Unix Timestamp: 1076025600
Friday, February 6. 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC

At least 39 people are killed and around 120 injured in an explosion aboard a train on the Moscow Metro (subway) during the morning rush hour. The authorities are investigating the apparent bombing, which may be connected to a series of attacks in the Russian capital. President Vladimir Putin publicly blames the blast on Chechen militants and their leader, Aslan Maskhadov. The Chechen rebel leadership issues a statement denying responsibility. //www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17819-2004Feb6.html//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3464545.stm//www.gateway2russia.com/st/art_207984.php

A suicide bomber kills 41 people on a metro car in Moscow.

An earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, occurs in the Papua province of Indonesia and kills at least 23 people. //www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/69883/1/.html

U.S. President George W. Bush appoints an Iraq Intelligence Commission to investigate United States intelligence capabilities, specifically regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq and Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The commission is headed by Governor, and former Senator, Chuck Robb and Judge Laurence Silberman. //www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/06/wmd.panel/