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Summary.     Click for More >   U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000  More than three-quarters have died in combat, and 647 of have been killed since Bush declared an end to major combat Big blast reported Putin tightens grip on security Car bomb at police station kills 47 U.S. death toll at least 22 in Ivan's wake Ex-general Yudhoyono heads for win Jeanne leaves more than 1,050 dead  Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole. Up to 1,250 people still missing Iraq PM thanks U.S. Oil rises to $50  Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level Russia 'to ratify climate treaty' Bush, Kerry face off in debate
Standoff school siege Scarf ban comes into force   350 dead after troops storm school Map of Beslan North Ossetia Caucasus
Sep.1   North Caucasus
 Russia  'Breakdown' in siege negotiations
Sep.2   France
 North Caucasus  School siege: '26 freed'
 New York  Bush giving speech at Republ. Convention
Sep.3   North Caucasus
  1,200 hostages might have been inside the Beslan school. Hundreds of people were injured
 On the 3rd day of the standoff, gunfire broke out between the hostage-takers and security forces. 186 children were among the killed. Chechen warlord Basayev took responsibility for the hostage taking, which was led by his Ingush deputy Yevloyev
 North Caucasus  Putin: Siege force not planned
Sep.4  North Caucasus  Siege toll tops 350
Sep.5  Russia  Russia parades siege suspect
Sep.6  Russia  Anger mounts as Russia mourns
 New York  Clinton bypass surgery a success
 Moscow  Putin under pressure over siege
Sep.7  Moscow  Rally against terrorism
  Iraq
 China  Flood deaths mount to 143
 Russia  Footage shows drama in besieged school
Sep.8  Moscow  $10m reward for Chechen rebels
 Indonesia  Deadly car bomb near Australian Embassy
Sep.9  Washington  Powell declares genocide in Sudan
 Eastern Afghanistan  Al-Zawahiri: U.S. faltering in Afghanistan
Sep.11  Jamaica  Hurricane Ivan batters Jamaica
 New York  September 11 remembered
 Greece  Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash
  North Korea
Sep.12  Caribbean  Ivan surges toward Cayman Islands
 New York  Federer takes US Open title
 Jerusalem  Settlers protest Israeli withdrawal plan
 North Korea  N Korea says it blew up mountain
Sep.13   Moscow
 Cuba  Hurricane batters Cuba
Sep.14   Baghdad
Sep.15  UN  Iraq war illegal, says Annan
 Pakistan  Musharraf plans to keep army post
Sep.16  Baghdad  2 Americans, Briton kidnapped
 Chechnya  Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege
Sep.17   USA
 Baghdad  8 killed in car bombing
Sep.18  Iran  Iran given new nuclear 'deadline'
 Northern Iraq  Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces
Sep.19  Beijing  Jiang ends leadership transition
 Haiti  Jeanne batters Haiti; 54 dead
Sep.20   Indonesia
 Iraq  U.S. hostage beheaded
 Haiti  Flood death toll nears 600
Sep.21  UN Gen. Assembly  Bush defends US Iraq policy at UN
Sep.22   Haiti
 Iraq  British hostage pleads for life on video
Sep.23   U.S. Congress
Sep.24  New York  S Asia leaders hold first summit
 Baghdad  Six Egyptians taken
Sep.25  Chile  Pinochet quizzed over killings
 Florida  Jeanne eyewall hits Florida
Sep.26  Syria  Hamas leader killed
 Pakistan  Al Qaeda leader reportedly killed
Sep.27  Iraq  Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed
  New York
 Jordan  Jordan king doubts Iraq elections
Sep.28  Iraq  Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released
Sep.29  Iraq  Hostage Bigley shown in new video
 Israel  Rocket kills two Israeli children
  Moscow
Sep.30  Baghdad  Bombs toll hits 45
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Sep.1  North Caucasus  7 dead in school attack
  North Caucasus  
  A tense standoff between authorities and attackers who seized at least 100 hostages, possibly as many as 400
 Colorado  Kobe Bryant rape case collapses   Russia 'Breakdown' in siege negotiations  New York  Cheney unleashes attack on Kerry  Malaysia  Court frees Anwar

