [http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04062004/business/154471.asp (Salt Lake Tribune)]
* [[University of Connecticut]] becomes the first [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA Division I]] school to win [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|the men's]] and [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|the women's]] U.S. [[amateur]] national [[basketball]] championships in the same season, after the women's team [[three-peat]]s. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/ncaatourney04/news/story?id=1777154 (ESPN)], [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/ncaa/women/specials/ncaa_tourney/2004/04/06/uconn.tenn.ap/ (Sports Illustrated)]
==[[April 5]], [[2004]]==
* [[U.S.-led occupation of Iraq|Occupation of Iraq]]:
** [[Paul Bremer]] states that [[militant]] [[Shiite]] [[cleric]] [[Muqtada al-Sadr]] is an [[outlaw]] and warns that uprisings by the cleric and his followers will not tolerated. [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=9514 (Middle East Online)]
** The [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] closes off the turbulent Iraqi city of [[Falluja]] ahead of a major [[operation]] against insurgents following the slayings of four [[civilian]] American [[security]] contractors. [http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2004/april/04_05_1.html (Middle East Newsline)] [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-Fallujah.html?hp (NYT)] [http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1813404.html (NPR)]
** The U.S. is examining the possibility of sending more [[troop]]s to Iraq if situation gets out of control. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3602803.stm (BBC)]
** An Iraqi [[judge]] issues arrest warrant for [[Muqtada al-Sadr]], whom the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] accuses of igniting anti-[[America]]n violence that led to the deaths of eight U.S. [[troop]]s. [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/turmoil_4-5.html (Online NewsHour)]
** [[Secretary-General]]'s Special Adviser, [[Lakhdar Brahimi]] holds talks with the [[Iraqi Governing Council]] in [[Baghdad]]. [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10314&Cr=Iraq&Cr1= (UN)]
* [[Queen Elizabeth II]] begins a state visit to [[France]] in honour of the centennial of the [[Entente Cordiale]], arriving in the [[Eurostar]] via the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The following day, she is to address the [[French Senate]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/05/world/queen_france040405 (CBC)]
* [[Ottawa]] orders the slaughter of 19 million [[chicken]]s in [[British Columbia]] due to [[bird flu]] fears. [http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_chickens20040405 (CBC)]
* The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wins five [[journalism]] awards in the [[2004 Pulitzer Prize]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/8361737.htm (Mercury News)]
* [[Emir]] [[Sheikh]] [[Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani]], of [[Qatar]], calls upon [[Arab]] states to consider [[United States]] proposals for [[democracy|democratic]] reform. He states that Arabs should no longer use the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] and security fears to justify delaying such reform. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/412870.html (HaAretz)]
* [[Mordechai Vanunu]] seeks to renounce his [[Israel]]i citizenship to avoid confinement to the nation after his release from jail. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0387878.htm (Reuters]
* For the first time in six years, a [[Norway|Norwegian]] policeman is killed in the line of duty. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article768657.ece (Aftenposten)]
* [[Economist]]s from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC - Chapel Hill]] determine that [[peer to peer]] file sharing and music downloads "have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates." [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/technology/05music.html?hp (NYT)]
* A [[United States]] government study finds that an [[African-American]] woman was 23 times more likely to be infected with [[AIDS]] than is a white woman. Recent studies suggest that 30 percent of all black [[bisexual]] men may be infected with HIV. [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/05/health/05AIDS.html?hp (NYT)]
* In [[South Korea]], [[Uri Party]] [[chairman]] [[Chung Dong-young]] calls on the opposition parties to withdraw the motion for [[impeachment]] against [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Roh Moo-hyun]]. [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200404/kt2004040515432711950.htm (Hankooki)]
