August 5, 2003

August 5, 2003

"See also" August 4, 2003 - August 2003 - August 6, 2003----
* A powerful car bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel [http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=AMMJR] , killing at least fourteen people and injuring about 150 in downtown Jakarta, a popular district for foreigners. It is believed to be a suicide bombing. The blast comes two days before a Bali court was due to deliver the verdict of the first suspect of the 2002 Bali terrorist bombing and four days after President Megawati Sukarnoputri vowed to wipe out terrorist networks in Indonesia. Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibility for the attack through a Singapore newspaper. [http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,203327,00.html?] [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20030806/D7SOB9NG0.html]
* A planned meeting between Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas is cancelled by Abbas. He accuses Israel of not doing enough in a US-backed road map for peace. Israel had said that 540 Palestinian prisoners would be freed but only released 342 names in a prisoner list. Israel accuses the Palestinians of not curbing terrorist attacks on Israel.
* A further twist to the British David Kelly scandal occurs, as Tony Blair's official spokesman, Tom Kelly, apologizes to David Kelly's family for having compared the late and still un-buried Dr. Kelly to a "Walter Mitty" character in a "private" conversation with a journalist. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3124677.stm] [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/kelly/story/0,13747,1012664,00.html]
* The father of two teenage French tennis players is arrested in France and accused of drugging their opponents to ensure his children win their games. The issue arose when a tennis player, having played against one of the man's daughters, was killed in a car crash having fallen asleep while driving. Tests showed he had been drugged some hours earlier. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/05/1060064185046.html]
* Election in Nova Scotia, Canada: the Progressive Conservative Party of Premier John Hamm is reelected with a minority government. They receive 25 seats, the New Democratic Party 15, and the Liberals 12.
* The Episcopal Church, the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion, approves its first openly gay bishop as the final vote was cast to confirm Gene Robinson as the Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson was cleared of allegations of misconduct before the vote. The action incites protests, a declaration of a "pastoral emergency", and calls for intervention by the Anglican Communion chief bishops. [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20030806/D7SOAJ9G0.html] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93903,00.html] [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=7281F6FF-B2B9-49B3-86EE432F76D63123]


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