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Sep.2   France   Scarf ban comes into force
  A law banning headscarves and other religious symbols from state schools came into effec
  North Caucasus School siege: '26 freed'   New York Bush giving speech at Republ. Convention  North Caucasus  Blasts heard at school

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Sep.3  North Caucasus  '100 bodies' in siege school  Florida  Hurricane prompts mass evacuation   North Caucasus     350 dead after troops storm school Map of Beslan North Ossetia Caucasus
  1,200 hostages might have been inside the Beslan school. Hundreds of people were injured
 On the 3rd day of the standoff, gunfire broke out between the hostage-takers and security forces. 186 children were among the killed. Chechen warlord Basayev took responsibility for the hostage taking, which was led by his Ingush deputy Yevloyev
  North Caucasus     Putin: Siege force not planned  Russian President arrived in an unexpected visit to the siege town and shut crisis region borders

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Sep.4   North Caucasus Siege toll tops 350  Northern Iraq  Attack on police academy kills 25  North Caucasus  Hostage families return to school  Florida  Hurricane Frances pounds Florida

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Sep.5  Sunni Triangle  Report: Fugitive al-Duri captured  North Caucasus  Hostage town mourns siege victims   Russia Russia parades siege suspect  Florida  Frances blows across Florida  Southern China  Military called in for flood

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Sep.6   Russia     Anger mounts as Russia mourns  Russians are observing 2 days of national mourning as anger mounts over the government's handling of a school siege  Sunni Triangle  Falluja bomb kills 7 U.S. troops   New York   Clinton bypass surgery a success  Former President successfully underwent a quadruple coronary artery bypass operation  Boston  Singh ends Tiger's reign   Moscow     Putin under pressure over siege  Families in Beslan are facing a 3rd day burying their dead as the government comes under growing pressure  North Caucasus  Suspect: We wanted to start a war

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Sep.7   Moscow Rally against terrorism  Sadr City  Dozens killed in Baghdad fighting   Iraq     U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000
  More than three-quarters have died in combat, and 647 of have been killed since Bush declared an end to major combat
  China   Flood deaths mount to 143  About 60 people are missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains   Russia Footage shows drama in besieged school  Iraq  Italian aid workers among 5 kidnapped  Grenada  Hurricane Ivan kills at least 12

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Sep.8   Moscow $10m reward for Chechen rebels  Iraq  Fears grow for Italian hostages  Russia  New details emerge on siege rebels   Indonesia     Deadly car bomb near Australian Embassy   A powerful bomb has hit Jakarta's central business district, killing at least 6 people and wounding nearly 100

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Sep.9   Washington     Powell declares genocide in Sudan  The Secretary of State has said the killings in Darfur region constitute genocide  Sunni Triangle  Dozens dead in fighting   Eastern Afghanistan Al-Zawahiri: U.S. faltering in Afghanistan  Jamaica  Jamaica braced for Hurricane Ivan

September 10 ... more > Top ^

Sep.10  New York  WTC agency sues Saudis over 9/11  Indonesia  Text 'warned of Jakarta bombing'  Zimbabwe  UK 'coup plotter' jailed  Jamaica  Hurricane's fringes lash Jamaica  Japan  'Deserter' surrenders at U.S. base  Jamaica  Hurricane Ivan lashes Jamaica

September 11 ... more > Top ^

Sep.11   Jamaica   Hurricane Ivan batters Jamaica  Powerful Hurricane brushed past Jamaica, lashing the island with heavy rain and maximum sustained winds of 150 mph   New York September 11 remembered   Greece Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash  Jamaica  Jamaica counts cost of hurricane Ivan  New York  Hewitt tames big-hitting Johansson  New York  Federer ends Henman bid   North Korea   Big blast reported
  A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding
 Hong Kong  Voters in poll showdown  New York  Kuznetsova takes US Open title  Jamaica  Ivan swirls through Caribbean