* Investigators trace ties of international [[Islamist]] groups to [[Madrid]] [[train]] [[bomb]]ers from six international [[arrest warrant]]s. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04169340.htm (Reuters)]
* [[Sweden|Swedish]] business weekly ''[[Veckans Affärer]]'' argues that [[Ingvar Kamprad]], a Swede who founded the [[furniture]] [[retail]] [[chain store]] [[IKEA]], has overtaken [[Microsoft]]'s [[Bill Gates]] as the [[world's richest person]]. IKEA disagrees, stating that he does not personally own the company. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/919_661280,001800030001.htm (Hindustan Times)] [http://www.ktvu.com/money/2975041/detail.html (KTVU.COM)]
* [[Australia]]'s biggest [[supplier]] of the [[potential]] [[explosive]] [[ammonium nitrate]] will pull the product from its stores in response to concerns it could be used by [[terrorist]]s. [http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9194059%255E421,00.html (News Limited)]
* After "''serious social resonance''," the [[Duma]]'s [[United Russia]] majority backpedals from outright support of a [[bill]] [[ban]]ning public protests in many [[public]] places. [http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/04/05/001.html (Moscow Times)]
==[[April 4]], [[2004]]==
* [[Iran]] asks [[EU]] members ([[France]], [[Britain]], and [[Germany]]) to stand by their commitments within the framework of the [[nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]] ([[NPT]]) and the [[Tehran Declaration]]. [http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=4/5/2004&Cat=4&Num=009 (Tehran Times)]
* [[Thomas H. Kean]], chairman of the commission investigating the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] and former [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor of New Jersey]] says that the attacks could have been prevented had the [[United States]] government acted sooner to dismantle [[Al Qaeda]] and responded more quickly to other [[terrorist]] threats. [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/politics/04CND-PANE.html?hp (NYT)]
* [[Iraq]]i [[interior minister]] arrives in [[Tehran]] for [[security]] [[negotiation|talk]]s. [http://www.irna.ir/?LANG=EN&PART=_HOME&TYPE=HP (Islamic Republic News Agency)]
* The [[US]] [[Customs and Border Protection Agency]] begin patrols with [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s to identify [[illegal immigrant]]s at [[Political division of the United States|U.S. land borders]]. [http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/23213-1.html (Post-Newsweek Media)]
* [[Serhane ben Abdelmajid Farkhet]] ([[alias]] "''The [[Tunisia]]n''") is suspected of dying in [[April 3]] [[Madrid]] [[explosion]] (along with three other [[suspect]]s). [[Spain|Spanish]] Interior Minister Angel Acebes announces that the ringleader of the [[March 11, 2004 Madrid bombings]] is dead. 200 detonators and 22 pounds of [[dynamite]] were found "in the apartment where the four [[terrorist]]s blew themselves up as police closed in", Acebes said. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3598219.stm (BBC News)] [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Spain-Bombings.html?hp (NYT)]
* [[UK]] [[Police]] refuse discussion of reports over [[ton]]nes of unaccounted [[ammonium nitrate]] [[fertiliser]] stolen from a [[Welsh]] [[farm]] near [[Abergavenny]], [[South Wales]]. [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_912310.html?menu= (Ananova)]
* [[Occupation of Iraq]]:
** At least two [[Shiite]] [[Muslim]] followers of [[militant]] [[Iraq]]i [[cleric]], [[Muqtada Sadr|Moqtada Sadr]], are killed early in the day after throwing themselves in front of [[United States]] [[tank]]s during a [[protest|demonstration]] in [[Baghdad]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1080574.htm (AFP)]
** Supporters of [[Moqtada Sadr]] outside a coalition military base in [[Najaf]], Iraq throw rocks and fire shots. [[Spain|Spanish]] troops and [[Iraq]]i [[police]] return fire. Nineteen people (including some soldiers) are killed from the [[shooting|fire]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3597887.stm (BBC)] [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=B878DF92-9997-4D57-9B153BA6CE0C206D&title=Coalition%20Forces%20Open%20Fire%20On%20Iraqi%20Protesters,%20Killing%20Eight (VOA)]
** [[Police]] [[chief]] of [[Kufa]], [[Saeed Tryak]], is killed and one of his [[bodyguard|escort]]s is injured when their car is [[combat|attack]]ed at [[al-Adala]] in [[Najaf]], [[southeast]] of [[Baghdad]]. Police chief of [[al-Mahmudiya]] in [[Baghdad]], [[Usama Husayn]], is also killed leaving his [[house]] in [[al-Khadra]] [[neighbourhood]]. He is [[shot]] by men in police [[uniform]]s. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1E587A95-A4F5-4528-9E4D-CFDC40419FDC.htm (Al Jazeera)]
* [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]:
