- September 11, 2003
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War on Terrorism : As the United States remembers the deadliestterrorist attack ever on its shores, theState Department warns that it is seeing "increasing indications thatal-Qaida is preparing to strike United States interests abroad." The State Department issues a worldwide warning of possible al-Qaida attacks against United States interests. TheUnited States State Department urges U.S.citizen s andemployee s overseas to take special caution on the second anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks amid growing indications that al-Qaida is planning bigger attacks, "possibly involvingnonconventional weapon s such as chemical orbiological agent s." [http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3427315] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3134360,00.html] [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/11/national/main572664.shtml]
* Swedish Foreign MinisterAnna Lindh has died in hospital from stab wounds inflicted while she was shopping in a department store in the centre ofStockholm . In the wake of the incident, both the Yes and NoEuro campaigns suspended their activities. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3098834.stm]
*Israeli-Palestinian conflict : TheIsrael i Security Cabinet votes in principle to expelYasser Arafat , the chairman of thePalestinian Authority , from theWest Bank . According to one source, the cabinet decided to ask theIsraeli Defense Force to draw up a plan to expel Arafat. No timeline was specified, and Israeli government sources say that the decision was not to expel him immediately. TheUnited States State Department criticises such a move as "unhelpful". Thousands of Palestinians travel to the presidential compound inRamallah to protest at the Israeli decision. The Palestinian prime minister-designate,Ahmed Qurei , announces in response to the Israeli decision that he is halting efforts to form a government. RussianForeign Minister Igor Ivanov states an international force may be needed to end spiraling violence in the Palestinian territories. [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/11/international/middleeast/11WEB-MIDE.html?ex=1063944000&en=75f0f839c455e368&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3098656.stm] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0911/mideast.html]
*Scientists atMIT achieved the lowesttemperature ever recorded, half a billionth of a kelvin (0.5 nanokelvin) aboveabsolute zero , insodium gas. At that speed, atoms move about 12 cm/second. [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/11/cold_sodium030911]
*Dave Matthews Band played a live concert inHershey ,Pennsylvania .
*John Ritter died fromaortic dissection in the hospital where he was born. He died days before his 55th birthday. The date of his death was the same as his daughter's fifth birthday, the day before his wife's 41st birthday and six days before his wedding anniversary.
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