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Sep.12   Caribbean Ivan surges toward Cayman Islands  Iraq  26 Iraqis killed in heavy fighting  North Korea  Blast 'was not nuclear'   New York Federer takes US Open title   Jerusalem Settlers protest Israeli withdrawal plan  Hong Kong  Democrats demand recount   North Korea N Korea says it blew up mountain  Cuba  Hurricane Ivan heads towards Cuba

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Sep.13   Moscow     Putin tightens grip on security
  President has ordered a drastic overhaul of the way Russia is run in the wake of deadly attacks on civilians
 Washington  Kerry on attack over weapons ban   Cuba Hurricane batters Cuba

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Sep.14   Baghdad     Car bomb at police station kills 47
  Assailants launched two deadly assaults at police targets. 12 police officers killed in a drive-by shooting in Baquba
 Caribbean  Ivan on course for Gulf Coast landfall  USA  Southern US braced for hurricane  UN  U.S. eases Sudan sanctions threat  Washington  Iraq rebuilding funds shifted to security  Canada  Canada wins ice hockey's world cup

September 15 ... more > Top ^

Sep.15  Iraq  Turkish hostage freed  Kabul  US vigilantes convicted in Kabul  USA  Americans flee as hurricane nears   UN     Iraq war illegal, says Annan  The Secretary-General says the US-led invasion was an act that contravened the UN charter   Pakistan Musharraf plans to keep army post  Alabama  Ivan's eye bears down on Alabama

September 16 ... more > Top ^

Sep.16   Baghdad 2 Americans, Briton kidnapped  USA  8 killed as Ivan lashes U.S.  UN Security Council  Annan urges action over Darfur   Chechnya   Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege  Chechen warlord has claimed responsibility for the school siege, in which at least 320 hostages, many of them children, died  Sunni Triangle  Bloodshed in US raids on Falluja

September 17 ... more > Top ^

Sep.17   USA   U.S. death toll at least 22 in Ivan's wake
  Residents in 5 states face homes sheared from their pilings, power outages, floodwaters, looters and a missing alligator
  Baghdad 8 killed in car bombing  Florida  Nader allowed to run in Florida

September 18 ... more > Top ^

Sep.18   Iran Iran given new nuclear 'deadline'   Northern Iraq Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces  Iraq  Group threatens to kill hostages  USA  Ivan blamed for 25 U.S. deaths  UN Security Council  UN threatens sanctions on Sudan

September 19 ... more > Top ^

Sep.19  Iraq  Turkey confirms 10 kidnappings  Iran  Iran rejects U.N. call on nukes   Beijing     Jiang ends leadership transition  Former president turned over his last major post as chairman of the military commission to his successor Hu Jintao  U. S. Midwest  Europe win Ryder Cup  England  Iraq 'on track for January poll'   Haiti Jeanne batters Haiti; 54 dead

September 20 ... more > Top ^

Sep.20   Indonesia     Ex-general Yudhoyono heads for win
  Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be on his way to victory over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri
  Iraq     U.S. hostage beheaded  An Islamist Web site showed video of Eugene Armstrong being beheaded by members of al-Zarqawi's group  Haiti  Storm kills at least 500  Washington  Kerry and Bush square off on Iraq   Haiti Flood death toll nears 600

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Sep.21   UN Gen. Assembly Bush defends US Iraq policy at UN  Iraq  Iraq woman prisoner 'to be freed'  Haiti  Horror scenes from storm-hit Haiti

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Sep.22  Iraq  Rift over Saddam scientists' fate  Jerusalem  Suicide bomber killing two people  Haiti  U.S. alert as 700 die in Haiti floods   Haiti   Jeanne leaves more than 1,050 dead
  Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole. Up to 1,250 people still missing
  Iraq British hostage pleads for life on video

September 23 ... more > Top ^

Sep.23   U.S. Congress   Iraq PM thanks U.S.
  Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is laying out his government's aspirations to a joint meeting of Congress
 Haiti  1,070 dead, 1,250 missing  England  Cat Stevens 'shock' at US refusal  Washington  Violence 'may limit Iraqi poll'