**[[Palestinian]] [[Yasser Arafat]] dismisses [[Israel]]'s [[threat]] to kill him. [[United States|American]] [[representative]]s, and other world leaders, criticize Israel's [[prime minister]] for the suggestion. [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=42503&d=4&m=4&y=2004 (ArabNews)]
** [[Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] conflicts with [[right-wing]] [[minister]]s over a [[plan]] to unilaterally disengage from the [[Gaza Strip]]. [[Housing and Construction Minister]], [[Effie Eitam]], and [[Tourism Minister]], [[Benny Elon]], demand that the plan receive [[cabinet]] approval. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1081052087090 (Jerusalem Post)]
** [[United Kingdom|British]] [[European Parliament]] Member Charles Tannock, who was part of the probe into possible use of [[European Union]] funds going to [[Palestinian terrorism]], describes the report as "a partial whitewash." "The Working Group Majority Report has chosen to ignore signed payment orders by [[Palestinian Authority]] Chairman [[Yasser Arafat]] to the tune of $39,000 to people linked to [[terrorist]] activities or their families on the basis that these are circumstantial evidence only and do not prove anything, as payment cannot actually have been shown to have taken place." [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1080979165731 (Jerusalem Post)]
==[[April 3]], [[2004]]==
* [[NASA]] announces that the [[Gravity Probe B]] is ready for launch on [[April 17]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/04/03/probe_eyes_key_concept_of_physics/ (Globe)]
* [[Jordan]]ian officials report that suspected [[terrorist]]s were [[arrest]]ed when their vehicle filled with explosives, detonators and bombs was apprehended in a Jordanian town on the [[Syria]]n border. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1080979160569 (Jerusalem Post)]
* [[Vladimir Meciar]] has won the first round of [[Presidential election in Slovakia 2004|Presidential election in Slovakia]].
* At least three persons suspected in involvement in the [[March 11, 2004 Madrid bombings]] blow themselves up in an apartment building in the Madrid suburb [[Leganés]] as police officers try to arrest them. Besides the suspects, one police officer is killed and 11 injured. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/03/world/spain_blast040403 (CBC)]
* ''[[Simpsons]]'' [[voice actors]] are on [[strike]]. [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/02/1080544690429.html (The Age)]
* [[Germany]]: 500,000 people protest against lowering social standards in [[Berlin]], [[Cologne]], and [[Stuttgart]] as part of a European protest weekend. [http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,293972,00.html (SPIEGEL)]
* An ongoing [[study]] by [[sociologist]] [[Robert Cushing]] for the ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]'' [[newspaper]] reveals a [[statistic]]al [[anomaly]]: [[soldier]]s and [[Marine]]s from [[rural]] [[area]]s are dying at twice the rate of troops from [[city|cities]] and [[suburb]]s. [http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1810753.html (NPR)]
* [[Pennsylvania]]'s [[chief]] [[auditor]] states that [[community notification]] about [[felon]]s is often "''[[false|incorrect]], late, and ineffective''," after review of [[state police]] monitoring of [[sexually violent predator]]s under [[Megan's Law]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/03/megans.audit.ap/index.html (AP)]
==[[April 2]], [[2004]]==
* [[United States]] [[Vice-president]]'s [[wife]], [[Lynne Cheney]], stops [[publication|reissue]] of [[erotica|sex]]y [[novel]], "''[[Sisters (Book)|Sisters]]''", authored in [[1981]]. [http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/04/02/406533-ap.html (CANOE)]
* To stop the rapid spread of [[avian influenza]] in [[British Columbia]], the [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency]] could kill up to 16 million chickens in poultry farms around [[Abbotsford, British Columbia]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/02/canada/birds040402 (CBC)]
* [[Federal]] [[commission]]ers investigating the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] look into the 6,000 documents from former [[President]] [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[presidential archive]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/01/clinton.commission.ap/ (CNN)]
