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November 1, 2004

The Grimsvotn Volcano under the Vatnajokull Glacier in Iceland erupts (BBC) .

An inquiry by the Egypt ian Interior Ministry into last month's bombings of hotels in the Sinai concludes that the perpetrators received no external help, contradicting assertions by Israel i officials that the blasts were linked to Al-Qaeda . (Reuters) (BBC)

Conflict In Iraq :

--- The deputy Governor of Baghdad , Hatem Kamil , is Assassinated . The Militant group Army Of Ansar Al-Sunna claims responsibility. (Reuters) (BBC)

--- A Reuters cameraman is shot dead by suspected Sniper fire. In Ramadi , hospital officials report six dead from fighting between United States Armed Forces and rebels. A U.S. citizen, an unidentified Nepal i and four Iraqi workers are taken hostage at gunpoint from their office in Baghdad . (Reuters) (BBC)

Over 300 mm of rain fall on Venice , Italy , Flood ing an estimated 80% of the city and shutting down the Public Transit system. (Reuters) (SBS)

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist , who has been undergoing Radiation and Chemotherapy treatments for Thyroid Cancer , announces he will delay his return to the courtroom on the advice of his doctors. (CNN)

by a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Tel Aviv kills three and wounds over 30 people. The Marxist Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine claims responsibility. (Reuters) (BBC)

Martial Law is imposed in parts of China 's Henan province after fighting between Hui Chinese and Han Chinese ethnic groups kills seven and wounds 42 people. (Reuters) (BBC)