September 24 ... more > Top ^

Sep.24   New York S Asia leaders hold first summit  Florida  Florida prepares for fourth hurricane   Baghdad   Six Egyptians taken  Gunmen have seized Egyptians in a raid on their Baghdad office  Washington  Iraq poll plans spark new US row  Haiti  Haiti 'to evacuate flooded city'

September 25 ... more > Top ^

Sep.25  Sunni Triangle  Fighting, insurgent attacks intense  Bahamas  Jeanne strengthens to Category 3   Chile Pinochet quizzed over killings  Darfur  Darfur 'fear and rape' decried   Florida   Jeanne eyewall hits Florida  A dangerous Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115 mph, began its assault on the state east coast

September 26 ... more > Top ^

Sep.26   Syria Hamas leader killed  China  Barrichello wins Grand Prix  Florida  Jeanne leaves Floridians powerless   Pakistan Al Qaeda leader reportedly killed  Florida  4 dead as Jeanne moves through Florida  Washington  Powell: Insurgency in Iraq 'intensifying'

September 27 ... more > Top ^

Sep.27   Iraq     Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed  Fereidoun Jahani, who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August, arrived at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad  Florida  Jeanne churns northward; 6 dead   New York   Oil rises to $50
  Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level
  Jordan Jordan king doubts Iraq elections  Haiti  U.N. rushes troops to Haiti

September 28 ... more > Top ^

Sep.28  Basra  Two UK soldiers killed in Basra  England  Blair defiant over Iraq invasion   Iraq     Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released  2 women kidnapped 3 weeks ago have been released and 2 journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours

September 29 ... more > Top ^

Sep.29   Iraq Hostage Bigley shown in new video  England  UK hopes for Iraq hostage contact  Yemen  2 sentenced to death for Cole bomb   Israel Rocket kills two Israeli children   Moscow   Russia 'to ratify climate treaty'
  The government is expected to announce that the country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol

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Sep.30   Baghdad     Bombs toll hits 45  Suspected insurgents launched deadly car bomb attacks, killing mostly children in operations aimed at Iraqi government  Gaza  Fighting kills at least 22  Japan  18 dead after typhoon hits   Florida     Bush, Kerry face off in debate
  President and Senator met face-to-face for their first and only debate on foreign policy issues and homeland security
 Sunni Triangle  U.S. launches Samarra offensive  England  Blair to undergo heart treatment

  350 dead after troops storm school Map of Beslan North Ossetia Caucasus



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2004
Sep.3   North Caucasus
  1,200 hostages might have been inside the Beslan school. Hundreds of people were injured
 On the 3rd day of the standoff, gunfire broke out between the hostage-takers and security forces. 186 children were among the killed. Chechen warlord Basayev took responsibility for the hostage taking, which was led by his Ingush deputy Yevloyev
Sep.3   North Caucasus   Putin: Siege force not planned  Russian President arrived in an unexpected visit to the siege town and shut crisis region borders Sep.4  Northern Iraq  Attack on police academy kills 25 Sep.5  Southern China  Military called in for flood Sep.6  Sunni Triangle  Falluja bomb kills 7 U.S. troops Sep.6  North Caucasus  Suspect: We wanted to start a war Sep.7  Sadr City  Dozens killed in Baghdad fighting Sep.7   Iraq   U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000
  More than three-quarters have died in combat, and 647 of have been killed since Bush declared an end to major combat
Sep.9  Sunni Triangle  Dozens dead in fighting Sep.10  Zimbabwe  UK 'coup plotter' jailed Sep.10  Japan  'Deserter' surrenders at U.S. base Sep.12  Iraq  26 Iraqis killed in heavy fighting Sep.12  North Korea  Blast 'was not nuclear' Sep.15  Kabul  US vigilantes convicted in Kabul Sep.15   UN   Iraq war illegal, says Annan  The Secretary-General says the US-led invasion was an act that contravened the UN charter Sep.15   Pakistan Musharraf plans to keep army post Sep.16  Sunni Triangle  Bloodshed in US raids on Falluja Sep.17   Baghdad 8 killed in car bombing Sep.18   Northern Iraq Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces Sep.25  Sunni Triangle  Fighting, insurgent attacks intense Sep.26  Washington  Powell: Insurgency in Iraq 'intensifying' Sep.27  Haiti  U.N. rushes troops to Haiti Sep.28  Basra  Two UK soldiers killed in Basra Sep.29   Israel Rocket kills two Israeli children Sep.30  Gaza  Fighting kills at least 22 Sep.30  Sunni Triangle  U.S. launches Samarra offensive


