July 22, 2003

July 22, 2003

=July 22, 2003=

*John Manley, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, drops out of the race to succeed Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister after conceding he cannot catch front-runner Paul Martin, Jr.. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/22/manley_quits030722 Manley quits Liberal leadership race] ]
*One of the top floors of the Eiffel Tower catches fire. No one is injured. [ [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030722/ap_on_re_eu/france_eiffel_tower&e=1&ncid= Eiffel Tower] ]
*Fighting continues and the death toll rises in Liberia as rebels move into Monrovia to depose President Charles Taylor.
*U.S.-led occupation of Iraq: In Iraq, "four key figures" in the former Iraqi regime die in a large operation by US troops. The dead included Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/07/22/sprj.irq.main/index.html Chalabi: Iraqis must draft constitution alone] ]
*A severe storm strikes Memphis, Tennessee, leaving several dead and as many as 300,000 without power, including extremely severe damage to the power grid in some areas. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/07/24/severe.storms.ap/index.html CNN] ] [ [http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_2137266,00.html GoMemphis] ]
*Geographers announce that, with respect to its relative size, Kansas is flatter than a pancake. [ [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=6&u=/nm/20030722/od_nm/odd_kansas_dc Kansas] ]

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