Portal:Current events/2004 August 30
August 30, 2004 (Monday)
- Election dispute in Chechnya: After leading rival Malik Saidullayev was disqualified on a technicality. Alu Alkhanov, supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin, wins in a landslide. US and EU dispute results. (Reuters) Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (Reuters) (NYT)
- U.S. presidential campaign: The Republican National Convention begins in New York City. Massive protests are expected. (CNN)
- Two amateur French Egyptologists claim to have discovered, using radar, a previously unknown corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu. They believe the corridor would lead directly to Khufu's burial chamber, a room which – if it exists – is unlikely to have been accessed since the burial and may still contain the king's remains. (The Guardian) (AustBC)
- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) confirms that two Russian "airplanes were blown up as a result of a terrorist attack" that killed 90 people on August 24, 2004. (Reuters)
- 2004 Atlantic hurricane season:
- Tropical Storm Gaston douses Richmond, Virginia, with up to 14 inches of rain, causing widespread flooding. Governor Mark Warner declares a state of emergency in Central Virginia. (ABCNEWS)
- Category 3 Hurricane Frances looms over Puerto Rico. (USA Today)
- Republic of China (Taiwan) President Chen Shui-bian cancels the annual Han Kuang live-fire exercises previously schedule for September 9 as a goodwill gesture to the mainland after the People's Republic of China reportedly halted its military drills at Dongshan Island on the Taiwan Strait. (VOA) (CNN)