* [[Teenager]]s from areas controlled by the [[Palestinian Authority]] provoke a [[riot]] by throwing large stones at [[Israel]]i police shortly after [[noon]] [[prayer]]s at the [[Western Wall]]. When police try to stop them, hundreds of other [[Muslim]]s join the stone throwers. Resisting apprehension, the [[riot]]ers seek refuge at the [[Temple Mount]], site of [[Al Aqsa Mosque]], most [[holy]] place to [[Jew]]s and third-holiest place for [[Muslim]]s. [http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME (AP)]
* [[Hong Kong]] police forcibly disperse a [[peace]]ful [[demonstration]] outside the Government Headquarters building, carrying away people, including [[journalist]]s, one by one. The demonstrators hoped the Government would send a representative to accept an open letter from the demonstrators. The [[Hong Kong Journalists' Association]] condemns the police action for infringing [[freedom of press]] by removing journalists from the scene first. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3592355.stm (BBC)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/02/hk.china/index.html (CNN)] [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail_frame.cfm?articleid=46453&intcatid=1 (Hong Kong Standard)]
* Calm returns to [[Falluja]] as the desecrated remains of four [[United States|US]] [[civilian]]s are handed over to occupation authorities; townspeople state they were torn between [[pride]] in the [[combat|attack]] and [[shame]] over the [[mutilation]]s. [http://www.iht.com/articles/513123.html (International Herald Tribune)]
* A judge in [[New York, New York|New York]] declares a mistrial after eleven days of deliberations in the case of former [[Tyco International]] chairman and chief executive [[L. Dennis Kozlowski|Dennis Kozlowski]] and former chief financial officer [[Mark H. Swartz|Mark Swartz]] after a juror received either a "threatening or coercive" letter in the previous 24 hours. Kozlowski and Swartz have been accused of stealing $600 million from Tyco.[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040402/D81MS7H00.html (AP)]
* [[Sun Microsystems]] announces that it moves to a new [[phase]] of [[legal]] and [[technical]] [[cooperation]] with longtime foe, [[Microsoft]], that will involve a payment of $1.95 [[billion]] to Sun. [http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5183848.html?tag=nefd_lede (CNet)]
*[[Economy of the United States]]: "[[Nonfarm payroll employment]] increased by 308,000 in March, and the [[unemployment]] rate was about unchanged at 5.7 percent, the [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]] of the [[United States Department of Labor|U.S. Department of Labor]] reported today. [[Payroll]] job growth was fairly widespread, as construction employment rose sharply and several major service-providing industries also added jobs." [http://bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm (BLS)]
* A [[report]] on [[anti-Semitism]] by the [[European Union]]'s [[European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia]] ([[EUMC]]) concludes attacks against [[Jew]]s in [[Europe]] are rising, primarily ascribed to youths from neighborhoods sensitive to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, principally of North African descent. [http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El3488&enZone=AntiSemi&enVersion=0& (Israel Insider)]
* [[Ariel Sharon]] states that he is [[order]]ing a halt to all [[construction]] and development in [[Gaza Strip]] [[settlement]]s. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/P/FrontPage/FrontPage&cid=1002116796299 (Jerusalem Post)]
* The [[Spain|Spanish]] government discloses that a powerful [[bomb]] has been discovered on the high-speed [[AVE]] railway line between [[Madrid]] and [[Seville]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3593927.stm (BBC)] The bomb, found near [[Toledo]], is revealed the next day to be the same type as those used in the [[11 March 2004 Madrid attacks]], which killed 191 people. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/03/world/spain_bomb040403 (CBC)]
* A [[United States]] federal judge in Providence, Rhode Island, finds [[Hamas]] guilty in a civil lawsuit resulting from the [[1996]] [[murder]] of Yaron and Efrat Ungar in [[Israel]]. Hamas is ordered to pay the family of Yaron and Efrat Ungar $116 million. The court has not yet ruled regarding the liability of the [[Palestinian Authority]] and the [[PLO]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/01/29/116m_awarded_in_terrorism_suit/ (BostonGlobe)]
*The [[BBC]] reports of a surgery which cured a patient of [[Tourette syndrome]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3589395.stm (BBC)]
