Friday August 22, 2003

Historical Events

• Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended for refusing to follow a federal court order to remove the rock with the Ten Commandments from the lobby at the Alabama Supreme Court Building.
• 52 people were killed in Mumbai bomb blasts.
• The Spitzer Space Telescope, launched during Delta II, was launched from Cape Canaveral (Florida), USA.
• Natural disaster: Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano releases a column of smoke three kilometres high into the sky.
• Natural disaster: Around 10,000 people are forced from their homes in Kelowna (British Columbia) by wildfire. This is the worst fire season for Western Canada in decades.
• Occupation in Iraq: The United Nations Security council members have a split on the Iraq issue. France, Russia and People's Republic of China are offering different ways to expand United Nations' mandate in Iraq, beyond humanitarian aid and reconstruction. Colin Powell, Secretary of State for the United States, stated that the Coalition forces do not intend to give the United Nations authority.
• War on Terrorism Canal Hotel: Investigators examine the possibility that ex-Iranian intelligence agents who were working as security guards might have been involved in the attack.
• Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Palestinian militants and Israeli government vow to continue attacking each other after terrorist attacks and bloodshed. Hamas and Islamic Jihad issue a joint statement confirming their agreement to the end of the peace plan.
• Fox News, a US broadcaster, attempted to get an injunction against Al Franken publishing a book. However, the judge refused their request and ridiculed it. Judge Denny Chin said that Fox News had claimed that the book's subtitle, which contained the words ampquotfair & balancedampquot, violated their trademark. This is a simple case. This case has no merit legally and factually. Chin also added ampquotIt's ironic that
• Separation between church and state: Alabama's Chief Judge Roy Moore was suspended by a Judicial Ethics Panel for refusing to remove a monument listing all Ten Commandments that he had placed in the state Supreme Court Building. U.S. District Judge Myron Thomson had ordered Moore to remove the controversial monument. He had in 2002 ruled that the monument ampquot violates the ban on government promotion and support of religious doctrines. The judgment of Thompson was
• At least 21 people are killed when a Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 rocket explodes at its launch-pad at Alcantara Space Base. One of the rocket's four engines caught fire, and the subsequent explosion caused the destruction of the rocket, its cargo of two spacecrafts, as well the death of many Brazilian space-specialists. The damage was estimated to be worth approximately US$. Brazil's third attempt to become a space power since 1997 is over.
• Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Palestinian militants and Israeli government vow to continue attacking each other after terrorist attacks and bloodshed. Hamas and Islamic Jihad issue a joint statement confirming their agreement to end the peace plan. They call on militant cells in Palestine not to stop striking. Israeli security officials claim that this is only the beginning of Israeli responses to Palestinian attacks. [10]
• War on Terrorism - President George W. Bush announces that assets of terrorist organizations and militant leaders in the Palestinian Palestinian territories will be frozen. This is because Hamas claims official responsibility for the August 19th terrorist attack. [11][12]
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