August 14, 2004

Gunmen kill at least 156 people – mainly women and children – in an overnight raid on the Gatumba camp for Congolese Tutsi refugees in Burundi, the UN says. (BBC)
An ailing Pope John Paul II visits the grotto of Lourdes on a two-day pilgrimage to one of the Roman Catholic world's most revered shrines. (BBC)
US planes bomb the city of Samarra, north-west of Baghdad. In Najaf, a fragile ceasefire holds, with Muqtada al-Sadr making defiant statements but continuing negotiations. The Allawi government decides to withdraw from the negotiations in the afternoon. (BBC) (BBC) (BBC)
Hurricane Charley becomes Florida's most destructive hurricane in 12 years, passing directly over the town of Punta Gorda. Tropical Storm Bonnie spawns tornadoes in North Carolina and moves north to cause flooding in New Brunswick. (CBC)
India hangs convicted rapist and murderer Dhananjoy Chatterjee at dawn in Alipore jail, Kolkata – the country's first execution in nine years. (BBC)