- October 12, 2003
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Sports -Cricket :New Zealand preventsIndia from snatching victory in the firstTest cricket atAhmedabad . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3183880.stm]
*Syria : Relations between Syria and the United States fall to a low point as Syria criticizes the USA for its failure to censure Israel. [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/international/middleeast/12SYRI.html?th]
*ThePeople's Republic of China confirms that it will launch its firstmanned space mission betweenOctober 15 and 17. Thespacecraft plans toorbit Earth 14 times before landing in an undisclosed location. (SeeShenzhou 5 ) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3180618.stm] [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200310/10/eng20031010_125762.shtml]
*Medicine : The operation to separate 2-year oldEgypt ian twins joined at the head is going well in Dallas; the two boys have been separated and no troublesome complications have arisen. The next steps are to reconstruct the boys' skulls including the skin. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20031012/ap_on_he_me/egyptian_twins]
*East Asia : India, Thailand and the People's Republic of China press ahead with efforts and a study group aimed at creating aFree Trade Area . [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=230379]
*2003 occupation of Iraq : A huge explosion occurs in the center ofBaghdad , possibly caused by car bomb. A number of fatalities are reported. The blast takes place inBaghdad Hotel . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3185014.stm]
*Oncology : Researchers announced that they have discovered the detailed relationship between theRas v12 gene ,polarity gene s, andmetastasis ofcancer in fruit flies. [http://www.newhavenregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10297208&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6]
*Foreign relations of Liberia : Liberia drops diplomatic relations with theRepublic of China (on Taiwan) and re-establishes ties with thePeople's Republic of China . This move was seen largely as a result of the PRC's lobbying in theUN , which is planning to deploy a peacekeeping force to Liberia. ROC Foreign Minister Eugene Chien offers to resign as a result. [http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-12-054050.asp?reg=PACRIM]
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