August 10, 2004

See also August 9, 2004 - August 2004 - August 11, 2004

• The South Korean government announces that the country's capital is to be moved from Seoul to a new site at Gongju in South Chungcheong province. (BBC)
• Bombs explode at two small hotels and a gas plant in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing two people and injuring at least nine. (BBC)
• The U.S. deals a major blow to German prosecutors at the re-trial of Moroccan Mounir al-Motassadek, one of the only 9/11 suspects to face justice to date, by refusing to allow an alleged al-Qaeda member to testify via videolink, citing security concerns and the need to protect secret information. (BBC)
• Libya agrees to pay USD 35 million to some victims of the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. (BBC)
• U.S. President George W. Bush announces his intention to have Porter J. Goss confirmed as the new director of the CIA. (WashPost)
• A trove of 250 pages of previously unknown poetry by British poet Philip Larkin is found in Hull University library. (BBC) (Scotsman)
• New edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary published, including the words: double-double, stagette, and goal suck. (CBC)
• Lights in the Empire State Building dimmed for 15 minutes in memory of Faye Wray, the female lead of King Kong, who died two days earlier at the age of 96.

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