Portal:Current events/2004 June 15
June 15, 2004 (Tuesday)
- Tim Berners-Lee receives the Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki. (Technology awards)
- Janis Karpinski, the United States Brigadier General at the center of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse in Iraq, says that she was "ordered from the top" to treat detainees "like dogs", as they are treated in Guantanamo. (BBC) (Guardian) (Voice of America)
- Bombs detonated against oil pipelines in Iraq result in the main Iraqi oil terminal being shut down for at least 10 days, an estimated revenue loss of USD 600 million to the Iraqi government. (NYT) (BBC)
- A militant Islamic group that has been identified as connected to Al Qaida releases a video-tape where they state they will kill an American hostage, Paul Johnson, if group members are not released from Saudi Arabian prisons in 72 hours. (BBC)
- FARC guerrillas massacre 34 coca farmers in Norte de Santander department, Colombia, in the worst such attack since President Álvaro Uribe took office. (BBC) (AP)
- U.S. Rep. Chris Bell files an ethics complaint against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. (CNN)
- Apple Computer launches its iTunes Music Store digital music service in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. The price for a single track will be 79 pence or 99 euro cents. (Forbes) (The Register)
- The Detroit Pistons win their first NBA Championship since 1990 by defeating the widely favored Los Angeles Lakers 4–1 in a best-of-seven series. The Pistons swept all three of their home games, a first in the 20 years of the 2–3–2 game format. The final game's score was 100–87. (NBA.com)