September 26, 2003

September 26, 2003

=September 26, 2003=

* Medicine: An experimental treatment given to a British man has halted the progress of brain damage caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=2&u=/nm/20030926/hl_nm/health_britain_cjd_dc]
* "SCO vs IBM": International Business Machines Corp. files new counterclaims against SCO Group Inc. involving the Linux operating system according to a memo sent to the IBM sales force. [http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030926/1148000629_1.html]
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A Palestinian gunman enters a home in Negohot (an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, near Hebron), murders 7-month-old Shaked Avraham and 27-year-old Eyal Yeberbaum, and injures both of the baby girl's parents as they were celebrating the Jewish New Year. The shooter was later killed by Israeli security forces. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98437,00.html]
* Road map for peace: 'Quartet' urges Israel and Palestinians to do more to revive Middle East peace plan. Voicing "great concern" at recent Israeli and Palestinian attacks that have stalled the Middle East peace process, a high-level meeting of the diplomatic Quartet of the United Nations, United States, Russian Federation and European Union call on both sides to take immediate action to revive the Road map for peace. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-09/27/content_1102107.htm] [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=8380&Cr=middle&Cr1=east]
* Iraq - Constitution: Secretary of State Colin Powell, responding to a rapid timetable self-rule demands from France (and others), states the United States would set a deadline of six months for Iraqi leaders working under the coalition occupation to produce a new constitution. The constitution would clear the way for elections and the installation of a new leadership next year. [http://www.iht.com/articles/111463.html] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3141490.stm]
* Iraq - Terrorism: Mortar rounds hit killing at least seven civilian Iraqis in the town square of Baquba. At least 20 civilian were wounded. Also, Akila al-Hashemi, a member of Iraq's Governing Council, was buried in Najaf a day after she died from wounds inflicted by an unidentified gunmen. [http://www.iht.com/articles/111548.html]
* Media: The two leading cable news networks, Fox News and CNN, have engaged in a public battle over phone numbers. Fox publicizes CNN commentator's home number after talk host gives out FNC's phone. [http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34789]
* Entertainment: Movie trailer of The Matrix Revolutions is released. [http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rv_cmp/trailers_rev_frames.html] [http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/26/0514248.shtml?tid=186&tid=188&tid=200&tid=214&tid=97]
* International relations: Brazilian president Lula da Silva makes his first official visit to Cuba. In meetings with president Fidel Castro, he plans to affirm the friendship between the two countries and to increase bilateral ties. Reporters Without Borders had previously called on the Brazilian president to intercede on behalf of 30 journalists currently imprisoned on Cuba. [http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2003/septiembre03/vier26/39llegada-i.html] , [http://www.brazzil.com/2003/html/news/articles/sep03/p139sep03.htm]


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