Wednesday March 05, 2003

Historical Events

• The United States Supreme Court affirmed California's "three strikes or you're out” law by a 5-4 margin.
• 17 Israeli civilians are murdered in Haifa by a Hamas suicide attack bomb during the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
• A Norwegian appeals court ruled Jon Johansen (the teenager who created the DeCSS software that allows DVDs can be copied) will be retried for violating copyright and anti hacking laws.
• At least 19 people were killed in a bomb blast at an airport in Davao City (Philippines).
• The Organisation of the Islamic Conference's meeting in Qatar failed to produce a statement against war in Iraq.
• Saudi Arabia sends 3,300 troops into Kuwait to prepare for an eventual conflict in Iraq.
• At least ten people were killed when a Haifa man set off a bomb on a bus.
• At least seven people were killed in a car bomb explosion in Cucuta, Colombia.
• The Chairman of the United States Senate Subcommittee for East Asian and Pacific Affairs said that the United Nations Security Council should discuss the question of North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens as a matter of human rights.
• Protests against 2003 Iraq War: Students strike in several countries.
• Crossgates Mall, Guilderland, New York dropped charges of trespassing on a man who refused to take off his ampquotGive peace a Chanceampquot shirt. After more than 100 anti-war demonstrators marched through Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, New York, and threatened to remain until the mall relented, the mall changed its mind.
• In 2003, Belize's People's United Party was 22-7 in the elections.
• Iraq disarmament crisis: Russia, France and Germany have indicated that they will not support any UN Security Council proposal that would allow war with Iraq.
• The Times of the UK reports that the United Nations has secretly created a plan to establish a government in Iraq after the war. Although there is no agreement among UN Security Council members regarding military action, this document suggests that UN leaders might now consider war inevitable.
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