World, September 2004 Disasters Timeline ... See World Disasters timeline Top ^
2004 Sep.3  Florida  Hurricane prompts mass evacuation Sep.4  Florida  Hurricane Frances pounds Florida Sep.5  Florida  Frances blows across Florida Sep.5  Southern China  Military called in for flood Sep.6   New York Clinton bypass surgery a success  Former President successfully underwent a quadruple coronary artery bypass operation Sep.7   China Flood deaths mount to 143  About 60 people are missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains Sep.7  Grenada  Hurricane Ivan kills at least 12 Sep.9  Jamaica  Jamaica braced for Hurricane Ivan Sep.10  Jamaica  Hurricane's fringes lash Jamaica Sep.10  Jamaica  Hurricane Ivan lashes Jamaica Sep.11   Jamaica Hurricane Ivan batters Jamaica  Powerful Hurricane brushed past Jamaica, lashing the island with heavy rain and maximum sustained winds of 150 mph Sep.11   Greece Top cleric feared killed in helicopter crash Sep.11  Jamaica  Jamaica counts cost of hurricane Ivan Sep.11   North Korea Big blast reported
  A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding
Sep.11  Jamaica  Ivan swirls through Caribbean Sep.12   Caribbean Ivan surges toward Cayman Islands Sep.12  Cuba  Hurricane Ivan heads towards Cuba Sep.13   Cuba Hurricane batters Cuba Sep.14  Caribbean  Ivan on course for Gulf Coast landfall Sep.14  USA  Southern US braced for hurricane Sep.15  USA  Americans flee as hurricane nears Sep.15  Alabama  Ivan's eye bears down on Alabama Sep.16  USA  8 killed as Ivan lashes U.S. Sep.17   USA U.S. death toll at least 22 in Ivan's wake
  Residents in 5 states face homes sheared from their pilings, power outages, floodwaters, looters and a missing alligator
Sep.18  USA  Ivan blamed for 25 U.S. deaths Sep.19   Haiti Jeanne batters Haiti; 54 dead Sep.20  Haiti  Storm kills at least 500 Sep.20   Haiti Flood death toll nears 600 Sep.21  Haiti  Horror scenes from storm-hit Haiti Sep.22  Haiti  U.S. alert as 700 die in Haiti floods Sep.22   Haiti Jeanne leaves more than 1,050 dead
  Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole. Up to 1,250 people still missing
Sep.23  Haiti  1,070 dead, 1,250 missing Sep.24  Florida  Florida prepares for fourth hurricane Sep.24  Haiti  Haiti 'to evacuate flooded city' Sep.25  Bahamas  Jeanne strengthens to Category 3 Sep.25   Florida Jeanne eyewall hits Florida  A dangerous Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115 mph, began its assault on the state east coast Sep.26  Florida  Jeanne leaves Floridians powerless Sep.26  Florida  4 dead as Jeanne moves through Florida Sep.27  Florida  Jeanne churns northward; 6 dead Sep.29   Moscow Russia 'to ratify climate treaty'
  The government is expected to announce that the country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol
Sep.30  Japan  18 dead after typhoon hits Sep.30  England  Blair to undergo heart treatment


World, September 2004 Business Timeline ... See World Business timeline Top ^
2004 Sep.14  Washington  Iraq rebuilding funds shifted to security Sep.27   New York Oil rises to $50
  Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level



World, September 2004 Sports Timeline ... See World Sports timeline Top ^
2004 Sep.1  Colorado  Kobe Bryant rape case collapses Sep.6  Boston  Singh ends Tiger's reign Sep.11  New York  Hewitt tames big-hitting Johansson Sep.11  New York  Federer ends Henman bid Sep.11  New York  Kuznetsova takes US Open title Sep.12   New York Federer takes US Open title Sep.14  Canada  Canada wins ice hockey's world cup Sep.19  U. S. Midwest  Europe win Ryder Cup Sep.26  China  Barrichello wins Grand Prix


