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July 2, 2004

ese President Omar Hasan Ahmad Al-Bashir , in a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan , makes a commitment to "ensure security for the civilian population by deploying civilian police and by disarming militias". (Reuters)

Brazil 's strict new Gun Control legislation, including a nationwide register of all firearms, both privately owned and government issued, comes into force. (BBC) (BNN)

Entertainer Bill Cosby , in an appearance with Jesse Jackson , criticizes the African American community, saying illiterate blacks are "going nowhere" and advising unemployed black men to "stop beating up your women". (CNN/archive.org)

soldiers, including 1st. Lt. Jack Saville and Sgt. Tracy Perkins , are charged with offenses ranging up to involuntary manslaughter in the January 3 drowning death of an Iraq i detainee whom they reportedly forced to leap into the Tigris from atop a bridge in Samarra . (Reuters)

members of the U.S. House Of Representatives request that the United Nations send observers to monitor the November 2 presidential election, citing the disputed 2000 presidential outcome. (AFP)

A Medevac of Airline Air TRK crashes during take-off from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama , after a stopover in a flight from Quito, Ecuador , to Washington, D.C. , USA , killing six passengers and one airport worker. (Estrella de Panama)