August 10, 2004 (Tuesday)
- The South Korean government announces that the country's capital is to be moved from Seoul to a new site at Gongju in South Chungcheong province. (BBC)
- Bombs explode at two small hotels and a gas plant in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing two people and injuring at least nine. (BBC)
- The U.S. deals a major blow to German prosecutors at the re-trial of Moroccan Mounir al-Motassadek, one of the only 9/11 suspects to face justice to date, by refusing to allow an alleged al-Qaeda member to testify via videolink, citing security concerns and the need to protect secret information. (BBC)
- Libya agrees to pay USD 35 million to some victims of the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. (BBC)
- U.S. President George W. Bush announces his intention to have Porter J. Goss confirmed as the new director of the CIA. (WashPost)
- A trove of 250 pages of previously unknown poetry by British poet Philip Larkin is found in Hull University library. (BBC) (Scotsman)