World, September 2004 Crime & Justice Timeline ... See World Crime & Justice timeline Top ^
2004 Sep.1  North Caucasus  7 dead in school attack Sep.1   North Caucasus Standoff school siege
  A tense standoff between authorities and attackers who seized at least 100 hostages, possibly as many as 400
Sep.1  Colorado  Kobe Bryant rape case collapses Sep.1   Russia 'Breakdown' in siege negotiations Sep.1  Malaysia  Court frees Anwar Sep.2   North Caucasus School siege: '26 freed' Sep.2  North Caucasus  Blasts heard at school Sep.3  North Caucasus  '100 bodies' in siege school Sep.3   North Caucasus   350 dead after troops storm school Map of Beslan North Ossetia Caucasus
  1,200 hostages might have been inside the Beslan school. Hundreds of people were injured
 On the 3rd day of the standoff, gunfire broke out between the hostage-takers and security forces. 186 children were among the killed. Chechen warlord Basayev took responsibility for the hostage taking, which was led by his Ingush deputy Yevloyev
Sep.4   North Caucasus Siege toll tops 350 Sep.4  Northern Iraq  Attack on police academy kills 25 Sep.4  North Caucasus  Hostage families return to school Sep.5  Sunni Triangle  Report: Fugitive al-Duri captured Sep.5   Russia Russia parades siege suspect Sep.6  North Caucasus  Suspect: We wanted to start a war Sep.7   Moscow Rally against terrorism Sep.7   Russia Footage shows drama in besieged school Sep.7  Iraq  Italian aid workers among 5 kidnapped Sep.8   Moscow $10m reward for Chechen rebels Sep.8  Iraq  Fears grow for Italian hostages Sep.8  Russia  New details emerge on siege rebels Sep.8   Indonesia   Deadly car bomb near Australian Embassy   A powerful bomb has hit Jakarta's central business district, killing at least 6 people and wounding nearly 100 Sep.9   Eastern Afghanistan Al-Zawahiri: U.S. faltering in Afghanistan Sep.10  Indonesia  Text 'warned of Jakarta bombing' Sep.10  Zimbabwe  UK 'coup plotter' jailed Sep.11   New York September 11 remembered Sep.14   Baghdad   Car bomb at police station kills 47
  Assailants launched two deadly assaults at police targets. 12 police officers killed in a drive-by shooting in Baquba
Sep.15  Iraq  Turkish hostage freed Sep.15  Kabul  US vigilantes convicted in Kabul Sep.16   Baghdad 2 Americans, Briton kidnapped Sep.16   Chechnya Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege  Chechen warlord has claimed responsibility for the school siege, in which at least 320 hostages, many of them children, died Sep.17   Baghdad 8 killed in car bombing Sep.18   Northern Iraq Kirkuk bombing attacks Iraqi forces Sep.18  Iraq  Group threatens to kill hostages Sep.19  Iraq  Turkey confirms 10 kidnappings Sep.20   Iraq   U.S. hostage beheaded  An Islamist Web site showed video of Eugene Armstrong being beheaded by members of al-Zarqawi's group Sep.21  Iraq  Iraq woman prisoner 'to be freed' Sep.22  Jerusalem  Suicide bomber killing two people Sep.22   Iraq British hostage pleads for life on video Sep.23  England  Cat Stevens 'shock' at US refusal Sep.24   Baghdad Six Egyptians taken  Gunmen have seized Egyptians in a raid on their Baghdad office Sep.25   Chile Pinochet quizzed over killings Sep.26   Syria Hamas leader killed Sep.26   Pakistan Al Qaeda leader reportedly killed Sep.27   Iraq   Kidnapped Iranian diplomat freed  Fereidoun Jahani, who was kidnapped in Iraq in early August, arrived at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad Sep.28   Iraq   Italians freed, Frenchmen to be released  2 women kidnapped 3 weeks ago have been released and 2 journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours Sep.29   Iraq Hostage Bigley shown in new video Sep.29  England  UK hopes for Iraq hostage contact Sep.29  Yemen  2 sentenced to death for Cole bomb Sep.29   Israel Rocket kills two Israeli children Sep.30   Baghdad   Bombs toll hits 45  Suspected insurgents launched deadly car bomb attacks, killing mostly children in operations aimed at Iraqi government


