August 28, 2003

August 28, 2003

"See also" August 27, 2003 - August 2003 - August 29, 2003----
* 9/11: Nearly two years after the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center, transcripts of World Trade Center emergency calls are released. Voices of victims are identified on emergency calls and radio transmissions. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-08-28-attacks-transcripts_x.htm] [http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/US/sept11_patranscripts030828.html] [http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=776988] [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1408592,00.html] [http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/82803-911.html]
* United Kingdom - "London blackout": A 34 minute power outage causes major disruptions in rail and Tube services in London and the South East when one of the National Grid circuits that feeds south London fails at about 6.15 pm. [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1101931,00.html]
* Nuclear program: North Korea announces that it is in possession of nuclear weapons, has the means to deliver them, and will soon be carrying out a nuclear test to demonstrate this capability. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/28/nkorea.talks/] , [http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.asp?id=9AED176F-099D-457A-91BB-E14CD4713A69] , [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=78640634&p=7864y34x] , [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030828_983.html]
* Archaeology: Archaeologists have determined how big the triangle-shaped log enclosure was at Jamestown, Virginia when it was founded in 1607. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/jamestown_fort]


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