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Dan Barry About New York column contends that school administrators need to take larger role in assuring that bullying does not go unpunished; describes case of New York City public school student Joey Bari, whose endless taunting by bully resulted in lawsuit that awarded Bari $195,000 in damages (M)
New York City baseball umpire Butch Krichman, who calls amateur adult, Little League and public school games, has umpired close to 8,000 games and, unlike most of his peers, has been able to work fulltime as umpire; photos (M)
China is pursuing vast program of industrial investment, with steel in vanguard; has doubled its steel output since 2000, emerging as world's biggest producer by wide margin, and is on its way to nearly doubling it again in next three years; pace of spending on new steel mills triples from 2002 to 2003; concerns are growing from Beijing to Pittsburgh about this breathtaking ramp-up of Chinese steel making; executives and industry analysts are worried that world will be stuck with enormous glut of steel that could wreck profits and touch off mass layoffs at steel mills around world; photo; graph shows China's steel production (M)
Metropolitan Opera musicians say conductor James Levine has been suffering from unexplained tremors in his left arm and leg that at times impair his ability to lead orchestra effectively; Levine says tremors began decade ago and that they have not worsened, nor have they hurt his ability to do his job; says intermittent shaking is consistent with Parkinson's disease, but his doctor has not diagnosed that ailment; Levine's health has long been subject of rumors and worry among his admirers and employers; Met, in sign of confidence in Levine, has decided to announce another extension of his contract, from 2007 to 2011; Levine photo (M)
Marines withdraw from most positions they took during three-week siege of Falluja, as US military begins handing over control of security there to Jasim Muhammad Saleh, former Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein and up to 1,100 men under his command; suicide bomber kills two marines and wounds six others; over 1,000 Iraqis in Najaf protest against Bush administration's decision to loosen ban on participation in government by members of once-ruling Baath Party; map; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 28, 2004, covering May 1, 2004.
Usher
Various Artists
Hoobastank
Janet Jackson
Guns N' Roses
2004Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer[†]
Charli Grace D'Amelio is an American social media personality and dancer. She was a competitive dancer for over a decade before starting her social media career in 2019, when she began posting dance videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok. D'Amelio quickly amassed a large following and subsequently became the most-followed creator on the platform in March 2020 until she was surpassed by Khaby Lame in June 2022. With over 155 million followers, she is the second most-followed person on TikTok, as of 2025.
2004Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.[†]
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. It is located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, and north of Egypt. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. Cyprus hosts the British military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, whilst the northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone.
In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]