World, September 2004 Politics Timeline ... See World Politics timeline Top ^
2004 Sep.1  New York  Cheney unleashes attack on Kerry Sep.1  Malaysia  Court frees Anwar Sep.2   France Scarf ban comes into force
  A law banning headscarves and other religious symbols from state schools came into effec
Sep.2   New York Bush giving speech at Republ. Convention Sep.3   North Caucasus   Putin: Siege force not planned  Russian President arrived in an unexpected visit to the siege town and shut crisis region borders Sep.5  North Caucasus  Hostage town mourns siege victims Sep.6   Russia   Anger mounts as Russia mourns  Russians are observing 2 days of national mourning as anger mounts over the government's handling of a school siege Sep.6   Moscow   Putin under pressure over siege  Families in Beslan are facing a 3rd day burying their dead as the government comes under growing pressure Sep.7   Moscow Rally against terrorism Sep.7   Russia Footage shows drama in besieged school Sep.9   Washington   Powell declares genocide in Sudan  The Secretary of State has said the killings in Darfur region constitute genocide Sep.10  New York  WTC agency sues Saudis over 9/11 Sep.11   New York September 11 remembered Sep.11  Hong Kong  Voters in poll showdown Sep.12   Jerusalem Settlers protest Israeli withdrawal plan Sep.12  Hong Kong  Democrats demand recount Sep.12   North Korea N Korea says it blew up mountain Sep.13   Moscow   Putin tightens grip on security
  President has ordered a drastic overhaul of the way Russia is run in the wake of deadly attacks on civilians
Sep.13  Washington  Kerry on attack over weapons ban Sep.14  UN  U.S. eases Sudan sanctions threat Sep.14  Washington  Iraq rebuilding funds shifted to security Sep.15   UN   Iraq war illegal, says Annan  The Secretary-General says the US-led invasion was an act that contravened the UN charter Sep.15   Pakistan Musharraf plans to keep army post Sep.16  UN Security Council  Annan urges action over Darfur Sep.17  Florida  Nader allowed to run in Florida Sep.18   Iran Iran given new nuclear 'deadline' Sep.18  UN Security Council  UN threatens sanctions on Sudan Sep.19  Iran  Iran rejects U.N. call on nukes Sep.19   Beijing   Jiang ends leadership transition  Former president turned over his last major post as chairman of the military commission to his successor Hu Jintao Sep.19  England  Iraq 'on track for January poll' Sep.20   Indonesia   Ex-general Yudhoyono heads for win
  Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be on his way to victory over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri
Sep.20  Washington  Kerry and Bush square off on Iraq Sep.21   UN Gen. Assembly Bush defends US Iraq policy at UN Sep.22  Iraq  Rift over Saddam scientists' fate Sep.23   U.S. Congress Iraq PM thanks U.S.
  Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is laying out his government's aspirations to a joint meeting of Congress
Sep.23  Washington  Violence 'may limit Iraqi poll' Sep.24   New York S Asia leaders hold first summit Sep.24  Washington  Iraq poll plans spark new US row Sep.25  Darfur  Darfur 'fear and rape' decried Sep.26  Washington  Powell: Insurgency in Iraq 'intensifying' Sep.27   Jordan Jordan king doubts Iraq elections Sep.28  England  Blair defiant over Iraq invasion Sep.29   Iraq Hostage Bigley shown in new video Sep.29   Moscow Russia 'to ratify climate treaty'
  The government is expected to announce that the country will ratify the Kyoto Protocol
Sep.30   Florida   Bush, Kerry face off in debate
  President and Senator met face-to-face for their first and only debate on foreign policy issues and homeland security
Sep.30  England  Blair to undergo heart treatment