Review of the year 2004 - May
3 The Daily Mirror defended its decision to publish pictures of British troops apparently abusing an Iraqi prisoner as doubts over their origin grew.
6 John Scarlett, the man responsible for the Government's controversial Iraq
weapons dossier, was named as the new chief of MI6.
7 Water companies in England and Wales set out plans to raise prices by as much as 45% in order to fund maintenance work and improvements.
8 Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old German student admitted creating the Sasser internet worm which infected millions of computers, causing machines to shut down.
9 Russian-backed Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov was among at least 20
people killed by a blast in Grozny.
10 Maxine Carr was cleared to leave jail after a judge decided not to impose a new custodial term for fraud.
11 Nine people died after a huge explosion devastated a plastics factory in West Glasgow.
14 Piers Morgan quit as editor of the Daily Mirror, while the newspaper``unreservedly'' apologised for publishing faked photos of British soldiers apparently abusing an Iraqi prisoner.
19 Tony Blair was hit by a flour bomb thrown by Fathers 4 Justice protesters during Commons question time, prompting a security review of the House of Commons.
23 Four people were killed when a roof collapsed in terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
26 Princess Michael of Kent denied making a racist comment to a group of diners in a New York restaurant.
27 Muslim cleric Abu Hamza was remanded in custody facing extradition to the
US after being accused of terror offences.
28 Shia Muslim physician Iyad Allawi was nominated as the country's new Prime Minister by the Iraqi Governing Council.