*The [[BBC]] announces that [[Michael Grade]] will become its new Chairman on [[May 17]], following the resignation of its previous Chairman [[Gavyn Davies]] in the fall-out from the [[Hutton Inquiry]] report. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3591985.stm (BBC)]
*[[Sri Lanka]] holds a [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004|parliamentary election]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3590757.stm (BBC)] [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=7B13057F-A55F-4EDF-9EA8AF3AD065A04B (VOA)]
* Former [[United States Marine Corps|US marine]] [[Toby Studabaker]], who abducted a 12-year-old [[British]] girl after "''grooming''" her via the [[Internet]], is been jailed for four and a half years. [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_910784.html?menu=news.topheadlines (Ananova)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3594235.stm (BBC)]
* An estimated crowd of between 10,000 and 19,000 mourners show up to pay their final respects to [[Mexico|Mexican]] singer [[Adan Sanchez]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Many in the crowd turn violent, jumping onto the van carrying the singer's body. Some are injured, and police and emergency rescue intervention is required. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/wire/sns-ap-sanchez-rowdy-mourners,0,3638356.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines (Baltimore Sun)]
==[[April 1]], [[2004]]==
*[[George W. Bush]] signs the [[Unborn Victims of Violence Act]], commonly known as [[Laci Peterson|Laci]] and Conner's Law, that states that an act of violence that leads to the death of a pregnant mother and her child can be counted as two offenses. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040401-3.html (White House)] [http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040401-041701-1460r (UPI)]
* The [[Turk]]ish [[Interior Ministry]] states forty-one members of [[terrorist]] [[organization]], [[Revolutionary People's Liberation Party]] ([[DHKP-C]]), are detained in synchronous operations in [[Turkey]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], and the [[Netherlands]]. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/01/content_1396648.htm (Xinhua)]
* Following a [[gun]] [[battle]], in which [[Palestinian]]s hiding in a [[World Health Organization]] psychiatric hospital, in [[Bethlehem]], opened fire on [[Israel]]i [[troop]]s outside who came to arrest them, 12 of the Palestinians, mostly known militants from [[al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] that make up part of [[Yasser Arafat]]'s [[Fatah]] faction, are [[arrest]]ed. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OXGW3W3TKK1ZWCRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=4723774 (Reuters)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3589759.stm (BBC)]
* [[Astronomer]]s [[estimation|estimate]] that [[Earth]]-like [[planet]]s may orbit as many as one in twenty [[star]]s. [http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=34978&cat=Science (Webindia123)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3588721.stm (BBC)]
* [[Paul Bremer]] pledges [[justice]] for the [[Defense contractor|contractor]]s killed and [[mutilation|mutilated]] in an attack in [[Falluja]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3589057.stm (BBC)]
* [[United Kingdom|British]] Immigration Minister [[Beverley Hughes]] resigns over [[visa]] irregularities. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3589131.stm (BBC)]
* [[Palestinian]] [[General]] Haj Ismail Jabber is discovered to have been claiming the [[payroll]] for 37,000 members of the [[Palestinian Authority]]'s National Security force when only 30,000 members exist. The difference of $2 million is kept by General Jabber each month. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/411056.html (HaAretz)]
* [[Same-sex marriage in Canada]]: [[Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf]] become the first same-sex couple to legally wed in [[Quebec]]. [http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc_marriage20040401 (CBC)]
* Various [[April 1, 2004|April Fool's hoaxes]] are perpetrated throughout the world as is custom on the first of April.
*[[Neil H. Shubin]] of the [[University of Chicago]] reports in the [[Journal Nature|Journal ''Nature'']] the discovery of a 365-million-year-old forelimb in [[Pennsylvania]], representing the evolution of [[fish]] to land-dwelling animals. [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000BC4A9-8057-106C-BA3083414B7F0000 (Scientific American)]
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