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In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]
2004Richard Avedon, American photographer (born 1923)[†]
Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Elle specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".
2004Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (born 1946)[†]
Bruce Palmer was a Canadian musician best known as the bassist in the folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
2004Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (born 1921)[†]
Robert Vaidlo was an Estonian journalist and children's writer.
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Europe's largest clothing retailer, Hennes & Mauritz, says fiscal third-quarter profit rose 18 percent; net income rose to 1.59 billion kornor ($218 million); chief exec Rolf Eriksen comments; photo (S)
India's economy expands 7.4 percent in the quarter ended in June, driven by sizzling growth in manufacturing and services, but slowed a bit by uneven rains that reduced farm output; stop-and-start monsoon and rising global oil prices are expected to drag on India's economy this year, paring annual growth to around 6 percent after economy roared ahead by 8.2 percent last year; photos (M)
Canada's dairy and poultry farmers benefit from Canada's unusual system known as supply management; system allows only trickle of duty-free imports and otherwise imposes tariffs reaching 300 percent; country's 22,680 dairy, chicken, turkey and egg farmers produce fixed amount under quotas in system that maintains stable prices and assures markets; World Trade Organization's current attempt at overhauling global agricultural trade will most likely turn some of its attention to Canadian arrangement; photo (L)
Floyd Abrams column says process of enforcing kind of fiscal discipline on members of European Union that American states are expected to follow is under way even if some governments, notably Germany and France, either cannot keep their budget deficits under agreed-upon caps or resort to financial sleight of hand in order to do so; says EU members will need time to adjust to new power relationship with their central government, just as American states did in years before and shortly after adoption of US Constitution; chart (M)
Mayor Michael R Bloomberg asks New York City Investigation Dept to examine how Local Conditional Release Commission, little-known panel of mayoral appointees, decided to grant early jail release to former State Sen Guy J Velella; says commission should be abolished; Velella was released after he served only 3 months of 12-month sentence in conspiracy and bribery case (M)
Gross domestic product of Canada grew 0.1 percent in July compared with the previous month, lower increase then expected (S)
28 Palestinians and 3 Israelis Killed in Gaza Fighting At least 28 Palestinians and three Israelis were killed as Israeli troops pushed into a densely packed refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip and battled militants. It was the deadliest day in more than two years. PAGE A3 Army Lowers Requirements With its forces strained by the violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has lowered some requirements for recruits in the latest sign of difficulty in attracting and retaining soldiers. PAGE A24 Checks on Foreign Travelers Officials at American airports for the first time began photographing and electronically fingerprinting travelers from 27 industrialized nations, including longtime allies like England and France. PAGE A13 E.P.A. Is Faulted on Air Rules The inspector general of the E.P.A. said legal actions against major polluters had stalled because of the agency's decision to revise rules on emissions at older coal-fired power plants. PAGE A12 7th Straight Title for Yankees A home run by Bernie Williams in the ninth inning beat Minnesota, 6-4, and gave the Yankees 100 victories and their seventh straight American League East title. SPORTSFRIDAY, PAGE D1
Justice Department Is Said To Start Fannie Mae Inquiry The Justice Department has started a criminal investigation of Fannie Mae, the nation's largest mortgage buyer, in response to a federal report accusing executives at the company of sloppy accounting practices, said an official who has been briefed on the matter.
World's top two platinum producers, both based in South Africa, are facing strikes over wage disputes; producers are Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum (S)
Two car bombs tear through street celebration in Baghdad, killing 41 Iraqis, at least 34 of them children, and wounding and maiming 139 more; bombers drive their cars into crowds of children waiting to receive candy from American soldiers during festivities marking opening of new sewer plant in capital; attack bespeaks murderous calculation employed by insurgents, who are trying to topple American-backed enterprise in Iraq and who see completion of sewer plant as symbol of progress for that enterprise; 10 American soldiers are wounded in attack; newly refurbished sewage plant escapes unscathed, except for walls that are spattered with flesh and blood of the dead; less than mile away, car bomb crashes into Iraqi National Guard post, causing unknown number of casualties; earlier, another car bomb strikes military checkpoint, killing one American soldier and two Iraqi soldiers and wounding 60 more; Iraq's deputy prime minister Barham Salih blames attacks on terrorists who are trying to derail democratic process in Iraq; photos; map (M)
Article describes scenes along Gulf Coast from New Orleans, La, to Bay St Louis and Biloxi, Miss, Dauphin Island, Mobile, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Ala, and Pensacola, Fla, after Hurricane Ivan devastated area; photos; map (M)
Former Bronx Democratic leader Stanley M Friedman, who was convicted of bribery in federal corruption case and spent four years in prison from 1988 to 1992, is currently general manager of Staten Island Hotel; Friedman says he has finally freed himself from seductions of politician's life; photo of Friedman at Stanley's, his restaurant at hotel (M)